Cast
- Gong Li as Songlian (S:颂莲, T:頌蓮, P: Sònglián), the fourth mistress (四太太 Sì tàitai)
- He Caifei as Meishan (S: 梅珊, T: 楳珊, P: Méishān), the third mistress (三太太 Sān tàitai)
- Cao Cuifen as Zhuoyun (S:卓云, T:卓雲, P: Zhuóyún), the second mistress (二太太 Èr tàitai)
- Zhou Qi as housekeeper Chen Baishun (S: 陈百顺, T: 陳百順, P: Chén Bǎishùn)
- Lin Kong as Yan'er (S: 燕儿, T: 燕兒, P: Yàn'ér), Songlian's young servant
- Jin Shuyuan as Yuru (毓如 Yùrú), the first wife (大太太 dà tàitai)
- Ma Jingwu as Chen Zuoqian (S:陈佐千, T: 陳佐韆, Chén Zuǒqiān) or Master Chen
- Cui Zhihgang as Doctor Gao (S:高医生, T: 高醫生, P: Gāo-yīshēng)
- Xiao Chu as Feipu (S:飞浦, T: 飛浦, P: Fēipǔ), the master's eldest son
- Cao Zhengyin as Songlian's old servant
- Ding Weimin as Songlian's mother
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