《魏书·列传·卷一》
棺材停在洛水南，咸阳王元禧等人知道皇后的确已死，相互望着说： 如果没有遣诏，我们兄弟也将想办法除掉她，哪能让失去德行的妇人统治天下，杀死我们呢? 
梓宫次洛南，咸阳王禧等知审死，相视曰： 若无遗诏，我兄弟亦当作计去之，岂可令失行妇人宰制天下，杀我辈也。 
The coffin stopped at the south of the Luo River, and Yuan Xi, the Prince of Xianyang, and the others knew that the empress was finally dead, and they looked at each other and said: “If there had not been the order, we brothers would also have thought of a way to get rid of her. How could we allow a woman who had lost virtue to command the world and murder us?”