Robert had brought a large number of chemical test equipment for the emperor, which made him act like a child who had just received a toy.
Robert saw that the Emperor liked chemistry and spent a lot of time teaching him about it.
During this period, they also did a lot of experiments, such as extracting hydrogen and oxygen.
The Emperor of Guang Dong was like a child, having fun.
All of this was naturally reported to the Empress Dowager.
"Empress Dowager, it seems that the emperor is already obsessed with the knowledge of the foreigners. This is not a good thing for our Big Ming!”Li Lianying, the trusted eunuch of the Empress Dowager of the West and the head of the palace, said.
"Humph! Playing with things makes one lose one's will. The Emperor was still a child! However, if he wanted to play, let him play. In any case, the state affairs are handled by aijia now.”The Empress Dowager snorted coldly.
In fact, she was hoping that the Emperor of Guang Dong would indulge in fun. In that case, he would naturally not fight for power with her. She could continue to control the entire Ming Empire.
"There's no need to care about the Emperor. As long as he doesn't do anything out of line, let him be.”The Empress Dowager ordered.
"Yes, this servant will do as you say!" Li Lianying nodded repeatedly.
As the trusted aide of the Empress Dowager, he naturally knew what the Empress Dowager was thinking.
The more the Emperor of Guang Dong lost his will and was incompetent, the more convenient it was for the Empress Dowager to control the power. Li Lianying and the other followers of the Empress Dowager would naturally be able to obtain a large amount of wealth from it.
Even though Li Lianying was a eunuch, he was still the favorite of the Empress Dowager! The amount of bribes he had received and the amount of silver he had embezzled amounted to tens of millions of taels.
The other henchmen of the Empress Dowager of the West, such as the Qing Prince, no, he was still the Qing Prince now, had a family property of more than 100 million taels of silver.
Including the others, the entire wealth of the Empress Dowager of the West's henchmen was unknown.
They were simply lying on the Ming Empire's body and sucking blood!
If he could gather all the silver and use it to develop armaments, industries, and build a country. Then, it wouldn't take long for the Ming Empire to become truly powerful!
If they could nurture their battles through battles, just like the Japanese, they would win every battle and obtain a large amount of benefits. Then, it would be difficult for the Ming Empire not to become powerful!
However, with the current situation of the Ming Empire, under the rule of the Empress Dowager of the West and the others, this ancient country was constantly decaying and declining. The Japanese Empire, on the other hand, was developing rapidly after the reform.
The strength of both sides was rapidly changing.
Therefore, the time left for the emperor was running out.
By September of the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Guang, the emperor had already done more than ten chemical experiments. Robert had also brought a large number of chemical test items for the emperor.
Under the request of the Emperor of Guang Dong, all the chemicals he needed were gathered.
On the night of the 8th of September, the Emperor of Guang Yue had insomnia.
Of course, he was pretending to have insomnia.
Therefore, he used this as an excuse to do a chemical experiment.
The eunuchs and palace maids at the side could not understand this at all.
In their eyes, the Emperor of Guang Zhou was just fiddling with some bottles and jars, and even used an alcohol lamp. Anyway, they didn't understand. However, the Empress Dowager of the West had already issued an edict. As long as the Emperor of Guang Dong did not do anything out of line, he would not be bothered. Therefore, they wouldn't report to the Empress Dowager that the Emperor was doing a chemical experiment.
What they didn't know was that the Emperor of Guang Zhou was doing a chemical experiment to extract a certain substance, and it was a highly toxic chemical substance. This chemical was known as cyanogen.
Cyanide was highly toxic to begin with. Once it entered the mouth or came into contact with a wound on the skin, it could easily kill.
The Emperor of Guang Chen wanted to poison the Empress Dowager to death and take control of the Ming Empire. Using chemical experiments to extract cyanidation became his only way.
The process of extracting the cyanogen was very troublesome and required great care. The Emperor of Guang Dong didn't want to be poisoned to death before he could kill the Empress Dowager.
After more than an hour of hard work, the emperor finally succeeded in extracting a white crystal the size of a fingernail.
This white crystal was the potassium cyanide.
The emperor crushed the white crystal into powder and put it in a glass bottle.
There was no other smell to the cyanogen, and it was not easy to detect.
More importantly, the method of testing poison in the palace of this era was very simple and crude. It was divided into two types. The first type was for the palace maids and eunuchs to taste it. They would be fine after eating it, and only the master would eat it. The other one used silver needles. If the silver needle pierced into it and turned black, it meant that it was poisonous. If the silver needle didn't change color, then it wasn't poisonous.
It just so happened that the silver needle would not detect cyanidation.
As for the palace maids and eunuchs, the emperor had to seize the opportunity to poison them. After the palace maids and eunuchs tasted it, it was directly placed into the bowl of the Empress Dowager. In that case, the possibility of poisoning the Empress Dowager would be much higher.
After extracting the cyanogen, the emperor heaved a sigh of relief.
His plan was already more than half complete.
After cleaning the experiment equipment and eliminating the evidence, the emperor went to bed. That night, he slept very soundly.
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