Death of Empress Xiansheng Cilie, Consort Wu

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1. 1197Lin'an · Lin'an PrefectureWu was then Grand Empress Dowager. She fell ill in the tenth month of Qingyuan 3 (1197); the court prayed to heaven, earth, ancestors, and altars and granted an amnesty, and she died a month later aged 83. Her edict addressed mourning arrangements while the retired emperor (Guangzong) was still ill. Posthumously named Xiansheng Cilie, she was interred at Gaozong's Yongsi Mausoleum.