In the fourth time of the original work, it is mentioned that the Xue family's purpose of coming to Kyoto is mainly three. First, for Xue Baochao to enter beijing to be selected to praise the good; Second, to visit relatives jia fu; The three managed several businesses in the capital, settled old accounts, and opened new expenses. From the perspective of order, it seems that sending Xue Baochao to the palace draft is the most important event for the Xue family to come to Beijing.
However, what makes the reader strange is that since then, the author Cao Xueqin has never mentioned the matter of Xue Baochao's draft, as if there is no such thing. Why did the author Cao Xueqin arrange it this way? Is it good to mention one or two sentences so that the structure of the context is complete?
But this is precisely one of the highlights of the book "Dream of the Red Chamber", the author Cao Xueqin used the Spring and Autumn brushwork, grass snake gray line, the pulse thousands of miles away, vaguely writing a lot of wonderful plot layout. If everything had to be pointed out, the axe chisel marks would be too obvious, too dull, not talented.
Regarding Xue Baochao's entry into the palace draft, there are only two endings. First, Xue Baochao entered the palace draft and ended in failure. But there is a plot in the book that seems to implicitly point out that Xue Baochao is not a "loser."
It was the birthday of Xue Baochao's brother Xue Pan, and Xue Baochao did not go to see the drama for recreation because of his fear of heat. Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu said with a bit of playfulness, "No wonder they compare their sister to Yang Concubine, it turns out that they are also physically timid." ”
Hearing these words, Xue Baochao couldn't help but get angry on the spot, and immediately gave a counterattack, sneering and saying, "I'm like Yang Concubine, but there is no good brother and good brother who can do Yang Guozhong." ”
Yang Fei is also Yang Guifei, one of the four beauties in ancient times. The six palaces are favored in one, and her Yang clan, because of her, has reached the level of dignity and prosperity. Xue Baochao said that she was like Yang Fei, in order to ironically that Jia Baoyu could not do Yang Guozhong. It shows that Xue Baochao is still very confident in his own strength, and may not be much worse than Yang Fei.
If Xue Baochao loses the palace draft and is a "loser", how can she say such bold words in public? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at behind your back? However, with Xue Baochao's talent and complete capital, she really should not be a "loser".
Since Xue Baochao's entry into the palace draft should not be a "loser", then she was successfully shortlisted? Obviously, neither is it. Because in the later article, there is no mention of the draft or not draft, Xue Baochao has just been in Jia Province, mixing with Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and others.
In this way, there is only one possibility left. Xue Baochao did not run for election at all. Entering the palace draft is a thorny road. The deception and power illusion in the three palaces and six courtyards are simply no less than the battlefield of real swords and real guns.
Entering the palace is not necessarily successful, and success is not necessarily lasting. Before there was Jia Yuanchun as an example, Xue Mu could not bear to let her beloved daughter go to the deep sea-like court, and she could not even meet her once. After weighing the pros and cons, the Xue family finally recognized the reality and gave up the road of entering the palace draft.
Of course, the Xue family also has a back. Entering the palace draft is not a good choice, but it is still necessary to plan for Xue Baochao's future. Aunt Xue revealed her intentions to Lady Wang very early on, and wanted to find a jade match for Xue Baochao. Obviously, it was Jia Baoyu. This was the real intention of the Xue family to come to the capital to join Jia Fu.