Luoyang Chaos

Who is Empress Dowager He?

Before she became Empress, she is Lady He from Wan County in Nanyang

And unlike most empress of the Yan dynasty, she is not of noble birth instead it could be said that her background is very low.

Her father He Zhen was a butcher; her mother maiden family name is unknown but her given name was Xing.

She has two half-brothers, He Jin and He Miao. 

And she has a younger sister who married the adopted son of the eunuch Zhang Rang, the head of the ten eunuch

She is known for being jealous and cruel and all the other women in Emperor Ling harem is afraid of her

In the aftermath, Jiang Bian become Emperor Shao Empress He become Empress Dowager He but there is also Empress Dowager Dong who became Grand Empress Dowager , the mother of Emperor Ling.

As the mother of the reigning emperor, Empress He became empress dowager, while Empress Dowager Dong became grand empress dowager.