#Free my girls aejong and bunyi

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The social media scandal this would have caused

Random Royal drama, Part 1

Princess Sukhwi (1642~1696) was the 4th daughter of King Hyojong and Queen Inseon. She married Prince Consort Anpyeong Jeong Jehyeon in 1653. Soon after Hyojong's death in 1660, Jeong Jehyeon fell ill and Queen Inseon, now Dowager, accused the following of witchcraft:

Gisaeng Seolmae of the Jeonju Magistrate's office - concubine of Jeong Jehyeon's grandfather Jeong Yuseong

Princess Sukhwi's Court maid Yegeum

Yegeum's sister/Seolmae's servant Bun Yi

Yegeum's mother Aejong and brother Girip

According to Inseon, Yegeum took Seolmae's birth date and buried it with a "vile object" in the ground. Yegeum and Seolmae were arrested and interrogated first, and through their confession, Aejong, Girip and Bun Yi were arrested afterward.

Eventually Seolmae ran away and killed herself with poison. Aejong, Girip and Bun Yi objected to any involvement in the plot, and Yegeum was executed for unfairly causing her mother's interrogation as a crime of "defying the Three Bonds and Five Virtues", specifically likely to be the bond of "child serving parents" (子事父). Eventually the newly enthroned King Hyeonjong got involved, and ordered the pardon and release of Aejong, Girip and Bun Yi.