Song Yan is a young scholar in the Great Xia Kingdom. He has been reborn after a previous life of humiliation caused by his first wife (the original Jiang Qingyue). He wakes up on the night he was drugged by her and resists with all his strength, even injuring his head. He is cautious and suspicious of his wife's sudden change in behavior. He hides a knife under the bed for protection. Despite his injury, he continues to copy books to earn silver. He later observes his wife's transformation with confusion.
