When the accusation was proved groundless, the bakufu ordered the two to commit harakiri, but Ienobu pleaded with the bakufu to save their lives, saying that he would like to have them spared because they had served for him, although temporarily, and the sentence was reduced to banishment.
これがと知れると、両名は幕府から切腹を命じられたが、家宣は「一時とはいえ、自分のために仕えてくれた家臣を助けてほしい」と助命を嘆願し、流罪に減刑された。