Tan Yu was arrested and sent to the capital to be sentenced. A haggard Tan Yu was kneeling before the emperor. The judge counted his deeds within the halls of justice. Judging Tan Yu's innocence was a bit trickier because he had no hand in anything important. The Tan family was well aware of what a stupid bag of bricks Tan Yu was.
He was accused of sabotaging the potentially vital mannequin industry. After hearing the accounts of the librarian and the workers, the discourse shifted from guilt being on Tan Yu to guilt being on the way scholarhood worked.