Sif kept drawing circles on the paper to express her agreement, but the last few names made her frown.
"They continued taxing privately under the Empress's name despite the grain tax exemption policy?"
"Yes."
"Why only three years?" Sif squinted, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
Raikkonen understood Sif was very angry; he could even guess what Sif was about to say, but his duty was oversight, and he had to act according to the law.
He calmly explained, "Abuse of power plus dereliction of duty, with severe circumstances, indeed starts at three years."
"This is not abuse of power and dereliction of duty; this is treason, undeniably a capital crime."
Sif lightly pardoned these tax officials from three years of imprisonment and thoughtfully arranged the gallows for them.
