After a lengthy legal process with two appeals that ultimately reached the Supreme Court in Nanjing and pitted public sentiment against the rule of law, she was finally given a state pardon by the Nationalist government on October 14, 1936.
Setelah proses hukum yang panjang dengan pengajuan dua kali banding hingga ke tingkat Mahkamah Agung di Nanjing dan mengadu sentimen publik terhadap aturan hukum, ia akhirnya diberi pengampunan negara oleh pemerintah Nasionalis pada 14 Oktober 1936.