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

"You said you wanted to confess, so tell me what you want to confess."

Ye Chen asked with sharp eyes.

"I, I, I just think that the current emperor is violating the ancestral teachings and using an examination to select the commander of the Beijing Camp is really against common sense. I, we were so angry that we started beating people up!"

The young man said loudly.

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but curl his lips.

"So you hit others just because you were angry, and it wasn't intentional, and you weren't ordered to do it?"

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and asked.

"No, that's right!"

"Oh, fart!"

Ye Chen's eyes sank slightly, and he suddenly waved his hand.

"Take this man down! And bring the other one up!"

This time, Ye Chen did not torture the young man, but said.

The person brought up was another young man.

"I, I, I confess, I confess too!"

It was almost the same statement as the previous young man.

Moreover, this guy also stated in more detail where they were plotting and the list of conspirators.

Of course, everyone included in this list is now in prison.

"Take the people down."

Ye Chen snorted lightly, then stood up and walked to a secret room.

"Queen Mother, have you heard what these people said? You should have realized that these powerful officials didn't leave any evidence behind."

Ye Chen sat next to Su Mengjiao and said.

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao nodded, then sighed.

"Emperor, if these children of the powerful and influential seem to have fabricated their confessions, if we torture them, then the powerful and influential people in the court and Yang Dechang and others will simply say that we are forcing them to confess."

"Did you expect this to happen? That's why you asked me to come here? Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Su Mengjiao stared at Ye Chen, her eyes slowly narrowing. As a queen mother who had been in charge of the court for three years, she was naturally familiar with power struggles.

At this time, she had already guessed that Ye Chen had a countermeasure.

"Queen Mother, there are some things that cannot be said openly."

"But tomorrow at court, those powerful ministers and military nobles will surely raise objections regarding the examination hall. At that time, I hope the Queen Mother will cooperate with me."

"No matter what I did."

Ye Chen said meaningfully to Su Mengjiao.

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao was slightly stunned, then met Ye Chen's gaze and slowly nodded.

After getting Su Mengjiao's approval, Ye Chen smiled with satisfaction.

"Qiu'er, please check the identities of these candidates for me later."

After Ye Chen brought Su Mengjiao out of the secret room, he turned to Shen Qiu again.

"Yes."

Then, Ye Chen left the Heavenly Prison. He wanted to go straight back to the Yangxin Palace to have a good rest and recharge his energy.

When he had just returned to the Yangxin Palace and changed into the emperor's dragon robe, Shen Qiu had already brought him a set of bamboo slips.

"Is this the identity information of the candidate named Yunpeng?"

Ye Chen suddenly remembered that he had asked Shen Qiu to check the candidate disguised as a man, so he picked up the bamboo slips and read them carefully.

"Son of Marquis Fenxin?"

Ye Chen frowned slightly.

This Marquis Fenxin was obviously also one of the military generals and nobles, but he had never heard of this name, so he thought he was not a very famous marquis.

He later discovered that the Fenxinhou family had fallen into poverty, and their children could only hold minor positions in the army. Many of their children even had to find other jobs to make a living.

This situation is very similar to the decline of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion.

However, the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion was oppressed by powerful officials.

The Marquis of Fenxin was simply the result of his previous generations being lazy and gluttonous, and having too many playboys, who squandered the family fortune.

Even though the marquis's mansion has fiefdoms and fiefdoms, it cannot stop the prodigal son from squandering money.

It is said that the Marquis Fenxin’s Mansion is now unable to make ends meet just from the interest on the debt.

Ye Chen slowly rolled up the bamboo slips.

This generation of Fenxin Hou seems to have some ambition, but unfortunately he lacks the ability. He has been doing business for many years but has achieved nothing.

Ye Chen was not very interested in it, but he was a little interested in the second daughter of Marquis Fenxin.

It is said that the Marquis of Fenxing had three sons and one daughter, and the three sons were either lazy or mediocre in talent.

The only girl born to a concubine was known for her talent. She was over 24 years old and still unmarried. She was even a teacher in Yingchuan Academy.

"It's really fun."

The corners of Ye Chen's mouth rose slightly. The female teacher of Yingchuan Academy reminded him of the author of the Child-Raising Sutra that Qin Rou had told him about.

The author's surname seems to be Yun as well.

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

Ye Chen put the bamboo slips aside, feeling that he might be able to have a good exchange with Master Yun in the future.

However, that is only for the future.

After Ye Chen put down the bamboo slips about Marquis Fenxin, Shen Qiu brought him some more bamboo slips.

On it was the information of several imprisoned children of nobles.

After Ye Chen finished reading these bamboo slips, he went to bed very late.

Early the next morning.

Ye Chen was awakened by the ringing of the bell in the palace.

Then he stood up, put on the dragon robe and the emperor's crown, walked out of the Yangxin Palace, and sat on the emperor's sedan chair, which was carried by twenty-four eunuchs.

And when he arrived at Taiqian Palace.

All the officials have already entered.

He was performing the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows in front of the empty dragon throne.

When Ye Chen strode into Taiqian Palace.

The officials who had just stood up knelt down again.

But this time, Yang Dechang was no longer embarrassed as before. Even though his knees were still sore from kneeling, he became happy after seeing Ye Chen walk into the hall, and his eyes narrowed into two slits.

Like a poisonous snake ready to strike.