ao ' s ▁son , ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁raise ▁his ▁son ▁by ▁choosing ▁wet ▁n urs es ▁who ▁had ▁experience ▁raising ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁children , ▁and ▁refused ▁to ▁let ▁either ▁Em press ▁G ao ▁or ▁Cons ort ▁Hu ▁near ▁the ▁child . ▁ ▁In ▁ 5 1 2 , ▁Emperor ▁X uan w u ▁created ▁Y uan ▁X u ▁crown ▁prince . ▁ ▁In ▁ 5 1 5 , ▁Emperor ▁X uan w u ▁grew ▁ill , ▁and ▁died ▁just ▁three ▁days ▁later . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Crown ▁Prince ▁X u ▁( as ▁Emperor ▁X ia oming ), ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁only ▁five . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁after math s ▁of ▁Emperor ▁X uan w u ' s ▁death , ▁Em press ▁G ao ▁wanted ▁to ▁put ▁Cons ort ▁Hu ▁to ▁death , ▁but ▁Cons ort ▁Hu ▁was ▁protected ▁by ▁the ▁e un uchs ▁Li u ▁T eng ▁( 劉 <0xE9> <0xA8> <0xB0> ) ▁and ▁Hou ▁Gang ▁( <0xE4> <0xBE> <0xAF> <0xE5> <0x89> <0x9B> ) ▁and ▁the ▁officials ▁Yu ▁Zh ong ▁and ▁C ui ▁Gu ang ▁( <0xE5> <0xB4> <0x94> 光 ) ▁and ▁avoided ▁being ▁killed . ▁ ▁The ▁officials ▁were ▁largely ▁opposed ▁to ▁having ▁G ao ▁Z ha o , ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁prime ▁minister ▁but ▁was ▁command ing ▁an ▁army ▁in ▁attack ing ▁rival ▁Li ang ▁dynast y ' s ▁Y i ▁Province ▁( mod ern ▁S ich uan ▁and ▁Ch ong q ing ), ▁be ▁reg ent , ▁and ▁forced ▁Em press ▁G ao ▁to ▁instead