Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"The so-called ants climbing a tree is actually to brush their favorite kind of honey on your hand and let these giant ants with a sweet tooth come over to eat it. After they have eaten all the honey, they will eat your flesh. Once blood flows out, they will become even crazier."

"But I will control them so that they only eat one hand and at most an inch of the wrist. The rest will be taken tomorrow."

After a brief introduction by Lieutenant General Niu, he opened the lid of the jar, and immediately a huge ant popped its head out of the jar.

Different from the ants we usually see, this kind of ant is about one finger long, with a pair of big teeth on its head. It only looks around and then it notices the scent of honey in the air.

Deputy General Niu placed the jar next to Li Ma's hand covered with honey, and warned her, "Your jaw is broken, so you probably can't speak if you want to. If you want to tell something, just turn your head towards Lord Yan. If he sees us, he will ask us to put away the little ant baby."

After hearing what she said, Nanny Li was so frightened that she broke out in sweat on her forehead. Before she could even react, she felt a dense numbing sensation that spread all over her right hand.

She closed her eyes nervously, but the expected pain did not come. There was only an itch at the beginning, and maybe it hurt for a time or two, which was bearable. She didn't even frown. The pain was over, and then it seemed to be over. She didn't feel anything at all.

She opened her eyes in confusion, not understanding what was going on. When she looked towards her right hand, she was so frightened that she started screaming in fear again.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

Her right hand was covered in blood, with blood constantly oozing out and falling to the ground. Her right hand was now covered with densely packed giant ants, biting it madly.

She could even see the ants twisting their buttocks excitedly and quickly changing their biting positions.

But why don’t I feel any pain at all?

"Isn't Mammy Li the best at illusion? These ants do the same thing. When they bite you, their saliva releases something that makes you lose your sense of pain, turning you into a pile of bones before you know it. Isn't that interesting?"

When Lieutenant General Niu saw that she had opened her eyes, he squatted beside her head and explained to her in a low voice.

Although Nanny Li was horrified and watched her right hand being bitten by the dense ants, she endured it, made up her mind, and closed her eyes again.

Yan Nangui picked up a file from the table and started reading it, frowning unconsciously. This Madam Li was really a tough nut to crack.

"I wonder, Ma'am Li, if you lost your right hand, would your husband still kill his wife and marry you as his legal wife?" Yan Nangui's cold voice came out.

Sure enough, Nanny Li opened her eyes again, and this time she was even more frightened.

Tan Lang? How did he know about Tan Lang?

That was the person I had kept in my heart for twenty years, how did he know?

I am sure that I have never been drugged by them since I entered the Dali Temple, and these words definitely did not come from my mouth.

Suddenly, she looked at Yan Nangui, who was looking down at the files under the light, without even glancing at her.

"Ah ah..." She uttered a short sound, and Deputy General Niu turned around from his previous position and asked her, "Mammy, you want to tell me, are you going to tell me the secret you have kept for twenty years?"

However, Nanny Li's reaction disappointed him. She still closed her eyes, as if she no longer cared about anything.

"Oh, oh, you were too busy talking. Hurry up, you two help..." When Lieutenant General Niu saw her reaction, he was disappointed but suddenly exclaimed.

Two guards came over immediately and helped him pat Li Ma's right hand quickly.

In a short while, they had finished cleaning up and the giant ants had been put back into the jar.

Nanny Li also shed a tear from the corner of her tightly closed eyes. She could guess without looking that her right hand could no longer be saved.

Her forbearance discouraged Yan Nangui and Deputy General Niu. Neither the physical pain nor the psychological blow could pry her mouth open. It seemed that they could only find a way to open a gap from other places.

Just when Deputy General Niu and the other two were discussing the use of a punishment called "Iron Tree Blossoming", the eunuch Xiao Fuzi of the East Palace was assigned by the Crown Prince to investigate all the information about Li Ma's changes that they had investigated in the palace, and immediately sent a copy to the Dali Temple.

Eunuch Xiao Fuzi looked at Madam Li with a smile on his face and greeted her politely as usual, "Madam Li, you have worked hard. Oh, this Dali Temple is really not suitable for women to stay for a long time. Look at how tortured they are. Tsk tsk tsk ..."

Nanny Li's eyes remained tightly closed without even opening, and there was no change in the expression on her face.

"Oh, this, this, this... We can't keep going like this. We have to find a doctor to stop the bleeding?" Xiao Fuzi couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw Nanny Li's right hand. It was a bloody mess. Looking closely, the white bones were exposed.

This hand is completely useless.

"Eunuch Fu may not know. We have already tied her arm with a bandage before we started. This will stop the bleeding. There is no need to find a doctor. Besides, we can start the treatment soon. We will see how it goes then."

Deputy General Niu didn't take it seriously and gave Xiao Fuzi a simple explanation with a smile.

"Deputy General Niu, please don't be too harsh. If she gets disabled, her lover will be heartbroken." Xiao Fuzi said this in a pretentious manner, and left in a hurry with the two young eunuchs.

Li Mama opened her eyes at this moment. How come even Xiao Fuzi, the eunuch, knew about Tan Lang? Then, the one in the East Palace must have known about it too. How did they know?

If they already know Tan Lang, then is it still necessary for me to keep it a secret?

At this time, Yan Nangui, who had been silently checking the files that Xiao Fuzi had sent over, suddenly slammed the table and shouted in surprise, "Wait a minute, Iron Tree Blossom, go and bring someone over for me."