 He posthumously honored his mother Consort Hu as an empress dowager, and created his wife Princess Yuan Qigui as empress.In 425, Xu and Fu offered to resign, and Emperor Wen approved and began to handle important matters of state himself.However, Xu's nephew Xu Peizhi () and his associates Cheng and Wang Shaozhi () persuaded him to reconsider, and thereafter he reassumed his post.