Female protagonist, youngest daughter of Grand Tutor Chen Lietu. At twenty-five, she lives at the Daoist temple on Tao Mountain after escaping the massacre of her clan by Prince Wu. She is skilled in medicine and uses silver needles for treatment. Her brother-in-law is General Li Liang. She buried her father and elder brother Chen Danyan on Tao Mountain. She is calm and resilient, having endured ten years of threats and persuasion to kill or be killed.
