Has the Tang Dynasty acquired a new crown prince?

Ba Zhuo was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't understand it at all.

In his mind, the crown prince is the heir apparent of the country, so how can he be changed so easily?

Unable to understand, Ba Zhuo immediately went to Li Zhi, who was imprisoned in a prison cart.

"Li Zhi, is it easy for your Tang Dynasty to change the crown prince?"

Li Zhi's heart sank upon hearing this. As the saying goes, only family knows its own affairs; he knew all too well his father's affection for his eldest grandson. If the eldest grandson weren't so young, he probably would have already found a reason to replace him.

However, he absolutely could not admit it. If he did, wouldn't that prove he had no value whatsoever and would be killed by Xueyantuo in the blink of an eye?

"No, no, no!"

"Changing the crown prince in our Great Tang Dynasty is extremely troublesome. Not only do we have to offer sacrifices at the ancestral temple, but we also have to announce it to the whole world!"

"My father must be lying to you. He just picked someone randomly to be the crown prince so you would send me back!"

"oh?"

"I see..."

Hearing this, Ba Zhuo felt a little better, but when he thought about the trauma he had just suffered, he still felt depressed.

"But why should I believe you?"

"Bazhuo Khan, you only need to make one request to the Tang Dynasty, and you'll know whether the Tang Dynasty's crown prince is changed at will!"

"oh?"

"What are the conditions?"

"You can have His Majesty the Emperor of Tang send a new crown prince to negotiate peace with you!"

“If my father dares to send him, it proves that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty cannot be changed at will, and he is merely a dispensable substitute. If my father dares not send him, it proves…”

Li Zhi suddenly couldn't continue speaking at this point, because he was absolutely certain that his father would not send Li Jue to replace him...

Although Li Zhi kept quiet, Ba Zhuo understood.

"I understand. I'll send someone to deliver the message right away!"

"Yebuhua!"

"Go to Shuozhou again and tell His Majesty the Emperor of Tang that if he wants us to release the Crown Prince, he must agree to one condition: that the new Crown Prince of Tang must come to us in person to negotiate peace!"

"ah?"

Yebuhua was stunned when he heard this.

"Khan, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

"This new crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is not comparable to the one in the prison cart. He is the one who seized our ancestral land and abducted tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep!"

"If we bring him over to negotiate, we're guaranteed not to get any benefits!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Ba Zhuo immediately became agitated.

"It was actually this guy!"

"In that case, we must have him come to negotiate peace, otherwise we'll kill this prince and flee to the far north!"

"this……"

"Are you going or not? If you're not going, I'll send someone else!"

Upon hearing this, Yebuhua quickly agreed.

"Go! Go! Go……"

"I'm just afraid the Emperor of Tang wouldn't be willing to let the Crown Prince come..."

Upon hearing this, Ba Zhu snorted coldly.

"Doesn't this just prove that our crown prince was right? He's already useless, so we can just kill him!"

"Oh, by the way, tell the Emperor of the Great Tang that his eldest grandson can only bring a few hundred people. If he brings more than a thousand, I, the Khan, will kill their crown prince!"

"Oh oh oh..."

Upon hearing this, Yebuhua thought to himself, "The Khan has finally said something useful..."

Six days later, Yebuhua reappeared in Shuozhou of the Tang Dynasty.

However, compared to his previous triumphant demeanor, he appeared quite tired and weary this time.

Is there any room for discussion?

He never believed that His Majesty the Emperor of Tang would allow such an outstanding eldest grandson to put himself in danger. If such an excellent heir appeared on the grasslands, the old Khan would even die in his place rather than let the heir take the risk.

Because such an outstanding successor is destined to revitalize the tribe and make it prosper for decades to come.

If the opportunity arises, they can even lead their tribe to unify the grasslands and bring glory to the tribe!

He had to come because the Khan had spoken.

We can't let others come, lest they be unaware of the situation in the Tang Dynasty and anger the Tang, bringing annihilation upon the Xueyantuo.

Yebuhua sighed deeply, then walked towards the city gate.

"Yebuhua, the envoy of Xueyantuo, pays his respects to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty!"

Why are you here again?

Upon seeing this, the soldiers on the city wall quickly shot an arrow to mark the distance between him and the enemy.

"You are not allowed to leave again. Let me inform His Majesty and see if he will see you!"

Upon seeing this, Yebuhua immediately stood still, his eyes darting around as he stared blankly at the Tang-character military flag fluttering in the wind atop the city wall.

He noticed that the military flag looked a little different today; it seemed unusually red…

Before long, a familiar young figure appeared on the city wall.

Yebuhua felt a headache coming on as soon as he saw the boy.

"This foreign subject pays respects to the eldest grandson of the Great Tang!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue waved his hand magnanimously.

"No need for formalities!"

"I know you. You fought with me on the grassland!"

"Your command was excellent, and you were also very brave in individual combat. You killed more than a dozen of our Tang soldiers with a single longbow shot. You are an outstanding archer!"

Yebuhua smiled bitterly upon hearing this.

"Thank you for the compliment, eldest grandson!"

"I only regret that I have too few hands. If I had three heads and six arms, I could have shot down more Tang soldiers!"

Yebuhua's words aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers on the city wall. Some soldiers had already secretly aimed, intending to shoot him dead with an arrow.

Upon seeing this, Li Jue immediately shouted to stop.

"stop!"

"No one is allowed to shoot arrows!"

"Your Highness, he killed so many of our people and even dared to spout nonsense on our own turf..."

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