A student of Master Lin from a farming family with no official rank. In the previous timeline, he rose to become Grand Secretary largely due to Lin Yao's secret schemes, but he betrayed her by drugging her for years to keep her infertile so his mistress's child could be his heir. He was manipulated by his mistress into a treasonous plot leading to his family's execution. Lin Shu believes he will become Grand Chancellor and is determined to marry him.
