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

Pei Wugou was very fast.

After all, with a formidable enemy at hand, all decisions must be made swiftly and decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

He immediately waved his hand, and his personal guards sprang into action.

Before long, more than a hundred soldiers, including those guarding Song Shaoyi, patrolling, and guarding the military camp, were brought over.

Pei Wugou's gaze was cold and stern, and the mask did not diminish the chill emanating from him: "You all knew that Song Shaoyi was an important hostage, crucial to the victory or defeat of this battle, yet you were negligent and let him go."

"According to the law, he should be executed!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of all the bound soldiers changed drastically.

Are you going to kill them?

Is this going to result in someone losing their head?

They had risked their lives and secretly helped Song Shaoyi in various ways in order to survive the upcoming battle and have a way to save their lives at the last moment.

As a result, before the battle even began, their lives were about to be taken by the Marquis.

They all knelt down and begged for mercy, many of them banging their heads until they bled, their faces covered in blood, their postures extremely pitiful.

Pei Wugou's tone softened slightly as he said, "However, considering the imminent great battle and the need for your assistance, you may be spared the death penalty, but you cannot escape punishment!"

"Guards, all those kneeling before you, regardless of rank or the severity of their involvement, shall be given one hundred strokes of the military rod!"

The kneeling soldiers, who had initially breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that their death sentence was waived and that their lives were spared, were then told that they would be flogged one hundred times!

The person almost fainted!

There have always been unspoken rules regarding corporal punishment.

Different places have different unspoken rules.

In many places, the unspoken rule is that if you want to die, ten blows will kill you; if you don't want to die, a hundred blows will leave you unharmed, at most with a slightly dirty hem of your clothes.

But in the military, there aren't so many complicated details.

They won't kill you with ten strokes of the cane, but each stroke will land squarely. Under normal circumstances, fifty strokes will leave you unable to get out of bed for three months.

Eighty strokes of the military rod would cripple most of them.

One hundred lashes...

Even if he doesn't die, his life will basically be ruined.

In that case, it would be better to just behead him and display his head to the public.

At least I'll have a whole body, so I won't have to suffer before I die!

But how could they disobey Pei Wugou's orders?

Moreover, they realized that Pei Wugou was using them as a scapegoat to scare others!

Use their beatings to enforce military discipline!

But they... they clearly didn't do anything, so why did Song Shaoyi just run away for no reason?

Thinking about it any further was useless at this point. Pei Wugou's personal guards had already dragged them away, with two holding them down and one swinging a military stick!

"Clang!" The military baton fell down with a sound.

One blow followed by a second blow, then a third blow, and a fourth blow!

The beatings in the military are absolutely painful, even excruciating!

As a result, within a short period of time, screams of agony filled the army, and several weaker soldiers were on the verge of fainting after just a few blows.

The sight sent chills down the spines of the entire army.

Just as the baton was about to fall again, the soldier who had been sent to inquire about the information ran back and shouted, "My lord, my lord, the matter has been investigated and it has nothing to do with these people."

"It was a lowly soldier in the labor camp who stole your warrant from somewhere, Lord Marquis. He used the warrant to distract everyone and release Song Shaoyi."

"He also gave the warrant to Song Shaoyi, helping Song Shaoyi escape and leave."

After a loud bang, the soldiers carrying out the beatings all stopped, and the guards holding everyone down also stopped, causing the soldiers who had been beaten to jump up.

"Damn, it really was that handyman. I knew she was up to no good when she used the warrant to lure me away."

"Yes, yes, I only let Song Shaoyi leave after seeing the Marquis's warrant. Who knew that Song Shaoyi was the one with the Marquis's warrant? We can't just deny the Marquis's warrant, can we?"

"My lord, we're innocent! With your warrant, what can we do? Disobey your warrant? Wouldn't that also violate your military regulations?"

……

The crowd was in an uproar.

Unlike the earlier riot, the current uproar was mostly driven by discontent. Pei Wugou keenly observed all of this, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Suddenly, I remembered what Wen He had said before.

Wen He said that Song Shaoyi was suffering and she wanted to release him.

and……

The warrant was something Wen He had asked him for.

He gave it to me voluntarily.

"So, it's Xiao He?"

"Xiao He took my warrant and went to release Song Shaoyi?"

"Holy crap, no way?"

Pei Wugou's bewildered expression was genuine; thankfully, he was wearing a mask, so others couldn't tell, but it still made him quite agitated.

If it really is Xiao He...

What should he do?

As they hesitated, the shouts from the crowd grew louder and louder.

"My lord, it must be Wen He, who has an extremely powerful background. We beg you to punish him."

"My lord, we can't let our brothers down!"

"My lord, I'll go and bring her here! That bastard!"

……

Upon hearing that everyone wanted to personally capture Wen He, Pei Wugou could no longer remain calm and quickly stopped them. At the same time, he dispatched his personal guards, who brought Wen He over shortly afterward.

Facing the menacing gazes of the soldiers, in such a heavily guarded arena, Wen He showed no fear whatsoever. His face radiated a great glow as he stood there, his back straight, like a proud little rooster.

She made no attempt to conceal anything.

He admitted directly, "That's right, Song Shaoyi, I'm the one who let him go!"

"Not only did I let him go, but the warrant he was holding was given to him by me!"

"It was given to me by my Awu!"

Her shout was so imposing that the soldiers jumped up.

"Damn, she really is that slut!"

"My lord, punish her! One hundred lashes, not a single one less!"

"My lord, that scoundrel named A-Wu is always playing lovey-dovey games with this Wen He by the river, and he even stole your warrant! He can't be let off the hook!"

"My lord, if we are not punished, we will not accept this!"

……

The emotions of the soldiers reached a peak at this moment.

The surging emotions were overwhelming, and the anger was unbearable.

Pei Wugou was knowledgeable about military affairs and could tell at a glance that if the situation was not handled properly and was only suppressed by force, it could very likely lead to a mutiny or similar incident!

Therefore, it must be handled properly!

Can……

Then he saw it was Wen He. How was he supposed to handle this?

He became a general and resisted Ren Tianye for Wen He's sake. Now he's punishing Wen He.

He would rather die than touch a single hair on Wen He's head!

By this time, Deputy General Chen Song had completely figured out the situation and couldn't help but feel a surge of relief. "Thank goodness! Thank goodness I joined General Wang Ming. If I had followed Pei Wugou, all sorts of trouble would have happened every day!"

His life is doomed sooner or later!

Right now, all the soldiers are furious.

The soldiers who had just been beaten were even more furious!

This made the entire military camp look like it was filled with flammable material; a single spark could cause it to explode on the spot!

Even if Pei Wugou is incredibly powerful, he can't stop her!

……