Still another source says the miserable woman was finally allowed to return to her home where she later died.
但據專家考證，香妃死於乾隆五十三年，較太後晚十一年，不可能由太后賜死。至於她至死不從的貞烈之說，由清宮內務府檔冊中看來，香妃經常跟著皇帝巡幸各處，還留下身著戎裝，與乾隆出遊狩獵的圖像；她在宮中享年甚久，似乎不盡如傳說中所描述。