Also known as Empress Dowager Yang and later Empress Wen. She was ambitious and framed Crown Prince Zhang Hui and Crown Prince Duan Huai to seize power. She conspired to depose Emperor Xuan and enthrone Emperor Rui. She poisoned Emperor Rui and later ascended the throne herself, calling herself Empress Wen. She appointed her nephew Yang Xiande as Crown Prince and her grandnephew Yang Chengxiu as Imperial Grandson.
