[2][page needed] Reportedly, he tolerated, and maybe even encouraged, Consort Liu, to be rude to empress Meng.
When the baby's illness grew worse, the empress noticed "token paper money" beside the child and suspected Consort Liu of using witchcraft against her.
[3][page needed] Soon after, a nun, a eunuch, and the adoptive mother of Meng was accused of having used witchcraft to help the empress, thereby implicating her.
[3][page needed] She declared, that the demotion had been forged, and that Meng should be given back the states of Empress, while Liu should bee stripped from hers.
[3][page needed] This led to a conflict with the council, who argued that an emperor could not change the status of his late brother's widow.