8 9 ), ▁personal ▁name ▁unknown , ▁post hum ously ▁known ▁as ▁Em press ▁L ings i , ▁was ▁an ▁em press ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Han ▁dynast y . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁em press ▁cons ort ▁of ▁Emperor ▁L ing ▁and ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁Emperor ▁Sh ao . ▁After ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Emperor ▁L ing ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 , ▁she ▁became ▁em press ▁dow ager ▁when ▁her ▁young ▁son , ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁( Em peror ▁Sh ao ), ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁em peror . ▁She ▁was ▁caught ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁conflict ▁between ▁her ▁brother , ▁General - in - Ch ief ▁He ▁Jin , ▁and ▁the ▁e un uch ▁fa ction , ▁who ▁were ▁both ▁v ying ▁for ▁power ▁in ▁the ▁Han ▁imperial ▁court . ▁After ▁He ▁Jin ' s ▁assass ination ▁and ▁the ▁elim ination ▁of ▁the ▁e un uch ▁fa ction , ▁the ▁war l ord ▁D ong ▁Z hu o ▁took ▁advantage ▁of ▁the ▁power ▁vac u um ▁to ▁lead ▁his ▁forces ▁into ▁the ▁imperial ▁capital ▁and ▁se ize ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁Han ▁central ▁government . ▁He ▁subsequently ▁de posed ▁Emperor ▁Sh ao , ▁replaced ▁him ▁with ▁Li u ▁X ie ▁( Em peror ▁X ian ), ▁and ▁had ▁Em press ▁Dow ager ▁He ▁poison ed ▁to ▁death . ▁ ▁Family ▁background ▁and ▁early ▁years ▁Lady ▁He ▁was ▁from ▁W an ▁County ▁( <0xE5> <0xAE> <0x9B> <0xE7> <0xB8> <0xA3> ), ▁N any ang ▁Command ery ▁( 南 陽 郡 ), ▁which ▁is ▁in ▁present - day