In the thirtieth time of "Dream of the Red Chamber", due to Jia Baoyu's flirtation, Jin Ju was angrily slapped by Madame Wang and thrown away, and then the news came that Jin Ju was not willing to be insulted and jumped into the well to commit suicide. Although this plot is small, it plays an extremely subtle role in the portrayal of the characters, such as Xue Baochao's deliberate pretense of confusion, such as Madame Wang's multiple lies in a row, showing its hypocritical nature.
Perhaps because she was born into a family of eunuchs, Lady Wang was very clever, even in the face of her own niece Xue Baochao, she did not tell the whole truth, and even deliberately pretended to look like "I don't know anything", first pretending to ask Bao chao if she knew the news of Jin Ju's jumping into the well, in fact, she was deliberately inquiring, she wanted to know what reason the inside story of Jin Ju's death was spread in Jia Province, and whether it would affect her reputation.
After receiving a negative answer, Madame Wang lied a little more on the reason for taking away Jin Jun: "It turned out that she broke one of my things before, and I got angry for a while, hit her a few times, and beat her down." I only said that I was angry with her for two days, and I told her to come up, who knew that she was so angry, and she threw herself into the well and died, is it not my sin. ”
Bao Chao sighed, "My aunt is a philanthropist, so she thinks so." In my opinion, she did not gamble and throw herself into the well, most likely she went down to live, or played in front of the well, lost her foot and fell. She was used to being restrained on the top, and when she went out, she naturally had to go everywhere stubborn and wander. Is there such an atmospheric reason? Even if there is such an atmosphere, it is just a fool, and it is not a pity. ”
After listening to Baochao's comfort, Madame Wang was slightly relieved in her heart, and instead remembered that she wanted to buy makeup and wrap clothes for Jin Ju, so she "calculated" Baochao again, she obviously wanted to ask Baochao for two new clothes, but she did not speak bluntly, but knocked on the side, letting Baochao take the initiative to propose it.
It can be seen from this that the character of Madame Wang has a deep heart, has no true temperament, and lies everywhere outside the words are really not enough to make people like.