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 dou clan further submitted anonymous accusations against the father of both consorts liang, liang song (梁竦), who died in prison. the two liang sisters died of sadness and fear.