Madam Zhou is the mother of the Prince Consort Qin Lang. She is a mean and arrogant old woman who, after moving into the princess's mansion, sets harsh rules for the princess, forcing her to serve her like a maid. She plots to kill the princess by putting an extremely cold substance in ginseng soup during childbirth, intending to cause her death and the death of the child. She is slapped publicly by Zhou Yuande on the emperor's orders and later faints from humiliation. Her title is revoked, and she is executed for poisoning the imperial princess.
