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

Yangxin Palace.

Ye Chen started practicing martial arts after returning from Taiqian Palace.

He seriously practiced horse stance for a while, practiced basic skills for a while, and then started punching, kicking, and slashing with a knife.

After a while, he was sweating profusely, but he had no intention of resting. After witnessing Wu Baer's bravery with his own eyes, he also felt a sense of crisis.

At this moment, he is practicing martial arts without slacking off at all.

When he was tired of practicing and saw that it was getting late, he decided to take a rest.

Shen Qiu suddenly walked into the courtyard of the Yangxin Palace.

"Your Majesty, the silk book that Madam He collected is here. Madam He has also compiled a list of the spies in the palace, and I have already sent people to capture them."

Shen Qiu paused before adding, "But there are quite a lot of people, both inside and outside the forbidden palace, with a total of no less than a hundred people."

"No matter how many there are, I will capture them and interrogate them strictly!"

"After the interrogation, see if they can confess anyone other than the two imperial censors. If they can't, or if they do confess but there's no physical evidence, and we can't convict them, they'll be executed without mercy!"

"Also, keep this piece of silk and hand it over to me during the morning court tomorrow!"

Ye Chen had a cold face. He regarded all these informants as spies planted by powerful officials around him. He would never show mercy to these people.

"Yes!"

Shen Qiu clasped his fists in agreement, then continued, "Your Majesty, there is another piece of news from outside the palace. Many officials in Jingzhao Yinfu suddenly took sick leave today."

"Ok?"

Ye Chen frowned slightly. He didn't even need to think about it to know that this must have been done by that old bastard Yang Dechang again.

At that time, a large number of officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works also took collective leave. If Ye Chen had not promoted children from poor families to serve in the court, these officials would probably still be on strike.

"How many people are needed to keep the entire Jingzhao Yin Mansion running normally?"

Ye Chen asked.

"The shortage of officials isn't huge, but there are quite a few yamen runners, more than 160 in total."

Shen Qiu sighed lightly. There were about a hundred yamen runners in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion. Now that all of them were on strike, the entire Jingzhao Yin Mansion was almost paralyzed.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "Can the people from Jing'an Marquis' Mansion go to Jingzhao Yin Mansion?"

"Your Majesty, the powerful people in the court will not agree."

Shen Qiu shook his head.

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded. If he wanted to deploy a large number of people from the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, he had to make sure that the people from the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion in the palace were better than the imperial guards first.

Otherwise, Yang Dechang's powerful ministers would definitely use the excuse that the people in the Marquis' Mansion were not strong enough to fight.

In short, if you want to make use of all the people in the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, you must first defeat the imperial guards to prove your strength.

"Qiu'er, tell the Queen Mother to tell Su Fu to be careful. If it were just the officials taking leave and going on strike, it wouldn't be a big deal. But the Jingzhao Yin is also responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital area. The 8,000 Jingying troops are controlled by Yang Dechang's men. If anything goes wrong, Su Fu's life will be in danger."

Ye Chen pondered for a moment and then said to Shen Qiu.

"Yes!"

Shen Qiu took the order and left.

Ye Chen asked Cheng'en to call Hua Rui to sleep with him.

Hua Rui quickly arrived at the Yangxin Palace. Today, she was wearing a pink brocade dress with her hair tied up in a bun, a style worn by married women. It highlighted her curvy, youthful and energetic body and also added a touch of maturity to her.

Seeing this, Ye Chen's eyes lit up.

"Rui'er, come and serve me."

Ye Chen was not polite and said directly.

"Yes."

Huarui walked forward with a blushing face.

The warm tent was lowered, the candles were extinguished, and the endless spring scenery, accompanied by waves of rhythmic and suppressed sounds, echoed in the bedroom for a long time.

Early the next morning.

When the bell in the palace rang, Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

"Rui'er, I have to attend the morning court today, please change my clothes quickly."

Ye Chen turned over and got out of bed.

"Yes."

Hua Rui was unwilling to delay at all and quickly stood up. The soft quilt slipped off her snow-white shoulders, revealing her yellow bellyband, which made her look extremely sexy.

Seeing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a little impulsive, but he still knew that he had important things to do, so he still let Hua Rui change his clothes.

Wait until he puts on the dragon robe and the emperor's crown.

Ye Chen strode out of the Yangxin Palace, took a sedan chair, and headed to the Taiqian Palace.

When he arrived at Taiqian Palace, Su Mengjiao was already sitting behind the dragon throne.

Soon after he sat on the throne, all the officials entered.

"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor!"

"Long live the Queen Mother! Long live the Queen Mother!"

All the officials knelt down and worshiped.

"Be flat."

Ye Chen waved his hand, his tone full of dominance, his robes were flamboyant, and the imperial power began to spread.

"If you have something to do, start the show, if nothing happens, leave the court!"

The eunuch who delivered the message shouted loudly.

An official immediately stepped forward and presented the bamboo slips.

Ye Chen's eyes were as deep as the abyss, and he sat quietly, but he was majestic without being angry.

And after no more officials submitted memorials.

"Yesterday, I discovered that someone had planted a large number of spies in the palace. Whoever did this should come forward. I now have enough evidence. If you come forward now, you can be given a lighter sentence."

Ye Chen looked around at all the civil and military officials in the court and said so.

Upon hearing this, all the officials were in an uproar.

There are those who are panicked, those who are shocked, and those who are angry.

At this time, Yang Dechang took the lead and stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Palace is a forbidden area. It's unbelievable that there are so many spies inside. Without solid evidence, it would be hard to convince people!"

Yang Dechang bowed.

Even though he had planned to give up the two dogs, he still felt he could give it a try.

For example, if Ye Chen does not have sufficient evidence.

Yang Dechang asked himself if he still had a chance to save these two censors.

"I have both witnesses and physical evidence, but now I need to deal with the people behind these spies!"

"Pu Ye, Wu An, do you admit your guilt?"

Ye Chen slammed the table and swept his sharp gaze towards a certain place among the officials.

Very quickly.

The two imperial censors, Pu Ye and Wu An, stepped forward one after another.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

"Your Majesty, I have nothing to do with this matter. Someone must have framed me!"

Pu Ye and Wu An knelt down on the spot and said.

At this moment, the Imperial Censor Chen Xiu also stood up.

"Your Majesty, Pu Ye and Wu An have been with me for a long time, and I believe they are not the kind of people who would dare to place spies in the palace!"

Chen Xiu bowed.

"I'm afraid there's more to this than meets the eye. Perhaps someone is truly framing me. Your Majesty, please investigate!"

Yang Dechang also bowed to Ye Chen and said.

"Oh, frame-up. Prime Minister, look at what this is."

"And you two, you should recognize this thing too."

Ye Chen took out a piece of silk from his sleeve.

After seeing the silk in Ye Chen's hand, Pu Ye and Wu An's faces turned pale instantly.

"The handwriting of the two censors can be compared with past memorials. The person who provided this piece of silk was a female official in the palace. In addition, many spies arrested last night also identified the two censors. These are all witnesses. Prime Minister, do you still want to protect these two people? Are you also involved in this matter?"

Hearing this, Yang Dechang was silent for a moment, and finally said in a low voice: "I see, it seems that this old minister has been deceived!"

"These two censors have committed such a heinous crime. I believe they deserve severe punishment!"