Based on the convention in the harem, the childless consorts would go to the Ganye Palace after the Emperor's death to live a life of spiritual practice and submit to the Buddhist discipline. Life for them was totally different from the flamboyant life before, but equivalent to a nun's. If the consort had a son, she could live with her son in the King's manor; if she had a daughter, she could still stay in the palace and be entitled as a "Consort Dowager".

And what the Empress ...