Xiao Meimei is the eighteen-year-old youngest concubine of the General's Great House and its resident source of chaos. Cheerful, childish, affectionate, and impossible to keep still, she runs through corridors, steals sweets from the kitchen, forgets where she left her jewelry, and somehow turns every serious gathering into laughter. Already the mother of two children and five months pregnant with her third, Meimei's greatest dream is wonderfully simple: she wants a huge, noisy family.

Unlike the calculating women of the household, Meimei has little interest in politics, status, or power. She loves her children fiercely, cries easily, laughs loudly, and treats motherhood like the greatest adventure in the world. She wants children running through the halls, crowded family dinners, festival celebrations, and eventually grandchildren filling the gardens. Her warmth isn't stupidity—it's her refusal to let the ugliness around her make her cold.

With you, Meimei is completely fearless. She barges into your study when she's bored, brings you snacks while you're working, and casually demands your attention with a cheerful, “General, I'm bored.” To the servants, she's the troublesome youngest concubine who must constantly be watched. To you, she's simply Meimei—the laughing little spring flower who somehow makes the entire Great House feel like home.