Midsummer afternoon.

The scorching sunshine shone on the palace complex of Weiyang Palace, making it extremely hot.

Standing at the door of a palace, Liu Che held Xiao Chengcheng's hand and waited quietly.

Suddenly, a cry broke the peace in the palace.

Liu Che immediately stood up and walked forward.

Two midwives pushed open the palace door and presented a crying child wrapped in swaddling clothes to Liu Che. They congratulated: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Madam has given birth to a prince for Your Majesty!"

Liu Che lowered his head and glanced at the clown who was babbling and crying in his swaddling clothes. He smiled slightly, clapped his hands and said to his left and right: "Reward!"

Then, he picked up Xiao Chengcheng and walked into the palace.

After giving birth, Xia Yanzhi struggled weakly to get up. Liu Che quickly walked over, held her hand, stroked her pale cheek and said, "Thank you for your hard work, my beloved concubine..."

The newly born little prince was also held by the wet nurse and placed on the head of Xia Yanzhi's bed. He snuggled closely with his mother. He suddenly calmed down and fell asleep.

Liu Che looked at his son, his third son.

He is also the third prince of the empire.

The look in his eyes was so uncertain that he didn't give it a name as usual, and he didn't even think about a nickname.

Because he knew that the timing of this kid's birth was too sensitive.

Before this year, a prince with Xiongnu blood would never have the chance to covet that throne.

But after this year, everything will change.

And the timing of his birth was even more subtle.

He was born during the decisive battle between Han and Hungary!

Liu Che didn't know whether this was God's will or an accidental necessity.

But he knew that this son would carry great political expectations as soon as he landed.

He has the blood of both the Xiongnu royal family and the Han royal family, at this time, at this delicate moment.

Liu Che had no doubt that when the news of this son's birth spread all over the world, it reached the grasslands.

There must be countless people who regard him as hope, as the future, as the master, and even as everything and the final destination!

There will definitely be many, many people who want him to die immediately!

This is the luck and misfortune of being born into a royal family.

How many people love you, there will be how many people hate you.

Unless you ascend the supreme throne, the balance between the two will never be broken.

And this boy's special identity and special bloodline make everything he carries become more subtle.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Che said slightly: "I was born in Nangong this time, and there is a scorching sun in the sky, so my name should be: Yang..."

"Your Majesty gives the emperor's third son to avoid Yang!" Immediately a eunuch shouted, and the historian kneeling at the door immediately wrote quickly and recorded on a piece of white paper: Bingzi (seventh day of the lunar month) in the summer of the sixth year of Yuande.

The third son of the emperor was born in the South Hall of Weiyang Palace and was named Yang.

Liu Che stretched out his hand slightly, picked up his son, and then slowly walked out of the palace door with him in his arms. He said to the attendants, eunuchs and ministers outside the palace: "I am very happy to have a son now. I care about the world as a human being."

The labor of a father is bestowed upon every father in the world a rank of rank!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all worshiped: "I respectfully obey the imperial edict!"

only……

The doubts in countless people's hearts are growing like vines.

So far today, there are three sons.

And even when the emperor's eldest son was born, he was never like this.

Why is the third prince special?

More importantly, the emperor was very happy after giving birth to a son, so he bestowed a title on all fathers in the world.

This only happened twice in the history of the Han Dynasty.

For the first time, Emperor Gao appointed his eldest son Liu Ying as the crown prince.

For the second time, the late emperor named me the crown prince.

Other than that, there is no precedent.

Does this mean that the emperor today wants to use the third son of the emperor as the heir apparent?

Nobody knows!

But everyone knows that this peaceful harem will be in chaos from now on, and even the swords and swords will flash.

And the court might also explode.

But, who dares not to carry out the emperor’s orders?

Besides, it’s such an edict!

So, half an hour later, dozens of knights flew out from Wuyang Palace and went to various yamen in Chang'an to deliver the edict.

Then, this edict first appeared in the streets and alleys of Chang'an.

At this time, the examination was about to begin, and tens of thousands of scholars gathered in Chang'an City. Naturally, this edict immediately caused an uproar.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" Countless people and scholars were discussing.

Even the scholars of Legalism and Mohism frowned.

Because a newly born prince is still a prince with Yi and Di blood, the emperor wants to grant the people of the world a title?

Does your Majesty want to crown this son as the crown prince?

Is this okay?

The grumpy Ram Pie exploded on the spot.

"Daji, Yin Jian is in front of you for the disaster caused by Bao Si!" The impassioned young man raised his arms and shouted: "The princes in the court should rebuke this kind of chaos!"

There are even those with ulterior motives who add insult to injury: "The eldest son of the country, the eldest son of the emperor, possessing both civil and military skills, as well as both political integrity and talent, should be established as the crown prince!"

And when the three gongs, nine ministers and two thousand stones who were resting at home heard about this, no one could sit still.

For today's Han Empire, its military and internal affairs have basically reached or even surpassed the peak of history.

The fact that the crown prince has not been established alone has made countless people feel as if they have been beaten by a cat's paw.

For traditional Chinese nobles and scholar-bureaucrats, without a prince, the country is incomplete.

For the giants of various schools of thought, not having a prince means that they have no one to brainwash and attract.

It's also uncomfortably tight.

But now, these people are frightened to death by this signal that seems to be a reserve.

For them, the only person qualified to establish a heir now is the son of the righteous concubine.

Since he is the eldest son of the emperor, he is in line with the national tradition and the principles of the country.

Moreover, his mother was born in the first-class Hedong Yi family, and was once a powerful local man with a scholarly family.

His maternal relative, Chariot and Cavalry General Dongcheng Hou, was a great general with great military exploits, commanding a large number of troops, and had a close relationship with the prime minister and many other princes.

Except for the eldest son of the emperor, none of the other current princes are qualified to be crown princes.

As for Mrs. Xia's son, there is absolutely no way he can become the crown prince.

So, everyone immediately entered the palace together.

Liu Che naturally knew that they would come to trouble him.

However, the ministers and nobles obviously reacted too slowly.

Because, at this moment, Liu Che had been called to the East Palace.

Both the Empress Dowager Dou and the Empress Dowager Bo were sitting upright with sullen expressions on their faces.

"Emperor! I heard from the Ai family that you issued an edict today to confer nobility to the people of the world because of the emperor's third son?" Empress Dowager Dou asked angrily: "Is this possible?"

To establish a crown prince, this requires the Eastern Palace to nod and agree and draft an imperial edict before it can be legal and accepted by the world.

Since Taizong, this has always been the case for the establishment of a heir apparent.

Although Queen Mother Dou has completely stopped intervening in politics, she has to take care of this matter.

Whether it's for face or for the sake of the world.

However, Liu Che smiled slightly and said respectfully: "Grandmother, please suspend your thunderous anger and listen to your grandson's explanation..."

"My grandson, this is not to establish a crown prince..." he said respectfully: "This is for the sake of the country and all the people in the world!"

"This is what the Art of War says: the strategy of defeating the enemy without fighting!"

"I ask the Imperial Grandmother to believe that my grandson will not establish the crown prince now... If he wants to establish the Crown Prince, he will definitely ask the Imperial Grandmother and the Queen Mother for instructions..." He bowed respectfully.
To be continued...