Wang Guobao prepared an edict for the Empress Dowager Chu, and sent someone to Jianzhang Palace and handed it over to the original internal supervisor.

The inner eunuch didn't even look at it, so he turned his head and entered the Jianzhang Palace, and summoned all the palace eunuchs in the Jianzhang Palace to the main hall, and Tao Ge was naturally among them.

Just kneeling in the hall with others, facing the temple door, he raised his eyes to see the inner eunuch holding the edict in his hand, and saw that the two little eunuchs behind him were holding a white silk in their hands, and immediately guessed what was written in the edict, which must be a martyr's burial.

She was a little uneasy, and only listened to the inner supervisor's words: "The edict of the Empress Dowager Chongde", and then read: "The mourning family has been with Emperor Kandi for 50 years since the first year of Xiankang, and it has been 40 years for the surviving people. However, death is like life, death is like life, life and death are all one, mourning the family, when people are martyred, the will of the ancestors, dozens of servants, mourning the family and remembering the virtue of a good life, as appropriate, there are only seven servants, this is in line with the principles of heaven, it is ......"

"Nai ......" The inner supervisor stopped here when he read it, looking at the words "Xiao Taoge" on the edict, his eyebrows were already tightly twisted into a "Chuan", the list left by the Empress Dowager Chongde, he had seen it, although he didn't completely distract himself, but he also remembered the approximate seven people vaguely, not to mention this Xiao Taoge, she was a very favored Xiao Meiren by His Majesty a while ago, if there was her name in the list, he should have noticed it.

He remembered that she didn't seem to be on the list, but now that the edict was on it, how could her name be on it again......

He paused for a moment, everyone was suspicious and frightened, after all, there were a total of twenty people in this Jianzhang Palace, twelve palace laves, eight eunuchs, and seven of the people who were martyred this time were all in Jianzhang Palace, so to speak, everyone had a great chance of being selected for burial.

At this time, even the little eunuch behind him couldn't wait, and hurriedly reminded in a low voice, calling: "Father-in-law, father-in-law."

He came back to his senses, turned his head slightly in response, and the little eunuch said, "Why don't you read it."

Suddenly, he didn't think much about it anymore, and continued to read: "Nai Xiao Taoge, Ji Xia, Yang Dezi, Cui Zhaodi, Xia Yaowen, Min Dezu, Jin Chunjing, ......"

Before the inner eunuch's voice fell, the few people who needed to be buried were shocked, covering their faces and crying, even the three eunuchs who needed to be buried were nothing more than that.

Tao Ge was terrified in her heart, her face was quite calm, she frowned, and the inner supervisor who had just announced the decree paused for a moment, but she stopped when she read her name, she was surprised, there must be something wrong with the edict!

While she was thinking about it, the inner eunuch who announced the decree had ordered the two little eunuchs behind her to strangle two of the palace ladies to death after holding the white silk themselves.

She should be the last to be strangled, the two little eunuchs approached her, the more frightened and anxious she became, she knew that there must be something wrong with the edict, she wanted to confess to the inner eunuch, but after thinking about it, if she said it, she would undoubtedly be killed immediately, and there was no room to beg for mercy, so it was better not to say it.

At that time, the two little eunuchs had strangled the fifth and sixth people, and walked behind her together, but the two looked at each other, perhaps because of Tao Ge's identity, they were all difficult to do, so they all looked at the inner eunuch who announced the decree, and the inner eunuch naturally knew the thoughts of the two of them, so he walked over and casually took the white silk in the hands of one of them, stood on the side behind Tao Ge, sighed lightly, and said, "Xiao Meiren, I'm sorry."

As he spoke, he was going to put the white silk on Taoge's neck, but Taoge dodged it in time, she turned to him and shouted, "Wait a minute!"

The inner eunuch stopped, Tao Ge said: "Father-in-law, I said in the edict just now, death is like life, death is like survival, life and death are the same, life and death are the same, it is the same whether it is life or death, it is to give the Empress Dowager Chongde a funeral, after all, I want to lie in the coffin, and follow her into the Chongping Mausoleum, I don't want others to throw my body into the coffin, I want to lie in it myself, and I don't want a white silk to end me, I don't know if my father-in-law can let me be satisfied?"

Tao Ge's eyes were full of prayer, and the inner prisoner naturally saw it, but he didn't feel embarrassed, but said: "This truth, the slaves and maids understand, but the slaves and maids don't want you to suffocate to death in the coffin, and end it with a white silk, wouldn't it be more happy?"

"It's okay," Tao Ge gloomed, "I can't stand it anymore, I'll end my life." ”

The inner eunuch didn't answer, but turned around and saw that the white silk in his hand was returned to the little eunuch, which was to make Tao Ge satisfied, Tao Ge smiled comfortably, and then said: "Father-in-law, before I lie down in the coffin, I still have a last wish."

"You say," the warden nodded.

Tao Ge said: "I have been in Jianzhang Palace for a month, during which the Empress Dowager Chongde treated me very well, and now that she has passed away, I want to ...... I want to go to the Taimiao Temple to see her, so I am willing to be buried for her. ”

The inner supervisor said: "Xiao Meiren, I'm afraid it's too late, the coffin of the Empress Dowager Chongde has been riveted."

Tao Ge immediately answered, "It's good to be able to go over and get a stick of incense." ”

She doesn't want to die, she must go to the Taimiao Temple, and she must see Sima Daozi.

She didn't know if Sima Daozi would save her or if she could save her, but now between life and death, the first thing she thought of was Sima Daozi.

The inner eunuch was silent, his face was quite embarrassed, and Tao Ge hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, if you don't believe it, you can send the two of them with me," she glanced at the two little eunuchs behind her.

The inner eunuch pondered for a moment, and then made a decision, giving the two little eunuchs a look, and the two little eunuchs put down the white silk, Tao Ge saw the situation, and turned around and walked out quickly, and the two little eunuchs hurriedly followed her footsteps.

Tao Ge arrived at the Taimiao, but saw that there was no one in the Taimiao, and they were all palace eunuchs kneeling here to burn paper money.

She entered the Taimiao, looked around carefully, but did not see him, she put on the incense in a panic, and was really anxious at the moment to burst into tears.

She gasped heavily, held back her tears, stood up as if she was exhausted, and although she turned around and was about to wrinkle outwards and go back to Jianzhang Palace, her heart was also full of unwillingness.

She is not reconciled! She doesn't want to die!

At this moment, when she raised her eyes, she saw that she walked in with two palace laves, she was pleasantly surprised, and suddenly seemed to have found a support.

And Ziji saw her, but she was already stunned, and said in a daze: "Taoge? Why are you ...... here?"

Tao Ge couldn't care much at this time, turned around and said to the two little eunuchs: "You go out and wait first, I have something to say to Tang Meiren."

The two inner eunuchs went out, and Ziji heard that Tao Ge called her "Tang Beauty", so she was even more ashamed, and said in a low voice: "You know everything......"

As if he hadn't heard it, Tao Ge strode up to her, took her hand, and said, "Sister Ziji, save me, you must save me."

Ziji was slightly stunned, "What's wrong with you?"

"I was selected by the Empress Dowager Chongde to be buried for her, and I will immediately return to Jianzhang Palace to die, and now the edict has been issued, no one can change it, I only hope that you can help me."

Ziji's face changed slightly, and when he heard that Tao Ge was going to be martyred, he was immediately shocked and said, "What should I do?"

"Go to my brother-in-law, tell him about it, and let him save me, I'm in the seventh coffin, the last one."

"Okay," Ziji nodded again and again, Tao Ge was not very relieved, after all, life and death were between this line, and he was advised: "Sister Ziji, you must find him, my life is now in your hands."

"Okay, good," Ziji hurriedly said: "Then I'll go to him to save you now, you must hold on," said that, turned around and left, he really wanted to go to Sima Daozi to save Taoge.

Tao Ge saw that she was gone, and her heart was hanging, and the two little eunuchs walked in at this time and said, "Xiao Meiren, the time has come."

"Okay," Tao Ge nodded, "I'll go with you."

After that, he also went out.

Tao Ge went out of the Taimiao to the north, back to Jianzhang Palace, Ziji went out of the Taimiao to the south, looking for Sima Daozi.

Fang had just walked a short distance, and a sneer suddenly came from behind him, "I knew that she would definitely come to you to save her when she was desperate, and it was true." ”

Ziji was stunned, stopped and turned around, it was Xi Ping. (To be continued.) )