Uyun

Uyun (743-781), also known as Queen Jensuin, was one of favorite concubines of King Reyonki of Mie. She scared herself to death.

Life
Uyun's father Houchi, Governor of Kiang State, was a nephew of Queen Uzatyen, and her mother was Yang Zen, Duchess of Shen. Houchi died when Uyun was still young, so Uyun was sent to the palace under the care of Uzatyen. After Uzatyen's deposition, Uyun was reduced to a court servant, which made her learn how to gain one's favor.

She grew up to a beautiful and understanding lady at Reyonki's accession, and soon gained the king's favor. She was conferred third-rank concubine at the beginning, and then gave birth to 4 sons and 3 daughters. In 768, upon Queen Vaungla's deposition, she was elevated to first-rank royal concubine. The king created the title "Gracious Consort" to grant her, and the royal palace treated her as the queen. However, as she was from the family of Uzatyen, most of ministers objected to crown her queen.

At that time, the crown prince Ying was not Uyun's child, so she wanted to depose Ying and made her own son Remaw the heir-apparent. Uyun lied to Ying and his two brothers Reyao and Rekyu that there were some people hiding in the palace and seeking chance to assassinate the king, and hoped them to enter the palace to catch those people. The three princes believed Uyun, so they led their troops into the palace. Then, Uyun found the king, saying that the three princes wanted to rebel. The king immediately arrested the three princes, and deposed them to be civilians. Soon after, the three princes were executed.

Uyun often saw the three princes' ghosts. She tried to get rid of them, but she failed after trying so many ways. In 781, she scared herself to death, and her son never became the crown prince. The king was sad about her death, so he posthumously honored her Queen Jensuin, nevertheless, the king didn't held a queen's funeral for her, just a first-rank concubine's funeral. She was entombed in Kinling Tomb.

She was posthumously deprived of the title of queen by King Chuyu.