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Vol 05 Chapter 144: Plebeians III

The aftermath of the rebellion took two weeks to complete.

First, as promised, a retrial was conducted.

According to the customary law of King Rosais’ Country, the punishment for the rape of a virgin is the amputation of the dominant hand. Since the dominant hand of the patrician’s son was his left arm, the sentence was the amputation of his left arm.

Additionally, the patricians who pretested the verdict were sentenced to have their territories confiscated.

The crimes were threefold:

1. Causing unnecessary confusion.
2. Breaking the promise to lower taxes.
3. Using private soldiers to commit violence against innocent people.

Based on these, it was deemed they were unfit to govern their territories, and they were ordered to return them.

Despite dragging their feet and taking their time, they eventually left their territories after we surrounded their mansion with the army and threatened them. Once we did that, they complied smoothly.

However, if we confiscated all their belongings,