The Central Palace Empress who has shown kindness to Pei Tingyue. She transferred Pei Tingyue from a remote palace chamber to Changle Palace because she found her solitary living too desolate. She also reprimanded the imperial kitchen servants who had deliberately delivered cold, inedible meals to Pei Tingyue after she offended Lin Zhaorong. Pei Tingyue is embroidering a sachet as a gift to repay the Empress's kindness, though she suspects the Empress's motives and wants to test the waters.