五公主得知操办寿宴之事安排给了少商,心中嫉妒,怀恨在心。她借口要在寿宴献舞,带着一众贵女入宫,皇后命少商将她们暂时安置在越妃的永乐宫,五公主却在半路趁少商不备将她推入河中,指挥众贵女丢石头砸她,还放蛇咬她。
When the Fifth Princess learned that the task of organizing the birthday banquet had been assigned to Shaoshang, she became jealous and resentful. Using the excuse of performing a dance at the banquet, she led a group of noblewomen into the palace. The Empress instructed Shaoshang to temporarily arrange for them to stay in Consort Yue's Yongle Palace. However, on the way, the Fifth Princess seized a moment when Shaoshang was unprepared, pushing her into the river.