I wonder what Yu Ding Dang would look like dressed in men's clothing...I kinda want everyone to swap clothing and show up at court and watch the Empress Dowager's head explode!
Bonus points if every single person in the court acts as though this is business as usual, just to really make her snap.
...Normally gaslighting is bad, but consider: Empress Dowager is an assassin-sending bitch. And a kitten killer. It's like how a code of pacifism doesn't apply against an army invading your land.