Title: The Concubine Medium: Scratchboard Size: 9"X12" Comments: This is the first image in the Dream of Red Mansions scratchboard series. The figure in the image is You Er-je, one of the minor characters in the story. She is a quiet, submissive character who becomes a concubine to a rich man. She is brought into the rich man's household, only to suffer the constant taunting of the other wives. Eventually, she ends up miscarrying her child, and decides to commit suicide by swallowing gold.