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

"Kou Qing, tell me, who is Kou Tao from Lu Shang to you?"

Ye Chen stared into Kou Qing's eyes and asked word by word.

"I, I don't know any Kou Tao."

Kou Qing's heart was filled with anxiety and fear at this moment. His lips trembled slightly and sweat poured down like rain, but he did not become stupid and continued to argue cunningly.

"Snapped!"

Kou Qing fell directly to the ground.

Ye Chen stepped on his face suddenly and crushed it hard.

Kou Qing's nose was broken and bleeding profusely, and his front teeth were also broken, but Ye Chen forced him to swallow them.

"Even now, you're still lying to me, right? Kou Tao has nothing to do with you? Then why are you so furious? If it has nothing to do with you, you would even disobey my orders and force the city defense forces to fight me."

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

"Mr. Kou, there is solid evidence that Kou Tao kidnapped civilians. You are harboring this thief and defying the imperial edict, committing the same crime as treason."

"You still dare to lie to me now? Even if you lie to me, you will be guilty of the Yi San clan!"

"Somebody come!"

Ye Chen waved his hand and shouted.

"exist!"

Shen Qiu stood up and clasped his fists.

"Find out where Kou Qing's family is. Who is in their home? Lock up all three of his clansmen!"

Hearing this, Kou Qing's eyes widened.

"You, you, you wouldn't dare. My family has been military commanders for generations! My family is a family of nobles!"

"How dare you touch me? You are just a small imperial guard, how dare you touch me!"

"You're dead, you're definitely dead!"

Kou Qing was extremely angry. He didn't believe that Ye Chen really dared to touch his family.

"Ah."

"When your family reunites with you on death row, you'll know whether what I said is true or not."

Ye Chen showed a sneer on his face.

If it were in the past, he might not have been so ruthless, after all, every wrong has its perpetrator.

But now, Ye Chen will not let any of these aristocratic families go.

This is a huge interest group, and only severe punishments can deter it.

"Drag him away, put him in the prison van, and seal his mouth."

Ye Chen waved his hand, too lazy to look at Kou Qing any more.

"You wouldn't dare, you're lying to me, you definitely wouldn't dare, you're just a mere guard, you don't have the guts, you wouldn't dare!"

Kou Qing completely lost his composure and yelled.

He didn't believe that Ye Chen dared to touch his family, but Ye Chen's words were so serious, and the astonishing power emanating from Ye Chen made him feel extremely uneasy.

But his voice was soon completely cut off after a guard stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth.

"Qiu'er, take inventory of the city defense forces and send a suitable Imperial Guard commander to the City Defense Military Department to temporarily assume the authority of the Jinwu Guard."

Ye Chenxu narrowed his eyes and said to Shen Qiu.

"Yes!"

Shen Qiu's eyes suddenly lit up. She could also see that this was a good opportunity to reach out to the city defense troops.

"The people from the City Defense Military Department must be carefully examined. All of Kou Qing's cronies must be eliminated, and those who are disobedient must also be driven out while the opportunity arises."

Ye Chen said to Shen Qiu again.

"Your Majesty, I understand."

Shen Qiu nodded vigorously.

Kou Qing's crime of being a treason has been confirmed. It is perfectly appropriate to use the excuse of eliminating Kou Qing's followers to eliminate dissidents in the city defense army.

Ye Chen strode into the carriage.

And when Shen Qiu went to pass on the order.

Qin Man, who had been sitting in the carriage, suddenly said to Ye Chen: "Your Majesty, people from the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion can also enter the city to defend the military headquarters."

Qin Man knew that Ye Chen wanted to develop his own power. Ye Chen had told her this when he gave her the banknotes.

She also wanted to help Ye Chen.

"Oh, Meng'er, there aren't enough people from the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion to join the Imperial Guards and the Supervisory Office. As for the City Defense Army, I'll find a way after I take control of the Imperial Guards."

Ye Chen's tone was very calm.

He doesn't have many men under his command now, and the situation in the city defense department is as complicated as that of the imperial guards.

In order to completely control it, a major change is necessary.

This cannot be achieved overnight.

Ye Chen decided to take it slow.

"Oh, so your majesty already had a plan."

Qin Man nodded obediently. Ye Chen's words sounded very reasonable to her. She couldn't help but look at Ye Chen with admiration.

After Kou Qing was stuffed into the prison van, the carriage Ye Chen was in also began to move.

"Mian'er, it's still early today, please accompany me back to the palace for lunch."

Ye Chen spoke to Qin Man in a gentle tone.

Hearing this, Qin Man showed a sweet smile on her face.

"it is good."

At this moment, Shen Qiu suddenly walked into the carriage.

"Your Majesty, we have already found out that the Kou family is a family of noble military commanders, and many of their members hold important positions in the city defense army and the imperial camp outside the city."

Shen Qiu clasped his fists towards Ye Chen.

"Haha, arrest all these people! No matter what official positions they hold!"

Ye Chen said immediately.

"Yes!"

Shen Qiu paused, then turned to Ye Chen and said, "Your Majesty, if the officers in the Beijing camp outside the city knew they would be captured, they might launch a mutiny. Even if there was no mutiny, they might escape. After all, they are outside the city. If they really ran away, it would be very difficult to catch them."

"I think we can arrest the officers first, go directly to the Beijing Camp and announce the imperial edict, and arrest them on the spot without giving these officers time to react."

After careful consideration, Shen Qiu made a suggestion.

"Qiu'er, what you said is very good. Let's do as you say."

Ye Chen nodded. When Shen Qiu went to pass on the message, he turned to Qin Man and said, "Man, what is your favorite food?"

Ye Chen's tone became very gentle.

"I, I, I can do anything."

A warm feeling rose in Qin Man's heart, and her pretty face turned a little red.

A man asks a woman what she likes to eat. In Dayu, this is not something that any man or woman would ask.

After all, Dayu had strict rules on the distinction between men and women, with men being superior to women. A man asking a woman such caring questions would usually only happen between couples, brothers and sisters, or sisters and brothers.

But Qin Man was touched but also a little embarrassed by Ye Chen's question.

"Oh, I do know a few dishes. I'll ask the imperial chef to make them later. Man'er, you're sure to like them."

Ye Chen said with a smile.

Hearing this, although Qin Man was touched, she also felt that Ye Chen was too confident. After all, even if she was not picky about food, she had seen the world and had eaten all kinds of delicious food.

She didn't think there was any delicacy in the world that she would particularly like.

But that's it.

Shen Qiu has returned to the carriage.

More than a thousand imperial guards and six hundred people from the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, a total of more than two thousand people, surrounded Ye Chen's carriage and headed towards the imperial city.

Such a grand scene naturally attracted the attention of the people.

At the same time, some people hidden among the people were also attracted attention.

The top floor of a restaurant.

A burly, bearded middle-aged man with a black eyepatch, revealing only his right eye, was looking through the window at the carriage on the distant street with a frown on his face.

"Such a grand ceremony, with so many imperial guards."

"It seems that the dog emperor is in this carriage."

"Damn it, with so many imperial guards, Brother Qian's revenge won't be avenged today!"

Wu Ba snorted coldly, his single eye flashed with a fierce look, his fists clenched tightly, his face full of hatred.