Gan Cai'er's stepmother and the matriarch of the Gan family. She is Gan Maoguo's second wife and the biological mother of Gan Baoguang. Before marrying Gan Maoguo, she was the madam of the Red Sleeve Pavilion in Danzhou Fu, a second-tier brothel, where she spent over twenty years witnessing countless scholars and literati. She adores Gan Cai'er more than her own son and takes great joy in dressing her up in opulent clothing. She is bold, decisive, and speaks vulgarly at times. She provides Gan Cai'er with information about academies and gives her silk nightgowns with romantic advice.
