Quick Wear: Saving Three Thousand Matches

Ever since Jin Jiusi returned to the palace, he has been immersed in the Imperial Hospital all day, refining antidotes to prevent and treat epidemics.

On this day, she had just finished her busy work at the Imperial Hospital and was dragging her slightly tired body back to Zhaoyang Palace. Before she even stepped into the palace gate, a burst of noisy and bustling sounds came into her ears.

The voice was sharp and arrogant, making her feel a little uncomfortable.

Kong Kong said, "Master, it's the Queen Mother's people. The Queen Mother returned from the temporary palace this morning, claiming to be recuperating from illness. The person secretly helping the Queen Mother is the mistress of that person's mother."

"Your Highness, let me go and check it out."

As Hong Que spoke, he bowed slightly to Jin Jiusi, then stood up lightly and walked quickly into the hall.

"What's all the fuss about?"

As soon as Redbird entered the hall, he shouted loudly.

In an instant, several palace maids and eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear, raised their heads and looked eagerly towards the door.

Hongque looked closely and saw an old eunuch holding a whisk, sitting quietly at the table, sipping tea leisurely.

Behind him stood two young eunuchs with lowered brows and nodding their heads continuously.

This man's name was Shi Lu. He was a trusted eunuch of the Empress Dowager and held considerable power.

Hasn’t the Empress Dowager been recuperating in the palace?

Why was Shi Lu sent here suddenly?

Could it be that... the Empress Dowager has returned to the palace?

"Oh, isn't this Eunuch Shi Lu? I wonder what gust of wind blew you to Zhaoyang Palace?"

Redbird instantly changed roles, and a brilliant smile appeared on her face, which almost burst her cheeks.

"So it's Miss Red Sparrow who serves the Empress. How come she's working here? Could it be that the Empress dislikes her?" Shi Lu asked with a sinister smile.

"Eunuch Shi, making random comments about the king and queen is a serious crime."

After Hong Que finished speaking, Shi Lu only raised his eyebrows slightly, not caring at all, "We are here today on the orders of the Empress Dowager."

After saying this, he put down his teacup and glanced at the people around him, "I heard that Princess Laihuang has returned to the palace. The Empress Dowager missed her very much and asked me to come and give Her Highness a gift."

"On behalf of Your Highness, Redbird thanks the Queen Mother." said Redbird.

"You? You're just a second-class maid, not even worthy of touching the gift from the Empress."

At this time, Jin Jiusi walked into the hall and said in a cold voice, "You are just a eunuch, and you dare to show off in my Zhaoyang Hall?"

When Shi Lu heard Jin Jiusi's words, his expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

As Jin Jiusi came in, everyone bowed to him.

"See Your Highness the Princess!"

"Who are you?"

"Your Highness, our family belongs to the Queen Mother's palace."

"How dare you make my people kneel before you?"

"I dare not, Your Highness, please forgive me."

Shi Lu said this, and immediately walked up to Jin Jiusi with the gift sent by the Queen Mother, and handed it to her respectfully, "Your Highness, this is a reward from the Queen Mother."

Things weren't that simple. Jin Jiusi had to get everyone out of the way first. "Hong Que, take the people from Zhaoyang Palace and go about your business."

After everyone in Zhaoyang Palace left, Jin Jiusi's eyes turned cold.

She looked at Shi Lu and reached out to take the gift, but the gift accidentally fell to the ground and shattered.

Shi Lu, with the look of a villain who had succeeded in his evil plan, laughed and said, "Oh, Princess. Why are you so careless? This is a reward from the Empress Dowager!"

Jin Jiusi lowered his head expressionlessly, and saw purple fragments all over the ground, emitting a faint halo.

Kong Kong spoke: [Master, it was a purple glass pendant inlaid with jade, and it was broken a long time ago.]

This belonged to the late queen, but I didn't expect that the current queen mother would take it for herself.

This queen mother is such a piece of shit, she even wants to frame me!

Jin Jiusi sneered and looked up at Shi Lu, "Didn't you break it yourself?"

"Your Highness, please don't wrongly accuse me. It was clearly your Highness who broke it by mistake." Shi Lu said contemptuously, "They can all testify."

"Yes, yes, yes, it was Her Royal Highness the Princess who broke it herself." The people brought by Shi Lu nodded in agreement.

A cold light flashed in Jin Jiusi's eyes, and a dagger appeared in her hand.

At the same time, all the doors in the hall were closed.

Before Shi Lu and his minions could react to what was happening, they all fell to the ground.

What made them even more terrified was that they couldn't make any sound.

"I've been busy with people's livelihood lately and have no time to mess around with you. I wanted to let you go, but you're truly disgusting."

Jin Jiusi walked up to Shi Lu and slapped him hard in the face with the blade of the dagger.

The strong wind from the dagger cut his face, but he couldn't make a sound.

When the others saw this, they immediately moved away from Shi Lu.

Jin Jiusi played with the dagger in his hand, his gaze piercing Shi Lu like an ice cone, "Since you are the Queen Mother's man, then I should return a generous gift to show my filial piety."

She just swung her dagger lightly, and one of Shi Lu's ears fell to the ground.

Seeing this, those people were so scared that they trembled all over, their eyes full of horror.

Ignoring Shi Lu's pain and the bleeding ear, Jin Jiusi stood up and turned his head to look at the people huddled together.

Suddenly, they could speak.

"Princess, Your Highness, please spare me, please spare me."

"Please spare my life, Your Highness. I will never dare to do it again, never again..."

Several young eunuchs knelt on the ground in fear, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Don't you all want to die?" Jin Jiusi asked innocently.

Kong Kong: ...

Several young eunuchs nodded frantically, fearing that if they were too slow, they would be the next to die.

"Don't worry, it won't hurt soon."

As soon as Jin Jiusi finished speaking, the dagger flew out of his hand, spun a few times in the air, and accurately slashed across everyone's ears.

At this time, they could not make any sound again.

After a long time, the door slowly opened from the inside, and Hongque was already waiting outside with a group of palace servants.

Jin Jiusi instructed Hongque, "Clean up this place and send the people back to where they came from. Oh, and pack up those ears on the ground for me."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The palace maids and eunuchs filed in. Seeing the bloody scene, they were frightened but dared not say anything and hurried to clean up.

Jin Jiusi turned and walked into the inner room, Kong Kong said: "Master, is this method too cruel?"

A cold smile appeared on Jin Jiusi's lips. "Isn't this how I've always been?"

She immediately changed her clothes and washed up, then Redbird came in carrying a black box.

"Your Highness, these are the ones on the ground..." Hongque is already an old man in the palace. What hasn't he seen?

But the scene I saw when I just entered was really disgusting.

Jin Jiusi glanced at the box and said with a sinister smile, "Hongque, chop up the contents of the box and take them to the small kitchen to make soup. It will be of great use to me."

"This, this human ear... is it stewed in soup?"

"Just do it. I sympathize with the Empress Dowager and feel concerned about her condition. I offer her this tonic soup as a token of my filial piety."

A moment later, Hongque carried the box and left Zhaoyang Palace with several palace maids and eunuchs.

Your Majesty, the show is about to begin...