Mu Tipo
Empress Mu, by this point, viewed Lady Lu as her mother and Mu Tipo her brother, ignoring her own mother Mu Qingxiao, and Lady Lu received the honorific title of "Grand Lady" ("taiji", 太姬), a title used for empresses' mothers pursuant to Northern Qi regulations. Mu Qingxiao, believing that her daughter rejected her on account of her ugliness (from the tattoo), managed to have her tattoo removed and tried to see her daughter, but was never able to do so, as Lady Lu prevented all meetings between them. After Empress Mu became empress, she began to lose favor from Gao Wei as he preferred Consort Cao and Consort Dong. Empress Mu teamed up with Lu Lingxuan to accuse Consort Cao of witchcraft, and she was executed. After the death of Consort Cao, Empress Mu didn't regain the favor of Gao Wei, but instead he preferred Consort Dong. To divert his affections towards Consort Dong, Empress Mu presented her servant Feng Xiaolian. He greatly favored Feng Xiaolian and took her as a concubine, but he continued to honor Empress Mu as empress.