Mother Yu
| Yu Zhu Returns Home | Yu Zhu's birth mother. Of a rather timid temperament, she knows her husband is a gambler yet has no power to stop him, and believes his words that Yu Zhu simply got lost and ran away from home. She is plainly partial: though all are her own children, she would rather sacrifice her eldest daughter's happiness to favor her second daughter and her son. |
| The Yu Family Seeks Refuge with Kongtong | So that the whole family can attach themselves to Yu Zhu, she has her second daughter Yu Baohua write a letter asking Yu Zhu to return to Kongtong. |