The Rise of the Private Prince

In the winter of the twelfth year of Hongxuan's reign, the emperor was seriously ill and there was an undercurrent in the court. Zuowu King Zhu Chong coveted the great treasure and colluded with Wei Jin, an expert, and assisted each other with the imperial concubine Li Lizai to fight for the Ming Dynasty Blood Seal and the late emperor's edict hidden in Kunning Palace. At the plum appreciation banquet, the imperial concubine and the dead warrior Haitang set up a poisonous plot to kill Queen Zhang Suqin, and then took the opportunity to steal the blood seal, but the plot was exposed. Zhu Chong forged an imperial edict and placed Prince Zhu Qing under house arrest; the Queen secretly summoned Marshal Lu Fanqin of Zhenxi, but the secret message was intercepted, and the factory guards massacred Kunning Palace overnight. During the bloody battle in the palace, Zhang Suqin revealed a shocking secret in public: Prince Zhu Qing was not of royal blood, and the real royal blood had disappeared among the people twenty years ago. In order to thwart the rebel plot, she burned the true edict and smashed the Ming Dynasty's blood seal. She was captured and the commander of the Jin Yiwei ordered Gao Ping to be seriously injured and imprisoned. Cheng Xue, the only palace maid who knew all the inside story, managed to escape, but was silenced by Begonia Girl in the secret room, leaving only a Begonia gilt-copper buckle, and the key clue was interrupted. The imperial city was controlled by Zhu Zhong, King Qin's army faced off outside the city, the queen was in prison, and old cases were shrouded in mystery. The orthodox legitimate son living in the countryside does not yet know his royal background. When the chaos in the palace swept across the people, he was forced to get involved in the disputes over imperial power. He struggled step by step from the bottom of the grass and rose to the throne, fighting against the traitors of the factory guards and the forces of the vassal king, and embarked on the arduous and dangerous road to regain his own legitimate power in the Ming Dynasty.