The patriarch of the Xiao clan and father of Xiao Ran and Xiao Ren. He is a fallen noble who follows Wei-Jin customs of wearing makeup, perfume, and dyed hair. He is greedy and heartless, having sold his widowed daughter Xiao Ran to the cripple Pang Liangji for bride price money. His name Shilian means integrity, which is ironic given his greed. He collapsed into a chair clutching his chest after Baozhu's verbal assault, and was described as being on the verge of extinction financially.
