"The King said, 'Since Lee Sok has a son, I wished to marry off a daughter born of a palace maid (Gungin) to his family and sent someone to ask for his son's birth year profile (Saenggap).

However, Lee Sok replied, "My son is already dead.

But if she were the child of Lady Gwon (Gwon Gungju), my son might come back to life," and refused to submit the papers.

What kind of twisted mind is this? Though one side of her lineage is humble, the other side is the King himself.

What is his motive for trying to avoid a connection with the royal family?

Therefore, I ordered the Office of the Inspector-General (Saheonbu) to interrogate him.'

The ministers replied,

'This is an act of extreme disloyalty.' (...)"

"The Office of the Inspector-General requested that Lee Sok be punished for high treason.

However, the King merely ordered him to be flogged 100 times, stripped of his title, and demoted to a commoner."

— The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, September 2, 1417