Third Young Master of the Du family, the second son of the Du patriarch and Du Madam. A hopeless romantic who defied his parents to take Xiao Rou as a concubine. He married Yun Shu only after being threatened with taking the cousin as a concubine on their wedding night. He doted on his concubine and neglected his wife for years. Currently imprisoned for treason as the Du family is implicated in Heng Wang's rebellion. On the winning side politically despite his current downfall.