In "Dream of the Red Chamber", the death of Qingwen and the death of Jin Jun'er, one is the death of illness, and the other is suicide by jumping into a well.
From the perspective of criminal responsibility, they have nothing to do with Madame Wang and Jia Baoyu.
However, from the perspective of the root cause of heart disease, Madame Wang is the indirect culprit, and Jia Baoyu is the root cause of "love".
Lady Wang was afraid that Baoyu and the servants would do something indiscipline, and that her son's peach-colored scandal would be known and ruin his reputation, so she attacked Jin Jun'er and Qingwen.
Theoretically, the appropriate solution to this problem is to change the guard.
Transferring Jin Jun'er away from his side and Qingwen away from Yihong Courtyard can cut off jia baoyu's opportunity to interact with them frequently and get along day and night.
But why didn't Madame Wang take the road of "changing posts", but instead kill them all?
The first point is to deal with it strictly, put an end to future troubles, and set an example.
Whether it was treating Jin Jun'er or Qingwen, Madame Wang was furious with thunder and sent out in public.
Not the slightest way back.
If Madame Wang had cared about Jin Jun'er for a minute, spent a second considering her possible desperate situation, talked to her privately, and given her a title of "temporarily returning home due to illness recuperation" or similar, Jin Jun'er might not have to die.
But Madame Wang must be dealt with strictly in public, one is afraid that they will break the connection where she can't see, and the other is to "kill chickens for monkeys to see" and scare the servants who have "intentions" for Baoyu.
The second point is the easy-to-run nature of public opinion.
Does Madame Wang really want to force all the girls who may have a story with Baoyu?
She may hate Qingwen deeply, but for Jin Jun'er, she seems to have regrets.
This regret, you can understand as pretending to maintain a reputation of mercy, can be understood as a sadness for her son' failure; but her remorse may not be without a little element of sincerity.
After all, for her, it was enough to drive away Jin Jun'er, and there was no need to "force her to die".
But the words are daunting.
After Jin Jun'er was angrily dismissed by Madame Wang, the news about this male and female public case must have been very loud, and there must have been many different versions.
When Jia Huan informed Jia Zheng, he said that "Bao Yu pulled Jin Jun'er to rape and did not succeed", which is not necessarily Jia Huan deliberately framed so he changed the important content;
Jia Huan does have such motives and malice, but he has a low IQ and poor ability, and may not have the ability to make up stories in a hurry.
This shows from the side that at that time, there may have been many different versions of the story about Jin Jun'er and Jia Baoyu in Jia Province.
No matter which version it is, it is very unfavorable for Jin Jun'er.
If she was defined as a victim of Baoyu's sexual assault, she would naturally be nothing in today's context, but under the pressure of the "Chastity Arch" at that time, she might only be able to jump into the well.
If she is defined as a fox spirit who seduces Baoyu, there is no possibility of "continuing to live her life honestly as a good family woman".
Does Madame Wang know this? She was so old and naturally clear.
But no matter which one it is, it is actually not good for Jia Baoyu.
She didn't want the story of "Baoyu and Jin Jun'er" to ferment all the time, but even she couldn't control the rumors from growing wildly in the corners.
The third point is essential contempt.
At that time, in the context of Jia Fu, Qingwen and Jin Jun'er were both slaves.
Even if it is a seemingly lenient Jia Zheng, after hearing the wrong version of this matter, the focus of care is also on family style, family lintel and reputation, "My Jia family has never forced people to die."
In such an extreme three-six-nine and other contexts, how much real appease can Madame Wang, who is kind on the outside and mean on the inside, have for the lives of Qingwen and Jin Jun'er?
In her eyes, this was nothing more than grass mustard.