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

above the hall.

For the sake of their family, Kou Tao and Kou Qing no longer dared to hide anything.

Kou Qing was the first to point his finger at He Feng, Xiahou Jie and Qi Gongtai.

"Master Xiahou, Master He, and Master Qi, of the three of you, Master Qi only had his butler interact with us. Master Xiahou and Master He, I've interacted directly with both of you!"

Kou Qing seemed to have given up everything at this moment, and shouted, "Xiahou Jie, follow Xiahou Xian and send all those poor students to Lu Shang. I will lead the troops to deal with the families of these students!"

“Master He, my brother sent the plunderers to Qinling Mountains because of your negotiation!”

Kou Qing's words were like stirring up a hornet's nest.

"You, you, you are talking nonsense, you are slandering me!"

Xiahou Jie was the first to jump out.

"I am a veteran minister of two dynasties. How can you slander my good name like this?"

He Feng was shaking all over, his head covered in cold sweat, and he roared anxiously and angrily.

"Humph, slandering an official of the imperial court is an unforgivable crime!"

Qi Gongtai snorted coldly, his eyes gloomy.

At this time, Yang Dechang bowed to Ye Chen.

"Your Majesty, I have worked with Minister Qi, Minister Xiahou, and Minister He for many years and know they are loyal to the court and Your Majesty. They would never do such a thing!"

"I guarantee it with my own reputation!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen sneered.

"Oh, Prime Minister Yang, what can something as insubstantial as reputation guarantee?"

Hearing this, Yang Dechang was slightly stunned.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"Prime Minister, why don't you provide some concrete guarantees? Minister Xiahou, Minister Qi, and Minister He, if these three are truly involved in this matter, as the Prime Minister, shouldn't you bear the responsibility for negligence?"

Ye Chen stared at Yang Dechang. His voice was not loud, but invisibly, a powerful imperial aura had already fallen on Yang Dechang.

Yang Dechang's whole body trembled, and his face became even uglier.

He naturally knew whether He Feng, Xiahou Jie and Qi Gongtai had any relationship with Lu Shang.

"Your Majesty, if this is true, I am willing to take the blame."

Yang Dechang gritted his teeth. Even though he knew that Qi Gongtai, He Feng and Xiahou Dun were guilty, Ye Chen had forced him to agree to take responsibility.

"Heh, Kou Qing, you didn't kill all the families of those poor students you targeted, right? When Xiahou Jie met you, there must have been people around you."

"Tell me who these people are, and I will have the Imperial Guards find them immediately!"

Ye Chen's eyes were sharp and he said.

"Yes!"

Kou Qing immediately agreed and began to call out names.

Seeing this, Yang Dechang's eyes began to twitch.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to him! This man is crazy! He is framing me! He is framing me!"

Xiahou Jie's face was quite pale and he behaved in an inappropriate manner.

"Shut up first."

Ye Chen glanced at Xia Houjie and said, "Wait until those new witnesses arrive, then you can confront him face to face."

"Snapped."

Xiahou Jie sat down on the ground, beads of sweat covering his forehead.

He knew it was all over.

"Kou Tao, you had a confidant with you when you were in contact with Lord He, right? Tell me the name of your confidant, and I will have the Imperial Guards find him."

"Yes!"

Kou Tao didn't dare to hide anything.

"no no!"

He Feng completely lost his composure.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't listen to them. Kou Tao is just a businessman, he's finished. He's now wrongly accusing the court officials! He's trying to alienate us from Your Majesty, Your Majesty! This is a treacherous plot, a treacherous plot!"

He Feng knelt on the ground, crawled forward on his knees, and bowed to Ye Chen.

"Whether I have wronged you or not will become clear after we confront you in court."

"Today, I captured the Lu Shang people. It was a sudden move. Don't worry, they didn't have time to collude with their subordinates."

Ye Chenxu narrowed his eyes.

He Feng was obviously panicked and lost his composure, but this just proved that he was guilty.

Ye Chen would never let such a treacherous minister succeed.

But at this moment.

He Feng's neck suddenly tilted, and he rolled his eyes as if he was too excited, and then he fainted on the spot.

"Master He, Master He, what's wrong with you? Master He?"

Xiahou Jie rushed over and hugged He Feng.

"Your Majesty, Lord He has fainted!"

".Tsk."

Ye Chen frowned slightly.

Did He Feng really faint?

The more he watched, the more he felt like this guy was acting.

This is obviously an attempt to delay time.

"Your Majesty, Lord He is extremely angry, which shows that there is something fishy about this matter. We cannot jump to conclusions easily."

Yang Dechang quickly stood up and clasped his fists towards Ye Chen.

"Send the imperial physician over and tell him to carry Minister He down for treatment."

Ye Chen glanced at Yang Dechang, then turned and spoke to the eunuch who was delivering the message.

"Mr. Xuan!"

The eunuch who delivered the message shouted immediately.

"After Minister He is carried away, the interrogation will continue. Prime Minister, whether this is a misunderstanding or not, it will be enough to listen to the testimony of those new witnesses."

Ye Chen's tone was steady, and he had no intention of stopping.

Let alone if He Feng fainted, even if he died suddenly, the interrogation would have to continue!

Yang Dechang also saw Ye Chen's determination at this moment, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The little emperor is becoming more and more troublesome.

When Xiahou Jie and Qi Gongtai saw this, their faces turned ugly.

Especially Xiahou Jie, Qi Gongtai always sent his steward to deal with Kou Tao. If things went wrong, he could still make a move.

But Xiahou Jie couldn't do that. He had done too many things with Xiahou Xian, and they had all been done in front of Kou Qing.

He didn't have white gloves, so he couldn't cut it open.

Ye Chen looked like he was determined to get to the bottom of things, which made him feel that a disaster was imminent, but he had no way out.

The efficiency of the Imperial Guards is very high.

Only half an hour passed.

A member of the imperial guards had already walked into the court.

"Your Majesty, the families of the persecuted poor students are already waiting outside Taiqian Palace."

"Let them come in one by one!"

Ye Chen said immediately.

Soon, an old woman with patched clothes, a haggard and old face, holding a bamboo pole in her hand and leaning on it for support as she walked walked into the Taiqian Palace.

"Your humble servant Chen pays homage to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor."

Chen knelt down on the ground, and her white hair fell down.

"Mrs. Chen, I want to ask you, among all the officials present, who harmed your family? Point it out, and I will take care of it for you."

Ye Chen asked.

Upon hearing this, Chen kowtowed repeatedly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!~"

"Get up quickly."

Chen stood up with the help of a bamboo pole, then looked around and quickly pointed at Kou Qing.

"he."

Chen pointed at Xiahou Jie again.

"And him! Your Majesty, it was these two, it was these two who killed my son!"

Chen burst into tears.

"You, you're talking nonsense."

Xiahou Jie's voice couldn't help but become a little weaker.

"I'm not kidding. I'd recognize you even if you turned to ash! It was you who ordered someone to break into my house one night, break my son's legs, and then drag him away. A neighbor saw it too!"

Xiahou Jie moved his lips slightly, but in the end he couldn't utter a word.

Although Kou Qing did all the dirty work, he sometimes had to give him guidance.

Xiahou Xian was old after all, and if the looting of the people in the capital got out of hand, it would be difficult to end well, so he often watched Kou Qing take action to ensure that everything went well. But now, he naturally couldn't argue.

"Ms. Chen, please go down first and let the next person in."

Ye Chen's voice was extremely cold, and he stared at Xia Houjie with a playful look, as if he was looking at a dead person.