Minister Lü Chengcheng and his faction confronted Yu Lingxin about the lack of an imperial heir after over a year and a half of marriage. Lü suggested the Empress should open the harem widely. Yu Lingxin violently rejected this, hurling the imperial seal at Lü and later summoning the Imperial Clan Minister to select children from the imperial clan to be raised in the palace, sparking rumors about adopting an heir.
