Also referred to as Zhang Shi, she is the illegitimate eldest daughter of the Minister of Rites. She was the woman her father had an affair with and later married him three months after the original mother's death. Her elder sister is a favored concubine of the emperor. She was already pregnant when she married into the family and gave birth to Lin Qinglian eight months later, claiming it was premature. She is ruthless and controlled the household tightly, conspiring with her daughter Lin Qinglian to push the original host into water to eliminate obstacles for their own daughter's chance at becoming the First Prince's wife.
