[1] It is debated whether the crown prince ordered Lady Liu's death, or it occurred accidentally while she was being disciplined.
[1] When Zhu Youjian succeeded to the imperial throne as the Chongzhen Emperor in 1627, he granted his mother the posthumous title of Empress Dowager Xiaochun gongyi shumu zhuangjing pitian yusheng.
[1] As the Chongzhen Emperor had been only five years old at the time of her death, he requested that someone obtain a portrait of his mother for him.
Consort Yi (Chinese: 傅懿妃) had been a concubine of the Taichang Emperor along with Lady Liu when he was crown prince and had lived in a palace close to her.
Old servants were summoned and asked if the portrait resembled Lady Liu, after which the emperor and all in attendance wept.