The Empress Dowager who once promised to grant a marriage to the two Gu sons. She is pleased that the engagement between Gu Tingzhou and Ye Wanshu is finally being resolved after ten years of entanglement. She criticizes Chief Minister Ji Yuan's private conduct and wants to grant the marriage herself. She is in a power struggle with the Emperor, having pushed court officials to adopt her own relatives into prominent positions since she has no sons of her own. The Gu family still controls half of the imperial troops.
