After Baoyu was beaten, why didn't Lady Wang directly intercede for her son? Cao Xueqin: Mrs. Wang has a high emotional intelligence
After Baoyu was beaten, Madame Wang got the news, she did not dare to tell Jia Mu, nor did she care that there were people in Jia Zheng's study and no one, and directly broke in. At that time, When Jia Zheng saw Madame Wang come in, the board in his hand not only did not stop, but hit harder. Seeing this, Lady Wang's heart, even if she was distressed about her son, did not dare to directly intercede for Baoyu, she adopted a roundabout strategy to protect her son, and Lady Wang's approach was praised for her high emotional intelligence.
1. May I live and die with my son.
Madame Wang hugged and cried, "Although the old master should discipline his son, he must also depend on the husband and wife." I have now turned fifty years old, and only this evil obstacle will be bitterly regarded as his law, and I dare not persuade him deeply. If you want him to die today, don't you mean to kill me? If you want to strangle him, take the rope and strangle me first, then strangle him. We ladies and daughters do not dare to complain, in the end we have to rely on them in the Yin Division. After saying that, he crawled on Topaz and cried. When Jia Zheng heard this, he sighed unconsciously and sat down on the chair, tears falling like rain.
Lady Wang originally thought that if she took her mother-in-law Jia Mu to talk about things, Jia Zheng would take into account her mother's feelings and no longer beat Bao Yu severely, and did not think that after Jia Zheng listened, she complained that they doted on and connived at Bao Yu, and had to strangle Bao Yu with a rope. Seeing this, Lady Wang had to change her strategy, she hoped that her husband Jia Zheng would forgive Baoyu in terms of marital love, and she also said that she was almost fifty years old, and there was only one son at present, if Jia Zheng insisted on strangling Baoyu, she was deliberately killing her.
Perhaps when she said this, Madame Wang would think of Aunt Zhao, a woman who often served Jia Zheng's side, often blowing pillow wind and telling Baoyu behind her back. If Baoyu had any accident, it would be Aunt Zhao's mother and son who would benefit. Thinking of this, Madame Wang couldn't care less about anything else, she lay on Baoyu's body and cried, and said, "Since you want to strangle him, take the rope and strangle me first, and then strangle him." We ladies and daughters do not dare to complain, in the end we have to rely on them in the Yin Division. ”
It was Lady Wang's tearful words that made Jia Zheng unable to hold back. In fact, Jia Zheng did not really want his son's life, he was afraid that Baoyu would make more chaos in the future, which would affect the family and make it difficult to end, and he wanted to teach Baoyu a lesson and let him change from then on. Seeing Madame Wang lying on Baoyu's body crying like a tearful person, his heart was not comfortable, and it was also tears like rain.
Perhaps Jia Zheng himself could not imagine that his wife, who did not speak in her daily life, not only said the words that she intended to kill her, but also was willing to live and die with her son Baoyu. Jia Zheng listened to Madame Wang's words and could only sigh and tears rained down.
Just imagine, if Lady Wang came in and directly interceded for her son Baoyu, perhaps Jia Zheng's board would hit harder. She did not do that, but adopted a roundabout strategy, asking Jia Zhengnian to forgive Bao Yu this time in the love between husband and wife. Jia Zheng listened to Madame Wang's words, and sure enough, his heart softened, he let out a long sigh, and then tears fell like rain.
Second, mentioning Jia Zhu's name made Jia Zheng cry.
Because he was crying out of "bitter life", he suddenly remembered Jia Zhulai, so he called out to Jia Zhu and cried, "If you live, I will die a hundred times, and I will not care." At this moment, the people inside smelled that Madame Wang had come out, and the Li Gong referee, Wang Xifeng, and Sister Yingchun had already come out. Madame Wang cried and called Jia Zhu's name, others were okay, but the palace referee couldn't help but cry. Jia Zheng listened, and the teardrops rolled down like a rolling melon.
Jia Zhu died young, and his death should also be an eternal pain in Jia Zheng's heart. Hearing Madame Wang mention Jia Zhu's name and seeing her daughter-in-law Li Feng crying like a tearful person, Jia Zheng's tears couldn't help but roll down.
It can be seen from this that Madame Wang cried and mentioned Jia Zhu's name, which made Jia Zheng's emotions completely collapse. Jia Zhu's death is written very vaguely in the book, but from the perspective of Jia Zhu's excellence, Jia Zheng should have put a lot of effort into cultivating this son, but later, for some reason, Jia Zhu suddenly fell ill and died.
The death of the eldest son, Jia Zhu, Jia Zheng should have always blamed himself in his heart. For Baoyu's education, Jia Zheng should have also made some changes, not as strict as disciplining Jia Zhu, coupled with the doting of Jia Mu and others, Baoyu became a clumsy disciple in Jia Zheng's eyes.
This time, he happened to encounter three things related to Baoyu, and Jia Zheng was completely angry, and he wanted to educate Baoyu fiercely, so as not to cause him greater disasters in the future. But seeing his wife Madame Wang crying like a tear, and hearing her mention of her dead eldest son Jia Zhu, Jia Zheng collapsed instantly, and he also shed tears.
It can be seen that Madame Wang's husband and wife, mother-son affection, and the name of her eldest son Jia Zhu, who died early, completely made Jia Zheng unable to hold back, and he shed tears. If Lady Wang directly interceded for her son, Jia Zheng would not only not forgive Baoyu, but would also beat him with a fierce hand. From this point of view, Madame Wang is not as stupid as she usually appears, she is also a woman with high emotional intelligence, and Cao Xueqin portrayed Madame Wang as a mother with high emotional intelligence when describing this paragraph.
I am Xiao Meng, telling you the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Reference works: Cao Xueqin, Fat Yanzhai commentary on "Dream of the Red Chamber" Fat Collection