Male supporting character. He is the patriarch of the Yin family and the grandfather of Yin Hanyu and Yin Yichen. He is the head of the most powerful family in the imperial capital, described as so influential that people joked his mere cough could shake the entire city. He is in his late sixties or seventies, dressed in traditional Tang attire with graying hair and a cane. He exudes authority and dignity. He arranged a marriage for Yin Hanyu and confronted Lin Qingyou about leaving his grandson.