Shangguan Feiyan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Shangguan Feiyan (上官飛燕) 126
Alias(es)	Shangguan Danfeng; Shangguan Canfeng 124 249
Gender	Female 126
Affiliation	Golden Peng Dynasty; formerly connected to Huo Xiu and the Green Clothes Tower's network 125 327
Occupation/Role	Queen of the restored Golden Peng Dynasty 325 327
Status	Active; rules Golden Peng City after the Five-Nation Allied Forces crisis 374
First Appearance	Chapter 124

Background

Shangguan Feiyan is tied to the fallen Golden Peng Dynasty through her grandfather, Shangguan Jin, a royal relative entrusted with one quarter of its emergency treasure. She resents her sister Shangguan Danfeng, believing Danfeng's superior birth—not merit—earned the loyalty of figures such as Xiao Qiuyu and Dugu Fang. 127 128

Before approaching Su Chen, Feiyan worked with Huo Xiu and initially intended to help him kill Su Chen. She also served as Huo Xiu's pawn in an attempt to seduce Huo Tianqing into betraying Yan Tieshan. Feiyan ultimately concluded that Huo Xiu would dispose of her once the Golden Peng treasure was recovered. 126 128 260

Appearance

Shangguan Feiyan is repeatedly described as a woman of extraordinary, almost celestial beauty; Su Chen considers her appearance superior to other renowned beauties he has encountered. 124

• Her voice is described as melodious, comparable to a lark's. 126
• She uses her beauty, mannerisms, and polished speech as deliberate tools of persuasion. 125 128
• She appears under multiple identities, including the supposed Golden Peng princess Shangguan Danfeng and the male disguise Shangguan Canfeng. 124 249

Personality

Feiyan is confident, intelligent, ambitious, and acutely pragmatic. She initially believes her beauty and intellect can place nearly any man under her control, but Su Chen's indifference unsettles her and forces her to reassess her approach. 126

She treats emotion as secondary to survival, power, and wealth. Her apparent vulnerability before Su Chen is partly a calculated attempt to gain his support, though her resentment toward Shangguan Danfeng and desire to claim the Golden Peng treasure are genuine. 127 128

As queen, she proves capable of making hard political decisions: sparing Ivanovich for his military value, using mind-control pills to prevent betrayal, and choosing war rather than abandon Golden Peng City a second time. She also refuses Chen Jing's coercive demand despite the risk of war. 325 327 369 370

Abilities & Skills

Deception and Social Manipulation

Feiyan is skilled at concealing her identity and using charm, flattery, and emotional displays to influence others.

• Posed as Shangguan Danfeng when first confronting Su Chen in Suyu. 124 126
• Used her connection to Huo Xiu and the Green Clothes Tower's intelligence channels to learn of Su Chen's unpublicized victories. 125
• Was assigned by Huo Xiu to seduce Huo Tianqing and induce his betrayal of Yan Tieshan. 260
• Her usual methods prove ineffective against Su Chen, who identifies her attempts to manipulate him. 126 127

Political Leadership and Strategy

After recovering the Golden Peng treasure, Feiyan transitions from schemer to ruler.

• Recruits Ivanovich and the Cossack Cavalry rather than executing them, recognizing that restoring a dynasty requires military support. 325
• Uses controlled cavalry officers and future pill reserves to guard against internal betrayal. 327
• Builds a statue of Su Chen to bind her regime to its strongest ally and to turn public gratitude toward support for her rule. 327 328
• Orders a retreat during the battle for Golden Peng City to minimize losses while leaving Su Chen to confront the allied forces. 372

Equipment / Items

• Beast Taming Pills / “Mind Control Pills” — Purchased ten pills from Su Chen for one million taels of silver. After receiving a drop of her vital blood, a pill gives its consumer absolute loyalty to her. 325 326
  • Uses one pill to test the effect on a Cossack soldier, who obeys even a suicide command without hesitation. 326
  • Uses further pills to control Ivanovich and three Cossack centurions, securing practical command over the cavalry regiment. 327
  • Later uses the pills on Chen Jing and other Five-Nation Allied Forces generals. 373 374

Relationships

• Su Chen — Initially a potential target in Huo Xiu's scheme, then Feiyan's overwhelmingly powerful transactional ally in the pursuit of the Golden Peng treasure. She accepts his seventy-percent share, offers him a princely position, and erects a statue in his honor to preserve their alliance. 126 255 327 328
• Shangguan Danfeng — Feiyan's sister and the person to whom Xiao Qiuyu and Dugu Fang are truly loyal; Feiyan deeply resents Danfeng's birthright and influence. 127
• Huo Xiu / Shangguan Mu — Former co-conspirator and manipulator who used Feiyan as a pawn. She betrays him after deciding he would eliminate her once the treasure was recovered. 128 260
• Huo Tianqing — Feiyan was sent to seduce him on Huo Xiu's orders, but he remains loyal to Yan Tieshan and later treats her with cold indifference. 260
• Yan Tieshan — Former Golden Peng minister who becomes Feiyan's loyal adviser and supporter during the dynasty's restoration and subsequent war. 324 369 372
• Ivanovich — Former Cossack enemy spared for his usefulness in rebuilding the dynasty; Feiyan places him under pill-induced control and accepts his service. 325 327
• Xiao Qiuyu and Dugu Fang — Martial artists who follow Feiyan's commands in public, though she believes their true loyalty belongs to Shangguan Danfeng. 124 127
• Chen Jing — Commander of the Five-Nation Allied Forces who breaks a withdrawal agreement and attempts to coerce Feiyan; she later subdues him with a Beast Taming Pill. 369 373

Story Role and Major Arcs

Suyu Encounter and Alliance with Su Chen

Feiyan first appears in Suyu disguised as Shangguan Danfeng, stopping Xiao Qiuyu and Dugu Fang from attacking Su Chen and informing him that he has debuted at sixth place on Bai Xiaosheng's Weapon Rankings. 124

After Su Chen exposes both her identity and her knowledge of his hidden exploits, Feiyan privately admits she is Shangguan Feiyan and reveals that she had originally intended to help Huo Xiu kill him. She instead proposes a partnership to seize the Golden Peng Dynasty's treasure. 125 126 127

The pair initially agree to divide the recovered treasure equally and target Yan Tieshan first, regarding him as the weakest of the four ministers entrusted with the dynasty's wealth. 128

Golden Peng Treasure Conflict

After Su Chen delays their arrangement, he demands seventy percent of the treasure rather than their original equal split. Feiyan resists but ultimately accepts because she cannot match his power. 249 255

During the confrontation with Huo Xiu, Huo Tianqing, and Dugu Yihe, Feiyan publicly exposes Huo Xiu's use of her to manipulate Huo Tianqing. Huo Xiu's death leaves behind an estimated one hundred million taels of silver, which Su Chen, Feiyan, and Yan Tieshan collect. 260 265

Feiyan continues accompanying Su Chen and Yan Tieshan into the Western Regions. They recover the remaining Golden Peng treasure, valued at roughly 210 million taels; Feiyan receives sixty million taels as her share. 281 324

Restoration of the Golden Peng Dynasty

Feiyan spares Ivanovich and recruits the Cossack Cavalry to provide the military foundation for a restored Golden Peng Dynasty. She reinforces this arrangement by purchasing Beast Taming Pills from Su Chen and placing Ivanovich and key cavalry officers under her control. 325 327

She reclaims Golden Peng City, announces the restoration of the dynasty, and becomes known as Queen Feiyan. To publicly acknowledge Su Chen's role while securing his continued goodwill, she commissions a statue of him outside the city. 327 328

War with the Five-Nation Allied Forces

When the Five-Nation Allied Forces demand 500,000 taels of gold for withdrawal, Feiyan personally leads a delegation to deliver it. Chen Jing accepts the gold but reneges on the agreement and attempts to force her submission; Feiyan refuses and returns to prepare for war. 369

Despite having fewer than ten thousand troops against fifty thousand enemies, she refuses Yan Tieshan's suggestion to flee, arguing that abandoning Golden Peng City would destroy the dynasty's legitimacy and popular support. 370

Su Chen's return changes the battle's balance. Feiyan coordinates the retreat of her troops, allows Su Chen to break the enemy army, and subsequently uses Beast Taming Pills to seize control of Chen Jing and the surviving allied generals. 372 373 374

Notable Quotes

“People like you and me, do we really care about feelings?” 128

“If we don't fight, what else can we do?” 370