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Chapter 19. Violet.

Napoleon was obsessed with violets.His followers regarded it as a symbol of Napoleonism, believing that it would bring the frustrated monarch back to life.

Bring success and happiness. On March 1815, 3, when the violets bloomed their first flowers in the south of France, Napoleon successfully escaped from the island of Elba,

back among his admirers.When they greeted him, they kept shouting: "Welcome, father of Violet!" quot; At this time, people held violets in their hands.

Orchids, with violets on their heads, all shops, public buildings and even every household are decorated with violets, I hope this spring flowers can give

They brought good luck and Napoleon regained his European dominance.Unfortunately, this joy did not last long. On June 6, Napoleon was forced to announce his renunciation of the imperial

bit, passing it on to his young son Napoleon II.But the crown prince did not inherit his father's ambitions and great achievements: he did not accept the throne,

Instead, he went to live a leisurely life in the court of his grandfather, Emperor Franz I of Austria.After Napoleon lost his throne, he was

A week before being escorted to St. Helen's Island, I suddenly remembered Josephine's old love, and went to Mary's Mening Castle to visit her grave for the last time, and visited her

In front of the tomb is a cluster of rare violets that bloom all year round.After Napoleon's death, two things were found in the gold jewelry box that he never left:

Two wilted violets and a lock of light chestnut hair.The latter is the fetal hair of his beloved son, while the former is the object of love between him and Josephine.

"I like violets very much, do you know why?" Xi Ziyuan said softly.

"Huh?" Han Lengqian was very curious.

"The flower language of violet is eternal beauty, and it is most suitable for a lady of Libra." Xi Ziyuan sat on the grass, leaning on Han Lengqian's shoulder.

Han Lengqian was slightly taken aback, but surprisingly, he didn't resist Xi Ziyuan's action.

"Do you know violets? It is a perennial herb that is cultivated everywhere for viewing. Every March or April, violets bloom beautiful small flowers in purple, red, yellow or white. The fragrance is intoxicating. This Planting flowers, in the past and now, some people regard it as a symbol of love.

In the 8226th century, the British physicist and chemist Robert amp; #[-]; Boyle, who regarded violet as a symbol of holy love, also invented the litmus paper that every chemical laboratory must be equipped with now because of violet .

In the past, farmers used the most primitive method to determine the acidity and alkalinity of soil; that is, put the soil in their mouths and judge by taste and experience.This primitive method is both unhygienic and unscientific, and some people get sick or even die because they taste the poisonous and bacteria-carrying soil.Boyle was determined to develop a scientific method to identify the acidity and alkalinity of soil.

One day a friend brought Boyle a violet flower.Boyle was very happy and excited, because Violet was exactly where he and his beloved wife Aili lived.

Silk love symbol.Unfortunately, Alice had passed away due to illness, and Boyle swore no longer to marry because of nostalgia.Now a friend sent such a beautiful Yilan

Violet, why not make him happy and excited!Boyle took a bouquet of violets from the basket, took it to the laboratory, and inserted it carefully in the

In a vase on the lab table.At this time, Boyle's assistant was pouring a large bottle of concentrated hydrochloric acid into the burner, and then a strange thing happened.

The hydrogen chloride gas volatilized by a large amount of concentrated hydrochloric acid makes the violets with dewdrops stained red!This strange phenomenon prompted careful scientists to

Scientists experimented again.Boyle picked the violets and put them into different acid-base solutions, but the violets always showed red and red respectively.

blue.So far, Boyle seems to have realized the method of judging the acidity and alkalinity of substances.Boyle and his assistants made persistent efforts together, using cornflowers, morning glory

Flowers, roses, Chinese roses, cochineals and other animal and plant solutions, and finally found an organic substance from lichen plants——

litmus. "

Violet has many secrets, which is why Xi Ziyuan likes it.

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