Female protagonist, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Wen family. Born on a day when all flowers in the estate withered overnight, she was labeled a cursed star who would bring misfortune to her parents. Sent away to a remote manor at infancy and raised there for sixteen years in isolation. She was never taught to read or write, and lived behind talisman-carved walls. She was brought back to the capital to replace her sister Wen Shuyan in marrying the ailing Fu Wenzhou. She is pale, sickly-looking, with clear dewy eyes, and has endured years of abuse from caretakers.
