Tampering with the examination system privately, invading candidates' privacy, and using his authority to attempt murder on the Crown Princess Consort, which led to casualties among the candidates, should have resulted in his dismissal and imprisonment for reflection.
But Lan Xingrui shifted the most severe charges onto his deputy, while he only admitted to a lack of supervision and was penalized for it.
In the end, his military rank was reduced from Lieutenant General to Major General, he was suspended for six months, and he had to pay a total fine of about 15 million Star Coins for the serious consequences caused by his subordinates.
Three million of that was for Kong Yang's family, 2.5 million was for Qu Tong, and the remaining 9.5 million was used to cover the costs of energy and manpower loss.
The personnel responsible for the security arrangements of the exam also received respective punishments.
