Also referred to as Song's father or Master Song Wenmo. He is the head of the Song family, a wealthy merchant in Lingyang Prefecture. He values Chen Yunli's status as county top scorer and hopes the marriage will provide the Song family with political protection and a foothold in officialdom. He sent his eldest daughter Yilan to the governor's residence to curry favor with Governor Liu to protect his business interests. He is caught between his desperate wife, the aggressive Chen family, and his promising future son-in-law.
