The old Duke straightened his official uniform, then walked to the front and bowed to Yan Qinglian.
Just now he said: "Lord Yan, whether the method is right or not determines how likely it is to succeed. Whether Chen'er's method is right or not depends on whether he can accomplish this."
Yan Qinglian snorted coldly, then pointed at Ye Chen and said, "I have always respected the old Duke. I never thought that the old Duke would raise such an unfilial descendant."
"The cabinet system was personally established by Emperor Taizu, yet he actually instigated the Emperor to abolish it? What is his motive? Does your Ye family want to dominate Kyoto?"
Such heart-piercing words. If the emperor did not trust the Ye family, the Ye family would probably have retired after today's incident.
Suddenly, a few rounds of applause rang out.
Ye Chen walked to the front and said, "Old Yan is indeed worthy of being a censor. His ability to confuse right and wrong is unmatched!"
Yan Qinglian said, "What do you mean?"
Ye Chen said, "Lord Yan caused the New Year's Eve banquet to be stained with blood in the palace, and led troops to force the palace, and now he says that my Ye family wants to dominate Kyoto?"
Then Ye Chen pointed at the soldiers with weapons and said, "Do you have a deep hatred for them? Why would you let them do something like this, killing nine generations of their clan?"
Yan Qinglian said with a smile, "Whether they are traitors or heroes, we won't know until today's incident is over."
Ye Chen smiled evilly and said, "I'm afraid this will disappoint Lord Yan."
Yan Ge Lao snorted coldly and said, "Even if you have reinforcements, I'm afraid it will be like distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. I don't have that much patience."
Then Yan Qinglian bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I simply wish to have Your Majesty withdraw your order to disband the cabinet."
"I have no other intentions."
The emperor sat back on the throne and said, "I think that after I withdraw the order from the cabinet, will you let me live? Let me continue to be the emperor?"
"Or will I let you live after you withdraw today?"
"Hmph, since neither of us can do it, why don't we each give it a try and see who is more favored by God, how about that?"
Yan Qinglian looked up at the emperor and said, "In that case, I apologize for my offense."
Then he raised his hand and said, "Don't kill these people who don't resist. I don't want to commit murder."
Then he pointed at Ye Chen and the others and said, "But the Ye family cannot stay."
Then he pointed at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty... keep it for now, it will be useful."
As soon as Yan Qinglian finished speaking, the soldiers with knives began to hack at the Ye family.
There were only seven people in the Ye family, including the maids and nannies. Madam Xiao and Nanny Sun were protected behind them, and the old Duke stood in front of Madam Xiao.
In front were Ye Chen and Shen Qiu, followed by Xing'er and Xiaofu, blocking the oncoming swords.
But after all, there were too many people, and soon Chen Qiu had to take action. She was carrying a big belly, and her movements were greatly restricted.
The emperor shouted anxiously from above: "Black Eagle, where are the Black Cloud Guards? Protect the Ye family."
Ling Tian, who was beside the emperor, did not dare to leave the emperor's side for a moment and could only worry.
It only took a few breaths of time for the strict and honest people to start hurting people and for the emperor to call the Black Cloud Guards.
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Black Hawk led his men out from behind. The Black Cloud Guards in black clothes with golden cloud patterns quickly surrounded the entire banquet palace.
Yan Qinglian sneered and said, "You think you can turn the tide with just a few thousand Black Cloud Guards? That's ridiculous."
The emperor gritted his teeth in anger, then patted Ling Tian and said, "Where are your imperial guards?"
Yan Qinglian laughed and said, "Your Majesty may have forgotten that the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards was nominated by an old minister."
Now it has become a stalemate again. Ye Chen asked Lan Yu to come and guard Chen Qiu. Chen Qiu had just fought and it was not known whether he was injured.
Ye Chen stood up and said, "The emperor has forgotten, but I remember."
"Black Hawk, is Lu Chenyuan here?"
"Here I come, here I come," Lu Chenyuan said, holding a human head in his hand, and led his people into the banquet palace.
Then he said, "So you asked me to go back to Kyoto for the New Year just to do this?"
"Okay, you guys can talk about whatever you want. Everything outside has been resolved. I haven't eaten yet." As he said that, he threw the head in his hand at Yan Qinglian's feet.
There were many ladies and girls in the palace, and several of them fainted when Lu Chenyuan threw the ball.
Then Lu Chenyuan pulled An Ning to the side of Concubine Lu and said, "An Ning came back by herself. I will take her back with me when I go back. You haven't seen her for a long time. Let's have a good chat."
Concubine Lu pulled An Ning to sit down, and Lu Chenyuan also found a place to sit down, picked up the untouched food and started eating.
Before Yan Qinglian could react to Lu Chenyuan's appearance, the people he brought with him had already been armed.
Although Yan Qinglian looked grim, he was not panicked. He stared at Ye Chen and said, "When did you arrange for Lu Chenyuan?"
Ye Chen smiled and said, "It has been arranged long ago. I sent several urgent letters over eight hundred miles to get him here. Is Lord Yan satisfied with this support?"
Yan Qinglian said, "Impossible. I've been keeping an eye on your movements. It's impossible for me not to get any information about your people leaving the capital."
Ye Chen smiled and said, "I know you will intercept the letters from my house, but you won't intercept the letters from the maid's house as well, right?"
"I had an inconspicuous maid escort me out of Kyoto at the post station, and then I arranged for an 800-mile express trip to Binzhou."
Ye Chen didn't care about Yan Qinglian's reaction, he turned around and bowed to the emperor, saying: "Your Majesty, please handle the next step. I have to take Qiu'er back."
"She just used force to protect me, and I'm worried."
The emperor stood up and said, "Let's go back to my sister's palace. It has been cleaned up. It would be bad if we leave the palace now in case there is an ambush."
Ye Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we'll go there first."
Then everyone in the Ye family returned to Ye Chen’s mother’s palace.
After Yan Qinglian was arrested, Ling Tian raided Yan's residence and the residence of the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards overnight.
Lan Yu brought medicine with her. After giving Chen Qiu a pill, she said, "It's okay. Xiao Qiu is in good health. Those few hits are nothing."
Ye Chen was relieved and stayed by Shen Qiu's side.
Chen Qiu knew that Ye Chen was worried about him, so he didn't say that he was making a fuss. This way he could feel at ease and just let it go. After all, he was just being taken better care of.
The next morning, after having breakfast in the palace, the family returned to the Ye Mansion.
Xiao Hang, Mingyue and Mu Qing were waiting at the door. Mingyue and Mu Qing heard from the servant that all the adults in the mansions had returned home yesterday.
After some inquiries, I found out that such a big thing happened and Mingyue almost broke into the palace.
It was only after Mu Qing persuaded Mingyue again and again and went to the palace to confirm that the matter was over and no one in the Ye family was injured that Mingyue felt relieved.
But I didn't sleep well that night.
Mu Qing knew that Ye Chen would take action against Yan Qinglian, but he didn't know that he would do it so early, or was he waiting for Yan Qinglian to take action.
As soon as Mu Qing came back, Ye Chen wanted to assign tasks to him and Mingyue, but Mingyue was pregnant.
Ye Chen himself is about to become a father, and he can understand Mu Qing's feelings. Ye Chen still feels differently towards this person who has accompanied him in his previous life and has been by his side since childhood.
So, he chose to hide this matter from Mu Qing.
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