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

Ye Chen sat upright on the chair, quietly looking at the Tong family relatives in front of him.

However, crossing your legs in front of the ancients was extremely impolite.

But Ye Chen didn't care.

Behind the two old men, the women who had been talking nonsense before now shut up.

When these common people heard that Ye Chen was an official, they were still afraid.

"Sir, this is my family's affair. Please don't interfere."

An old man stood up, his tone was obviously not as arrogant as before, and said.

"Does this officer just like to meddle in other people's affairs?"

Ye Chen stared at the old man. The old man looked much older than the old man from the Tong family whom he had met last time.

He should be the oldest elder in the Tong family.

"Hmph, my lord, don't think that the imperial guards in the palace are powerful. Although we are common people, we are not strangers."

The old man named Second Uncle stood up, and there was an obvious threat in his words.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen remained silent.

"Why, are you going to bring out your backer?"

Hearing this, the second uncle narrowed his eyes.

He observed Ye Chen's expression and said in a deep voice, "Sir, you may not know that the people I know are definitely not people you can mess with."

"Oh."

Ye Chen just found it funny and said, "The person you said I can't mess with is Xia Ju?"

"Ok?"

Second Uncle was slightly stunned, and the expression of a young man behind him changed.

"You, how dare you call me godfather by my name?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen looked at the young man sharply.

"You said Xia Ju is your godfather, but I see you're about the same age as Commander Xia, right?"

Ye Chen was somewhat surprised.

"Oh, you care about me?"

The young man's face flushed visibly, and then he added, "I'm happy to have such a godfather! My last name is Xia now!"

"Ah."

Ye Chen pursed his lips. Even his surname was changed. It seemed that he had accepted his godfather very thoroughly.

He then shook his head and said, "In that case, I really hope to see you two recognize each other as father and son later."

Upon hearing this, the two old men and several young people from the Tong family present were stunned.

Then, a voice suddenly came from outside the fish shop.

"Move aside! Why are there so many people here? Get out of my way!"

At this time, many people had gathered outside the fish shop.

The Lai Yanwang who flew out of the fish shop before was enough to attract a large number of passers-by to gather around.

At this time, a burly figure dressed in brocade official uniform struggled to walk out of the crowd and strode into the fish shop.

Seeing this figure coming in.

Everyone in the fish shop's expressions changed.

"Fuck, godfather?"

The young man who changed his surname to Xia was the first to exclaim, "You, why are you here?"

"Ok?"

Xia Ju was slightly stunned, looked at the Tong family relatives in surprise, and then walked quickly to Ye Chen.

"Your Majesty, no, sir! I greet you, sir!"

Xia Ju knelt on one knee and clasped his fists towards Ye Chen.

In an instant, all the relatives of the Tong family were stunned.

The young man who changed his surname to Xia was even more incredulous. He said, "Fuck, fuck, godfather, who is this guy? Why are you kneeling down to him?"

Hearing this, the muscles on Xia Ju's face twitched. He looked at the young man again, and then looked at Ye Chen.

"Sir, I wonder what brings me here?"

"Xia Ju, is this your godson?"

Ye Chen pointed at the young man and asked.

"Your Excellency doesn't know this. I had an old servant in my family who took care of me for many years. After he died, some relatives from his clan came. I saw how miserable these people were and wanted to take care of them, but as soon as I opened my mouth, these people knelt down before me, and some even called me dad."

Xia Ju described it in detail.

He had a momentary kindness in mind, but he didn't expect the other party to kneel down and acknowledge him as his father so quickly. He was confused and almost confusedly acknowledged him as his godson.

“Humph, Xia Ju, you recognized this godson very well. He dared to bully the good and rob the property of orphans and widows.”

Ye Chen snorted and said.

Upon hearing this, Xia Ju's face froze for a moment, and then he broke out in a sweat.

"Sir, this is something I don't know!"

Xia Ju was terrified. A burly soldier was pale, trembling all over, and his eyes were full of panic and fear.

Regal power is unpredictable, and he is really scared.

"Oh, go and receive thirty lashes. If I ever see your adopted son do this again, you'll be fired from your position as commander of the Imperial Guards. Go home and farm."

"Yes! I am guilty, and I will accept the punishment myself!"

Xia Ju felt relieved and kowtowed to confess his guilt.

And until now.

Everyone in the Tong family was silent and stunned.

"As for the rest of you, you will all spend a year in the Ministry of Justice's prison. The young ones will receive twenty strokes of the cane before being released at the end of their terms."

Ye Chen's tone was particularly calm. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a large number of imperial guards disguised as civilians rushed into the fish shop.

But he wanted to capture all the members of the Tong family and take them away.

During this period, the Tong family members knelt down and begged for mercy, crying for their parents, but Ye Chen didn't care at all.

Ye Chen did not use harsh measures against these Tong family members. After all, they were just ordinary people. Letting them suffer a little and teaching them a lesson was enough.

But if the Tong family members don’t want to learn this lesson and receive this punishment, then they are dreaming.

The second uncle who had dared to threaten Ye Chen before began to beg Tong Le when he saw that Ye Chen had no intention of letting them go.

"Tong Le, Tong Le, my dear grandson, I know I was wrong. We really do know we were wrong. We will return double what we stole yesterday. We promise!"

However, no matter how much the old man begged, he was eventually taken away.

Tong Le stared blankly at the fish shop which was quickly emptying out, and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

Everything that happened before seemed like a dream to her.

The Tong family relative who came to her house yesterday and robbed and smashed things everywhere, and Xia Ju, the proud backer of the Tong family relatives, knelt down and admitted his mistake and accepted the punishment willingly just because of a few words from Ye Chen.

Tong’s relatives were even arrested directly.

Things turned around so quickly that it took Tong Le a while to come back to his senses.

At this time, Ye Chen had already walked in front of Tong Le.

"Miss Tong, can you take me there now, your sister-in-law?"

"I have something to tell her."

"If it's inconvenient, I need you to go and bring a message."

Ye Chen said in a gentle tone.

Hearing this, Tong Le swallowed his saliva, then looked at Ye Chen with complicated eyes and said, "Sir, my sister-in-law was injured last night and it is not convenient for her to see anyone."

"Well, where is the injury? Is it serious?"

Ye Chen asked immediately.

"It's just an arm injury."

Tong Le then said.

"Okay, Miss Tong, go tell your sister-in-law that there may be major changes in this city in the future, and you staying in this fish shop may be affected again. However, I have a place that can definitely guarantee your safety."

Ye Chen stared into Tong Le's beautiful eyes and said, "So, Miss Tong, you and your sister-in-law might consider moving there temporarily to hide."