The legitimate eldest daughter of the Chen family, who had just turned sixteen and was engaged to a young master from the wealthy Wu family in town. She had always been haughty and never showed kindness to Wang Yue, her Second Mother. She rarely visited Wang Yue's courtyard in five years. Today she came with pastries and a request for the fragrant soap, hoping to use it as part of her trousseau to enhance her marriage prospects. She pretended to want to make amends but was actually desperate for the soap. Her mother had hired a retired palace maid to teach her how to please men.
