Female protagonist, the lowly daughter of a fifth-rank official. Her mother was cast aside by her father and she struggles under her stepmother's thumb. She secretly earns money by writing storybooks for others. Clear-headed, money-loving, sharp-tongued, and never harbors unrealistic fantasies. She wrote a romantic story about Mu Zhao for her cousin Yue Shu Yao after seeing him at the city gate. She wants to save enough money to leave the Yue Mansion with her mother.
