後宮女吏使令有直意者，廣求於微賤之間，以遇天所開右，慰釋皇太后之憂慍，解謝上帝之譴怒，則繼嗣蕃滋，災異訖息。 Send trustworthy women of the harem to search widely among humble families for matches Heaven favors, ease the empress dowager's anxiety, and appease divine anger—then heirs will multiply and the omens will cease.
成帝性寬而好文辭，又久無繼嗣，數為微行，多近幸小臣，趙、李從微賤專寵，皆皇太后與諸舅夙夜所常憂。 Emperor Cheng was mild and loved letters, long lacked an heir, often slipped out among petty favorites, while Zhao Feiyan and Li Ping from humble rank seized his love—the empress dowager and her brothers lost sleep over it.