The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Inside the General's Mansion, in the study.

"General, as you instructed, the ringleaders of the riot and those who defied their superiors have all been hanged in front of the military camp as a warning."

"All the Servants were imprisoned in the death row."

Sun Xiang was filled with trepidation as he reported.

Having guarded the border for decades and fought countless battles against barbarians, he had witnessed rivers of blood and mountains of corpses.

We should have ignored any ruthlessness.

But General Ren Tianye gave him another shock today.

"What's the situation outside?"

Ren Tianye asked.

Sun Xiang immediately declared emphatically, "Everyone, dare not disobey!"

As he said this, Sun Xiang was thinking: How dare the soldiers of Yunji City have any disloyalty?!

After these actions, all the soldiers of Yunji City could see clearly that if they followed them well, everyone would receive a generous salary.

But if one harbors any ill intentions, death is the punishment!

More than 500 people caused trouble today.

As a result, 34 people were shot or beheaded in public!

The rest will all be hanged in the fall!

With such ruthlessness, which soldier in Yunji City wouldn't think twice before following the general loyally, or harbor ulterior motives?

Thinking this way, Sun Xiang felt not only awe but also admiration for Ren Tianye.

In just a few days, these eight hundred men not only occupied Yunji City, a major city in the northern frontier, but also easily took away the troops stationed in the city thanks to the general's brilliant strategy.

With such a master, this world...

It seems that it is not unattainable.

"It's good that they're convinced!" Ren Tianye said leisurely. "Now that these people are convinced, our team is truly strengthened."

"We now command nearly ten thousand soldiers, giving us the resources to attack or defend in the future."

"However, we still need to find a way to completely get everyone in Yunji City to follow us."

Ren Tianye had already used many clever schemes, and this morning he had even anticipated that those loyal to Zhan Shubai would cause trouble, so he had them lie in ambush, which led to his current success.

Sun Xiang had long since been convinced of their worth.

Upon hearing Ren Tianye speak again, he almost habitually asked, "General, what's still missing?"

"Of course, we're forcing them to rebel."

Ren Tianye said, "They are only obeying me now, but they may not be willing to rebel, so we need to push them a bit!"

As he spoke, Ren Tianye smiled broadly: "Originally, this matter wasn't urgent."

"We will inevitably encounter the imperial army sooner or later. When that happens, after a great battle, they will have no choice but to rebel. Therefore, I did not take it seriously."

"But I never expected..."

"These past few days, while tidying up the general's residence, I've actually made some other discoveries!"

Sun Xiang was curious.

"General, what was the harvest?"

Ren Tianye did not answer him directly, but instead changed the subject, saying, "I have only been in the Northern Frontier for a little over three months, and my understanding of the situation there is far less than yours."

"Therefore, I would like to confirm something with you."

"What's the situation inside the barbarian tribe?"

"Who will be the next leader within the barbarian tribe?"

Sun Xiang was quite familiar with this matter, and immediately said, "Of course it's the barbarian prince. He has long been the designated next Khan, and he commands a large army and has many supporters."

"Moreover, this man is extremely brave and quite resourceful."

"When the Red Beacon Army was around, they often talked about how the Crown Prince would become the greatest enemy of the Northern Frontier in the future."

"and……"

Sun Xiang continued, "Those who are constantly fighting with us eight hundred people are all the Crown Prince's men. Only the Crown Prince's men would send small groups of barbarians to invade our Central Plains from time to time."

Ren Tianye shook his head and said, "You're wrong."

"In the past, the people we eight hundred men killed were mostly the Crown Prince's men, but recently they are not necessarily the Crown Prince's men."

"But..."

"The barbarian third prince's men!"

Sun Xiang was somewhat bewildered: "A man of the Third Prince of the Barbarians?"

"That's right!" Ren Tianye said, "Or, to be more precise, they were people sent by the Third Prince of the Barbarian Tribe to assassinate the forces of the First Prince of the Barbarian Tribe!"

As he spoke, Ren Tianye couldn't help but think of the Huaiqing Li family, the family that had morally blackmailed him and sold tea to the barbarians.

Back then, after killing the promising young man from the Huaiqing Li family, he obtained a turquoise headdress from the young man.

That headdress was a gift from the eldest prince.

This proves that the Li family of Huaiqing had a close relationship with the eldest prince of the barbarian tribe.

However, they were hunted down by barbarians, resulting in the annihilation of their entire family.

At that time, he was puzzled and felt that something was amiss. He even thought that after returning, he would report to the Chifeng Army. However, the Empress massacred 70,000 Chifeng soldiers, and he was forced to rebel.

I had almost forgotten about it.

Unexpectedly, he found the answer in Yunji City.

"These barbarians, heh, I'm afraid internal strife is about to break out."

After a pause, Ren Tianye called out, "Su Jin!"

A short while later, the study door was pushed open, and Su Jin walked in gracefully.

This was Su Jin, who used to be the wife of Zhang Wei, who had served in the army. Now she was dressed in fine clothes, her attire no different from that of an ordinary maid. When she came in, she was respectful and obedient, bending down and carrying a box in both hands, which she gently placed on Ren Tianye's table.

Ren Tianye had just arrived in Yunji City, and with more military generals than civil officials under his command, he was simply too busy to handle all the official duties.

So he assigned Su Jin, who was literate, to the role of a personal secretary, helping him organize documents.

This brocade is quite well made.

Unlike when Zhang Wei protected her after she joined the army, she was no longer demanding or unreasonable. Instead, she was respectful, obedient, and cautious. In fact, one could say she had no temper whatsoever.

This makes it so that every time Ren Tianye sees it, he can't help but recall a joke that netizens used to make fun of him in his previous life.

Women, if you hit her every day, she will have only one request: that you don't hit her.

But if you don't hit her, she'll have a whole bunch of demands!

Su Jin is like this now, afraid of being beaten again, afraid of being punished again, doing her best in everything and never complaining.

How wonderful!

As he was thinking, he reached out and opened the square box that Su Jin had put down. Inside were some letters. Ren Tianye took out a few and handed them to Sun Xiang.

"Let's take a look first."

"yes!"

Sun Xiang opened it, glanced at it only a few times, and his expression changed drastically: "What?"

"The Empress actually instructed Zhan Shubai to collude with the barbarians?"

Sun Xiang suddenly stood up, his face full of anger: "The barbarians are the greatest enemy of our Great Yu. For hundreds of years, the two sides have been fighting endlessly, and countless soldiers have been buried on the battlefield while resisting the barbarians."

"Empress, how could you do this?"

Ren Tianye sighed and gestured for Sun Xiang to sit down, saying, "What's your name? Finish reading first."

"Yes, General!"

Sun Xiang barely managed to calm himself down and looked again, his anger turning into astonishment: "The Empress instructed Zhan Shubai to assist the Third Prince?"

"The one who sent Zhan Shubai to assist the Third Prince in ambushing the First Prince?"

"No wonder, barbarians have been crossing the border frequently lately; it turns out it's all the Empress's doing, but..."

Sun Xiang was still puzzled: "But what does the Empress mean by this?"

"Could it be that they intend to support the Third Prince to ascend the throne, thereby disrupting the situation among the barbarians?"

Ren Tianye smiled helplessly and said, "We'll find out what the Empress means in the future; it's none of our business right now."

"Can……"

"Zhan Shubai colluded with the barbarians, and there are letters to prove it." Ren Tianye said leisurely, "You say that the garrison commander of Yunji City colluded with the barbarians and committed a heinous crime."

"Will the soldiers of Yunji City be implicated and also accused of the grave crime of colluding with the barbarians?"

Sun Xiang's eyes lit up immediately.

……