Queen Guo was very unimpressed by this, she glanced at Chun Tao and motioned for Chun Tao to bring the charcoal, at this moment she had already made up her mind, no matter whether this charcoal had any other flavor, then she would insist that there was no other taste, so as to see what they could do.

Empress Guo, who made up her mind, took the piece of charcoal from Chun Tao's hand, put it under her nose and sniffed it gently, and then the next second there was a scene that stunned everyone present, Empress Guo leaned on the chair and hunched her body violently retching, exclaiming: "Why is there such a big smell of kerosene?" After a long time, she recovered, looked at Gongsun Ce angrily and said, "You are so bold, you dare to play this palace?" ”

Gongsun Ce bowed slightly to Queen Guo and said, "What Niangniang just said is not wrong, it is indeed a big smell of kerosene!" Xiaochen didn't play with the mother! Why does the remnants of the side hall that was burned out in this fire smell so much kerosene? ”

Queen Guo secretly said in her heart: "Fooled, no wonder this conscienceless person will hand this charcoal to himself, although he has no feelings for himself for so many years, but after all, he has lived together for so long, he should still remember that he is sensitive to the smell of kerosene!" ”

Empress Guo herself knew that the matter had basically failed, but she still said stubbornly: "How does this palace know why there is such a big smell of kerosene?" ”

Gongsun Ce saw that Empress Guo was still hard-mouthed, so he continued to speak: "Since the queen mother is unwilling to say it, then the minister will say it for the mother!" In this regard, the minister specially asked His Majesty for advice, His Majesty told the minister, all the kerosene in this palace is used for lighting, and each palace is quantitative, and His Majesty also specially approved the minister to go to the treasurer to check the kerosene account book, the minister did not look at it, and only saw a very strange thing, that is, before the fire, Kunning Palace had just withdrawn this month's kerosene, but the day after the fire, someone in Kunning Palace once again took the queen's decree and took the same amount of kerosene again, I don't know what Niangniang explained about this? ”

Empress Guo's face sank like water at the moment, and she said coldly: "Even if the palace draws kerosene twice, there is no need to explain it to you, a little person!" Could it be that what this palace is doing still needs to be reported to you, a little attendant? ”

Gongsun Ce was already in his chest at the moment, and he was not angry because of Queen Guo's unreasonable words, but smiled faintly and said: "What does the queen do, naturally she doesn't need to report to the minister, but the minister was ordered by His Majesty to investigate the palace fire case, if the queen mother took kerosene to set the fire, this is a matter of the minister, and the mother needs to give the minister an explanation, and also give His Majesty an explanation!" ”

Hearing this, Empress Guo snorted angrily and said, "What nonsense, what evidence do you have to prove that kerosene was used to set fire?" ”

Gongsun Ce looked at Empress Guo, whose psychological defense line was almost collapsed, and knew that as long as she exerted a slight pressure, Empress Guo would definitely not be able to bear it, so she laughed dryly and said: "What the queen said is that the minister really has no evidence to prove that the kerosene that was taken more than was used by the mother to set fire, but because the kerosene used for lighting every day in Kunning Palace is rated, you can now check the remaining amount of kerosene in Kunning Palace, plus the amount of kerosene consumed in the past few days, to sum up, if the total amount of kerosene is the same as the total amount withdrawn, Then it turns out that the minister is wrong, and on the contrary, then ask the queen mother to tell the minister where the missing kerosene went! Does the queen dare to ask the minister to count the amount of kerosene in this Kunning Palace? ”

Gongsun Ce's imagination that Empress Guo would be furious did not happen, but Empress Guo said with a flat face: "You want to search the treasury of this palace, this palace is the queen of the world, how can you say that you will search it?" ”

Zhu Changluo, who was on the side, watched Empress Guo exert pressure on Gongsun Ce, so he supported Gongsun Ce and said, "Then if I want to search the queen's bedroom, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Empress Guo said calmly: "Your Majesty is the co-lord of the world, and it is naturally possible to search the concubine's bedroom, but Your Majesty is so suspicious of the concubine, how will the concubine be the mother of the world and rule the six palaces in the future?" Your Majesty can search if you want to, but if Your Majesty finds that the concubine is wronged after searching, please give your majesty an explanation to the concubine! ”

Zhu Hao looked at the unusually calm look on Queen Guo's face, he didn't have the panic just now, and there was a faint feeling of being fooled in his heart, Zhu Hao knew that this old demon woman was an acting school, and her acting talent was no worse than his own, but at this time, he was also a little puzzled, and he didn't know if this old demon woman was really fearless, or she was bluffing.

Just when Zhu Hao was hesitating, Daddy Zhu Changluo spoke: "Okay! Just as the queen said! Then he instructed the guards behind him: "A few of you go and accompany Gongsun Aiqing to search the queen's treasury and carefully count the amount of kerosene!" And don't be careless! ”

The guards received the order and followed Gongsun Ce to the treasury of Kunning Palace, while Zhu Hao, Zhu Changluo and Empress Guo waited for the results in the main hall.

Just after Gongsun Ce walked out of the hall with those guards, Zhu Hao obviously found that Queen Guo's face showed a shallow smile, although Zhu Hao didn't know what the problem was, but at this moment Zhu Hao clearly felt that his group should have been fooled.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Gongsun Ce returned to the main hall of Kunning Palace with a few grizzled guards, several guards looked at their feet as if they had done something wrong, and Gongsun Ce was not as calm as before he left the hall just now, and the smile on his face that was under control disappeared, and his face was gloomy.

Zhu Changluo may really want to abolish this Empress Guo, but he didn't notice these abnormalities at all, but asked Gongsun Ce with some excitement: "How is it?" Gongsun Aiqing, is there a lack of kerosene in the queen's treasury? ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce's face looked at Zhu Changluo a little unnaturally and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the kerosene in the queen's palace ...... No less! ”

"What? What did you say? Zhu Changluo obviously couldn't accept such a fact, looked at Gongsun Ce in disbelief, and then continued to ask: "You can count clearly, if there are empty barrels, you counted the wrong ones!" Although Zhu Changluo understood that the possibility of this happening was very small, he still asked without giving up.

Gongsun Ce's face became even more ugly when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "Xiao Chen and a few guards have counted it three times, and each kerosene drum has been opened and checked, and it is indeed not less!" ”

Zhu Changluo couldn't bear this sudden change anymore, and shouted angrily at Gongsun Ce: "Didn't you tell me that it was foolproof? Is this your foolproof? I need an explanation from you! ”

When Gongsun Ce heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and said: "The junior minister is guilty, but the junior minister is not careful and has disappointed His Majesty!" Your Majesty, please condemn you! ”

Zhu Changluo snorted coldly and flicked his sleeve robe and said, "Guilty? Will Crime Reduction Solve the Problem? I've lost all my face! ”

Zhu Hao looked at his father who reprimanded him like this, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and he was even more afraid that his father would kill Gongsun Ce in anger, and he didn't care about pretending to be an autistic teenager, so he hurriedly opened his mouth and persuaded him: "Father Emperor is indeed Gongsun did not think thoughtfully this time, and asked Father to give Gongsun another chance, let him make meritorious service for his crime, and find out the ins and outs of this fire case for Father!" ”

Zhu Changluo looked at Zhu Hao pleading for Gongsun Ce, nodded helplessly, agreed to Zhu Hao's suggestion, and then said to Gongsun Ce, who was kneeling on the ground: "You get up first!" Since the inspection intercedes for you, this time I will let you make meritorious service! I won't punish you yet! You must investigate carefully, and be sure to find out the ins and outs of the fire case for me! I don't want today's incident to happen again, if there is a next time, no one can protect you! Do you understand? ”

Gongsun Ce hurriedly bowed to the ground and kowtowed again and again: "Minister, thank Your Majesty for your forgiveness, please rest assured, this time you will definitely find out, if there is a next time, you don't need Your Majesty to punish, and the minister will apologize to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Changluo nodded and said, "Get up!" Since this matter has nothing to do with the queen, let's go! ”

As he spoke, he was about to leave Kunning Palace with Zhu Hao and Gongsun Ce, and at the moment when Zhu Changluo turned around, Empress Guo spoke: "Your Majesty, slow down!" ”

Zhu Changluo turned around, looked at Empress Guo and said angrily: "How Queen, is there anything else?" ”

Empress Guo said with a victorious smile on the corner of her mouth: "Just now, before His Majesty wanted to search the warehouse of the concubines, but he promised the concubines, if it is proved that the concubines are innocent, they will give the concubines an explanation!" ”

Zhu Changluo had chosen to forget, but he had promised Empress Guo what he had just said, but at this moment he was brought up by Empress Guo, Zhu Changluo knew that he couldn't hide from it, so he simply asked: "Empress, what kind of explanation do you want me to give you?" ”

Empress Guo still had a victor's smile on her face, and said to Zhu Changluo: "Your Majesty is a golden mouth, and what you said cannot be reversed, since Your Majesty said just now that Gongsun Ce should be guilty and meritorious, the concubines don't want to embarrass Your Majesty!" The concubine also agreed to let Gongsun Ce investigate the fire case again, but this can't be investigated endlessly, after all, the scene of the fire is in my Kunning Palace, and the concubine doesn't want to be disturbed every day! I hope Your Majesty is compassionate! ”

Zhu Changluo understood that Queen Guo wanted to set a time for the investigation of the case, if this time passed, the case could not be investigated again, Zhu Changluo knew that he was at fault, so he asked: "What does the queen mean?" ”

Empress Guo stood up, walked two steps slowly, and then bowed to Zhu Changluo and said, "According to the concubine, it is limited to three days, okay?" If Gongsun Ce can't find out the true situation of this case after three days, then please ask Your Majesty to punish Gongsun Ce for offending the palace today! I don't know if Your Majesty will allow it! ”

Zhu Changluo also understood at this moment that this fire case was really a bit complicated, and he was really a little nervous in the past three days, he wanted to refuse Queen Guo's proposal, but he didn't want Zhu Changluo to refuse, and he didn't want Zhu Changluo to refuse, so Gongsun Ce said directly: "Three days will be three days, Gongsun Ce agrees with Niangniang's suggestion, and after three days, the fire case will definitely be investigated!" ”