Xu Meipo is a matchmaker from the southern part of the city who accompanies the Young Madam of Yuchang Marquis to the Shen residence. She is described as an elderly woman dressed in red, beaming with a false smile and waving a red handkerchief. She carries a thick scent of rouge. She was suddenly summoned to deliver betrothal gifts and only learned on the way that the Yuchang Marquis Heir intended to take a Miss Shen as his concubine. She bravely explains the situation to the bewildered Shen Laofuren, describing the Heir's noble lineage and proposing a wedding date after Shen Mingyue's coming-of-age ceremony.
