The Empress, from the powerful Tian family. Back when she was still a concubine, she vied for favor and treated Prince Cining's mother with hostility, even plotting against her several times. She could not bear to see Prince Cining replace her own frail and sickly son as the Son of Heaven. She is eager to summon Sheng Xiangqiao, intending to drag Prince Cining's household into disgrace. She sent an imperial decree ordering imperial physicians to attend the ill Miss Sheng.
