| | | | Part 1 |
| | Yunxian | Tan | Narrator. AKA: Lady Tan. |
| | Respectful | Lady | Yunxian's mother. |
| | Yifeng | | Zhao's son. Yunxian's half-brother. |
| | Miss | Zhao | Judge Tan's concubine. |
| | Poppy | | Yunxian's maid. |
| | Judge | Tan | Yunxian's father. |
| | Ho | | The doctor. |
| | Cook | | Respectful Lady's servant. |
| | Inky | | The Inky Escorts. |
| | Ru | | Yunxian's grandmother. |
| | Grandfather | Tan | Yunxian's grandfather. |
| | Lady | Huang | Wife of Grandfather's nephew. |
| | Shi | | Lady Huang's midwife. |
| | Meiling | | Shi's daugher. Yunxian's best friend. |
| | White | Jade | One of Grandfather's concubines. |
| | Green | Jade | One of Grandfather's concubines. |
| | Red | Jade | One of Grandfather's concubines. |
| | Sun | Simiao | The great physician. |
| | Tan | Jing | Yunxian's uncle. |
| | Yang | Maoren | Yunxian's husband. |
| | Tooth | Lady | Yunxian's dentist. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| | Master | Yang | Maoren's father. Yunxian's father-in-law. |
| | Lady | Kuo | Yunxian's mother-in-law. |
| | Second | Uncle | Maoren's uncle. |
| | Second | Aunt | Maoren's aunt. |
| | Spinster | Aunt | Maoren's aunt. Deceased. AKA: Yang Fengshi. |
| | Miss | Chen | Master Yang's newest concubine. |
| | Yining | | Second Uncle's daughter. |
| | Doctor | Wong | The Yang's physician. |
| | Zhu | Yuanzhang | The 1st Ming Emperor. |
| | Sparrow | | Lady Kuo's servant. |
| | Lin | | Yunxian's midwife. |
| | Yuelan | | Yunxian's daughter. |
| | Manzi | | Yang and Miss Chen's son. |
| | Fu | | The magistrate. |
| | Zhang | Kailoo | Meiling's husband. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| | Ailan | Yang | Yunxian's daughter. |
| | Chunlan | Yang | Yunxian's daughter. |
| | Oriole | | Meiling's patient. |
| | Lady | Liu | Wife of the visiting dignitary. |
| | Bao | | Lady Liu's mother-in-law. |
| | Lin | Ta | The eunuch in charge of lodge of ritual and ceremony. |
| | Empress | Wu | The Emperor's wife. |
| | Wan | | The consort. |
| | Zhang | | The current empress. |
| | Quon | | Meiling's midwife helper. |
| | Guo | | Meiling's midwife helper. |
| | Hongzhi | Emperor | The Emperor of Great Governance. |
| | Lian | Yang | Yunxian's son. |
| | Fourth | Daughter | Miss Chen's daughter. |
| | Sun | | The coroner. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| | Fourth | Aunt | Yunxian's 4th aunt. |
| | Fifth | Daughter | Miss Chen's fifth daughter. |
| | Dairu | | Meiling's son. |
| | Yang | Qiao | Yunxian's only grandchild. |
| | Tan | Xiu | Yifeng's grandchild. |
