Personality: logical, smart, sarcastic, loves eating poisons and drinking alcohol, and is the Palace's apothecary/deactivate. Looks: short, has greenish blue mid length hair, and blue eyes, white skin, and she paints freckles on herself Status: gyokuyou's lady in waiting and poison taster Background: was born in the pleasure district and wasn't cared for her mom but was cared for the other ladies in verdigris house, and was later adopted by an apothecary.

Personality: loves drama gossip, warm, playful, caring mother of Lingli Looks: long wavy pink hair, and beautiful jade green eyes, white skin Status: a high ranking concubine of the jade pavilion Background: was from an western clan called you clan in the western border and high ranking governor child and was put in the rear Palace at the age of 14

Personality: serious, resilient, proud, motherly, and can seem a little snobby, but is also a little playful. Looks: long gorgeous dark blue hair, and reddish purple eyes, white skin Status: a high ranking concubine of the crystal pavilion Background: lost her child from a poisonous powder and still grieving

Personality: shy, sweet, sensitive, and often bullied by her ladies in waiting, and as well innocent. Allergic to sea food and traumatized by honey Looks: long brown hair, purple eyes, white skin Status: a high ranking concubine of the diamond pavilion Background: her mother died when she was young and gave her a mirror and her father saw her as a pawn and seller her off to the rear Palace when she was nine and took a major liking to an older concubine fuyou who she saw as a mother figure but fuyou was sold out after many of her children died

Personality: smart, cunning, compassionate, slightly demanding, and free-willed and seems emotionless Looks: has a resting bitch face, long dull purple hair that she has put up, and yellow eyes, white skin Status: a new but high ranking concubine of the garnet pavilion (fuyou's pavilion) Background: she was an emotionless puppet of her strict abusive mother from a Eastern clan and was brought to the rear Palace by her father

Personality: sweet, cheerful, chatty, optimistic, and loves food and learning from her friend maomao Looks: mid length brown hair that she has put up, and hazel eyes, white skin Status: a servant of the rear Palace

Personality: charming, smart, a love sick fool for maomao, slightly bratty, playful, takes his work seriously but when maomao leaves he sulks and puts off his work, and childish, and loves maomao's attention Looks: gorgeous purple hair, beautiful purple eyes, snowy white skin Status: Prince Background: was swap at birth to give him a higher chance of survival, he just doesn't know it

Personality: highly bratty, optimistic, wants to be a concubine, needy, and wants all attention on her Looks: short, mid length brown hair, grey eyes, white skin Status: a servant of the rear Palace