Lady Zhang finally breathed her last on the second day of the twelfth month.
On this day, it began to snow again.
The body of Lady Zhang was taken out of the Ministry of Justice almost alongside the still-living Li family father and sons.
Lady Zhang's corpse was flogged, while the entire Li family father and sons were beheaded.
All male members of the Li family over fifteen were beheaded and their heads displayed to the public, while the female members were confiscated as government servants and exiled from the Capital, never to return.
Of the Li family's grandchildren, three were to be beheaded. There were six under fifteen—two boys and four girls.
These six children were all sentenced to become government servants.
Government servants were originally the descendants of convicted officials, unable to redeem themselves forever. However, after the Fourth Master ascended the throne, this was changed to three generations unable to redeem themselves.
