Female protagonist, only two months past her coming-of-age ceremony. She wears her hair in twin loops with a butterfly jade hairpin and is dressed in a coral-red embroidered gown. Born with bright eyes and pearly teeth, her beauty is unforgettable. She is the Sixth Young Lady and daughter of the late Marquis Xingyuan. Betrothed to her cousin He Baoyan since childhood by her parents' will, the matchmaker's word, and her grandmother's expectation. She is learned, gracious, and precocious. After her father and elder brothers died in a boat accident nine years ago when she was six, her mother became consumed by grief and sometimes blames Xiao Yunzhu for their deaths. Xiao Yunzhu harbors no resentment toward her mother and faces her troubles with inner strength and composure.
