Amidst the exclamations of the Empress Dowager and Aunt Sun, Ji Fengyao plunged the silver needle into her hand.

Her movements were so rough and her needlework so swift that the Empress Dowager almost despaired and instinctively closed her eyes.

Aunt Sun couldn't stop her in time, and she closed her eyes in despair.

Both women were filled with remorse. They knew perfectly well that this bandit was just a reckless village woman. They had been out of their minds to agree to let her treat their legs!

This bandit is probably going to cripple my leg completely!

For quite a while.

The Empress Dowager did not experience the excruciating pain that followed, nor did Aunt Sun hear the Empress Dowager's screams.

The two quietly opened their eyes and saw Ji Fengyao concentrating with her head down, slowly and deliberately inserting silver needles into the Empress Dowager's two swollen legs, pulling them out, and then inserting them again.

The Empress Dowager and Aunt Sun felt that Ji Fengyao was like a completely different person at this moment. She was nothing like the rough and unruly bandit they remembered. Instead, she exuded a dignified and composed aura that was rare even among ladies of noble families.

The two legs, which were originally extremely swollen, were noticeably less swollen under her calm acupuncture.

The Empress Dowager felt a tingling and slightly itchy sensation in her legs, but the pain had subsided.

The remarkable effect was so obvious that even though the Empress Dowager and Aunt Sun remembered that she had only treated one dog, they did not scold her again, let alone stop her.

The outer room is separated by a screen.

Shang Xiye: "..."

The little bandit not only healed me, but she also healed Black Owl and Wu Zhong.

Shadowless: "..."

Anyway, they never treated me, so I didn't hear anything.

In fact, the Empress Dowager's rheumatism was quite severe, and it would require a long course of treatment to cure it.

However, in order to let everyone see the effect and make it easier to act in the future, Ji Fengyao used some spiritual power to enhance the acupuncture, which made her legs quickly reduce swelling. At least on the surface, it looked very effective.

Ji Fengyao also knew that someone like the Empress Dowager, who had spent her entire life fighting in the harem and whose heart was as hard as an iron wall, was difficult to move with one or two acts of kindness. Just like when the host saved her, the debt of saving her life was nothing more than that.

Therefore, the acupuncture technique she used on the Empress Dowager was not a proper acupuncture technique, but rather a set of acupuncture techniques created by her master.

This set of acupuncture techniques is called "Addiction Needles," and it was created specifically to control people.

While it can quickly relieve pain, it can also easily lead to strong dependence in patients.

If she doesn't relieve the patients' need for acupuncture, they won't be able to live without her needles. Even a minor headache or fever will be unresponsive to medicine, and they will have to rely on acupuncture to get the medicine to work.

In this way, if the Empress Dowager wants to deal with her again in the future, she will have to think twice about how much pain her body can withstand.

When Ji Fengyao finished acupuncture, the Empress Dowager's leg pain had subsided considerably and she could hardly feel it anymore.

"Ninth Princess Consort, is the Empress Dowager's leg healed yet?" Aunt Sun was overjoyed, and her attitude towards Ji Fengyao improved considerably.

"But I feel that my legs are still numb and I can't move them." The Empress Dowager's expression improved slightly, but she still didn't want to look at the crude bandit in front of her, and she still remembered that she had treated the dog.

"Just as Aunt said, the Empress Dowager's leg ailment is a chronic condition, and it won't be easy to cure it completely." Ji Fengyao seemed oblivious to the Empress Dowager's indifference, still laughing carefree, as if the darkness of the world was beyond her notice.

"Then, does the Princess Consort have a way to cure the Empress Dowager's leg ailment?" Aunt Sun continued to ask, having received a hint from the Empress Dowager.