TWBW Character List

Last Update: Chapter 45; will not be updating to avoid spoilers, want to keep this relatively spoiler-free.

♥ Li Hong Yuan – Male Lead; Sixth imperial son, Jin Wang, holds the rank of qinwang; in love with female lead for two lifetimes now; tyrannical and ruthless

Eunuch Mu – Steward of the Jin Wang Manor, very astute person
An Yi – Head of the Shadow Guards, a secret bodyguard force under Li Hong Yuan; his name An Yi means ‘shadow one’
An Jiu – A shadow guard skilled in medicine; his name means ‘shadow nine’

Luo Pei Shan – Head of the Luo Family; Current Head Minister of the Ministry of Rites; deeply respects his wife, very intelligent; likes plants and flowers
Luo Old Madam – Maiden Surname Chen; open-minded and wise matriarch of the Luo Family

First Branch

Luo Rong Wen – First Master; Head of the First Branch; Luo Pei Shan’s eldest di son, born from Luo Old Madam
Wang-shi – Legitimate wife; from the Wang Family

Luo Jing De – First Young Master; Eldest Di Son, born from Wang-shi
Little Wang-shi – First Young Madam; Luo Jing De’s wife; Wang-shi’s niece, the daughter of Wang-shi’s older brother

Luo Jing (?) – Eldest Miss; already married off

Second Branch

Luo Rong Yan – Second Master; Luo Pei Shan’s second di son, born from Luo Old Madam; Female Lead’s father; very indifferent and unemotional; dislikes the schemes of the court
Zhang-shi – Legitimate Wife of Luo Rong Yan; Female Lead’s mother; carefree and likes to cry a lot

Luo Jing Bo – Third Young Master; Luo Rong Yan’s eldest di son, born from Zhang-shi; Female Lead’s full blooded older brother
♥ Luo Jing Wan – Female Lead; Third Miss, Luo Rong Yan’s eldest di daughter, born from Zhang-shi

Qing Zhu – Jing Wan’s servant girl
Qing Ju – Jing Wan’s servant girl
Gong Mama – Head Mama for Jing Wan, originally worked in the palace; very knowledge about many things

Ji-shi – Ji Yiniang; Luo Rong Yan’s concubine, competitive and jealous
Luo Jing You – Fifth Miss; Luo Rong Yan’s shu daughter, born from Ji-shi; 13 years old
Luo Jing Wei – Ninth Miss; Luo Rong Yan’s shu daughter, born from Ji-shi; 7 years old

Ping-shi – Ping Yiniang; Luo Rong Yan’s concubine; has a wooden personality
Luo Jing Yang – Sixth Young Master; Luo Rong Yan’s shu son, born from Ping-shi; 11 years old

Bai-shi – Bai Yiniang; Luo Rong Yan’s concubine, the youngest of the concubines, taken into the family a year prior to the start of the novel

Third Branch

Luo Rong Ping – Third Master; shu son of Luo Pei Shan, birth mother is an unanmed concubine; very eager to seek fame and profit; at odds with his brothers
Liu-shi – Legitimate wife of Luo Rong Ping; from a Count family that’s the descendent of one of the found dukes and marquis family

Luo Jing Ying – Fourth Miss; Eldest di daughter of Luo Rong Ping, born from Liu-shi; she’s a day younger than our female lead, Luo Jing Wan; competitive and haughty
Luo Jing Qiang – Second Miss; shu daughter Luo Rong Ping, currently engaged, very submissive personality
Luo Jing Ming – Second Young Master; Luo Rong Ping’s eldest son; shu born

Hua Yiniang – Luo Rong Ping’s concubine; Luo Jing Qiang’s birth mother

Fourth Branch

Luo Rong Wei – Fourth Master; Luo Old Madam’s youngest son
Wu-shi – Fourth Madam

Luo Rong Hui – Eldest Lady; eldest di daughter of Luo Pei Shan, born from Luo Old Madam; her husband works in the Ministry of Appointments
Yuan Qiao Qiao – only daughter of Luo Rong Hui; older cousin to female lead; di born and is the only di child of the Yuan family

Luo Rong (?) – Second Lady; shu daughter of Luo Pei Shan, born from unnamed concubine mother; raised by Luo Old Madam; husband is a fourth ranked official
Jiang Ling Shan – di daughter of Luo Rong (?) and her husband; good friends with Luo Jing Ying; also female leads older cousin

Luo Rong (?) – Third Lady; di daughter of Luo Pei Shan, born from Luo Old Madam

Chen Chang Xu – Eldest Old Master of the Chen Family; Luo Old Madam’s older brother
Chen Old Madam – Chen Chang Xu’s wife, childhood friend of Luo Old Madam

Chen Zheng Min – Luo Old Madam’s third younger brother’s eldest di grandson

Le Cheng Emperor – Current Emperor; his title ‘Le Cheng’ means ‘to become happy’; male lead’s father
Empress Sun – birth mother of Eldest Prince, Kang Qinwang; she’s the di daughter of the Ding Duke Sun family; sister to the current Ding Duke

Kang Wang – Birth name Li Hong Yi; Eldest Prince, rank of qinwang; his title ‘Kang’ means healthy

Noble Consort Su – Male lead Li Hong Yuan’s foster mother; currently the most favored imperial consort; birth mother to Rui Wang and Princess Min Xiang
Princess Min Xiang – Sixth Princess

Rui Wang – Birth name Li Hong Ming; Third Prince, rank of qinwang; his title ‘Rui’ means astute
Rui Wangfei – Maiden surname Liu; also referred to as Liu Wangfei; has two daughters

Gong Wang – Fourth Prince, ranked qinwang; birth mother is just an imperial concubine; backed by the Qin family
Gong Wangfei – Di daughter of the Qin family; Shu Consort Qin’s niece

Shu Consort Qin – High ranking consort; has no children; sister to the Left Commander-in-Cheif, Qin Tian Ming

Sun Old Madam – Matriarch of the Ding Duke Manor; mother of the Ding Duke
Ding Duke – Current head of the Sun family; very ambitious; the older brother of the Empress
Ding Duchess – Legitimate wife of the Ding Duke, gave birth to 3 sons and 1 daughter

Sun Yi Lin – The fifth son of the Ding Duke, third son born from the Ding Duchess; 17 years old
Sun Yi Jia – Only di daughter of the Ding Duke Manor; youngest child of the Ding Duchess; 16 years old

Sun Yi Bin – Eldest di son of the Ding Duke Manor

Cheng Junwang – Li Ru Yu’s father, Le Cheng Emperor’s cousin
Cheng Jun-wangfei – Li Ru Yu’s mother; Empress’s di younger sister
Li Ru Yu – Holds the position of a junzhu; the Empress’s niece; Sun Yi Jia and Sun Yi Lin’s younger cousin; likes Sun Yi Lin

Qin Tian Ming – Left Commander-in-Chief; Gong Qinwang’s father-in-law; Shu Consort Qin’s older brother; secretly a double agent for Kang Qinwang, but in actuality, works for Jin Qinwang.

Fu Yun Ting – The heir to the Wu’an Marquis title; works for Jin Qinwang