Male, the tyrant emperor of the Great Ning Dynasty. He is described as tall, gaunt, cold-faced, and of unparalleled appearance and bearing. He wears a black dragon robe. He can hear Zhu Wuhuan's inner thoughts because she is a soul from thirteen hundred years later. He is known in history as one of the Three Greatest Tyrants. He is destined to die at twenty-six from an acute illness, three years after the events of the story. He is irritable and violent but begins to reflect on his temper. He has never touched any woman, having devoted himself entirely to governance. His skull was later dug up, polished into a wine cup, and his bones ground to ashes after the dynasty's collapse.
