Consort Dowager Cao (Chinese: 曹太妃; personal name unknown) (died October or November 562[1]) was an imperial consort of the Chinese Western Liang dynasty.
Xiao Kui was not initially considered Emperor Xuan's heir, as Emperor Xuan had an older son Xiao Liao (蕭嶚), who was initially his heir apparent.
However, by the time that Emperor Xuan took the throne with Western Wei support in 555, Xiao Liao had already died, and so Xiao Kui, as the next son, was created crown prince.
When Emperor Xuan died in 562, Xiao Kui succeeded to the throne.
[2] Consort Dowager Cao died in the fall of that year.