Gwon Ram and Han Myeong-hoe (5)

His Majesty refused to allow Gwon Je to divorce a wife who had done nothing wrong because he feared that, if he did so, various yangban would use this case as an excuse to abandon their innocent wives.

Records from the Joseon era say that commoners divorced relatively easily.

There are even occasional records of women marrying several times.

However, a yangban divorce could only take place with the king's permission, and once it happened, the woman would be socially ostracized.

Among the yangban, divorce was so rare that it was practically nonexistent.

Yet there were surprisingly people like Gwon Je, a yangban who lived without caring about his social reputation.

In fact, in Joseon, countless yangban would cast their families aside but struggle desperately to preserve their social standing.

That was necessary for their survival.

But Gwon Je was a lunatic who had even abandoned that crucial reputation. Was there any hope that he would value his family from now on?

'Of course not.'...