[4] At the time Consort Liang's son Prince Zhao was adopted by Empress Dou, Emperor Zhang had already created his son Liu Qing (劉慶), by another favorite, Consort Song, crown prince.
Empress Dou and her clan were not pleased, and, wanting to make sure that the Liangs would not step in and exert influence on the young prince, they also made false accusations against Liang Song, and he was arrested and died in prison in 83.
[5] Her son would succeed to the throne in April 88, believing that Empress Dowager Dou was his mother.
[citation needed] After Empress Dowager Dou died in October 97, officials revealed to Emperor He that Consort Liang was actually his birth mother.
[7] While Emperor He rejected a recommendation to posthumously demote Empress Dowager Dou, he reburied his mother and aunt with great honors (but not with his father -- that honor was reserved for Empress Dowager Dou, as his father's wife).