[5] In 1094, Crown Prince Wang Uk ascended the throne, but since he was too young at this time, his mother, Queen Sasuk executed the government affairs instead.
However, the political situation could not be stabilized and seeing the sickly young king, the powerful nobleman Yi Ja-ui (이자의), Wang Yun's maternal uncle, hoped that his only nephew, would succeed to the throne and conspired to make Wang Yun ascend the throne.
[1] At this time, Yi gathered his peoples and said, Meanwhile, Gyerim soon noticed this and informed So Tae-bo (소태보) about this, which So brought troops to the palace along with Wang Guk-mo (왕국모).
In 1095, Gyerim purged Yi's faction on charges of plotting a rebellion by murdered him and then ascended the throne as King Sukjong passed his nephew.
As a result, Wang Yun was exiled to Gyeongwon-gun [Gyeongwon County] (now in Incheon along with his mother not long after that.