《明史·志·卷三十五》
到了呈上丧葬仪式之后，皇帝又告谕： 毅皇后的丧事应该与历朝的帝王嫡妻不同，没有灵座的供奉，应当随即举行拊祭宗庙礼，命令皇后在内殿代理主持丧事。 
及上丧葬仪，帝复谕： 毅皇后事宜与累朝元后不同，无几筵之奉，当即行祔庙，令皇后摄事于内殿。 
After the mourning observances were submitted, the emperor again decreed, “The mourning observances for Empress Huishen should be different from those for the queens of all the previous dynasties. There is to be no spirit seat; the rites for weeping and making offerings at the ancestral temple are to be carried out at once; and the empress inside the palace is to take charge of the mourning.”