Character Index

Zhou Kuang: The Third Prince.

Zhou Yunqi: The Fifth Prince.

Zhou Hong: The deceased First Prince. His marriage to his maternal relative from the Gongsun clan was the beginning of the Gongsun clan's downfall due to what the Emperor perceived as an attempt to control the future heir as well as his potential heirs.

Liang Shen: Former Lord of the Liang clan, Hu Qing's older half-brother. In Xianchun's faction.

Captain Jiang: A young guard from the Imperial Guards. Accompanied Kayla to the north.

Sir Yang: The Emperor's trusted eunuch, an elderly man.

Tao Qian: Kayla's retainer and bodyguard.

Lin Yaoguang: The Grand Duke's money launderer, now bound in service to Kayla.

Wei Guang: The Imperial Edict Bearer and Minsiter of Censure, Kayla's godfather.

Ashina: Personal name Ibilga, Princess of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate and Kayla's wife.

Chuluo Khagan: Khagan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, Kayla's father-in-law.

Shegui Khagan: Khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate.

General Yan: A general formerly stationed in the north, he was sent to Chuluo as the commander of Wu reinforcements in the war between the Khaganates.