In the fifth year of Zhongping, the situation in the world was more chaotic this year, when Luoyang was hopeful, he said that Luoyang would be invaded, and the shape of the cloud showed that the two palaces were bleeding.

After Ma Yue attended the palace banquet in Luoyang, the emperor couldn't bear to let him out, and stayed in Luoyang for the time being.

But this time, Jing Zhaoyin didn't have Ma Yue's turn to appoint, and He Miao took office.

During this time in Luoyang, Ma Yue took on the official duty of teaching the little prince Liu Xie, and he really fulfilled his duties as a servant, either discussing political affairs by Liu Hong's side every day, or staying with the little prince in Yongle Palace.

"Sir, do you see if this is interesting, it was given to me by the imperial brother."

Ma Yue knelt and sat outside the Yongle Palace, and Liu Xie, who had practiced eight points of big characters for an hour, took out a straw grasshopper from his arms and held it in his hand for Ma Yue to see, Ma Yue did not take it, but said with a smile: "Your Highness, you are the prince, you must always call yourself, you can't use me, it is against the royal prestige, do you understand?" ”

Liu Xie made a blank face, glanced at Ma Yue carefully, hurriedly hid the grasshopper behind his back, lowered his head and said, "This palace knows." ”

Seeing the appearance of the prince Xie's child, Ma Yue also showed a smile on his face, and said softly: "But the grasshoppers made by the eldest prince are really good, has His Royal Highness the eldest prince come to Yongle Palace?" ”

"No, it's me, oh no, I went to the East Palace to play two days ago." Liu Xie lowered his head and said to himself, suddenly raised his head and opened his bright eyes and said to Ma Yue flatteringly: "Sir, don't tell the imperial grandmother, it's not that the palace is playful, it's the imperial brother who asked the palace to come over, the imperial brother invited, how can the younger brother not go, sir, you said right, it's not etiquette not to go." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the minister will not tell the Queen Mother." Ma Yue stretched out his finger and said with a smile: "But your claim is wrong again, the minister can only be called to His Royal Highness the Prince, and now His Majesty has not yet established the Prince, His Royal Highness should not call himself yet." ”

As soon as Ma Yue's words fell, he saw a palace lady come over and salute and said, "Ma Shizhong, the Queen Mother invites you to enter the palace." ”

Ma Yue nodded, got up and saluted Liu Xie: "Your Highness, the minister will enter the palace first to meet the Queen Mother, you can rest for a while and then beat the boxing techniques taught by the minister, okay?" ”

"Brother Huang is not the prince sooner or later, hehe, sir, go, the students know."

Looking at Liu Xie's innocent smile, Ma Yue's gaze crossed the towering palace walls and looked at the towering palace gate of the East Palace.

Back then, in order to keep the prince's future crown prince, Queen He poisoned Wang Meiren, the biological mother of the prince's association, but now the relationship between the two princes is so friendly...... Ma Yue sighed, shouldn't they, the adults, impose their own hopes on these two children?

"Serve Ma Yue, see the Queen Mother."

"Come in."

In the heavy curtains of Yongle Palace, Ma Yue sat opposite the Empress Dowager Dong after saluting the Empress Dowager Dong, the Yongle Palace was graceful and luxurious, the curtains were all over gold, the meals used in the palace on weekdays were based on the yellow valley, and the ornaments were mostly gold, even if there were few that were not gold, they were all yellow.

"The servant is exempt, the palace is idle, let Ma Shizhong be more careful recently, I am afraid that there will be someone in the court who is not good for you."

"It's bad for the ministers?" Ma Yue Meng, he has been living a very happy life these days, his life is simple and orderly, and he has not gone out to provoke people, which is rare for him, Ma Yue asked: "Can the Queen Mother tell me, but who did the minister provoke?" ”

Empress Dowager Dong smiled, "Who did you provoke, the horse servant provoked the induction of heaven and man, haha!" ”

"Celestial induction? Could it be that the Queen Mother is talking about a meteor in February? ”

"Meteors? That's fine. In February, there are stars in the Purple Palace. Can you learn about the stars in the horse squire? It doesn't matter if you don't understand, the old woman understands, I'll tell you if I have nothing to do today. Empress Dowager Dong looked very leisurely, sat up and said: "There are stars in the Purple Palace, the stars, which are the meteors you said, and the Purple Palace is the East Palace, that is, the Imperial Palace." ”

Empress Dowager Dong looked at Ma Yue's back and felt cold, Ma Yue had always felt that the splendid Yongle Palace was unpopular, and a half-blind old woman sat opposite and squinted her eyes and told him about the induction of heaven and man...... Just think about it.

"What does the Queen Mother mean is that this astronomer said that someone is making trouble for the matter of the crown prince?"

"That's right, Ma Shizhong is really thorough and smart."

Ma Yue said disapprenously: "Thank you for the queen mother's worry, but this astrological sign can't control the minister's affairs, the minister is just a servant with no real power, and he hasn't gone out to make trouble recently." ”

"You don't look for trouble, but trouble comes to you." Empress Dowager Dong said with a smile: "This morning, someone told the palace that he saw an impeachment letter on His Majesty's dragon case, and talked about the astrological signs. ”

"Is this man stupid? Just this thing. Ma Yue was stunned for a while, he had been in the court for a long time, he was used to connecting small things as not simple things, and suddenly thought of something and asked: "Queen Mother, is the person who is a scholar too Dianxing?" ”

Empress Dowager Dong glanced at Ma Yue with great appreciation, and really thought through the problem, and said: "Not only Taidian Xing, but also Taishi Lingcheng, these three people are all from the Yuan Mansion. ”

Ma Yue nodded to indicate that he understood, and at the same time he was full of doubts in his heart, he didn't offend the people of the Yuan Mansion, why did the protégé of the Yuan family find trouble with him? There are many conspiracies in this, which makes Ma Yue feel like a momentum.

"By the way, there is a Dong Zhuo in Liangzhou, Dong Zhongying, do you know that Ma Shizhong?"

Of course he knew, could it be that he was doing something again? Ma Yue said: "The minister knows that Captain Dong fought against the rebels under Captain Zhang before, and the Xiongnu in Hedong and Bingzhou moved, and Captain Dong was transferred to Bingzhou to quell the rebellion, how did the Queen Mother ask him?" ”

"Yes, it's him, Yuan Kui asked His Majesty to recruit him into the court as a young man, but he refused, but his younger brother Dong Min came happily, and some time ago he asked someone to send some things to the palace, which was very good. This Dong Zhuo is filial piety. ”

Second Brother Dong, Second Brother Dong, Ma Yue muttered this name in his heart, but he didn't know what to say to the Empress Dowager Dong, so he was silent.

"What's the matter, Ma Shizhong has a holiday with this Dong Zhuo?"

"No, there isn't." Coming back to his senses, Ma Yue hurriedly said: "Captain Dong is bold and generous, and the minister received a lot of help when he was young, so it is naturally very good that he can be filial to the Queen Mother." ”

When he walked out of Yongle Palace, Ma Yue's head was groggy, and he lowered his head along the way and ignored those officials who bowed his head and saluted, and returned to the Liang Mansion uneasily.

Dong Zhuo caught up with the relationship of the Empress Dowager Dong, and the Empress Dowager asked him to make a statement to His Majesty and promoted Dong Min as the captain of Fengche...... Yu Private, Dong Zhuo is his good brother, and the darkest day in his life is that he is gradually feeling blessed and the state assassin Shi personally carried the car for him as a sedan chair driver.

Yu Gong, but he was unwilling to let Dong Zhuo enter Beijing. Because he knew that the day Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the prosperous Beijing division would surely shed blood.

Knowing the established facts of the future is not a good thing for Ma Yue many times, but it is a huge burden on his heart. History is always like a rolling wheel, but Ma Yue is not the warrior who uses his mantis arm as a car. Sometimes he also thought that if he didn't know history, maybe he would really be able to leave a tragic mark in history after a thousand years.

People, they all seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

On the second day, several 600 stone miscellaneous officials who were proficient in the stars made a lot of nonsense in the palace, angrily accusing His Majesty of appointing traitors to teach the prince, causing the wrath of the heavens and the stars of the Purple Palace.

The old-fashioned Qingliu led by Yuan Kui implored Liu Hong to make the crown prince, and in the face of the ant-like Taishi Lingcheng scolding Huai, Ma Yue sat down with his head held high and kneeled without saying a word.

Liu Hong sat on the dragon couch with one hand on his chin, looking down at the civil and military officials, his face expressionless.

At this time, he couldn't say that he wanted to make the prince the crown prince.

The emperor's family affairs are also state affairs.

As for the Star Purple Palace, it was a joke for Liu Hong. Emperor Guangwu was also the Star Purple Palace that year, and the four princes became the Emperor of Xiaohe...... The eldest prince does not ascend to the great treasure, which should be in line with His Majesty's wishes. Liu Hong looked at Ma Yue, who looked indifferent, and smiled.

This Ma Yue, whose skills are getting bigger and bigger, is still respectful to himself, but his methods are too extreme - it's okay to be usable, but if it's not available, what should I do?

Liu Hong now doesn't dare to hand over more authority to Ma Yue, especially not to let him lead the troops. There is not a single soldier, the long-standing servants Guo Sheng and the Yang clan of Baling, who have deep roots, and the Ti cavalry in the palace returns, and the Yang Party has all died from ninety years old women to three-year-old children. said that he was killed for the crime of rebellion, in the final analysis, His Majesty is just mediocre but not stupid, doesn't he know that Ma Yue didn't have a little personal vendetta in doing this?

There are only a few people who can use it, just like he knows that the horse is more fierce, doesn't he know that he is reckless?

Liu Hong knew it, but he was too lazy to say it.

Eagle dog minions, it doesn't matter if it's good or not, just catch rabbits.

But now Ma Yue is a little too late, he can not only catch rabbits, but also bite tigers.

Is there some imbalance in the forces above the temple?

……

Seven days later, at the second court meeting, Jingzhao Yin He Miao handed over the file found in the search of the Yang family's mansion, which caused an uproar in the court.

The main hall became extremely noisy, and people once again remembered the meteor that had gone straight to the Purple Palace some time ago.

Looking at the eyes of the ministers in the court, Ma Yue really understood the meaning of Yang Dang's sentence 'You won't live long if I die'. He also saved his last hand.

The successor Jing Zhaoyin, why He Miao?

Ma Yue raised his eyes to look at Liu Hong, but saw the complicated expression on the face of His Majesty, a smile mixed with mockery, and shook his head.

"Someone came, Ma Yue disobeyed the holy order and was sent to Huangmen North Temple for trial after the autumn."

Ma Yue got up and walked out of the hall, his head held high, not hanging. He didn't look at the eyes that fell into the well, he didn't look at anyone for help, he didn't worry, he didn't cry out a word of injustice, and he didn't have the slightest hint of fear.

When the four sturdy periodmen came from outside the hall, Ma Yue suddenly turned around, made a big salute to Liu Hong, and turned to greet the period.

Without the slightest intention of being escorted away, Ma Yue walked out of the hall he had built with his own hands in the eyes of the courtiers.

In February of the fifth year of Zhongping, there were stars in the Purple Palace, and the horses went down to the Huangmen North Temple Prison.