Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

In the Yangxin Palace.

After listening to Shen Qiu's report, Ye Chen was furious.

But after the anger.

Ye Chen then said to Shen Qiu, "Qiu'er, immediately send the imperial guards to investigate these Lu merchants for me. I want to know their origins and their hideouts in the capital!"

"Yes!"

"Also, Xia Houxian hasn't confessed yet?"

"Your Majesty, there has never been one. The teachers who were arrested have all been very stubborn. Some have even started a hunger strike in protest."

Shen Qiu said with a helpless tone.

After all, these are all great scholars, and even if they are locked up, they cannot be tortured.

Even without torture, these great scholars are more stubborn than dead ducks.

"Humph!"

Ye Chen snorted coldly and said, "Qiu'er, physical punishment is not the only way to make these great scholars confess."

Hearing this, Shen Qiu was slightly stunned, and then said: "Your Majesty, do you have a solution?"

"Oh, Qiu'er, I'll write it down for you later, and you'll do as I write! I guarantee that those Confucian scholars will bow their heads!"

Ye Chen smiled coldly. Many tortures in later generations were not just physical harm.

Sometimes, scaring yourself can actually scare yourself to death!

"Yes!"

Shen Qiu agreed verbally, but felt somewhat disapproving in his heart.

In her opinion, the torture instruments that have been passed down since the Qin Dynasty are the best way to pry open someone's mouth.

It is simply a fantasy to make those old Confucian scholars speak without using torture instruments.

"Qiu'er, go tell the Queen Mother that I will be leaving the palace to visit Yingchuan Academy."

Ye Chen said to Shen Qiu again.

When Shen Qiu heard this, her eyebrows slightly furrowed: "Your Majesty, it's getting dark. It's a bit dangerous to go out now. It's better to wait until tomorrow."

Ye Chen had experienced an assassination attempt not long ago.

Shen Qiu said with a hint of worry in his tone.

"Qiu'er, it is precisely because of the danger that I must go!"

A smile appeared on Ye Chen's face, his eyes became extremely sharp, and his tone was calm and confident.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiu was slightly stunned and his face suddenly showed a strange look.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"I want to lure out the people who tried to assassinate me last time!"

Ye Chen's face darkened slightly.

In the last round of assassinations, although most of the assassins were killed, Ye Chen also clearly realized that there must be a powerful force behind this group of people.

These people want his life, so they will definitely not give up after one assassination attempt fails.

Later, when he went to the lakeside cottage, he did not ask Boss Murong to investigate these assassins for him because he did not want to alert the enemy.

He wanted to catch all of them at once.

"Your Majesty, this is still too risky."

"Oh, Qiu'er, if you can defeat the powerful officials and eliminate these assassins hidden among the people without taking any risks, that's too much of a fantasy!"

Ye Chen shook his head, his tone was calm, but with a hint of solemnity.

These assassins from the public are undoubtedly a very unstable factor that threatens him.

He cannot leave the palace unless it is completely eradicated.

By then, let alone dealing with powerful officials and taking back power.

Ye Chen could only become deaf and blind in this palace, and then sit and wait for death with his hands and feet tied.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask the Queen Mother for instructions."

"Go ahead. I'll be waiting for you in Taiqian Palace."

Shen Qiu walked backwards out of the Yangxin Palace.

"Someone, change my clothes!"

Ye Chen then waved his hand and called the palace maid to change him into casual clothes.

And he had just changed his clothes.

"The Queen Mother is here!"

Ye Chen was slightly stunned, and then he saw Su Mengjiao walking in.

At this moment, Su Mengjiao was wearing a golden phoenix robe, and her temperament was indescribably noble and she was unparalleled in her beauty.

"Queen Mother, you came in person?"

Ye Chen was somewhat surprised.

"Emperor, I heard that you were going to leave the palace alone at night, and deliberately attract assassins?"

Su Mengjiao frowned slightly, and a hint of worry flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"Empress Dowager, how can you get a tiger cub without risking it?"

"I use myself as bait to catch a big fish!"

"Besides, I have all the necessary means to deal with those assassins."

There was immense confidence in Ye Chen's tone.

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao's long eyelashes flickered slightly. She bit her lips lightly and stared at Ye Chen with complicated eyes.

After a while, Su Mengjiao said to Ye Chen, "Emperor, I can transfer 300 imperial guards to you!"

Today, the imperial guards in the entire inner city of the palace have reached 800 people.

The only person who could truly gain Su Mengjiao's complete trust was the old man who had come from the north.

However, after these days of training and development.

Shen Qiu has completely taken control of the inner and outer imperial guards, and has also promoted some trustworthy outer city imperial guards to the inner city. However, the commanders of these imperial guards are still old men from the northern border, so there is no need to worry about safety issues.

Therefore, Su Mengjiao could dispatch more imperial guards from the northern border to follow Ye Chen without worrying about leaks.

"Oh, Queen Mother, I will leave now."

Ye Chen smiled slightly, strode out of the Yangxin Palace, and got on the carriage.

Shen Qiu quickly followed.

We have to wait for the carriage to arrive at the north gate of the palace.

Qin Man, who was guarding the north gate, also got on the carriage.

"Mian'er, I want to go to Yingchuan Academy. You follow me and lead the way."

Ye Chen looked at Qin Man with a gentle tone.

"it is good."

Qin Man nodded slightly and said very obediently.

Then, Ye Chen looked at Shen Qiu again.

"Qiu'er, prepare two more carriages and send him out of the palace first."

Shen Qiu immediately went to pass the message. She felt that Ye Chen was just repeating the same old trick.

After all, the last time, the assassins were lured out with two empty carriages.

The three carriages quickly left the palace one after another.

"Your Majesty, when the two carriages left the palace earlier, whistles were heard around."

Shen Qiu reported to Ye Chen.

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded.

Outside of the world.

"Qiu'er, disperse everyone and observe any suspicious individuals around. Send another hundred people to ambush around Yingchuan Academy."

Ye Chen gave Shen Qiu another order.

Last time, he used an empty carriage to trick the assassins out, but he couldn't use the same trick twice.

Those assassins are not fools.

Ye Chen knew that this time these assassins would definitely determine his exact location before taking action.

"Mian'er, I will continue to teach you some self-defense skills."

Ye Chen now turned his attention back to Qin Man. If he wanted to deal with the assassin, he had to wait for him to show up first.

He was patient, but decided to do something else first.

Hearing this, Qin Man raised her hand obediently.

"it is good."

"Mian'er, this set of martial arts is even more powerful than the last time's bone-breaking hand. If you can't bear it, scream and I will stop."

Ye Chen gave another gentle instruction before taking action.

"Ok!"

Qin Man looked serious and nodded vigorously.

Soon, there were "pa pa pa" sounds coming from the carriage, and even the carriage began to shake continuously.