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

When Ye Chen returned to the capital, he went directly to the palace.

He did not stop at all during this journey. When he arrived at the palace, he immediately said to Shen Qiu, "Qiu'er, go tell the Queen Mother to issue an imperial decree to summon all civil and military officials to the Taiqian Palace."

Yang Dechang had already fallen out with Ye Chen before.

Ye Chen no longer had any concerns at this time.

The two sides have been fighting to the death.

Ye Chen would no longer hold back. Once he had the advantage, he would definitely kill Yang Dechang.

Although Yang Dechang still has many followers in the court, his right-hand men and the troops inside and outside the capital are all under the control of Ye Chen.

In the face of absolute power, the words of a bunch of censors are useless.

"promise!"

After Shen Qiu got off the carriage, he clasped his fists towards Ye Chen, turned around and left.

After returning to the Yangxin Palace, Ye Chen put on the dragon robe, the emperor's crown, and then called the imperial physician.

The imperial physician looked at the swollen part of Ye Chen's body and said it was just a minor injury. He prescribed some medicine. After Ye Chen looked at the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, he told the guy to get out.

In the future, if it is just some swelling, it can be cured by applying some ointment.

But now, the imperial physician still prescribed a bunch of medicine for him, and he even had to take it for three consecutive months.

This guy is a complete quack.

"If I had studied medicine before, I could straighten my bones and give me some anti-inflammatory medicine, and I would be fine."

Ye Chen felt helpless, but he also knew that he couldn't recover from his illness without taking medicine.

He asked Na Cheng'en to arrange someone to get medicine, which he planned to drink later.

Then, he sat on the emperor's ceremonial procession and headed towards the Taiqian Palace.

In the Taiqian Palace, all officials gathered.

Yang Dechang stood alone in front of all the officials, his old face looking somewhat gloomy.

Su Mengjiao suddenly sent an imperial decree to the Secretariat, gathering all civil and military officials. This was obviously a big event.

Yang Dechang was completely clueless about this. Even though he had some spies in the palace at that time, he only got some relevant information.

For example, he knew that the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards suddenly left Su Mengjiao today.

According to his previous experience, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards was also responsible for the emperor's safety.

In other words.

Did Ye Chen take any action?

Yang Dechang narrowed his eyes. With his keen political sense, he felt something was wrong.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

"Long live your majesty!"

Civil and military officials all knelt down.

Ye Chen walked up the stone steps with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and sat on the dragon throne.

"Be flat."

Ye Chen waved his hand with a calm tone.

And facing his words.

The eunuch who was delivering the message also shouted loudly: "All the nobles, please stand up."

The civil and military officials all stood up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" "Thank you, Queen Mother!"

Ye Chen turned his head and looked at the bead curtain behind him.

Su Mengjiao was behind the bead curtain at this time.

"Your Majesty, I'm summoning all the officials today. I wonder what the purpose is?"

Yang Dechang stood up and bowed to Ye Chen.

He couldn't see Ye Chen's background clearly now, so he decided to take the initiative.

If Ye Chen spoke first, he would be too passive.

"Oh, Prime Minister Yang, I summoned all the officials to discuss something important. As for what it is, just listen."

"I didn't ask you to, so don't stand out."

Ye Chen had a blank expression on his face, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes as he looked at Yang Dechang.

Hearing this, Yang Dechang was slightly stunned, and his eyes became even gloomier.

Ye Chen's tone towards him was already very impolite at this time.

This made him, who had been in charge of government for many years, extremely dissatisfied.

But at this moment, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction and step back slightly.

Then wait for Ye Chen to speak.

"My dear ministers, I have summoned you here today because I have an important announcement to make."

"General Kou Yu of the northwest border defied the imperial edict, plotted rebellion, and even attempted to regicide! I have already dismissed him from his military post and incorporated his troops. Now he has fled north, and I will not let him go. I will issue a wanted order!"

"Even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, I will capture him and punish him severely. Also, pass on my order to send people to the northwest border immediately to capture Kou Yu's family and take them under control!"

Ye Chen’s words were like a bombshell, exploding in the court.

Yang Dechang also looked shocked.

What moved him was not Ye Chen's words about capturing Kou Yu and punishing him severely, nor was it Ye Chen's ruthless actions against Kou Yu's family.

Instead, Ye Chen had removed Kou Yu from his military post and incorporated Kou Yu's army.

Are you kidding me?

That’s 30,000 people!

How did he get recruited by Ye Chen?

Yang Dechang gritted his teeth, finding it hard to believe.

He transferred Kou Yu here to recruit him as an assistant.

As a result, this arm assist was of no use at all and it was already ruined?

Yang Dechang cursed inwardly as a piece of trash and clenched his fists.

Kou Yu is finished.

Then what can he use to fight Ye Chen now?

"It's over."

Yang Dechang had a falling out with Ye Chen before, and there was no room for maneuver for either side.

Now that Ye Chen has seized the opportunity, how could he let him go?

At this moment, he already felt that something was wrong!

"Prime Minister Yang, this Kou Yu was someone you hired to assassinate the king. Did you plan this all along?"

Ye Chen suddenly looked at Yang Dechang and said in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, I know nothing about this matter."

"Oh, you said you didn't know, so you didn't know?"

Ye Chen couldn't help but sneer and said, "Prime Minister Yang, if you know about this, then you are plotting a rebellion. If you don't know about this, then you are incompetent!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Dechang frowned.

"Your Majesty, there may be some misunderstanding here."

"fart!"

Ye Chen slammed the table.

"In front of tens of thousands of soldiers, Kou Yu attempted to assassinate me but failed! You tell me, what those tens of thousands of soldiers saw was all fake?"

Hearing this, Yang Dechang gritted his teeth.

He hated Kou Yu for being so incompetent.

How could the assassination of Ye Chen fail!

But now he has been forced to this point.

"Your Majesty, if Kou Yu really did this, then he truly deserves death. I never imagined he would be such a heartless person!"

"I've neglected my duty!"

Yang Dechang calmed himself down and bowed to Ye Chen.

He has no other choice now.

"Oh, since the Prime Minister has said so, then why do I need a Prime Minister like you who has lost his mind?"

Ye Chen stood up with a bang. His face was calm, his tone was steady, and he was full of dominance.

Just one more step, one more step, and he would be able to get Yang Dechang fired.

At that time, he will purge the court and then abolish all of Yang Dechang's power!

Victory is finally in sight.

However, just when Ye Chen was about to make another effort.

"Report!"

A member of the imperial guard suddenly rushed into the Taiqian Palace.

"Urgent news from outside the capital!"

The imperial guard picked up a memorial.

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised his eyebrows.

Cheng'en immediately walked down and took the memorial.

After Ye Chen read the memorial, he frowned immediately and sat back down even though he had already stood up.