The relationship between Ji Xiaolan and He Shen is relatively complicated. The two are both fellow villagers and colleagues, but they also have many contradictions and conflicts.
He Shen was a member of the Niu Hulu clan and a native of Zhenghong Banner in Manchuria. He was an important minister in the court and a businessman during the Qing Dynasty. He Shen was very shrewd, good at consolidating his position in the court, and made Emperor Qianlong trust him very much. Heshen also asked Emperor Qianlong to marry his daughter to Heshen's eldest son, thus becoming a relative of the emperor and holding great power. As his power and status grew, Heshen's selfish desires also continued to grow, and he began to use his power and position convenience to form parties for personal gain, collect property, run his own shops, and seek profits.
Ji Xiaolan is a Han nationality. He passed the Jinshi examination in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign and later served as an editor at the Hanlin Academy. He became He Shen's subordinate, but the two did not have much overlap in their work. On the one hand, He Shen had many affairs and was mainly around Emperor Qianlong, so he did not have much contact with Ji Xiaolan. On the other hand, although Ji Xiaolan is a civil servant, his hometown and ethnic background are different from that of He Shen, and he has not participated in He Shen's interest network.
In general, the relationship between Ji Xiaolan and Heshen is not close, and there are some contradictions and conflicts between the two.