Xu Zhitao's biological mother, a rural woman with an occasional Shanghai accent. She divorced an officer and remarried into the prominent capitalist Qin family in Shanghai as the mistress of the household. She bore three children: Xu Zhitao (13), Xu Chang'an (5), and Qin Yunle/Lele (3). She orchestrated the framing of Xu Zhitao to curry favor with her stepdaughter Qin Tingting and demonstrate loyalty to the Qin family. She is described as a formidable woman who enjoyed favor for four or five years in Shanghai high society.
