She became accustomed to luxury living when she was young, and part of that was manifested in her customs of rewarding her servants with great wealth.
Emperor Xuan did not explicitly reject this proposal, but issued an order to seek out the sword that he owned as a commoner.
Getting the hint, the officials recommended Consort Xu as empress, and she was created as such late in 74 BC.
On 17 April 70 BC,[3] Emperor Xuan created Huo Chengjun empress.
Accustomed to luxury living, her palace expenditures far exceeded the late Empress Xu.
Allegedly, Empress Huo did make multiple attempts to do so, but failed each time.
Emperor Xuan then issued an edict deposing Empress Huo on 17 September,[4] in which he made no reference to what her family allegedly did but accused her of trying to poison Crown Prince Shi.