Nie Chubai's father, a marquis who had been away from the capital for many years and recently returned. He is over forty, handsome, and bears a three-to-four-tenths resemblance to Nie Chubai. He appears unhealthy with dull yellowish eyes and a pale greenish-tinted face, as if his body had been drained. When he locked eyes with Nie Chubai, his expression changed as he scrutinized him, seeming to recall something. The tension between him and Nie Chubai was palpable in front of the court officials.
