In September of the twenty-third year of Chenghua, the crown prince Zhu Youzhang ascended the throne as the emperor, and changed the name of the year to "Hongzhi", and the year was the first year of Hongzhi.

The new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world.

Emperor Hongzhi respected the queen as the queen mother, took out the Wu family after the abolition of the cold palace, respected as the queen mother, supported the palace, and issued an order to recall Huai'en, restore his official position as a eunuch in charge of ceremonies, and entrust it to be reused.

He removed more than 1,000 ministers from the former emperor's office, and sent Wan Xi, Wanda, Wan Xiang and others of the Wan Guifei family to prison for investigation.

For a time, the government and the opposition were full of expectations for this vigorous young monarch.

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After entering October, the weather in the capital is getting cooler and colder, Zhang Yue got up early in the morning, after practicing a Siping boxing in the courtyard, he felt that the weather was a little cold, took the handkerchief handed over by Rushui and wiped his sweat, and entered the hall.

Xiaotong prepared breakfast, and turned around to see Zhang Yue coming in,

"Mother, you're done punching so quickly today."

"Well, it's a little cold."

"Mother, let's have breakfast."

Zhang Yue sat down in response.

In the blink of an eye, it has been a month since she moved into the Forbidden City, and Zhu Youzhu placed her in Kunning Palace, where the Queen Mother used to live, and the Queen Mother has now moved to Shoukang Palace to live.

Zhu Youzhu would go back to Kunning Palace every night to eat and sleep, and still let Zhang Yue sleep in the bed as he did in the East Palace, and he slept on the couch separated from the bed by a screen.

Zhang Yue feels that his daily life has not changed much compared to the East Palace, but now he lives in the palace, and every time he goes out of the palace to see Yuan Mo and Li Dongyang, they are particularly inconvenient, so he has to let Xiao Jing, the eunuch who is now the head of the Qianqing Palace, want to leave the palace token and disguise himself as a little eunuch to run out.

Xiao Jing must also know that it was Zhang Yue who actually left the palace, and he was very happy to give Xiaotong a token to leave the palace. It's just that every time she leaves the palace, she will definitely be followed by several guards, like a tail, which is also Zhu Youzhang's arrangement, which makes Zhang Yue feel unfree.

Zhang Yue slandered in his heart, and a few people entered from outside the house, and the first person knelt down to salute Zhang Yue after entering the house.

"Chen Mu Bin see Niangniang!"

Zhang Yue raised his eyes and saw that it was Mu Bin wearing a senior military attache uniform, "Hurry up, Mu Guard, no, it should be called Master Mu now, I heard that you have been promoted again, and now you are the commander of Jinyiwei, the second seat of Jinyiwei, the third-grade officer!" Congratulations! ”

Mu Bin hurriedly said, "The ministers don't dare, the emperor's grace is mighty." ”

"What is the matter with Lord Mu today?"

"Niangniang, the emperor asked the ministers to send the cantaloupe and grapes that had just been paid tribute in the Western Regions to Niangniang to taste." As he spoke, he asked the man behind him to put the fruit on the table.

After Zhang Yue moved into the Forbidden City, Zhu Youzhu sent all kinds of delicacies at both ends of three days, Zhang Yue was used to it, looking at the golden cantaloupe and crystal clear grapes, her beautiful eyes turned and said, "Master Mu, isn't it?" ”

Mu Bin was taken aback, "Niangniang, I don't know what's wrong?" ”

Zhang Yue smiled in his eyes, "For such a trivial matter, just let the steward and eunuch send it, why bother you Lord Mu to deliver it personally?" Xiaotong, don't you say? As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Tong who was peeking at Mu Bin next to her from the corner of her eye.

Xiaotong's face flushed in an instant, and Mu Bin didn't get up naturally, so he hurriedly said, "When the emperor gave the edict, the ministers and ministers happened to be in the imperial study, so they took this errand. ”

Zhang Yue chuckled and said, "Oh, I see, that hard work, Xiaotong?" ”

Xiao Tong hurriedly replied, "Niangniang." ”

"Master Mu is working hard to deliver fruits, you let him go to our small kitchen with you and get some pastries we just made recently, which can be regarded as my return to him."

Xiaotong went out first with a red face, Mu Bin's eyes lit up, and he raised his head and said gratefully,

"Thank you Niangniang, the minister will go with Miss Xiaotong to get the pastries." Saying that, he also went out with Xiaotong.

Zhang Yue looked at the backs of the two, and was secretly happy in her heart, this Xiaotong is getting along with Mu Bin, she knows it, although Mu Bin is a man of few words, he is thoughtful, strong in martial arts, and loyal, so he must be able to treat Xiaotong sincerely in the future. Xiaotong has someone to entrust, and she can leave here with peace of mind.

Since Zhu Youzhang ascended the throne, he has rapidly consolidated his power in the court, and the five cabinet ministers have been unconsciously replaced by him, Li Dongyang has been promoted to the head of the Ministry of Rites, and Mu Bin has been promoted to the second person in Jinyiwei, and Zhu Youzhang's control over the government has become greater and greater.

Yuan Mo had been urging her to leave repeatedly recently, and she knew it was time to leave. But I don't know why, every time I think of leaving, I always feel a faint discomfort in my heart. But why it was uncomfortable, she couldn't figure it out herself.

Zhang Yue sighed secretly, it seems that he has adapted to his current life and become dependent, so it will be fine after leaving.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue retreated from the other people in the hall and locked the door, opened the door of the bookcase in the hall, turned a place, and instantly popped up a dark grid.

The dark grid of this bookcase was made by Zhang Yue himself in the bookcase. This kind of insect carving skill is too simple for Zhang Yue, who used to be the prisoner of Qintian.

Zhang Yue took out two books from the dark grid. Came to the bookcase and sat down, one of these two books was the Xuanwei record that Mr. Huanchu gave her before she went down the mountain, and the other was the content she recorded after she translated the original tadpole text into Chinese, and she had been translating it for some time.

Looking at the Xuanweilu in front of him, Zhang Yue's thoughts returned to the night after Zhu Youzhu had just ascended the throne, Zhu Youzhu returned to Kunning Palace, after dinner, there were only Zhu Youzhu and Zhang Yue in the house, Zhang Yue cooked a pot of osmanthus oolong tea, and the two chatted with tea.

The two were chatting, but Zhu Youzhu suddenly mentioned something, "Since Wan Guifei's clansman Wan Xi and others were imprisoned for investigation, the court and the central government have been all participating in the books of the Wan family in the past few days, some say that they will thoroughly investigate the masterminds behind the scenes, and some say that they will behead the Wan family." ”

Zhang Yue picked up the teacup and took a sip, "It's expected!" In the past, thousands of families did a lot of evil, and there was no one in their eyes, so they must have made a lot of enemies, and those people didn't take advantage of this time to beat the water dogs! ”

Zhu Youzhu suddenly asked, "Yue'er, what do you think I should do with Wanjia?" ”

Zhang Yue said, "Your Majesty, I don't understand politics!" I can only tell you what I would do if I were you, if Concubine Wan killed my mother. The revenge of my mother is not shared, I will definitely not forget, I must take revenge. But now Concubine Wan is dead. I just hate Wan Guifei anymore, it won't help, for the people of the Wan family, I only have four words to treat - to repay the grievances directly. ”

Zhu Youzhang's eyes shrank, and there was a ripple.

Zhang Yue continued, "However, don't look at what I said easily, if it really falls on me, whether I can really do this, I'm not sure." In the end, it's a blood feud! ”

Zhu Youzhang's eyes flashed, but he didn't answer, and Zhang Yue didn't say any more. The two drank tea in silence, and the room fell into silence for a long time.