Hu Shen's brother, a Xianbei man. He orchestrated the plan to have Hu Shen sleep with Xie Xixiao to help him conceive. He is pragmatic and unsentimental about the situation, dismissing Xie Xixiao's illness as weakness. He procured valuable medicinal herbs for Xie Xixiao's wound. He comforts his sister when she feels guilty but reassures her that the plan was necessary.
