Seeing Hu Guang covering his face and weeping, the scene fell silent, and everyone stood there with heavy hearts.

Chen Fan then explained to everyone why the Empress Dowager had gone to such lengths to order the Sili Xiaowei to arrest those officials.

"Well done...! Those mediocre and incompetent people, who cannot share His Majesty's burdens, what use are they?!"

"Yes, those people are unjustly receiving government stipends; they must be eliminated to appease public anger!!"

"Holding a position without doing any work, utterly despicable!!"

After hearing Chen Fan's explanation, the students and other students present immediately turned their attention to criticizing the officials.

Because Liu Hong had always encouraged a pragmatic approach, and as followers of the younger generation of emperors, they naturally held those who held positions of power but failed to fulfill their duties in utter contempt.

Now that the emperor has been exhausted because of those incompetent officials, they naturally hate them to the extreme. At the same time, they applaud the Empress Dowager's order to arrest those people.

Not long after, Mo Shang also came out of the palace. After apologizing to Chen Fan and the others, he led a group of Mo family disciples and people from the Research and Manufacturing Bureau away from the Southern Palace.

The students from the Imperial Academy and the students from the three academies also left the place after being persuaded by Zheng Xuan, Zhang Bozu and others.

Despite this, thousands of students and some eliminated youths from the Imperial Guards insisted on staying here, waiting for news of the emperor's awakening. Chen Fan and others did not say much about this.

"Brother Zhongju, these young people are much more determined than we were back then!!"

Looking at the students sitting cross-legged outside the Southern Palace, patiently waiting for the emperor to wake up, Hu Guang looked at Chen Fan beside him with a face full of satisfaction.

"Yes...! A wise ruler always has a group of loyal followers!"

Chen Fan also sighed deeply. They had fought against the imperial relatives and eunuchs for so many years, but the emperor was incompetent and the court was corrupt. They could see no hope, and all they could rely on was their perseverance and loyalty to the Han dynasty.

But these young people today are even more outstanding than them, because the emperor has given them more hope and a goal to strive for.

After Chen Fan and his companions offered some words of encouragement to the crowd, they returned to Deyang Palace.

Thus, a large-scale escort operation came to an end.