▁ 1 8 9 – 1 9 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁cons ort ▁of ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁( Em peror ▁Sh ao ), ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁and ▁pen ult imate ▁em peror ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Han ▁dynast y ▁of ▁ancient ▁China . ▁ ▁Life ▁Cons ort ▁Tang ▁was ▁from ▁Y ing ch uan ▁Command ery ▁( <0xE6> <0xBD> <0x81> 川 郡 ; ▁around ▁present - day ▁X uch ang , ▁Hen an ). ▁Her ▁father , ▁Tang ▁Ma o ▁( 唐 <0xE7> <0x91> <0x81> ), ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁Administr ator ▁( 太 守 ) ▁of ▁K ua iji ▁Command ery ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Emperor ▁L ing ▁( ▁ 1 6 8 – 1 8 9 ). ▁She ▁became ▁a ▁cons ort ▁of ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁( Em peror ▁Sh ao ), ▁Emperor ▁L ing ' s ▁elder ▁son ▁and ▁successor , ▁in ▁an ▁unknown ▁year . ▁ ▁Following ▁Emperor ▁L ing ' s ▁death ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁May ▁ 1 8 9 , ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁em peror ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁May . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁de posed ▁by ▁the ▁war l ord ▁D ong ▁Z hu o ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁September ▁that ▁year ▁and ▁replaced ▁with ▁his ▁younger ▁half - bro ther , ▁Li u ▁X ie ▁( Em peror ▁X ian ). ▁The ▁de posed ▁Emperor ▁Sh ao ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁Hong n ong ▁( 弘 <0xE8> <0xBE> <0xB2> 王 ) ▁and ▁was ▁put ▁under ▁house ▁arrest ▁along