Huo Dingyuan responded to his words and said, "Since Your Highness is pleased, then please forgive the crimes of the Xue and Zhang families. The mastermind has been executed; why should the weak women and children bear the guilt?"
He came with the grand and imposing Huo Family Army to plead for mercy.
Qi Wuya glanced at the army behind him, pondered for a while, and then smiled and nodded: "Let's follow General Huo's advice. Children under five shall be spared the death penalty and taken along with the female family members to the Imperial Music Bureau."
The Imperial Music Bureau was an official brothel.
As long as someone intervened, the convicted slaves there could avoid disaster.
He knew Huo Dingyuan's legitimate daughter and grandson were at the Zhang Residence.
He was saying this now also for their sake.
"Your Highness is wise."
