章 969: Chapter 972: Gifting Deer Whip Wine

"Du Yingxue colluded with mountain bandits and deserves to be punished with fifty strokes and five years of imprisonment. However, considering she is pregnant, she will first be returned to her family to give birth before she comes to the Government Office to receive her punishment,"

King Qin said without a trace of mercy.

If every trivial mistake made by the young were overlooked, the children would become lawless in the future.

Besides, Du Yingxue was already fifteen, with a child in her belly, so she could hardly be counted as a child herself.

"Alas, she could have been a fine young lady, but she chose to be in cahoots with mountain bandits. King Qin is being merciful enough, allowing her to give birth to the child."

"Even if she gives birth, it's a pitiful life; that child will never be able to hold its head high."

Not to mention being born out of wedlock, having a mountain bandit for a father is enough to make the child feel inferior.