Female lead of the novel within the story. She disguised herself as a man, changing her name to Yin Xinghe, to infiltrate the army and avenge her family who were oppressed to death by the king's unreasonable policies. She repeatedly achieved military merit and earned the king's trust. After a war broke out between two countries, she and Pei Zhiheng overthrew the court and she became Empress. She is described as only caring about achieving her ambition, ruthlessly using everyone around her and causing innocent people to suffer.
