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

On the way back to the palace from the post station.

Ye Chen suddenly asked Shen Qiu: "Have the Tong family left the palace?"

"Not yet, Your Majesty."

Shen Qiu clasped his fists and said.

Ye Chen nodded. Originally, he wanted to go and see Tong Le and Mo Rou when he left the palace, to see how Tong Le would open a shop after learning the skills from the imperial kitchen.

For these two women.

Ye Chen still wanted to give them some help.

After all, it is not easy for two women to gain a foothold in the capital.

But now it seems that it will take some time for Tong Le to learn the skills of the imperial kitchen.

Ye Chen was no longer in a hurry.

After the carriage entered the palace, he went directly to the Yangxin Palace, changed into the dragon robe, and then went to the Qianqing Palace.

When Ye Chen walked into the Qianqing Palace and sat upright on the dragon throne, Su Mengjiao suddenly came to the Qianqing Palace.

"Emperor, what are you going to say to those eighteen generals today? I want to hear it."

Su Mengjiao said to Ye Chen with a serious face.

At this moment, she was wearing a white phoenix robe, exuding a luxurious and domineering temperament, and unparalleled elegance.

"Your Majesty, please listen if you want."

Ye Chen did not refuse Su Mengjiao. After all, some things still required the approval of the Queen Mother.

The emperor's seal is still in Su Mengjiao's hands.

And when Su Mengjiao sat behind the bead curtain.

The eighteen border defense generals were also taken to the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

These eighteen people were all very nervous at this moment.

Especially that Lin Lei.

This guy was now afraid that the high-ranking official of the imperial guards would make things difficult for him in front of the emperor, but just standing in front of the Qianqing Palace, he kept looking inside the Qianqing Palace with a guilty conscience.

But soon.

Cheng'en had already walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty has summoned you. Bring all these people into the palace immediately."

Dozens of imperial guards immediately pushed the eighteen generals into the Qianqing Palace.

The eighteen generals did not dare to resist.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, he began to look around.

Soon, they all saw Ye Chen sitting on the dragon throne.

All eighteen people opened their eyes wide.

"It's you?!"

Linley exclaimed in obvious disbelief.

"Pfft!"

Among the eighteen people, Ma Ting was the fastest to kneel down.

"The general will come to see Your Majesty!"

The others also woke up from their dream at this time.

“Plop!” “Plop!” “Plop!”

Eighteen people knelt on the ground.

"Be flat!"

Ye Chen had no expression on his face and just waved his hand, and the eunuch who was delivering the message shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with us. We were just drinking together!"

"Your Majesty, I'm not familiar with this Lin!"

"Your Majesty, I was trying to stop that guy named Lin when he was about to attack someone!"

"Your Majesty, I was so drunk I can't remember anything!"

Before they even stood up, the eighteen people were already shouting.

At this moment, these guys were trying their best to excuse themselves and quickly distance themselves from Lin Lei.

Linley was extremely uneasy, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, thinking that the emperor would not kill him for such a small matter.

However, if he is removed from his position and the interests of his family are damaged, he will be in trouble.

Even though the emperor was far away and the imperial power no longer had much control over the border, the generals on the northwest border did not dare to openly resist the emperor's orders.

After all, no aristocratic family would dare to rebel unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Shut up."

Ye Chen spoke in a low voice and waved his hand. The dragon robe on his body was draped in a dazzling red, and the imperial aura he exuded was breathtaking.

All the generals who were shouting shut up.

Among the eighteen people, Lin Lei raised his head in fear, looked at Ye Chen sitting on the dragon throne, but quickly lowered his head again.

"Listen up, everyone. I summoned you here today to select the commanders who would control the northwest border. But now it seems I overestimated you."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "When he was drunk, he picked up a knife and attacked people. When others tried to stop him, he even tried to steal other people's guards."

"Have you ever been like this before?"

Upon hearing this, before the eighteen people could explain, Ye Chen had already pointed at Lin Lei.

"You said."

"Your Majesty, I am guilty and deserve death! Your Majesty is magnanimous and magnanimous. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Linley kowtowed loudly, “Dong Dong Dong!”

"Heh, why are you so scared? Weren't you quite arrogant before?"

Seeing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but smile.

He looked at Lin Lei, whose forehead was already broken, but he didn't feel any sympathy.

If it weren't for him today, anyone else would have been bullied to death by these tough guys.

For such a group of people, if there are any other options, Lin Ziyun will not reuse them and will suppress them.

"I am guilty. It is my fault. It is all my fault."

Linley kept kowtow- ing .

Ye Chen's voice sounded extremely harsh to him. He felt extremely regretful, but he just felt that he might really be finished this time.

As he kowtowed continuously, bloodstains appeared on the hard marble slab, which looked shocking.

Seeing this, the other seventeen generals all felt sad.

After all, Linley, like them, came from the northwest border.

Now, seeing Linley in such a miserable state, they felt the same pain.

However, none of them dared to plead for Linley now.

After all, Lin Lei was committing a crime in public, and was just caught by Ye Chen.

In this situation, if Ye Chen really wanted to pursue the matter, no one would have any reason to dissuade him.

"enough."

Ye Chen’s voice suddenly rang out, and Lin Lei, who was kowtowing, was shocked and stopped immediately.

"What's your name?"

Ye Chen suddenly asked Lin Lei.

"lei."

“Linley, I am very dissatisfied with you. Very dissatisfied.”

Hearing this, Linley’s heart sank completely.

He just felt that Ye Chen was really going to take drastic measures against him.

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

After all, Ye Chen secretly transferred soldiers from other border army generals, obviously intending to cause trouble, but other generals might not cooperate with Ye Chen.

If a general could be caught and severely punished at this time, it would indeed have a good deterrent effect on the other generals. In this way, unless there are special circumstances, the other generals would not disobey Ye Chen.

Linley could already imagine the tragic end that was about to befall him.

He sighed heavily.

I felt extremely helpless.

But he was prepared to face any punishment from Ye Chen.

Some people even thought about taking off their official hats to ward off disaster.

He only hoped that Ye Chen would not bring disaster to his family.

However, Ye Chen's next words made him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar.

“Lin Lei, how many people are there in the Dunhuang Lin family?”

"Replying to Your Majesty, three, three hundred."

Linley felt his hands and feet go cold.

Judging from Ye Chen's tone, it seemed that he was not going to let his family go.

"Among these three hundred people, how many are like you?"

"Your Majesty, there are eighteen people of the same age as me."

Linley's lips trembled slightly, but he didn't dare to say anything nonsense at this moment.

After all, they are all registered and can be found out with a simple check.

It’s over. Is the emperor going to wipe out the entire clan?

Linley sensed that disaster was imminent.

Even though he always thought that Ye Chen would not kill everyone, looking at the current situation, it seems that Ye Chen really wants to take ruthless action.

Is he going to get rid of the entire Lin family just because of a small mistake of his?

Linley gritted his teeth.

Is everything over just because I drank a little and acted crazy?

However, the next moment, Ye Chen suddenly waved his hand.

"Your crime is not small. Go and receive the Ten Military Sticks. Then write a letter back and ask your family to send another outstanding son to the capital to participate in the assessment for the commander of the border army."

"As for you, you are not allowed to take the test this time."

Upon hearing this, Linley shuddered, his heart filled with shock.

When he suddenly looked up, he found Ye Chen looking at him with a smile.

Even Ye Chen's tone was noticeably gentler.

"Go down."

"Thank you, thank you for your grace!"