Empress Dowager Gou had been widowed in 354 when Fu Xiong died.
It is commonly believed that after her husband's death, she carried on an affair with her cousin Li Wei (李威), whom Fu Jiān treated effectively like a second father.
This incident showed that she had substantial power during Fu Jiān's early reign.
However, after this incident, her power appeared to begin to gradually dissipate, and few references were made of her from this point on.
No other act of Empress Dowager Gou was mentioned in history.