When the emperor heard Qin Yi's words in his anger, he simply added fuel to the fire. But fortunately, he is a king after all, and his brain has not completely fainted. He understands the importance of this matter, so after a fire, the emperor took Qin Yi to the Qianqing Palace alone to speak.
Logically speaking, this is the emperor and Qin Yi's father, son, monarch and minister. Others are not allowed to participate, nor are they qualified to participate. But the emperor glanced at Chu Jinyao before leaving, and suddenly said, "The crown princess will come with me too."
Chu Jinyao was going to go together, and Empress Qi was of course not to be outdone. Xiao Qi is very confident in her plan, but it concerns herself, what could be more reassuring than watching on the spot
When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the emperor looked at Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao for a while, and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"
The emperor is not stupid, he just doesn't want to listen to those empty words.
Qin Yi was not polite, and said directly: "This Taoist priest uses spooky means to pretend to be a ghost. The so-called green fire is actually just a special phenomenon. The emperor should remember that the fire on the palace maid's skirt was also blue. "
In fact, the emperor didn't have an impression anymore. When the dance was performed, all his attention was on the beautiful woman. After an accident occurred, the emperor was immediately surrounded by ministers, eunuchs, and guards, where he remembered these corners and corners. Listening to Qin Yiyi today, he vaguely recalled that it was indeed the case at the time. The emperor nodded slightly and said: "I know, you continue to say."
Qin Yi didn't care if the emperor really knew, he continued: "Wang Mingci can use this kind of magic to pretend to be a ghost, and the previous palace maid can naturally. The flame on that woman should be the same thing as today."
After hearing this, Xiao Qi couldn't sit still: "Prince's guess is really interesting, but we all saw it. Today, Daoist Wang used a peach wood sword to ignite the talisman paper, and then the prince took out something and also used a golden hairpin. I don't understand why this is, but I guessed that it should be some kind of trigger for this thing to ignite. But everyone saw what happened to Xi Nei that day. The palace maid was spinning in a circle and suddenly caught fire. There was no one, Anything that touches her is obviously not the same as today."
"Is it the same? Call Jin Yiwei and ask." Qin Yi ignored Xiao Qi, but instructed the people outside the hall, "Go to the prison and call for someone to come over."
Xiao Qi frowned. Speaking of which, after Xiao Qi, it's really bad luck recently, as if all the good luck is starting to run out. She originally planned the fire of the dancing girl in Tsing Yi meticulously, and made a move to say that it is the East Palace's virtue to fall in a different fire, in order to persuade the emperor to keep an extra prince in Beijing to prepare for future troubles. Unexpectedly, the matter was so turbulent that the emperor still did not intend to change people. After Xiao Qi gave up so much energy, apart from letting Qin Yi rest for a few more days, he achieved nothing. Xiao Qi was so angry that her teeth were itching. She couldn't make another plan. She contacted Wang Mingci and planned to move out of the Ciqing Palace today. Unexpectedly, Wang Mingci was dismantled by Qin Yi on the spot, and Xiao Qi's later plan failed to say, and he also suffered a disadvantage of referral. After two consecutive defeats, Xiao Qi already felt very unlucky, and Qin Yi even planned to turn over the old accounts. The dance girl thing has passed. At this juncture, Queen Qi doesn't want them to have extra troubles.
After Xiao Qi glanced at Qin Yi, he smiled softly: "Prince is really a great prestige. Ben Gong remembers that this palace maid is a conspiracy and suspected of being an assassin. The emperor did not say anything in such a serious case, but the prince was able to command Jinyiwei. , if you say arraignment, then arraignment."
Xiao Qi is really a good player in sowing discord, and now he has hit the ground running. Jin Yiwei is the mouthpiece of the emperor, and Qin Yi's influence among Jin Yiwei is not weak. It is indeed not difficult for him to ask Jin Yiwei to interrogate a few people. Although Qin Yi's purpose is to find out the truth, in the eyes of the emperor, it is probably the opposite. And Xiao Qi also specially reminded the emperor of this point. It was like a fly, which was extremely annoying but could not be killed.
The emperor still sat firmly on the head, and there was no clue on his face. But I don't know if it was Chu Jinyao's illusion, the atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace slowly solidified.
Qin Yi's face was cold and solemn, and he was obviously annoyed by his little aunt. If it was normal, Qin Yi would have to choke on Xiao Qi's last few words. It's just that doing this is nothing more than hurting the enemy by one thousand and self-destructing eight hundred. Because there is always conflict with Xiao Qi at this juncture, Qin Yi's impression of the emperor is getting worse and worse. But this is already the best way. Qin Yi was about to speak when he suddenly noticed that his sleeve was being pulled.
Qin Yi's heart moved, he held back what he wanted to say, and gave Chu Jinyao the opportunity to speak.
Queen Qi is always buzzing like a fly, others may not dare to scold her, but Qin Yi never gives the queen face. Being openly scolded, Xiao Qi lost her share, but it also gave her a poor chance to buy. This is a woman's trap, and it should be handed over to a woman to deal with.
Chu Jinyao smiled gently, and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, since the incident in Xi Nei, His Royal Highness has not been able to sleep well for the past few days. He is very worried about the events of the day and dances well. Why did the fire suddenly burst into flames? This time it was only on fire. What if it was replaced with a firearm next time? Although the prince didn't say anything, he was very worried about the emperor's safety, so after returning from Xi Nei, he had been careful Check the events of the day. The concubine also feels that this matter involves the safety of Your Majesty, and it is prudent to be more careful, but is this actually impossible to check?"
Empress Xiao Qi's reliance is nothing but the emperor's trust, so Chu Jinyao didn't bother to talk to Empress Xiao Qi, and she aimed at the emperor as soon as she came up. The emperor has always been kind in the name of a woman, not to mention that this is his own daughter-in-law, who has always been quiet and elegant, completely different from his son-in-law. The emperor has a good impression of Chu Jinyao. Now that Chu Jinyao speaks, the emperor also shows respect: "This is the responsibility of Jinyiwei. Since the prince has doubts, the arraignment will be arraigned. It's nothing."
Chu Jinyao breathed a long sigh of relief, and wished the emperor a thousand blessings: "That's good. Just now, when the empress said this, the concubine thought we did something wrong."
Although Qin Yi felt that Chu Jinyao's words just now were a bit nauseous, but he couldn't argue, Chu Jinyao's words relieved him. In this case, Qin Yi also took advantage of the situation and said, "It's good that the emperor doesn't blame Erchen for making his own opinions. Come on, call Jin Yiwei who is in charge of this matter."
With Chu Jinyao's buffer, the emperor agreed to Qin Yi's arrangement. Xiao Qi never thought that there would be such a day. She used to be the emperor who controlled her, so that others had nowhere to say, and Qin Yi suffered a dark loss. How can Xiao Qi think that she will feel the same feeling one day. Her heart was full of fire, and she looked at Chu Jinyao with extremely sharp and sinister eyes.
Chu Jinyao thinks she can't see it, she and the queen will have such a day sooner or later, and now taking advantage of the east wind, it is not a loss to be able to hit the queen.
After Jin Yiwei came, he submitted a confession. The palace maid was repeatedly interrogated several times, and the confession was repeated over and over again. She didn't know anything about the fire, only the dance skirt was accidentally scratched the day before. Obviously, she didn't have time to make a new one at this time, so she had to ask someone to mend the skirt. But she also knew the seriousness of the matter. When another palace maid was fixing her skirt, she was watching at the scene. Everything was fine. The maid who presented the dance really didn't know what was going on.
Judging from the confession, there seems to be no problem. The emperor is very inexplicable: "What do you want to say? What does this have to do with today's affairs?"
After Xiao Qi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, he also raised his head and smiled and said: "Isn't it true, we all saw it that day, no wooden swords, golden hairpins and the like touched her, and there was no open fire on the boat. Except for the warning from heaven , who else can set a man on fire out of thin air?"
I am afraid that Wang Mingci, who took out the things, is not clear about this matter. Wang Mingci even wanted to heat the wooden sword and ignite the frost-like particles with the heat of the sword's tip. How did Queen Qi drop fire on a palace maid out of nowhere in the public
Qin Yi did not reply, but directly ordered: "Bring that dress up."
Naturally, what was taken out of the prison could not be presented to the first and second most noble couples in the world, such as the emperor, the queen, and the crown prince. , I took apart the remaining skirt a little bit, and sure enough, some powder was poured out.
When Xiao Qi saw the powder, his face finally changed.
"This is when another palace maid sewed into the corner of the dancer's skirt in front of her face when she was re-stitching the clothes. According to their words, these are all spices, all for the sake of the dance that day. It is indeed mixed with spices, only But more, and shell powder."
The eunuch stood far away with the powder in his hand, and an imperial doctor was called from a long way. He didn't know, so he picked the powder tremblingly, smelled and rubbed it, and finally came to a conclusion: "Report to the queen, the empress, and the crown prince. Your Highness, Crown Princess, in addition to the common spices, there is indeed shell powder mixed with it, in addition, there is one thing that the minister can't identify."
The one selected by the old doctor was the strange fire particles that had been demonstrated not long ago. The emperor's memory is not so bad. He recognized this thing and was a little angry: "What the hell is going on?"
Qin Yi didn't mean to speak at all, and the imperial doctor was even more confused and shivered when he was questioned. Chu Jinyao couldn't see it anymore and asked, "Tian doctor, since this shell powder is not a spice, why is it mixed in these powders? Is there any taboo in using it?"
The imperial doctor knew: "Princess Concubine, the shell powder is to burn the shells and turn them into powder. It is useless. Just be careful not to mix it with water, or it will boil and burn."
"It turned out to be jealous of water." Chu Jinyao smiled and put the most crucial sentence in front of the emperor.
"In order to please the master, the servants of Xi Nei deliberately hid two little eunuchs on the boat on the day of the dance presentation, and quietly splashed water while the dancers were turning around, in order to create a feeling of hibiscus in the clear water. The hairpin will ignite when it touches it, and if the shell powder gets hot in contact with water, it is enough to set it on fire." Qin Yi was like closing a net, understatement but pressing step by step, connecting all this together, "The day before the dancer Someone added special fragrance powder to the skirt. The next day, she danced in public. The eunuch on the boat poured water on the dancer according to the method agreed before. As a result, she was caught in the trap and the dancer's skirt was ignited. She panicked. Jumping into the water, on the contrary, it encouraged the strange fire. This is the reason why the fire did not go out immediately when she jumped into the water. Later, it was rumored in the palace that the dancing girl in blue was on fire during the day, and the water did not go out. This is the rumor that the fire is coming from the sky. Then someone mentioned in the previous dynasty that the woman in Tsing Yi caught fire, and it was God who warned the East Palace of the loss of morality."
Qin Yi's words are only here, the emperor is just for pleasure, but he is not stupid. It is so interlocking and pointing to the obvious trap, how could he not see it.
After Qin Yi was impeached, Xiao Qi immediately proposed to find a Taoist priest to enter the palace to exorcise evil spirits. It happened that the person she recommended was Wang Mingci, and it happened that Wang Mingci proposed to let Qin Yi move to a place to live.
The emperor closed his eyes, his mind was full of thoughts, and he didn't know who to listen to and who to believe.
After Xiao Qi's face was pale, she knew something was wrong from the time she took off her skirt, but she couldn't stop it. After that, the imperial doctor was asked, and the imperial doctor said the taboo of shell powder. Qin Yi restored it all. Queen Qi was so anxious, but she couldn't do anything. The emperor was sitting here. What excuse could she use to make Qin Yi shut up
"Your Majesty..." Queen Qi called out with a pale face. So far, she could only deny it desperately. Queen Xiao Qi is indeed the most suspicious candidate, but she has already dealt with all the insiders. Even if the emperor and Qin Yi suspect her, they have no evidence. Xiao Qi didn't want to stand in front of Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao, she stood up, softened her body and bowed to the emperor: "I know that the emperor and the prince are suspicious of the concubine's identity, but the concubine's identity is absolutely true, and I have never done it. These things. How can the concubine come up with such a complicated plan? Even if the concubine hears the prince, he is confused. If the emperor still doesn't believe in the concubine, then he can check it out, the maid who sews clothes. , or Wang Mingci, to see if they have the hands and feet of their concubines. Your concubine has been with you for more than ten years and has given birth to a prince and a princess. You can't know what a concubine is! You can't Such a wrongful concubine!"
After Xiao Qi said that, she burst into tears, her palm-sized face was full of tears, and she looked pitiful. This scene is not suitable for outsiders to see, Chu Jinyao lowered his head, Qin Yi also looked away. After Xiao Qi cried pitifully, the emperor finally softened his heart and said, "You all go out. I will send someone to investigate this matter."
This is to stop Qin Yi from interfering. Chu Jinyao was dissatisfied, but she lowered her head and did not reveal her expression. Qin Yi looked equally calm. The two of them resigned and walked out of the Qianqing Palace side by side. Following the movements of Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao, the other palace servants in the Qianqing Palace also silently retreated.
After returning to Ciqing Palace, Chu Jinyao finally couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, is this the end of this matter?"
"Mostly so." Qin Yi seemed to be in a good mood, he smiled pointedly, and his tone was ironic, "He checked it himself, and he could find out something."
Qin Yi is very clear about his father's way of doing things and his character and temperament. The emperor will investigate this matter himself, and he will not find out anything. Besides, when Xiao Qi is crying, he may forget to continue. checked.
After Chu Jinyao heard it, she was speechless for a long time: "It's just like this? The queen showed so many tricks and did so many vicious things to you. Does the emperor even care?"
Qin Yi didn't expect Chu Jinyao to be so angry, he wondered: "What's the matter with you, you are so angry?"
Chu Jinyao endured it for a while, but still felt what it was: "I won't accept it for you."
Qin Yi laughed. He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, Chu Jinyao was beaten by Mrs. Chu. Chu Jinyao was nothing, but he was very angry. Probably many things in this world are like this, the person concerned doesn't care, but the person who cares is not angry.
Qin Yi thought about it, his heart softened, and the smile on his mouth became even softer: "You are just like a child, how old you are, and you are still thinking about unfairness."
Chu Jinyao looked up suspiciously, and saw Qin Yi squinting slightly, like a hunting tiger, smiling confidently and dangerously: "Only children think about fairness, and in the political field they only care about interests. Besides, Queen, she has paid the most painful price."
Xiao Qi's hands and feet are indeed clean, maybe the emperor and Qin Yi can't find evidence that all this is her instructions. However, this is the ridiculousness of Xiao Qi. If an emperor is suspicious, will he tell you the evidence? The emperor has regarded Empress Xiao Qi as a confidant for many years, and it is because he trusts Empress Qi that he is willing to say anything to Empress Qi. Unfortunately, after this incident, Xiao Qi's trust in the emperor's heart will be reduced.
The more intimate people are, the more intolerable they are to deceive each other. The foundation of trust after Xiao Qi has been shaken, and this is the biggest gain this time. Even if Xiao Qi is unharmed, Qin Yi is not a child, and there will be words that he must be punished for doing something wrong. The emperor owes him justice. Since the emperor can't give it, won't he take it himself
Seeing Qin Yi's expression, Chu Jinyao knew that he didn't take these things to heart at all. It was a mature idea that he didn't care about fairness, but Chu Jinyao felt inexplicably distressed. In addition to being a king, the emperor is also Qin Yi's father.
How did Qin Yi spend his youth? Every time Chu Jinyao thought of this, he felt distressed. Qin Yi quickly calculated the next power layout, but when he made a mistake, he found that Chu Jinyao's face was down. Qin Yi was surprised, he pulled the person over and asked, "what's the matter with you?"
"It's nothing." Chu Jinyao said dully, "I just wish I had known you earlier."
Qin Yi didn't expect that she was thinking about this, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He didn't care about the past experiences at all, but he didn't expect another person to remember them, and even feel down for him. He slowly hugged the person tightly, obviously his heart was agitated, but he couldn't say a word. Qin Yi hugged him quietly for a while, Chu Jinyao didn't bother, just returned to hug his waist.
The two sat like this for a while, and Qin Yi asked, "You have done a great job this time. I haven't asked yet, how did you know how to make those kinds of strange fire particles?"
Chu Jinyao sighed softly: "It was the Empress who sent me Liangyi ointment. I remembered the stupid things I made when I was a child, and then I remembered it. Before I was five years old, I was very skinny and ran wild outside all day. Once My playmate and I didn't know what to think of. We heated urine and sand together, and finally we got something like a wax. I tried to light it, and found that the light of this kind of thing was very strange, and it made a group of us all over. I was scared away, so I remember it very strongly. I always felt that the flames on the dancer's dress were very familiar, and when I was reminded that day, I remembered that this is not what we played when we were young. "
"Wait a minute." Qin Yi didn't ask about this strange substance, but was more interested in another thing, "Why did you think of playing with this kind of thing when you were young?" It turned out that urine and sand were heated together. doing what
The author has something to say:
That's right, that's how the dangerous drug white phosphorus is made. All of the above are from Baidu. I have not tried it. If there is a crossing accident, I will not be responsible.
In addition, when the shell is burnt hard, it will turn into calcium oxide, which is the famous quicklime on the rivers and lakes. The equation that quicklime heats up in water should not go into detail, but also because quicklime turns into calcium hydroxide when it encounters water, and alkali can remove oil, so some people used this whitening in ancient times.
Oh my goodness, I seem to be doing a chemistry problem...
Last note: the use of exothermic reaction to ignite white phosphorus is only in theory, and whether it is practical or not has no practice, and I don't want to practice it. See you tomorrow~