Empress Dowager

The Empress Dowager is a character who appears in the novel The Langya List and the show Nirvana in Fire. She died before the beginning of the story. She is the mother of Grand Princess Liyang, and forces her to marry Xie Yu.

Novel
She is mentioned for the first time in chapter 10 of the webnovel.

Show
She appears in a flashback in episode 4 of the show.