After Shun arrived in Jizhou, Emperor Yao specially granted him courtyards, livestock, and land. He also told him that any difficulties could be brought up with him.
Who knew that Shun did not make any personal requests, but instead told Emperor Yao that he wanted the guards to bring his father, stepmother, and brother to Jizhou to live with him.
Hearing this, Emperor Yao couldn't help but see Shun in a new light and believed the rumors to be true.
It turned out that after hearing the name of Shun, Emperor Yao went to inquire about Shun's life story, among which the most famous was Shun's background and living environment:
It was rumored that Shun lived in a family environment "with a stubborn father, a noisy mother, and an arrogant brother".
His father, Gu Sou, was blind but sinister at heart; his stepmother was duplicitous and made things difficult for Shun at every turn; his brother was unruly and never respected Shun as an elder brother.
