Xiao Die

Overview
Qiyan Nomin (乞颜•诺敏, Qǐyán Nuòmǐn), better known by her nickname Xiao Die (小蝶, Xiǎo Dié), is Qi Yan's younger sister. She was separated from her "brother" at a young age and lived as a nomad in the Wei Kingdom before meeting a kind old woman who took her in. Later, when the order was given to bury all of the captured people of the grass plains in mass graves, she was able to escape because of her eye color which she inherited from her mother who was from the Wei Kingdom. When she was close with people from the grass plains, thinking that they were from the Chengli Tribe, she told them of her identity as the princess of the tribe.

In fact, they were from a rival tribe, and they took advantage of her that day. Because of this, she went crazy, not being able to recognize anyone or anything, often going into fits of madness that couldn't be quelled. When she was detained in a cell with the old woman, she was reunited with her brother, who had learned Mandirin and studied the Wei Kingdom's culture to climbed the ranks as an official to get revenge on the Nangong Imperial family. Agula, now Qi Yan, murdered the old woman and the guards to get rid of any witnesses that saw Xiao-die.

She went back to the Fuma estate with Qi Yan where they found out that she was pregnant, Qi Yan did everything that she could to help Xiao-die regain her mind, to little success. Her general health wasn't in a good state, and while Qi Yan wanted to abort the children, with her health then, it would have been at the high chance of costing her life.

She gave birth successfully to twins, Qiyan Jinwushu, and Qiyan Yuxiao. Jinwushu was given to a small good family so as to protect Xiao-die's life while Yuxiao was named as the legitimate daughter of Nangong Jingnu, the wife of Qi Yan. Qi Yan had used the cover of having an affair with Xiao-die to protect the secrecy of their origins.

While she was recovering her mind, two maids who were deaf and mute were assigned to attend to her, and Nangong Shunu came to visit. During these visits, Xiao-die grew to like her presence, after asking Qi Yan when she would visit again.

By the time that she had regained her memories completely, she was already in a relationship with Nangong Shunu, who she still loved. She had refused to speak to her, with the anger towards the Wei people for what they did to her people and her parents. She had reoccurring nightmares about the murder of her parents, and thought that keeping a dagger under her pillow would help, but when Nangong Shunu tried to take it away one night, she accidentally stabbed her.

After that incident, she was able to face that she loved this women, who was not only a Wei citizen, but also directly blood related to the emperor. When Qi Yan warned them to leave the capital, they did so with haste.