Screens, in ancient times, are a very common traditional furniture, which can play a role in separating, beautifying, blocking the wind, and coordinating the indoor layout, presenting a harmonious and quiet beauty.
According to records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty three thousand years ago, screens have begun to appear. After thousands of years of evolution, the shape and decoration of screens have become more and more exquisite, and the variety has become more and more abundant. Only in "Dream of the Red Chamber", there are table screens, kang screens, fence screens, interstitial screens and other types; in terms of materials, they are divided into glass, silk, marble, rosewood and so on.
There are so many screens in Jia Province that there are simply innumerable, and when Jia Mu celebrates her eightieth birthday alone, the old lady received sixteen screens, including twelve large and four small Kang screens. Among these screens, the most precious one is the "twelve large red satin silk 'full bed wats' sent by the Zhen family in Jiangnan, and on one side is the screen of the gold 'Baishou Tu'.
Silk is a very expensive knitwear in ancient times, and has always had the saying of "an inch of silk and an inch of gold". Therefore, the Zhen family's attention to Jia Mu's eighty-year-old celebration can be glimpsed through this screen.
Of course, the relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family has always been very close. The Jia family trusted the Zhen family very much, and once deposited fifty thousand taels of silver in the Zhen family; the Zhen family valued the Jia family very much, and the Zhen family's wife entered Beijing, in addition to entering the palace to ask for peace, it was to walk around with the Jia family. In addition to sending someone to send seventy-two horses of fine silk to the Jia family as gifts, Mrs. Zhen could not wait to bring her daughter to the Jia mansion. Before the Zhen family was raided, the only family they could trust was the Jia family, so the Zhen family would send someone to transfer some of the property to the Jia family.
More importantly, in "Dream of the Red Chamber", the Zhen family and the Jia family are obviously mirroring each other, and Zhen Baoyu and Jia Baoyu are also two princes who are quite similar.
However, this precious birthday gift sent by the Zhen family did not stay in the Jia family for too long. Soon, Jia Mu called Wang Xifeng and told her, "Even so, these two good ones are separated, and I want to give them away." ”
The so-called "two shelves", in addition to the Zhen family's silk screen, there are also glass screens sent by the Guangdong general Wu family. So, who is Jia Mu going to give these two screens to? In the capital, what family can make Jia Mu value it so much and send out the most precious of their birthday gifts?
In fact, we just need to look at what happened on Jia Mu's birthday, and it is not difficult to speculate about whose home this precious silk screen has arrived.
Jia Mu's eighty-year-old celebration came with many guests, but the most valued of them was obviously Princess Nan'an. When sitting at the table, Princess Nan'an and Princess Beijing sat in the first place; when ordering the play, "Princess Nan'an gave in once and ordered an auspicious drama", and then there was Princess Beijing. Obviously, Princess Nan'an was more valued than Princess Beijing. And the person who proposed to see Miss Jia Fu was also Princess Nan'an. After Tanchun, Baochao, Daiyu and others came, they also met Princess Nan'an first, and Princess Nan'an gave them several gifts, which was the Princess of Beijing.
Princess Nan'an wanted to see Miss Jia Fuzhong, which obviously had another purpose. Because shortly after Jia Mu's birthday passed, there were official media who came to Jia Fuzhong to say goodbye to TanChun. Obviously, this is the role of Nan'an Princess.
Therefore, this valuable silk screen must have been given to Princess Nan'an by Jia Mu. As an old lady who has been circling around in the rich for most of her life, Jia Mu knows very well what the purpose of Princess Nan'an is, and she hopes to have a closer relationship with Princess Nan'an, so that Princess Nan'an will be more attentive in the marriage of Tanchun.
Many readers, because of the influence of the TV series, believe that Princess Nan'an recognized Tanchun as a dry daughter and let her go and kiss her instead of her daughter. But in fact, this could not have happened at all, because when Qin Keqing died of illness, the grandsons of the king of Nan'an County appeared. In other words, Princess Nan'an was already a great-grandmother, how could she possibly recognize a teenage girl as a daughter? Nor could she have a daughter of the right age who needed to be sent to be kissed.
Therefore, Princess Nan'an came to Jia Fu at this time, just to see the girls in Jia Mansion and arrange a good marriage for them. Therefore, Lady Xing would be angry because Jia Mu did not let Yingchun come out. Jia Mu's screen was the thank-you gift she gave to Princess Nan'an.
For the sake of her granddaughter's marriage, the old lady should shoot when she should shoot, carefully layout, and clever arrangement, which is the irreplaceable role of Jia Mu in Jia Province.