the song sisters would not be empress dou's only victims. after prince zhao was made crown prince, his birth mother's clan, the liangs, did not dare to openly celebrate, but were secretly happy. when the dou clan heard of this, they were displeased and fearful, and they felt that they had to destroy the liangs. empress dou began to give false reports about prince zhao's birth mother, consort liang, and her sister, also an imperial consort, and they lost emperor zhang's favor. in 83, the dous further submitted false anonymous accusations against the consorts liang's father liang song (梁竦), causing him to die in prison. the consorts liang died of sadness and fear.