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accusations against each other. On 27 March 165, Emperor Huan decided to rid himself of
Empress Deng and ordered her deposed and imprisoned. She died in anger and depression. Her relatives who had been promoted when she had become empress were removed from their positions, and her uncles Deng Wanshi (鄧萬世) and Deng Hui (鄧會) were executed.
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After Lady Xuan remarried, Deng Mengnü lived for a while with her mother and her stepfather. Because she was beautiful, Liang Ji and Sun Shou had offered her to
Emperor Huan to be an imperial consort—and adopted her and changed her family name to Liang. After the death of Liang Ji's sister Empress
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Emperor Huan and hoped that she would become empress. To completely control her, Liang Ji planned to have her mother, Lady Xuan, killed, and in fact sent assassins against her, but the assassination was foiled by the powerful
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For a while, Emperor Huan greatly favored the beautiful
Empress Deng. However, his affection was not undivided, and he had a large number of other favorites, including Consorts Guo and Tian. Empress Deng became very arrogant and jealous, and she and Consort Guo engaged in a series of false
78:. Deng Mengnü's mother was named Xuan (宣). Deng Xiang died early, and after his death, Lady Xuan remarried Liang Ji (梁紀—note different character than the Liang Ji referenced below), an uncle of Sun Shou (孫壽), the wife of the powerful official
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Emperor Huan, angry about the assassination attempt, formed a conspiracy with five powerful
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