A wealthy and powerful man in his forties, short in stature and plain in appearance. He is a Yuanwai (gentry/landlord) who has been busy with business outside the region. He wants to marry Gu Shiyi as his second wife and had paid a deposit. He is attracted to Cui Shi despite knowing she is his future mother-in-law. He keeps an exquisite box with small porcelain bottles containing pills in his study. He invites Cui Shi into his residence and makes advances toward her, offering to forgive the twenty taels debt.
