Female protagonist. Former courtesan who spent three years in the pleasure quarter, where she only ever took one client: Pei Jingchuan. She deceived him with sweet words and affection to earn enough money to redeem herself and marry Zhou Hongyuan. After marriage, she moved to Qizhou and runs a tofu shop with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. When Zhang Mingyuan had her husband imprisoned, she was forced to go to the Zhang residence to negotiate his release, but instead encountered Pei Jingchuan, who had taken Zhang Mingyuan's place. She is resilient, hardworking, and deeply devoted to her husband despite the trauma she endures.
