The daughter of Prime Minister Xue Wenmian and the sister of Xue Haoting. She was designated as the future Empress since childhood and betrothed to the Crown Prince. Due to her poor health, she was confined within the family walls and closely supervised. During a trip to a temple in the suburbs, she was kidnapped by bandits and rescued by a jianghu hero. She fell in love with the hero and eloped with him, refusing to become Crown Princess. She wrote a farewell letter to her family under the name Xue Run.