She didn't want Concubine Qiao to continue to destroy herself, so she replied to her in a dignified manner, "Yes, after a while, there will be people in the court and the middle of the court to intercede, and the emperor may be kind enough to let you out." ”

"How do you know? Who will intercede for us? When? Will the emperor definitely agree? ”

Qiao Guifei's eyes were eager, and she asked for confirmation one after another.

Tang Xian's escape from the imperial tomb was a secret, except for Yanxia and her younger siblings, she didn't tell anyone, and at this time, no one could tell Qiao Guifei, who was on the verge of emotional collapse.

She could not answer any of these questions.

"I'm honest, you believe me, you calm down first......

Tang Xian sincerely comforted Qiao Guifei, but Qiao Guifei did not listen.

She grabbed Tang Xian's arm hard, and the fingers that had been worn out by the coffin bottle yesterday had not been washed, and the nails stained with black and bloody nails had left stains on Tang Xian's sleeves.

"Why don't you answer me? Are you lying to me? Are you lying to me too? ”

"When he first entered the palace, Tanlang said that without me, he would rather never marry, but within two months he broke his promise and married a beautiful girl. My father and mother also said that they would come to save me, but five years have passed, where are they? Remember my daughter? ”

"They're all lying to me, you're lying to me too, I'm going to be locked up in this hellish place for the rest of my life, aren't they?"

Tang Xian was also suspicious of her parents, empathized with her, and tried to reassure her in a soft voice, "I didn't lie to you, you can wait a little longer......

"How long do you want me to wait? Wait another five years or ten years? You're lying to me, aren't you? All of you are lying to me! ”

Qiao Guifei didn't believe her words, roared a few times in despair, pushed Tang Xian away, fell on the couch, and cried sadly.

The whimpering sound was miserable, floating in the humble house.

Tang Xian felt sad in her heart, looked at the top of her dirty hair, sighed, and said softly: "What I said is true, the new emperor has not done a single ridiculous thing since he ascended the throne, and he may be merciful and let you go...... Will you believe me, will you wait a few more months......"

After crying, Qiao Guifei raised her head and looked at Tang Xian a few times with uncertain eyes.

Just when Tang Xian thought that she was persuaded by herself, she suddenly asked, "How do you know that there is a change of emperor outside?" How do you know he hasn't done anything ridiculous? ”

The Imperial Tomb is isolated from the rest of the world, and the people inside should not know anything outside.

Tang Xian was shocked, and covered up: "I guess ......"

"Are you connected to someone outside? Otherwise, you'll sneak out! Qiao Guifei's previous sentence was still a question, and the latter sentence was replaced with an affirmative tone.

"Yes, your grandfather is powerful and has many henchmen, he must have bribed the people in the imperial tomb before he died!"

Qiao Guifei eagerly affirmed her thoughts, and kept asking, "You haven't gone crazy for so many years, is it because you have a way to escape?" What's the solution? Who did your grandfather arrange? When to go out ? Would you like to take me with you? ”

Qiao Guifei didn't guess all right, but it was almost there.

Tang Xian couldn't admit that no matter whether things could be done or not, she couldn't drag others into the water.

"You don't want to say, then I won't ask, I just beg you to take me with you, okay?"

Seeing that there was hope, Qiao Guifei no longer pressed hard to ask, wiped her face, knelt directly in front of Tang Xian, and said flatteringly, "I was not good yesterday, I shouldn't have scolded you and beat you, I will let you come back!" ”

She leaned her face over and asked Tang Xian to do it, but after Tang Xian refused, Qiao Guifei was a little anxious, raised her hand and slapped herself twice.

"I'm beating myself, is two slaps enough? If it's not enough, I'll fight again until you're out of breath. As she spoke, she slapped her face again.

"No!" Tang Xian was shocked and hurriedly grabbed her, "No, I don't blame you!" ”

Yesterday, Tang Xian stopped Eunuch Kang, not because of her kindness, but because she remembered her true heart.

Freeing all the concubines and maids was her original purpose, and even if she was about to be free, she never forgot it.

Qiao Guifei is one of them, she was implicated by Tang Xian to this situation, she hated, she resented, it was all reasonable, Tang Xian had no complaints.

"Then you're willing to take me out?" Qiao Guifei looked forward to asking.

Tang Xian was silent, then shook her head, the only thing she could give back was this sentence, "You wait, someone will intercede for you in a few months......"

Qiao Guifei begged a few times, but she never let go, and her expression was gradually occupied by madness.

She rudely pushed Tang Xian away, and said with hatred on her face: "I originally did a good job as a concubine, if it wasn't for your Tang family, why would I have fallen here?" Why do you want me to bear the sins of your house? ”

"Tang Xian, I know you have a way...... Either you'll take me out for the next two days, or you'll ......"

Qiao Guifei's eyes showed a look of madness, and her shrill voice was soaked in the ice, "Anyway, I'm no longer a human or a ghost...... Or, let's all die together! ”

Chapter 67: Digging a Grave

Lin Beishu returned to Beijing, told Zhuang Lian in detail what he had seen in the imperial tomb, and then handed over the register.

No one knew that this was the kind of situation in the imperial mausoleum, Zhuang Lian was shocked, and agreed with Lin Beishu's practice of cutting first and then playing.

Whether "Maomao" is in it or not, you should be kind to those innocent women.

That's all they can intervene in, and the rest will have to be decided by Yun Zhu himself.

Zhuang Lian then confirmed with Lin Beishu the existing women in the imperial tomb.

"The subordinates personally identified them one by one against the roster, and there was no Miss Zhuang." Lin Bei recounted, "Except for the deposed Empress Tang......"

He informed Zhuang Lian about the Tang Empress's bedtime, and Zhuang Lian was extremely disgusted by this inhumane practice, but his suspicion of the Tang Empress weakened a little.

The maid could still lie, and the old eunuch valued authority so much that if he learned that someone had escaped under his nose, he would definitely not help to hide it.

However, if there is no "Zhuang Maomao" among the women in the imperial tomb, then she is likely to be one of the women who have disappeared inexplicably in recent years.

The imperial tomb was already under control, and the five women who did not match the number, and the seventeen women who disappeared without any reason, did not know life and death, and had no clue at all.

Lin Beshu began to investigate the latter.

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In the palace, on the seventeenth day of the Jiao Yue month, Yun'an sighed and criticized the twists and turns.

In the past, these things were sent to Yunzhi, and he never cared about them. He's just an ornament.

The cloud stopped before it fell on him.

Yun'an is not good at handling political affairs, and the so-called review and review is actually to open it and take a look, and if it is an excerpt to say hello and ask for peace and a horse, he will review it.

If it involves serious matters such as local disasters and corrupt officials, they will be put aside and sent to the side hall for discussion with those ministers later.

Yun An was not willing to do such a trivial selection at all, he just wanted to send soldiers to find Yun Yuan.

Just this one sister, so young, he was very afraid that something would happen to Yun Yuan.

However, Zhuang Lian said that it was not appropriate, because the movement was too loud, and it would be known to the gangsters, and then Yun Yuan would be in danger.

The elder brother is not in Beijing, the younger sister is missing, and Yun'an has no backbone, so he is anxious and uncomfortable to watch anything.

Absentmindedly flipped through the next letter, and when he found out that it came from the imperial tomb, Yun An cheered up a little.

"Dead Queen?" Yun Zhu didn't know about those things in Emperor Rongxiao's harem, and Yun An was even more unclear, "What kind of lady in the imperial mausoleum?" How did I not know there were such people ? ”

It seems to have something to do with their family, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with it.

Yun An couldn't get it right, so he folded it together, piled it neatly on a stack on the left-hand side, and said to himself: "Let's take it to Bai Taishi and Zhuang Lian for discussion." ”

"The minions are going to be sent now?" The chief eunuch who was waiting in the palace asked.

With the approval, the chief eunuch picked up the stack and checked it.

This action was seen by Yun An, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Did he take too many decisions to the ministers? Does this make him seem particularly useless?

Yun An glanced at the chief eunuch, stretched out his hand, and pulled back the top one.

A woman who was expelled from the royal family died in the imperial mausoleum, and the other party's ancestors still wanted to take him away Yun clan - I can't bear it!

It was enough to dig her in a pit and bury her.

Many ministers of the DPRK and China, including the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Officials, were busy with the disasters and riots in various places.

It's not worth bothering the ministers with that.

Yun An flipped through the fold and looked at it a few more times, and shouted: "Come on, go and call the people from Honglu Temple." ”

Honglu Temple belongs to the Ministry of Rites, in addition to being responsible for foreign tribute and other related matters, the funeral of the royal family is also responsible for them.

Recently, they have been busy everywhere, and when they are idle, Yun'an is just looking for something to do for them.

Soon, the young master of Honglu Temple was ordered to leave.

In front of Yun'an, he accepted the order without saying anything, but in fact he was very embarrassed in his heart.

Tang Xian was once the empress and the grandmother of the current emperor, and if her funeral was too simple, it might damage the royal prestige.

It may be nothing now, but I am afraid that I will be dragged by my opponent afterwards to participate in this matter.

Let's do it well, there is a suspicion of being close to the Tang family's anti-thieves.

Returning to Honglu Temple with a sad face, Meng Siqing had been waiting for a long time, took the initiative to inquire, and asked Ying to take charge of the matter.

Just as Tang's father guessed, not only did the matter that had anything to do with the Tang family not only have no oil and water, but it was also easy to get fishy, and some people were willing to agree, and the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple immediately handed over the matter to him.

"There have been several concubines of the royal family who were buried on Dongfu Mountain...... "The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple clarified the burial place for his subordinates, and then secretly mentioned it, "The summer is hot, and the corpses will inevitably rot, so it is best to arrange them as soon as possible." ”

Honglu Temple Shaoqing finally chose to avoid becoming a traitor to the Tang family.

"Xia Guan understands." Meng Siqing thanked him for his suggestion and added another reason that could be used as an excuse, "Recently, there have been many disasters on the borders of the country, and the people's livelihood has been difficult...... From the simple purchase of funerals, presumably Empress Tang herself can understand. ”

The young secretary of Honglu Temple was extremely satisfied with this subordinate.

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On the seventeenth day of Jiaoyue, Tang Xian, the third empress of Emperor Rongxiao, died of illness.

In the early morning of the 18th day of Jiaoyue, Meng Siqing, the leader of Honglu Temple, led several officials of the Ministry of Rites to personally go to the imperial tomb to collect the corpse, and under the escort of 30 guards, Tang Xian was buried at the foot of Dongfu Mountain.

There is no inscription, no sacrificial words, and a total of two hundred and thirty-seven taels of silver are spent.

At noon on the same day, a carriage stopped at the gate of the Baili General's Mansion, and the guards stepped forward to lift the curtain and saw the sleeping clouds.

When Zhuang Lian returned from hearing the news, he was so excited that he burst into tears, and he couldn't help asking, "Have you suffered?" Did you bump into it and make people bully? Where did they go? What about Mao Mao and Smoke? ”

Yun Yuan had just been washed by the maid, white and pure, and was eating candied fruit.

Her eyes blinked several times, and she replied: "I didn't suffer, I went to Maomao's house, there are so many doors, it's fun!"

Zhuang Lian was a little puzzled, and seeing that her body was intact, he was temporarily relieved.