A famously beautiful noblewoman, the lawful wife of Yuan Xi and a legitimate daughter of the Zhen family of Ye City. She saved the dying Cao Zhi during a snowstorm and hid him in her estate in Ye City, personally caring for him through his fever and illness. She felt trapped in her loveless marriage to Yuan Xi and found purpose in caring for the boy. She was moved by his poetry and developed deep emotional feelings for him. She gave him provisions and money before he departed.