The emperor was furious when he heard Qin Yi's words, which was like pouring fuel on the fire. Fortunately, he was a king after all, and his mind was not completely confused. He understood the seriousness of this matter, so after a tantrum, the emperor took Qin Yi to the Qianqing Palace alone to talk.

In theory, this was a conversation between the emperor and Qin Yi, father and son, and no one else was allowed to participate, nor was they qualified to participate. But before the emperor left, he glanced at Chu Jinyao and suddenly said, "The Crown Princess should come along."

Chu Jinyao wanted to go together, and the young Queen Qi was of course unwilling to be outdone. The young Queen Qi was very confident in her plan, but when it came to her own affairs, what could be more reassuring than watching it on the spot? When

they arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the emperor looked at Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao for a long time and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

The emperor was not stupid, he said this because he didn't want to listen to those empty words.

Qin Yi was not polite and said directly: "This Taoist priest used ghostly means to play tricks. The so-called green fire is actually just a special phenomenon. Your Majesty should remember that the fire on the skirt of the palace maid in the Xinei before was also green."

In fact, the emperor had no recollection. When he was performing the dance, all his attention was on the beauty. After the accident, the emperor was immediately surrounded by ministers, eunuchs, and guards. How could he remember these details? After hearing what Qin Yi said today, he vaguely recalled that it was indeed the case at that time. The emperor nodded slightly and said, "I know, go on."

Qin Yi didn't care whether the emperor really knew or not. He continued, "Wang Mingci can use this kind of magic to play tricks, so the palace maid before can naturally do it. The flame on that woman should be the same thing as today."

After hearing this, the Queen could not sit still, "The prince's guess is really interesting, but we all saw that Taoist Wang used a peach wood sword to ignite the talisman paper today, and then the prince took out something and also used a gold hairpin. I don't understand why this is the case, but according to my guess, it should be that this thing needs some kind of fuse to ignite. But everyone saw the situation in the West Palace that day. The palace maid was spinning around and suddenly caught fire. No one or anything touched her, which is obviously different from the situation today."

"Whether it is the same or not, call the Jinyiwei to ask and we will know." Qin Yi ignored Xiao Qi Hou and ordered the people outside the palace, "Go to the Imperial Prison and call someone over."

Xiao Qi Hou's eyebrows jumped. Speaking of which, Xiao Qi Hou has been unlucky recently, as if all her good luck is beginning to run out. She had carefully planned the fire caused by the green dancer and created a situation that the strange fire was caused by the Eastern Palace's misconduct, in order to persuade the emperor to keep one more prince in Beijing to prepare for future troubles. Unexpectedly, the matter was so serious that the emperor still did not plan to change people. Xiao Qi Hou wasted so much effort, but except for letting Qin Yi rest for a few more days, she gained nothing. Empress Xiao Qi was furious. When her plan failed, she came up with another one. She contacted Wang Mingci and planned to force Qin Yi to move out of Ciqing Palace and plant a confidant next to the emperor. Unexpectedly, Wang Mingci was exposed by Qin Yi on the spot. Not only did Empress Xiao Qi's plan fail, but she also suffered the disadvantage of being unfavorably recommended. After two consecutive failures, Empress Xiao Qi felt very unlucky, and Qin Yi even planned to bring up the old score. The incident with the dancer was in the past. At this juncture, Empress Xiao Qi did not want them to cause trouble.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Qin Yi and chuckled softly, "The prince has great prestige. I remember that this palace maid was plotting something illegal and was suspected of being an assassin. The emperor didn't even say anything about this serious case, but the prince was able to command the Imperial Guard to bring the case to trial." The Empress Dowager

was really good at sowing discord, and now she had hit the nail on the head. The Imperial Guard was the mouthpiece of the emperor, and Qin Yi's influence in the Imperial Guard was not weak either. It was not difficult for him to have the Imperial Guard interrogate a few people. Although Qin Yi's goal was to find out the truth, in the eyes of the emperor, it was probably the opposite. And the fact that Empress Xiao Qi had specifically reminded the emperor of this was like a fly, extremely annoying but impossible to kill.

The emperor still sat at the head of the table steadily, with no sign of change on his face. But I don't know if it was Chu Jinyao's illusion, the atmosphere in the Palace of Heavenly Purity slowly solidified.

Qin Yi's face was cold, and he was obviously very annoyed with his aunt. If it were normal, Qin Yi would have to scold Empress Xiao Qi a few times, to vent his anger while also dispelling the emperor's suspicion in a roundabout way. But doing so would only hurt the enemy and himself, because he always clashed with Empress Xiao Qi at such critical moments, and the emperor's impression of Qin Yi became worse and worse. But this is the best way. Qin Yi was about to speak when he suddenly felt his sleeve being pulled.

Qin Yi's heart moved, and he held back the words that were about to come out, and gave the opportunity to speak to Chu Jinyao.

The Queen of Qi was buzzing like a fly all the time. Others might not dare to scold her, but Qin Yi never gave the Queen face. Being publicly criticized, the Queen of Qi certainly lost face, but this also gave her the opportunity to buy sympathy. This is a trap set by women, and it should be left to women to deal with.

Chu Jinyao smiled softly, then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, ever since the incident in the Western Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not been sleeping well these past few days. He is still brooding over what happened that day. Why did a fire suddenly break out while he was dancing? This time it was just a fire, but what if it was replaced with a firearm next time? Although the Crown Prince didn't say anything, he was very worried about the safety of the Emperor, so after returning from the Western Palace, he has been carefully investigating what happened that day. I also think that this matter involves the safety of Your Majesty, and it is right to pay more attention to it, but, can't this be investigated?" The

only thing that Empress Xiao Qi relied on was the emperor's trust, so Chu Jinyao was too lazy to say more to Empress Xiao Qi, and she directed her spearhead at the emperor right from the start. The emperor has always been amiable with women, not to mention that this is his daughter-in-law, who has always been quiet and elegant, completely different from his bad son. The emperor had a good impression of Chu Jinyao, and now when Chu Jinyao spoke, the emperor was very respectful: "This is the job of the Jinyiwei. Since the prince has doubts, then the review is reviewed. It's nothing."

Chu Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to the emperor: "That's good. When the queen said this just now, I thought we did something wrong."

Although Qin Yi felt that Chu Jinyao's words just now were a bit corny, he could not refute it. Chu Jinyao's words helped him out. In this case, Qin Yi also said: "It's good that the emperor does not blame me for taking the initiative. Come, call up the Jinyiwei who is in charge of this matter."

With Chu Jinyao's buffer, the emperor agreed to Qin Yi's arrangement. The little queen never thought that there would be such a day. In the past, she always manipulated the emperor, blocking others from speaking and making Qin Yi suffer. How could the little queen think that one day she would feel the same. She was furious and looked at Chu Jinyao with extremely sharp and vicious eyes.

Chu Jinyao pretended that she could not see it. She and the queen would have such a day sooner or later, and now it was not a loss to be able to strike the queen while taking advantage of the east wind.

After the Royal Guards arrived, they submitted a confession. The maid was interrogated several times, and her confession was the same over and over again. She knew nothing about the fire, except that her dance dress was accidentally torn the day before. Obviously, there was no time to make a new one at this time, so she had to ask someone to mend the dress. However, she also knew the seriousness of the matter. When another maid mended her dress, she was there watching. Everything was normal. The dancing maid really didn't know what happened.

From the confession, it seems that there is nothing wrong. The emperor was very puzzled: "What do you want to say? What does this have to do with what happened today?" The

Queen lowered her head and drank a sip of tea, then raised her head and smiled: "That's right, we all saw clearly that day, no wooden sword, golden hairpin or anything like that hit her, and there was no open fire on the boat. Apart from a warning from heaven, who else can make a person catch fire out of thin air?"

Wang Mingci, who had taken out the evidence, was probably not aware of this matter. Wang Mingci had to heat up the wooden sword and use the heat of the sword tip to ignite the white frost-like particles. How could the Queen of Qi set fire to a palace maid in public?

Qin Yi did not reply, but directly ordered: "Show the dress."

The things taken out of the imperial prison naturally could not be presented to the emperor, empress, prince, and princess, the first and second most noble couples in the world. When the Jinyiwei brought up the evidence, a group of palace maids followed Qin Yi's instructions and took apart the remaining skirt bit by bit in the corridor of the Qianqing Palace.

Sure enough, some powder was poured out. When the Queen of Qi saw the powder, her face finally changed.

"This was sewed into the skirt of the dancer by another palace maid in front of her when she was resewing her clothes that day. According to them, these are all spices, all for the purpose of making the dance look better that day. There are indeed spices mixed in here, but there is more of it, including shell powder."

The eunuch stood far away holding the powder. An imperial physician was called in from afar. Not knowing what was going on, he picked up the powder tremblingly, smelling and rubbing it, and finally came to a conclusion: "Reporting to the Queen, Her Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, in addition to the common spices, there is indeed shell powder mixed in here. In addition to these, there is another thing that I cannot identify."

What the old imperial physician picked out were the strange fire particles that had been demonstrated not long ago. The emperor's memory was not that bad. He recognized this thing and was slightly angry: "What on earth is going on?"

Qin Yi had no intention of speaking, and the imperial physician was even more confused and trembling with fear at the questioning. Chu Jinyao couldn't stand it anymore and asked: "Imperial physician, since this shell powder is not a spice, why is it mixed in these powders? Are there any taboos in using it?"

The imperial physician knew: "Reporting to the Crown Princess, shell powder is made by burning shells and turning them into powder. It has no use, but you must be careful not to mix it in water, otherwise it will boil and may burn you." "

So it's taboo to water." Chu Jinyao smiled and put the most critical sentence in front of the emperor.

"In order to please their master, the servants of Xinei hid two eunuchs on the boat on the day of the performance. When the dancers were spinning, they quietly splashed water on them to create the feeling of lotus flowers emerging from clear water. These small stones will ignite if touched by a hot gold hairpin. If shell powder gets hot when it comes into contact with water, it will also be enough to ignite it and cause it to catch fire." Qin Yi was like closing a net, understating it but pressing step by step, connecting all of this together, "Someone added special perfume powder to the dancer's skirt the day before. The next day, when she was performing a performance dance, the eunuchs on the boat pressed It was agreed that the dancer would be splashed with water, but this turned out to be a trap. The dancer's skirt caught fire, and she jumped into the water in panic, which only fueled the fire. That's why the fire was not extinguished immediately after she jumped into the water. Later, rumors spread in the palace that the dancer in green caught fire in broad daylight and could not be extinguished after jumping into the water. This was a rumor that it was a fire from heaven. Then someone from the previous dynasty also mentioned that the fire of the woman in green was a warning from heaven to the East Palace for its immorality. "

Qin Yi only said this much. The emperor was just greedy for pleasure, but he was not stupid. How could he not see that it was so interconnected and pointed to an obvious trap.

After Qin Yi was impeached, Empress Dowager Qi immediately proposed to find a Taoist priest to enter the palace to exorcise the evil spirits. It just so happened that the person she recommended was Wang Mingci, and it just so happened that Wang Mingci suggested that Qin Yi move to another place.

The emperor closed his eyes, his mind was full of complicated thoughts, and he didn't know who to listen to or who to believe.

Empress Dowager Qi's face was already pale. She knew something was wrong when she took off her skirt, but she couldn't stop it. Later, she asked the imperial physician, who told her the taboo of shell powder. Qin Yi restored everything. Empress Dowager Qi was 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..." Empress Dowager Qi called out with a pale face. At this point, she could only deny it desperately. Empress Xiao Qi was indeed the most suspicious candidate, but she had dealt with all the people who knew about it. Even if the emperor and Qin Yi suspected her, what could they do? They had no evidence. Empress Xiao Qi could not bear to put on airs in front of Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao. She stood up, softened her posture and saluted the emperor: "I know that the emperor and the prince suspect me, but I am absolutely sure that I have not done these things. How could I, a woman, come up with such a complicated plan? Even when I heard the prince say it, I was confused. If the emperor still doesn't believe me, , then you can check the maid who sews clothes, or Wang Mingci, to see if I have done anything wrong to them. Your Majesty, I have been with you for more than ten years and gave birth to a prince and a princess. You know very well what kind of person I am! You can't wrongly accuse me like this! "The

little Queen Qi said as she burst into tears. Her small face, as big as a palm, was full of tears, and she looked pitiful. This scene was not suitable for outsiders to see. Chu Jinyao lowered her head, and Qin Yi also turned away. The little Queen Qi cried pitifully, and the emperor finally softened his heart and said, "You all go out. I will send someone to investigate this matter."

This meant that Qin Yi would not be allowed to interfere. Chu Jinyao was dissatisfied in his heart, but he lowered his head to avoid revealing his expression. Qin Yi also looked calm. The two of them bowed and left, and then walked out of the Qianqing Palace side by side. Following the actions of Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao, the other palace maids of the Qianqing Palace also left silently.

After returning to the Ciqing Palace, Chu Jinyao finally couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, is this matter over?"

"Most likely." Qin Yi seemed to be in a good mood. He smiled meaningfully, with a tone of sarcasm, "What can he find out if he investigates it himself."

Qin Yi knew his father's methods of doing things and his personality very well. If the emperor investigated this matter himself, he would definitely find nothing. Besides, if the little Queen cried, he might forget to continue investigating.

After hearing this, Chu Jinyao was speechless for a long time: "Is it really like this? The queen has revealed so many flaws and has done so many vicious things to you, but the emperor doesn't care?"

Qin Yi didn't expect Chu Jinyao to be so angry. He asked curiously: "What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry?"

Chu Jinyao endured it for a long time, but still felt that this was nothing: "I'm not convinced on your behalf."

Qin Yi laughed. He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, Chu Jinyao was slapped on the palm by Madam Chu. Chu Jinyao, the person involved, didn't care, but he was very angry. Maybe many things in this world are like this. The person involved doesn't care, but the person who cares can't help but be angry.

Qin Yi thought so, and his heart softened, and the smile on his face became softer: "You are just like a child. You are so old, but you still think about unfairness."

Chu Jinyao looked up in confusion, and saw Qin Yi squinting his eyes slightly, like a hunting tiger, smiling firmly and dangerously: "Only children think about fairness, and the political arena only cares about interests. What's more, the queen has paid the most painful price."

The Queen of Qi did a good job, and maybe the emperor and Qin Yi could not find evidence that all this was instructed by her. However, this is the ridiculous thing about the Queen of Qi. If an emperor is suspicious, will he tell you the evidence? The emperor has treated the Queen of Qi as a confidant for many years because he trusts the Queen of Qi, so he is willing to tell her everything. Unfortunately, after this incident, I am afraid that the trust of the Empress Dowager Qi in the emperor's heart will be discounted.

The closer the person is, the less one can tolerate the other's deception. The foundation of the Empress Dowager Qi's trust has been shaken, and this is the biggest gain this time. Even if the Empress Dowager Qi is unscathed, so what? Qin Yi is not a child, and he would never say that he must be punished for doing something wrong. The emperor owes him justice, and since the emperor can't give it, won't he take it himself?

When Chu Jinyao saw Qin Yi's expression, she knew that he didn't take these things to heart at all. It was a very mature idea for him not to care about justice, but Chu Jinyao felt inexplicably distressed. In addition to being a monarch, the emperor was also Qin Yi's father.

How did Qin Yi spend his youth? Chu Jinyao felt distressed every time she thought of this. Qin Yi quickly calculated the next power layout, but when he was distracted, he found that Chu Jinyao's face was downcast. Qin Yi was surprised, he pulled her over and asked, "What's wrong with you?" "Nothing

." Chu Jinyao said sullenly, "I just thought it would be great if I had met you earlier."

Qin Yi didn't expect that she was thinking about these things, and he couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't care about the past experiences at all, but he didn't expect that another person would remember them and even feel depressed for him. He slowly hugged her tightly, his heart was obviously surging, but he couldn't say a word. Qin Yi hugged her quietly for a while, and Chu Jinyao didn't disturb him, but just hugged his waist in return.

The two sat like this for a while, Qin Yi asked: "You have done a great job this time, I haven't asked, how do you know how to make those strange fire particles?"

Chu Jinyao sighed softly: "It was the Queen who sent me the two ointments, and I remembered the stupid things I did when I was a child, and then I remembered it. Before I was five years old, I was very naughty and ran around outside all day. One time, my playmates and I didn't know what we thought of, so we heated urine and sand together, and finally made something like wax. I tried to light it, and I found that the light of this thing was very strange, and we all scared away, so I remember it very clearly. I always felt that the flames on the dancer's dress were very familiar. When someone reminded me that day, I remembered that this was what we played with when we were children."

"Wait a minute." Qin Yi did not ask about this strange substance, but was more interested in another thing, "Why did you want to play with this thing when you were a child?" It turned out to be urine and sand heated together. What was she doing when she was a child?

The author has something to say:

Yes, this is the method of making the dangerous drug white phosphorus. The above are all from Baidu. I have not tried it. If there is a time travel accident, I will not be responsible.

In addition, shells will turn into calcium oxide after being burned, which is the famous quicklime in the world. The equation that quicklime heats up when it meets water should not be explained in detail. Also, because quicklime turns into calcium hydroxide when it meets water, alkali can remove oil, so in ancient times, some people used this for whitening.

Oh my god, I feel like I'm doing a chemistry problem...

Finally, I'll note: The plan to use exothermic reaction to ignite white phosphorus only exists in theory. It has not been put into practice, and I don't want to put it into practice. See you tomorrow~