The protagonist, a modern office worker who transmigrated into the body of a seventeen-year-old palace maid also named Zhang Xinian. She was sent by Consort Zhao to serve as a concubine of Prince Jing. She is extremely timid, fearful of palace intrigue, and her only goal is to survive until natural death. She has good handwriting skills inherited from the original host but needs to practice to avoid revealing she is a transmigrator. She is known for her hearty appetite and love of food.