Granny Yang is Madam Song's trusted confidante and an ambitious old woman. She constantly flatters Madam Song and encourages her to scheme against Wen Mingqian. She delivers messages between Gong Xu and Madam Song, and she is sent to watch over Wen Mingqian's courtyard. Granny Yang is quick‑witted and knows how to use veiled words to humiliate others. She even comments that Wen Mingqian's return is ill‑omened. She is one of the main instigators of the hostile treatment towards Wen Mingqian.
