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

The moonlight shone down and fell into the mountain valley.

The mountain hollow was bright and clear, and a fire was lit there. The firelight shone brightly, clearly illuminating the figures of more than twenty soldiers resting.

The group sat around the fire, eating dry rations and drinking water, while waiting for their leader, Ren Tianye, to return.

Deputy General Wang Ming, however, looked worried and kept gazing into the distance.

"Sigh, I wonder how General Ren is doing these days?"

"He told us to wait for him here, but he's been gone for a long time. Could he... commit some more killings?"

Wang Ming is now genuinely afraid of Ren Tianye.

They kill without a second thought.

Killing barbarians is one thing, but killing Yu people so casually is another. Although these Yu people may have some problems, the Chifeng Army would never do this if they were in power.

This made those of them, who longed to join the Crimson Beacon Army, feel uneasy for a while.

The other soldiers were in a similar mood.

After hearing what Wang Ming said, they couldn't help but look worried.

"General Ren, how should we report this when we get back?"

"Anyway, we can't say that General Ren killed the Yu people. We can only say that General Ren killed the barbarians. General Ren has lived and died with us. He was willing to take a knife for us on the battlefield. Even if it violates military discipline, we cannot betray him."

"That's necessary. The question is, given General Ren's actions, will we still follow him in the future?"

"Don't look at me, I'm annoyed too, and I don't know what to do either."

……

Just then, the sound of rapid hoofbeats rang out. The soldiers recognized Ren Tianye riding the Jade Lion of the Night, and they all perked up and quickly stood up.

Then they saw Ren Tianye riding his horse towards them. When he got close, he pulled on the reins, and the Jade Lion of the Night immediately stood up with a hiss.

Ren Tianye gracefully flipped off his horse, the halberd in his hand still glowing blood-red in the moonlight, with blood still dripping from it.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

These were all seasoned soldiers, and they knew very well that someone like Ren Tianye, whose weapon still bore traces of blood, was not someone who had simply killed someone!

Under his halberd, who knows how many more souls have perished!

Can……

They've only been separated for a short while!

How many more people were killed?

No, if this kind of behavior happened in the Red Beacon Army, they would be beheaded countless times!

Suppressing his inner turmoil, Lieutenant Wang Ming stepped forward and said, "General Ren, about the Li family, you..."

"I have wiped out the Li family barbarians!"

Ren Tianye threw down the head of the Li family boy.

Even though he was dead, you could still clearly see the angry and ruthless expression on his face.

Lieutenant Wang Ming's heart skipped a beat again: "General Ren, this..."

"He also killed a few people who tried to protect the Li family barbarians..." Ren Tianye opened the bundle on his back, took out the token with the words "Imperial Decree" engraved on it, and threw it to Wang Ming: "Later it was found that the one who protected the Li family barbarians was Aunt Xiao from the palace."

"He too was beheaded by me!"

Boom!

The name Aunt Xiao struck everyone like a thunderbolt.

These soldiers may not know who their superiors' superiors are, or even who the various defense commanders of the northern frontier are.

However, Empress Xiao Mingzhao knew very well about it.

She also knew the great name of Aunt Xiao, the most favored concubine of the Empress.

There was no need for Ren Tianye to explain; they all understood the magnitude of what he had done. Their faces turned pale instantly, and a few even staggered.

Immediately, everyone erupted in anger.

"General Ren, how dare you kill Aunt Xiao?"

"General, that was His Majesty's favorite, greatly favored by him. If you kill her, how can His Majesty let it go so easily? This is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of her family!"

"General, we are your subordinates, and we came here with you on this mission. You killed Aunt Xiao, and you have implicated us as well. Our entire family, including your nine generations of relatives, will also be doomed!"

"General Ren, you, you, you've really caused us so much suffering!"

……

None of these twenty or so soldiers were fools.

Or rather, anyone who isn't a typical female-oriented person would understand how bad things are.

Killing the Empress's most trusted confidant would have far more serious consequences than simply subjecting the victim to the excruciating punishment of slow slicing.

His subordinates, colleagues, and even superiors will face retribution.

This reckoning will definitely not be as simple as a pay cut, a salary reduction, or being dismissed; at the very least, it will cost lives.

There is even a very high possibility that it could implicate family members and extend the misfortune to the entire extended family!

Therefore, after Ren Tianye did this, their heads no longer belonged to them.

This was exactly the reaction Ren Tianye wanted. He then took out the imperial edict again and said, "Coincidentally, I found this imperial edict in Aunt Xiao's car. Take a look."

There weren't many literate people in the army, but fortunately, the deputy general Wang Ming had read quite a few books. He quickly picked it up to read, but after just one glance, he was terrified.

"Wh-what?"

"Your Majesty, you intend to slaughter 70,000 members of the Crimson Beacon Army?!"

If Ren Tianye's killing of Aunt Xiao was a thunderbolt to them...

So, for Empress Xiao Mingzhao, who wanted to massacre 70,000 Chifeng soldiers, it was like the sky falling down.

The scene exploded instantly.

"What do you mean? What happened to the Red Beacon Army?"

"You want to kill the Red Beacon Army? The Red Beacon Army is loyal to the emperor and loves their country. They guard the borders and ensure the safety of the Great Yu Dynasty. Your Majesty, why, why do you want to kill them?"

"What does it mean that the imperial edict says the Chifeng Army has repeatedly defied the king's orders and obstructed the national policy of the Northern Frontier? Every member of the Chifeng Army is loyal and righteous, and obeys the king's orders without question. How could they be defying the king's orders? And obstructing the national policy of the Northern Frontier? Isn't the national policy to keep the barbarians outside the mountains and rivers? The Chifeng Army has already done just that. Why should they be killed?"

"Should we kill all these loyal and brave soldiers like the Red Beacon Army?"

……

The soldiers were emotional, and many of them had bloodshot eyes.

After all, the Chifeng Army is not only the most elite army of the Great Yu, the mainstay of the northern frontier, but also the faith in the hearts of countless soldiers.

These people, in particular, have lived with the Red Beacon Army in Shanhe City for many years, spending every day with them, and their feelings for the Red Beacon Army are deeper than those of ordinary soldiers.

How could they not be united in their hatred of the enemy when the imperial edict so smeared the Red Beacon Army?

Ren Tianye immediately dealt them another heavy blow!

"Judging from Aunt Xiao's itinerary, she has already delivered the imperial edict, so... the Red Beacon Army has most likely been wiped out."

"Seventy thousand loyal souls, all buried in a foreign land!"

Boom!

It seemed as if thunder was rumbling in the sky.

Many of the soldiers who had just been holding on, pleading for the Red Beacon Army even at the cost of their lives, could no longer hold on when the sky seemed to have collapsed.

Everyone's eyes were bloodshot.

"The entire Red Beacon Army was massacred?"

"Brother Wang, Brother Wang, you promised to recommend me to join the Crimson Beacon Army! How could His Majesty kill you?"

"The Red Beacon Army were loyal and courageous, every single one of them a hero, bravely resisting the northern frontier, and now they're all dead? The imperial court is wicked!"

"Damn the Empress! She's going to kill loyal subjects like the Crimson Beacon Army? We've already got nowhere to live, might as well rebel!"

"We've rebelled! We're going to die anyway, so let's avenge the Red Beacon Army!"

……

Everyone was filled with rage, and they shouted more and more words like "avenge the Red Beacon Army" and "rebellion!"

Seeing that the opportunity was right, Ren Tianye immediately raised his halberd and shouted, "The court is tyrannical, the empress is absurd, burying alive 70,000 Red Beacon Army soldiers and killing loyal ministers and generals. What is there left for the Great Yu to be loyal to?"

"Why not do the opposite!"

"Are you all willing to follow me and rebel against the hell?!"

Almost without hesitation, the crowd immediately shouted in unison, "Rebellion! Rebellion! Rebellion!"

"Okay, then let's do it the other way around!"

……