On June 7th, 1931 Wenxiu went out alone and on her return, she spat in the courtyard. Wanrong who was sitting nearby became suspicious that this was done purposefully to irritate her. The incident was reported to Puyi who then ordered his attendant and a eunuch to go to Wenxiu's room to scold her. Wenxiu begged for forgiveness but it fell on deaf ears. Puyi later had his attendants go and scold Wenxiu several times again. Puyi later put out the edict: "There will be no forgiveness if there was any fault commited next time!"