The 12th volume of the Zizhi Tongjian records in the Han Dynasty 4 that the emperor (Liu Bang) had a disease, saw evil people, and was in the middle of the forbidden, and the edicts did not have to enter the group, and the monarchs and ministers did not dare to enter, for more than ten days.
From this record, it can be seen that since ancient times, the illness of important people has been a secret, and they are reluctant to let outsiders know.
In the Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng, as an important person, also adopted a secretive approach after she got the blood landslide.
After Wang Xifeng's mother Zhang Luojia's mother celebrated her eightieth birthday, Mandarin Duck saw that Wang Xifeng was a little lazy and not like in the past, so he took time to visit. Wang Xifeng was taking a lunch break, Ping'er accompanied her, the two asked Wang Xifeng's condition, learned that it was a blood landslide, Mandarin Duck asked why he did not ask the doctor, Ping'er sighed:
"My sister, you don't know his temper yet. Don't say ask the doctor to come and take the medicine. I couldn't see it, and Bai asked how she felt, and she got angry, saying that I cursed her sick. Rao, in this way, still inspects three times and four times every day, and he is no longer willing to see through it and nourish his body. (Dream of the Red Chamber, the seventy-second time)
Wang Xifeng not only let Ping'er inquire about her condition, but also insisted on working with the illness, so that Madame Wang was unaware of her condition.
An embroidered spring sac appeared in the Grand View Garden, and Madame Wang took someone to Wang Xifeng's room to ask for questions, and Wang Xifeng knelt down on the spot, explained with tears, and took the initiative to ask the team to investigate at night. After the night investigation, Wang Xifeng fell completely ill and was bleeding profusely, and Madame Wang learned that Wang Xifeng had a blood landslide.
Why did Wang Xifeng hide her illness? Although she is an important person in the Rongguo Mansion, she is not the person at the tip of the pyramid in Jia Province, Jia Mu has a big fanfare to ask for a doctor, Qin Keqing is also a famous doctor everywhere when she gets sick, why is only she afraid of people knowing?
Some people speculate that Wang Xifeng concealed his illness because he was reluctant to hold power in his hands.
Wang Xifeng has always been a housekeeper, but after her little month, Lady Wang directly used Li Feng, Jia Tanchun and Xue Baochao to replace her, which made Wang Xifeng worried.
There was some truth to this speculation, but it was not the reason why Wang Xifeng hid her illness, because she knew that this power would be handed back sooner or later.
When the theft of rose dew and poria cream occurred in the Grand View Garden, Ping'er reported to Wang Xifeng after disposing of it, and when Wang Xifeng wanted to investigate it carefully, Ping'er said:
"Why bother with this heart!' You have to let go when you have to let go', what a big deal, happy not to give grace. According to me, even if we a hundred cents of our hearts in this room, we will go to the house over there for a long time. ”
Wang Xifeng heeded Ping'er's advice and no longer bothered about the matter.
This incident profoundly shows that Wang Xifeng hid his illness, afraid that others would know that he had a bloodslide, not coveting the so-called power.
Is it because of the fear that no medicine is available?
After Wang Xifeng inspected the Grand View Garden, her condition worsened, and Madame Wang invited a doctor for her to prescribe Yang Rong Pills to take.
Therefore, Wang Xifeng's concealment of illness and avoidance of medical treatment is neither worried about losing the power in his hands, nor is he afraid of having a disease that is difficult to treat.
So why was Wang Xifeng afraid that others would know that he had a blood landslide?
The problem lies with the father-in-law Jia Yu. During Wang Xifeng's illness, Jia Shutian shamelessly did one thing, giving Yahuan Qiutong to Jia Lian as a concubine.
When Jia Lian returned what he had done, Jia Yu was very happy, saying that he had used it, rewarded him with one hundred taels of silver, and rewarded him with a seventeen-year-old servant ring in the room, named Qiu Tong, as a concubine. Jia Lian prostrated his head and led it, and the joy was inexhaustible. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 69th)
This thing is extremely "ugly".
First, Qiu Tong and Jia Amnesty are not clean. Qiu Tong and the others were originally in Jia Shu's room, because Jia Yu was old and dim-witted, greedy and chewy, so except for a few who knew etiquette and were ashamed, the rest of them may have ridiculed with the children on the second door, and even secretly stole from Jia Lianmei. Therefore, Jia Yu gave Qiu Tong to Jia Lian by no means out of good intentions.
Second, the timing of Jia's pardoning qiutong was inappropriate. At this time, an old concubine had just died in the palace; not long after Jia Jing's death, during the period of filial piety and filial piety, it was not suitable for marriage and funeral.
This incident directly brought pressure to Wang Xifeng.
Qiu Tong's becoming Jia Lian's concubine essentially threatens Wang Xifeng's biggest concern — the blood landslide is a serious gynecological disease that prevents her from having children after the disease.
In feudal families, mothers are precious to their children and cannot have children, which means that there is no hope in life.
Maupassant said that people live in hope. For most people, the hope of life is lost, and life is bleak.
Faced with the situation of one wife and three concubines, Wang Xifeng knew that she could not have children due to her illness, and naturally worried about her position in the family.
The person in front of her makes her worried, the future things make her worry, Jia Yu did one thing, completely disrupted the rhythm of her life, let the pattern in her room change, forming a situation of both near-term worries and long-term worries, so Wang Xifeng was unwilling to let outsiders know that she had a blood landslide, and was more afraid that others would know about her condition.
Author: Xiao Han reads. A person with temperature, a pen with warmth, familiar with different versions of "Dream of the Red Chamber", I do not dig hot spots, do not chase gossip, just want to write a new story of "Dream of the Red Chamber" every day, in the continuous exploration of the story, accompany you to feel the beauty of literature together.
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