The eldest daughter (originally He Xiaoyun, daughter of Aunt Li) who was five years older than Lu Jinhuan. She changed her surname to Lu and renamed herself to match Jinhuan's name when she moved into the Lu family. She is an expert at pretending, treating Jinhuan like a servant when parents were away and falsely accusing Jinhuan of misbehavior. Two years earlier, she went to Beijing with a dance troupe and married into the influential He family, specifically He Xiangbei, the youngest son. She resigned from the troupe immediately after marriage because the He family valued descendants above all. She gave birth prematurely to an unhealthy baby girl a month before the chapter events, damaging her health and requiring three to five years of recovery before another pregnancy. Fearing her in-laws would force a divorce, she proposed introducing her sister to the He family's eldest son He Congnan to strengthen her own position.
