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Mei Xiang

This is the main character of Forbidden City. She is 16 when she is elected to join a dancing troupe at the Lake Palaces. She is forced to become the supreme leader's mistress.

The Chairman

This is the supreme leader of China.

Teacher Fan

This character is the instructor of the dancing troupe at the Lake Palaces. She falls out of favor and becomes an object of ridicule.

Midnight Chang

This character trains at a dance studio led by a former member of the Lake Palaces dance troupe. She is selected to become a member of the dance troupe that lives at the Lake Palaces.

Busy Shan

This character is a member of the dance troupe. Her mother is nearly blind, and the girl is an excellent seamstress.

Secretary Sun

This character tutored an official’s daughter in college and then becomes a part of the official’s...

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