Shang Yi Fan

At Shang Qiu Niu’s banquet he stands, bends his back, and toasts as little brother to eldest brother. Shang Qiu Niu has deep relations with Shang Yi Fan’s mother’s side. Shang Yi Fan says Qiu Niu has always been his role model and that he wants to learn under him. When Shang Xin Ci chooses Shang Chao Feng’s festival banquet instead, Shang Yi Fan is secretly delighted and judges that Chao Feng’s third faction cannot match Qiu Niu, which raises his own chance at the young master seat. Steward Zhang warns that Qiu Niu and Pu Lao are locked fighting, so borrowing Qiu Niu to deal with Shang Xin Ci is unlikely. ^{ch. 327}

During the fake Gu crisis he steps out to deny accusations against Shang Ya Zi’s group, then faces Zhou Quan and Wei De Xin’s public arrest with evidence tying Feng Tian Yu’s fakes to their side. ^{ch. 2125}