Quick Wear: Saving Three Thousand Matches

"The witness is here, and you still dare to lie and deny it?"

The Queen Mother was furious. Her originally graceful, dignified and kind face became twisted and hideous due to extreme anger, as if she had become a different person.

A barely perceptible cunning glint flashed across Jin Jiusi's beautiful eyes.

She raised her hand slightly, pointing directly in the direction of Shi Lu and the others, her lips curled up slightly, and she said slowly, "Witnesses? Could it be that these are the ones that Mother is referring to?"

The Queen Mother stared at Jin Jiusi with wide eyes and said sternly, "That's right! It was you, a cruel and vicious person, who cut off their ears and boiled them into a tonic soup for me to drink. Such a cruel and vicious act, you are simply not worthy of being a human being!"

After saying this, the Queen Mother started cursing again, completely disregarding her usual noble and elegant image.

However, facing the Queen Mother's angry rebuke, Jin Jiusi appeared to be remarkably calm.

She first glanced at the Empress Dowager thoughtfully, then slowly turned her head and stared intently at Shi Lu and the others, asking slowly, "Oh? Did you see me make soup with a human ear?"

When Shi Lu and the others heard this, they were so frightened that they trembled all over. Their faces turned pale and they lowered their heads in fear, not daring to look at Jin Jiusi at all.

For a moment, the whole scene fell into dead silence.

"Tsk tsk tsk... vulnerable."

Jin Jiusi sneered contemptuously and looked at the Queen Mother provocatively, "Mother, do you have any other evidence?"

The Queen Mother was so angry at Jin Jiusi's attitude that she trembled all over. She gritted her teeth and said, "Of course I have evidence."

After saying that, she clapped her hands, and a palace maid came in carrying a bowl of leftover soup.

"This is the leftover residue from that bowl of nourishing soup. I had someone examine it and found human ears in it."

If the human evidence is not enough, I still have physical evidence!

Jin Jiusi was confused. Didn’t she drink up all the tonic soup?

She approached the bowl of residue, sniffed it, and after a careful inspection, she suddenly burst into laughter. "Queen Mother, to frame me, you'll really go to any lengths."

Oh, she's been dormant for so many days, and I thought she was planning some big move, so I just followed her method and made a bowl of human ear soup.

There is indeed thousand-year-old snow ginseng in the residue, but there is no mountain ash fruit.

I guess she was dormant for a few days because she was looking for the mountain ash fruit.

Since he couldn't find the mountain cang fruit, he actually used Guiluo flower juice as a substitute. How stupid!

"Feng Jiusi, stop quibbling. The scum is right in front of us, and you still dare to deny it?" The Queen Mother's eyes were wide open with anger.

Jin Jiusi crossed his arms, a mocking smile playing on his lips. "Mother, this Guiluo flower juice tastes similar to the mountain cang fruit, but if you look closely, they are quite different. If I were you, I wouldn't make such a stupid mistake."

When everyone heard this, they began to whisper to each other and looked at the empress dowager with more suspicion.

"An Xi, go and ask the imperial physician to come over." Feng Qiansu ordered with a dark face, and An Xi left in a hurry.

The Queen Mother's face turned pale and blue, and she became angry and embarrassed. "Now that there is evidence, you must not deny it."

"Emperor, I want to ask you one thing today. Feng Jiusi has committed such a crime that disregards human ethics. How will you deal with him?" The Queen Mother looked at Feng Qiansu who was sitting on the dragon throne and asked.

Jin Jiusi took a step forward, his voice imposing. "Mother, why are you so anxious? Wait until the imperial physician arrives and then we can make a final decision."

Soon, the imperial physician hurried over.

Feng Qiansu gave a wink, and the imperial physician understood and stepped forward to check the bowl of residue.

A moment later, the imperial physician respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Highness, Princess, there is indeed a human ear among the remains..."

"I told you it was a human ear, Feng Jiusi. You have such a vicious mind. But I am your biological mother." The Queen Mother pointed at her and cursed her in grief.

"Mother, why don't you wait for the imperial physician to finish speaking first?" Jin Jiusi said.

The doctor cleared his throat and continued, "There's no Canggu fruit in it, just Guiluo flower juice. The taste of Guiluo flower juice is similar to the juice of crushed Canggu fruit, so people often use Guiluo flowers to impersonate Canggu fruit."

Everyone was in an uproar, looking at the Queen Mother with questioning eyes.

The Queen Mother's eyes widened, and she pointed at the imperial physician in disbelief: "You quack, have you been bribed by her?"

Jin Jiusi sneered, "If your mother doesn't believe me, you can call a few more doctors over to check it out."

"You, you..." The Queen Mother knew that today's plan had failed and suddenly became nervous.

"By the way, you brought this evidence to frame me. Now that I'm cleared of suspicion, shouldn't you explain to me, my brother, what exactly is going on with the human ear in the debris?"

As he spoke, Jin Jiusi turned and bowed to Feng Qiansu, "Royal brother, now that this matter has been clarified, I am also tired, so I will take my leave first."

After saying this, she walked out of the hall with her head held high, leaving behind the emperor with a complicated expression and the empress dowager with an unwilling look on her face, while the others in the hall secretly felt lucky that they were not involved in this royal dispute.

Feng Qiansu's face was as dark as ink. His narrow, sharp eyes fixed on the Queen Mother before him. He spoke in an icy voice, "Mother, I will investigate this matter thoroughly! I hope you will return to the palace and reflect on your actions."

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's face turned pale in an instant. She glared at Feng Qiansu unwillingly, then flicked her sleeves and turned away.

On the other side, Jin Jiusi hurried back to Zhaoyang Palace.

When the maids and eunuchs in the palace saw their princess return, they immediately gathered around her and asked about the incident with concern.

However, at this time, Jin Jiusi just waved his hand gently, signaling them to leave, and Hong Que took everyone out to explain what had happened in detail.

Jin Jiusi walked slowly to the couch and sat down alone, falling into deep thought.

The Queen Mother always loves to stir up trouble and jump around everywhere. She will surely not let this behavior go and will certainly come up with more conspiracies and tricks in the future.

In that case, we might as well find a way to prevent her from causing trouble again.

Thinking of this, the corners of Jin Jiusi's mouth rose slightly, and a sly smile quietly emerged.

Before long, the news spread quickly throughout the palace.

It turned out that the emperor had ordered the killing of all the eunuchs and palace maids in Kangning Palace, and selected a new group of obedient and trouble-free ones to serve the empress dowager.

After hearing the news, Jin Jiusi suddenly understood in his heart that Feng Qiansu's move was clearly to put the Queen Mother under house arrest and deliberately set a trap to lure her into.

You know, the Empress Dowager's maternal family is very powerful in the Jiangnan area. They have been holding their own troops for a long time. Even when the retired emperor was alive, he had thought of taking back their military power.

However, Feng Qiansu and Feng Jiusi grew up under the care of the Queen Mother. The Emperor, out of consideration for the two children, ultimately failed to make up his mind to take action against the Queen Mother and her maternal family.

But now, the forces in Jiangnan are ready to make moves, and the Queen Mother's ambition to control the government is growing. If it is not stopped in time, Donghua will be in danger due to internal and external troubles.

The Empress Dowager was imprisoned. If those people heard the news, they would definitely come to the imperial city to demand an explanation.

At that time, we can catch the turtle in the jar and seize the military power easily.