Previously, it wasn't that people hadn't anticipated the new Emperor would start a purge, but no one expected Helena to strike such a heavy blow.
Nearly ninety percent of the empire's nobles were arrested and convicted, with the lightest sentences being three years in prison.
As for those noble officials who committed serious crimes, they were given a minimum of twenty years in prison, stripped of their titles, and had their properties confiscated.
As for those who committed capital crimes, the ones most resistant among the nobles, all were sentenced to death and executed immediately, with no room for maneuver.
Apart from the National Defense Army appearing in the Imperial City, more of Helena's troops sealed all the exits of Celestial Destiny City, trying to capture the relatives of these nobles in one fell swoop.
