The First Imperial Brother-in-Law of the Great Ming

In the spring of the second year of the Hongwu era, a young man leads a donkey and escorts a coffin into the village of Xinfengli. When he learns that the newly crowned emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, is none other than his brother-in-law, he realizes his fate has changed forever. As the emperor’s closest kin by marriage, he now holds the title of the foremost imperial brother-in-law of the Great Ming—a position that brings both unrivaled privilege and deadly intrigue. Navigating the treacherous currents of the early Ming court, he must decide whether to wield his newfound influence for the sake of his family, or risk losing everything in the shadow of the dragon throne.