Qin Jing

Qin Jing (秦菁) was the imperial consort of the Emperor. She is the mother of Qu Chen and Chen Ating.

Appearance
Qin Jing is a young woman with long, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She is pale and thin.

History
Qin Jing was born to Lady Li and an unnamed man from the Qin clan. Prior to the beginning of the story, she became an imperial consort of the Emperor which resulted in a pregnancy.

Introduction arc
On a rainy evening with thunderstorms, Qin Jing is in labor in the imperial palace. As the skies clear, Qin Jing has given birth. Her mother remarks that the birth of twins is an auspicious bless from both a dragon and a phoenix. The prince is born with a mole the color of cinnabar on his forehead and remarked to be sleeping solemnly and quietly. Qin Jing believes the Emperor will adore the prince. However, Qin Jing tells her mother to inform that Emperor that she only gave birth to a prince. As she observes the hand of the newborn princess, she notices that the princess has six fingers on one hand. She remarks that under the previous dynasty, a regent princess with six fingers attempted to seize control of the empire and hence brought chaos and disaster upon the imperial court, hence a princess with six fingers is a symbol of a bringer of calamity. She states that as an imperial consort, she is destined to become queen, and the newborn boy, the crown prince.

Eight years later, it is revealed through her mother that Qin Jing had passed away.

Qu Chen
Qin Jing acknowledged only her newborn son as her child. The prince was quiet from the moment he was born and had a mole the color of cinnabar on his forehead, both of which she believed were auspicious signs. Qin Jing believed that the Emperor would love her son.

Chen Ating
Qin Jing saw her newborn daughter as a bringer of calamity due to her being born with six finger on one hand. Hence, she never acknowledged the daughter and ordered her to be abandoned or killed.

Li
It is unclear how close Qin Jing and her mother are, however, her mother is close enough to her that she was at her bedside and assisted with the delivery of her children. Her mother also obeyed Qin Jing's request to abandon the newborn princess. Several years after her passing, her mother often thinks about her.

Abilities & Powers
It is unknown if Qin Jing had any abilities or powers.

Trivia

 * Her personal name Jing (菁 Jīng) means the flowers of a leek.