"Your Majesty is wise!"

Another thunderous cheer arose as the ministers shouted with great joy.

In their eyes, this was Jiang Chen's concession.

But in Jiang Chen's eyes, it was exactly what he wanted.

After the court session, Jiang Chen sent Feng Jin to deliver the news to Bao Qimeng.

Bao Qimeng was overjoyed to hear it.

Although she no longer managed the Xiongnu Autonomous Region, she still had feelings for that area.

Moreover, through the annual food fief, she could know how the Xiongnu were doing, which was exactly what she wanted.

At this time, Jiang Chen had already arrived at the imperial harem.

After returning from the Xiongnu and visiting the other four military camps, the imperial concubines had stabilized.

Jiang Chen arrived at Chengqian Palace, and the Consort Shu hurriedly came out to greet him upon inquiry.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Consort Shu bent down to salute, but Jiang Chen held her up.

"Beloved concubine, there is no need to be so polite. It is best to be careful."

Consort Shu touched her round belly and smiled gently, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Chen also looked at Consort Shu's belly and asked with some doubts, "Beloved concubine, is your belly larger than normal?"

Consort Shu also had this feeling and said, "Your Majesty, this concubine also thinks so."

Jiang Chen thought for a while and waved to summon Feng Jin, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and find an imperial physician who is proficient in pregnancy diagnosis."

"Yes!"

Feng Jin agreed and quickly returned with an old imperial physician.

The old imperial physician saluted Jiang Chen, then closed his eyes to take her pulse.

Jiang Chen watched nervously from the side.

After a moment, the old imperial physician withdrew his hand and bowed to Jiang Chen with a happy expression, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Consort Shu is carrying twins!"

"What?"

Consort Shu was stunned, then her face filled with joy.

Feng Jin on the side was also overjoyed and knelt on the ground, shouting, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Chen frowned, with no joy on his face.

This scene silenced the few people who had been so happy.

Consort Shu pulled Jiang Chen's hand and asked, "Is Your Majesty not happy?"

Jiang Chen slowly shook his head.

It wasn't that he wasn't happy, but worried!

In this era of underdeveloped medical conditions, twins were extremely dangerous!

If not handled well, both the adult and the children could die!

Looking up and seeing Consort Shu's worried face, Jiang Chen realized that his emotions had affected her, and quickly smiled and said, "This Emperor was so happy that I didn't react."

"Twins, that's great, hahaha!"

Seeing Jiang Chen laughing heartily, Consort Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and Feng Jin also laughed along.

After giving several instructions, Jiang Chen left Chengqian Palace with a smile.

But the moment he walked out of Chengqian Palace, Jiang Chen's expression became solemn.

"Feng Jin, bring me the old imperial physician from just now."

Feng Jin agreed, but was very surprised in his heart.

Did His Majesty have something else to ask the old imperial physician?

The old imperial physician quickly arrived at the Hall of Diligent Governance and said, "I wonder why Your Majesty summoned me, what is your command?"

Jiang Chen first helped the old imperial physician up, even offered him a seat, and then said, "Old Imperial Physician, you should understand what can be said outside and what cannot, right?"

The old imperial physician quickly said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this old minister has been an imperial physician for forty years and knows the rules."

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile and said, "Good, then I will ask you, among the twins you know, what percentage of both the adult and the children survive?"

The old imperial physician was stunned and said, "Let this old minister think..."

As he recalled, cold sweat gradually appeared on the old imperial physician's forehead, and more and more of it.

He recalled both his personal experiences and what he had heard, and after calculating, he found that the proportion of twins who survived without incident was less than 20%!

Among them, 60% had one party die, and more than 20% had both the adult and the children die!

Jiang Chen didn't wait for the old imperial physician to answer, just by looking at the other party's expression, he knew the result.

In an instant, Jiang Chen's expression became even more solemn.

The old imperial physician couldn't speak. Only now did he understand why Jiang Chen had shown that expression after he announced the good news.

Jiang Chen waited for a while, and when he saw that the old imperial physician didn't say anything, he knew that the old imperial physician had no solution to this, so he waved his hand, "You may leave."

After the old imperial physician left, Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and summoned Jing Yue.

"Have the Dark Guards search for experienced midwives throughout Da Wei, they must be midwives with extremely high certainty, understand?"

Jing Yue nodded heavily. She had heard Jiang Chen's conversation with the imperial physician and knew what Jiang Chen meant.

After Jing Yue left, Jiang Chen took a deep breath.

Although he had the Dark Guards search for midwives from all over Da Wei, this was just a desperate measure.

Now he had to consider the worst-case scenario!

Jiang Chen's eyes darkened.

The matter of establishing an empress could no longer be delayed!

The next morning at the early court session, Jiang Chen opened his mouth before the ministers could make their reports.

"It has been more than ten years since I ascended the throne, but I have never established an empress."

"Now that the world is at peace and Da Wei's national strength is growing, it is time to establish the position of empress."

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Liting, the Minister of Rites.

This was completely unexpected, Zhao Liting was stunned for a moment, and quickly came out and said, "Your Majesty is right, I think."

The ministers also came back to their senses one after another, nodding repeatedly, but they felt a little strange in their hearts.

They had previously proposed establishing an empress, but His Majesty said that there was no rush.

Now that no one was mentioning it, His Majesty took the initiative to bring it up again, what was going on?

Jiang Chen then said, "I think that Consort Shu is gentle and virtuous, and a model for women all over the world, and should be established as empress."

The ministers naturally had no objection.

This was also what everyone expected.

But there were also ministers who did not agree.

Chen Xunqing, the chief of the Ministry of Rites, stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to discuss the establishment of an empress now!"

Everyone looked at Chen Xunqing, frowning.

Last time, Chen Xunqing used delaying tactics, and although it didn't work, he at least said what everyone was thinking.

But what was this this time?

Everyone agreed, but you objected?

Jiang Chen also looked at Chen Xunqing coldly, "State your reasons."

Chen Xunqing then said, "Your Majesty, I think that the empress should be established based on which concubine gives birth to the first imperial son. In this way, Your Majesty's eldest son will be the legitimate son, which is a good thing for Da Wei!"

When Chen Xunqing said this, many ministers' hearts also stirred.

That's right!

If the empress was established according to Chen Xunqing's suggestion, the eldest son would be the legitimate son.

In this way, there would be no so-called struggle for the legitimate heir that had occurred throughout history!

In an instant, several ministers stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think what Chief Chen said is very true, please consider it, Your Majesty."

Zhao Liting, the Minister of Rites, frowned upon hearing this.

Although this was a good thing, which of the concubines in the harem, except for Consort Shu, was an easy-going person?

If they were to ascend to the position of empress, the harem would probably be turned upside down!

Besides, throughout history, there have been examples of fostering the eldest son under the name of the empress in order to obtain the title of legitimate son, so what was the point?