Catching wind of the incident, Queen Min immediately escaped from the palace and got herself out of harm's way with the support of YUAN Shikai of Qing China who was stationed in Korea at the time.
事件を察知した閔妃はいち早く王宮を脱出し、当時朝鮮に駐屯していた清国の袁世凱の力を借り窮地を脱した。