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