The emperor of Great Chu, father of the Seventh Prince. He valued his sons' education highly and had sent princes to audit classes at the Imperial Study at age five and a half. He had three dislikes: foolishness, laziness, and those who stirred up trouble without cause. He cold-shouldered Li Meiren for years and initially dismissed her complaint about the Seventh Prince falling into the pond as an accident. He began experiencing hallucinations and time reversals, repeatedly seeing Feng Zongguan enter the room in an instant.
