The man knew that the matter was serious, so he didn't dare to hide it or talk rashly, but just turned his head and said to his subordinates: "Hurry up and bring it over!" ”

One by one, the large boxes were carried in front of the emperor, and finally counted as many as ten.

The emperor looked at these big boxes and frowned slightly, "What is this?" ”

The man said slowly: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have checked it, and these boxes are filled with fire oil and flint, and not only these, some of them have been burned, which is also the reason why the fire cannot be controlled and there is still a sound after the water is gone." ”

When the emperor heard this, his whole body was cold, "Why haven't these been burned?" ”

The man knew that the emperor would ask, so he reported to the emperor one by one what had been clarified: "Your Majesty, these ten boxes of fire oil and flint are not with those boxes, so only those are destroyed, but these are intact, if these are burned together, then ......" As he spoke, the man looked at the Zhengqian Palace near Lihuatai.

Although the guard didn't say it explicitly, everyone present seemed to have understood something, but they just didn't say anything.

But at this time, no one seemed to see a touch of cold news on the corner of the kneeling queen's mouth, but then it turned into a panic, "Your Majesty, someone is trying to harm you!" ”

The queen's words were shocking, and the father-in-law of Desheng hurriedly escorted the emperor and took a few steps back away from those boxes, and shouted loudly: "Someone, escort!" ”

The people who shouted Desheng's escort were panicked, but the emperor didn't seem to care at all, and saw him slowly walk up to the queen, "Queen, why do you say that someone wants to assassinate me?" ”

Although the queen didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd, she still said according to what she had thought, "Your Majesty, this fire oil and flint are forbidden in the palace, especially in such a large amount." The queen pondered for a while and then said: "Although the concubines don't understand, not to mention burning the pear flower platform, it is enough to burn half of the palace." Of course, it is not impossible for someone to use these troops to rebel, so the concubines who want to get these things into the palace must be unfavorable to the emperor, not to mention that these things still appear in Lihuatai, which is so close to the Zhengqian Palace," After speaking, the queen looked up at the emperor, "And the concubines don't think all this is a coincidence." ”

The emperor nodded: "The queen is really smart. With a sneer, the emperor said again: "Then according to the queen, who is most likely to do these things?" ”

The queen naturally didn't notice the emperor's sneer, she just pretended to be worried and said: "Your Majesty, if you can get so many prohibited items into the palace, it must not be a small person, so according to the meaning of the concubine, you will find out if you slowly investigate." ”

"The queen is right, ordinary people don't have the ability to get these things into the palace, but at this moment, the one who has this ability in this palace is nothing more than me, the queen mother and the queen."

The emperor's words made the queen stunned and very scared, after all, these three people, the emperor will definitely not harm himself, the queen mother is the queen's mother, naturally she will not do such a thing, so the only one who can do this and can do this is the queen mother.

Although he was scared in his heart, the emperor still pretended to be very disappointed and angry, looked at the emperor with sad eyes and said weakly: "Your Majesty, are you suspicious of your concubines?" ”

The emperor didn't answer and asked, "What does the queen think?" ”

The queen mother was angry, so she couldn't help it, "Your Majesty, although there are only three people in the palace who have this ability, but the emperor should not forget that there was a Chu Zhaorong before!" Saying that, the queen stood up indignantly, "Besides, this pear flower platform is her Chu Yue's palace!" ”

As soon as the queen said this, everyone in the palace began to talk in a whisper.

"Chu Zhaorong was indeed a favored harem some time ago, and no one in the palace looked at her face, so it shouldn't be a problem to transport something."

"But since this Chu Zhaorong is so favored, why does she still do such a big rebellious thing, it doesn't make sense."

"No, you forgot someone." 600

"Who?"

"Prince Bao, it is said that Chu Zhaorong and Prince Bao are not ordinary......"

"What you say is nonsense, is it possible that Prince Bao is more noble than the emperor, and I don't look like such a stupid person when I look at Chu Zhaorong!"

"It's hard to say, don't you know that when the first emperor was in power, a favorite concubine had a personal affair with others?"

"Ah, that's the case?"

A few people said this to me, although the voice was very small, but they all entered the emperor's ears.

Of course, these people were arranged by the queen's mother, otherwise who would have the courage to chew the root of the tongue under the emperor's nose.

But don't underestimate these words, because they contain too many meanings, such as designing assassinations, such as plotting to usurp the throne.

"Desheng," the emperor called out unhurriedly, "put the few people who just spoke to death on the spot." ”

"Yes."

Desheng was not surprised at all, because he already knew their end when those people began to speak, and this is the case in this palace, if you don't cherish your own life, others will be even less careful.

The cry for mercy disappeared after a while, and only a single piece of blood was shed, and everyone was so frightened that they did not dare to say anything more.

The emperor looked at those boxes and muttered for a long time: "Check for me," and then said: "Take Chu Yue and come with me!" ”

Hearing the emperor's words, the queen mother was naturally happy, at least the emperor suspected Chu Yue, this is a good sign, and those who were killed on the spot just now did not die in vain.

"Your Majesty!" Suddenly, someone shouted, and quickly knelt in front of the emperor.

The emperor recognized the person at a glance, "Chu Xi? ”

That's right, the person kneeling in front of the emperor was Chu Xi, the chief manager of Lihuatai, and when he saw that the emperor recognized him, he kowtowed to the emperor and cried: "Your Majesty, you know our master best, she will never do such a thing, please The emperor must believe in our master!" ”

The emperor looked at Chu Xi in front of him coldly, "Knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, it is difficult to draw dragons and tigers." I really don't know what was going on in her heart. ”

Chu Xi was really dumbfounded, in the past, the emperor would never treat their master like this, could it be that the emperor really believed other people's words, believing that his master and Prince Bao teamed up to rebel and usurp the throne?

"Your Majesty, allow the slave to say something that shouldn't be said, if our master really wants to do something to the emperor, then do you need to spend so much time? You know the master's medical skills. ”

The queen couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat when she heard Chu Xi's words, yes, how could she forget the most important point, Chu Yue knows how to make medicine, and naturally knows how to make drugs. As Chu Xi said, if Chu Yue really wants to be unfavorable to the emperor, with the emperor and Chu Yue being so close, I am afraid that the emperor will not be there.