《北史·列传·卷六十》
皇后对文帝说 ：高颎当初就不想去，陛下勉强他去，妾本来就知道不会有什么结果。 
后言于帝曰： 颎初不欲行，陛上强之，妾固知其无功矣。 
The empress said to Emperor Wen, "Gao Jiong didn't want to go in the first place, and Your Majesty forced him to go, and I knew that nothing good would come of it."