The Heba family did not produce any notable figures during the Northern Zhou, Sui, or Tang dynasties, suggesting their decline. The incident where Gu Yi and Yin Shishi fiercely defended the Sui dynasty against Li Yuan has been mentioned in previous annotations. Gu Yi was an Indian (the Sui Shu explicitly records him as "a man from Tianzhu") and a favored minister of Yang Guang. Given his background, it would have been difficult for him to arrange a marriage with a prestigious family for his son. However, with his power and influence, marrying into a declining old family of the Guanlong Group might have been feasible. Hence, the setting that HeBa is Gu Yi's daughter-in-law.
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