《宋史·列传·卷六十九》
大臣们议论太后上朝的仪式，王曾请求像东汉过去的礼仪一样，太后坐在皇帝的右边，垂帘奏事。丁谓却想皇帝只在每月初一日和十五日接见大臣，大事则由太后召见辅臣断定，不是大事就让入内，押班雷允恭传奏禁中，决定可由雷允恭下达。
群臣议太后临朝仪，曾请如东汉故事，太后坐帝右，垂帘奏事，丁谓独欲帝朔望见群臣，大事则太后召对辅臣决之，非大事令入内押班雷允恭传奏禁中，画可以下。
The ministers discussed the ceremony for the Empress Dowager to attend court. Wang Zeng requested that, as was the case in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Empress Dowager should sit to the right of the emperor and attend to matters while behind a beaded curtain. But Ding Wei thought that the emperor should only receive ministers on the first and fifteenth day of each month. For major matters, the Empress Dowager should meet with ministers to make judgments; for minor matters, she would let the Keeper of the Documents, Lei Yungong, transmit the edict. Empress Dowager Liu could make the decision after listening to Lei Yungong.