However, the conservatives, including the Royal family, recovered their power, when they found Japan had surrendered to the Triple Intervention, and moved closer to Russia, which resulted in more intensified political strife (The assassination of Empress Myeongseong occurred during this period).
しかし、日本が三国干渉に屈するのを見た王室をはじめとする保守派が勢力を回復してロシアに接近、政争が過激化した（閔妃暗殺も、この時期である）。