Situ Qi's mother is the wife of the Situ family patriarch and the mother of both Situ Qi and Situ Pin. She is portrayed as a figure who was manipulated by her husband to obtain sensitive information about the physician Chen Yiban, which she then unwittingly passed on to her younger son Situ Qi. She appears to have been kept in the dark about her husband's true intentions regarding the medical consultation—specifically, his unwillingness to spend half the family fortune to save Situ Pin's life. Her role in the deception highlights the complex family dynamics within the noble Situ household, where information is carefully controlled and family members are used as pawns in their father's schemes.
