Gu Shiyi's stepmother, a woman who has just passed thirty and is still in the prime of her beauty. She is skilled in embroidery and quite attractive. She accepted twenty taels of silver as a deposit from Steward Liu's family to marry her stepdaughter to Liu Yuanwai as his second wife. She is greedy, scheming, and cares more about money than her stepdaughter's safety. She has a son studying at the county academy preparing for imperial examinations. She secretly resents and curses Gu Shiyi, wishing her dead. She later encounters Liu Yuanwai and attempts to manipulate him to avoid repaying the deposit.
