▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁family . ▁ ▁Some ▁months ▁later , ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 , ▁a ▁coal ition ▁of ▁war l ords ▁started ▁a ▁campaign ▁against ▁D ong ▁Z hu o ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁free ing ▁the ▁Han ▁central ▁government ▁from ▁his ▁control . ▁As ▁D ong ▁Z hu o ▁fe ared ▁that ▁the ▁war l ords ▁might ▁use ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁as ▁a ▁figure head ▁to ▁strength en ▁their ▁legit im acy , ▁on ▁ 6 ▁March ▁ 1 9 0 , ▁he ▁ordered ▁his ▁sub ordinate ▁Li ▁Ru ▁to ▁murder ▁the ▁prince . ▁ ▁Re alis ing ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁escape ▁death , ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁wrote ▁a ▁poem ▁before ▁succ umb ing ▁to ▁his ▁fate : ▁ ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁then ▁ordered ▁Cons ort ▁Tang ▁to ▁dance . ▁She ▁sang , ▁ ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁then ▁told ▁Cons ort ▁Tang , ▁" You ▁were ▁once ▁a ▁cons ort ▁of ▁an ▁em peror , ▁so ▁I ▁hope ▁you ▁won ' t ▁become ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁a ▁minor ▁official ▁or ▁a ▁common er . ▁With ▁that , ▁maintain ▁your ▁dign ity ." ▁He ▁then ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁by ▁cons uming ▁poison . ▁After ▁Li u ▁Bian ' s ▁death , ▁Cons ort ▁Tang ▁returned ▁to ▁her ▁home ▁in ▁Y ing ch uan ▁Command ery . ▁Her ▁father ▁Tang ▁Ma o ▁wanted ▁her ▁to ▁rem ar ry ▁but ▁she ▁refused . ▁ ▁Some ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 s , ▁she