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Empress Dowager was a Royal Family Member.
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History of Jin, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 53: Wanyan Nushen, Cui Li, Li Qi, Nie Tianji, Chizhan Weixin · 6 passages
乃遣其党韓鐸以太后命往召從恪。
He sent his follower Han Duo with the empress dowager's order to summon Congke.
須臾入，以太后誥命梁王監國。
Shortly he arrived, and by the empress dowager's edict Prince Liang was made regent.
立因諷太后作書陳天時人事，遣皇乳母招歸德。
Cui Li induced the empress dowager to write describing the situation and sent the imperial wet nurse to summon the court at Guide.
是日，宮車三十七兩，太后先，中宮次之，妃嬪又次之，宗族男女凡五百餘口，次取三教、醫流、工匠、繡女皆赴北。
That day thirty-seven palace carriages set out—the empress dowager first, then the empress, then the consorts; more than five hundred men and women of the clan followed; then monks, Daoists, Confucians, physicians, artisans, and embroiderers were all taken north.
遂忤太后旨。
This offended the empress dowager.
太后嘗戒敕曰：「上之騎鞠舉樂，皆汝教之，再犯必杖汝。」
The empress dowager once admonished him: "The emperor's riding, cuju, and music—all were taught by you. Offend again and you will be beaten."