In his youth, Li Ying was always by his mother's side. She was a woman of extremely obsessive character.
Whether it was infiltrating the palace, seducing the Emperor, or even getting pregnant and giving birth, everything she did was for the sake of clearing her father's name.
She didn't care in the slightest what Li Ying thought. Her daily ritual was to repeat the same words in his ear, over and over.
"You must never forget how your grandparents died. You must avenge them."
Later, as her health deteriorated, she realized there was no hope of clearing her father's name. In her despair, she became even more relentless in drilling the need for vengeance into Li Ying's mind.
Li Ying's entire childhood was steeped in this brainwashing, in this quest for vengeance.
He received no care, no affection.
After his mother's death, his uncle, Wu Wang, began to look after him.
Wu Wang was just a carbon copy of his mother.
