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

Ye Chen took the envelope, opened it, and carefully read the contents of the letter. His face suddenly darkened.

"Madam Xue, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Ye Chen said to Madam Xue who was about to play the suona.

Mrs. Xue was slightly stunned, her cheeks puffed up slightly, and then she put down the suona in her hand.

"Your Majesty, why do you always have problems whenever I want to use a new instrument?"

Mrs. Xue asked with some complaints.

This has happened twice. She was never satisfied with playing the suona and always felt that Ye Chen did it on purpose.

"Oh, Madam Xue, I have state affairs to attend to. How can I listen to you play music every day? How about this? From now on, when I have time, instead of listening to you play the flute, I will listen to you play this trumpet, no, I will listen to you play the suona."

Ye Chen coughed lightly, but said with a serious face.

If she were a normal palace maid, she would never dare to speak to him like that.

But Mrs. Xue's identity was special and she was so beautiful, so Ye Chen still indulged her.

"Your Majesty, will you come at noon?"

Madam Xue pouted and asked.

"Well, whether I can come at noon depends on the situation."

After Ye Chen stood up, he said to Madam Xue.

"Then, Your Majesty, could you please ask the chef to send a portion of the imperial meal you ate to Chunxue Palace as well?"

Mrs. Xue suddenly asked with some anticipation.

"Of course not. Asking my chef to prepare two dishes by himself might affect the taste."

Ye Chen frowned. How could he let the chef he had trained with great difficulty be treated the same as others?

He didn't even plan to give it to Su Mengjiao.

"However, if I have something I can't eat, I will have the eunuchs bring it to you."

Ye Chen said so.

"Your Majesty, do you think this is a place for me to dispose of leftovers?"

Madam Xue said with some grievance.

"So do you want it? If not, I'll tell the eunuch not to send it over."

Ye Chen said.

"Huh, I love those noodles!"

Madam Xue quickly compromised.

Looking at Madam Xue like this, Ye Chen couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Although Mrs. Xue usually displays a noble and charming temperament, when it comes to eating, she can show the demeanor of a young woman, giving people a girlish feeling, which is more pleasing to the eye.

But when Ye Chen thought of the important business, no matter how pleasing Madam Xue looked, he still had no intention of staying in Chunxue Palace.

After leaving Chunxue Palace and getting on the sedan chair, he immediately went to Kunning Palace.

"Cheng'en, go inform the Queen Mother and tell her that I want to see her."

Ye Chen took out the letter from his arms again, and while looking at it, he gave orders to Cheng En beside him.

"promise."

Cheng'en immediately took his men and trotted away.

Ye Chen read the letter for a while and then put it away.

"Yang Dechang has met with Cao Chang, and the Imperial Censor Chen Xiu, who was ordered by me to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, has also secretly slipped out of the palace."

"Oh, I really underestimated this Imperial Censor."

When Ye Chen forced Chen Xiu to go back and reflect on his mistakes, he sent someone to monitor him, but in the end, Chen Xiu still ran away.

If the Supervisory Office had not sent people to keep watch outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, they would not even have discovered this guy.

"The Imperial Censor, the Grand Marshal, the Prime Minister, and the three highest officials are all here. These guys are definitely going to do something big."

Although Ye Chen had asked the Imperial Censor to go home these days, he could feel that Yang Dechang's channel for obtaining news from the outside world had not been cut off.

This proves that Yang Dechang has more than one channel to understand the outside world, and he must have other forces that have not been discovered.

These powerful officials have now joined forces with the representatives of military honors, and their ambitions must be huge!

After Ye Chen arrived at Kunning Palace, he saw Su Mengqiao admiring the flowers in the courtyard of Kunning Palace.

There was a pile of memorials on the stone table in the courtyard, but Su Mengjiao had no intention of reading them.

Since the advent of paper, it has become easier for her to review memorials than before, so she would do these official duties as late as possible.

When Su Mengjiao saw Ye Chen coming, she was not surprised. After all, Cheng En had already said that Ye Chen was coming.

"Emperor, are you here to see me because of the meeting between Yang Dechang and Cao Chang?"

Su Mengjiao sat at the stone table and asked doubtfully.

"Oh, Queen Mother, I've known for a while that they're going to meet. Now I can even guess that the Three Dukes and Cao Chang must have reached a consensus. They're likely to cause trouble in the court tomorrow."

"And now, what Yang Dechang wants to do most, and what would most easily get Cao Chang to act together, is undoubtedly to target the general selection system I have implemented."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said to Su Mengjiao, "But in my opinion, if these people want to make trouble, they must have a reason."

"If you just use the excuse that I've implemented a different system for the imperial examinations than our ancestors, you won't be able to stop me."

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao frowned slightly, and then asked, "Your Majesty, do you mean that these people will use some tricks?"

"They will definitely use some means, and their target will definitely be the examination room and the candidates entering it!"

Ye Chen was very confident and said in a calm tone, "Now that the exam order has been issued, it's impossible for these people to stop the candidates from taking the exam. The only thing they can do is to tamper with the area around the exam room."

"Therefore, I will attend the morning court sessions for the next few days to observe the opinions of these powerful officials. And until the exam is over, I will leave the palace every day to personally inspect the area surrounding the exam hall!"

Hearing this, a solemn expression appeared on Su Mengjiao's pretty face.

"Emperor, must it be so?"

"Queen Mother, this matter is of great importance, this must be done!"

Ye Chen was very persistent. In the next few days, he was ready to get up early and go to bed late!

In short, nothing must go wrong in that examination room!