《明史·列传·卷一百零一》
徐阶于是请求册立皇太子，皇帝没有答复，又连续奏请此事都没有结果。
阶遂请立皇太子，不报。复连请之，皆不报。
Xu Jie then requested that the Crown Prince be established, but the Emperor did not reply, and his repeated requests for this matter came to nothing.