In recent years, there have been a lot of Qing court dramas, so some people have watched a few TV series, remembering that the Qing Palace has a "draft" system, and also remember that "leave a brand, give a sachet (sometimes it is a wish)", "leave a brand, give flowers" represents the winning or unsuccessful selection, so they use it to interpret "Dream of Red Mansions": "Where did Aunt Xue get the palace flowers?
Alas, such a chaotic logic is really speechless. The most obvious question: If it is really related to the defeat, Baochai should be secretive, right? Why is it embarrassing to show off the "evidence of defeat" or "sign of failure" in front of people and give this to that?
Where did Aunt Xue's palace flowers come from? She herself said, "This is a fresh method made in the palace, and there are 12 flowers in the yarn pile." But if you think about it carefully, the palace is not a handicraft workshop, how can it pile yarn flowers in the "palace"? If it is a concubine and a concubine who is a female celebrity, it is just a pastime, and by chance, how can you study a "fresh sample method", and how can it be generated in batches and randomly take out twelve branches to reward people?
The so-called "made in the palace" does not refer to the system made in the harem and concubines and palace maids, but is made to supply the "head of the palace". It's like "this is homework assigned at school", and you really think that homework can only be done at school, not at home?
There are similar examples in "Dream of Red Mansions". Baochai's golden lock, "was given by a leper monk." He said that it must be engraved on the gold vessel", obviously the monk sent a few auspicious words, but sometimes he would also say "it was given by a monk", because the Xue family attached more importance to those auspicious words and the prophecy that "only those who have jade can be matched". You don't think that a monk would really give the Xue family a "heavy" and valuable golden lock, right?
The Xue family was an imperial merchant and was responsible for purchasing and providing goods for the royal family. In fact, not only the Xue family, but also the Jia Mansion sometimes gave the emperor some rare things as gifts. The rare "Huiwen" embroidery, "the glory of Jiafu, there are only two or three pieces, and those two pieces have been put into the upper part last year", isn't it an example?
In the same way, the so-called "upper use" is the meaning of the emperor, but it is not the exclusive use of the emperor, and it is trespass if others touch it. Sister Feng gave Daiyu "two small bottles of new tea", Xue Pan asked Sister Feng for "a piece of three-foot red yarn", the Zhen family gave gifts with "top" satin, silk, and yarn, Baoyu drank "in" dew after being beaten, and Wang Ziteng's birthday gift to Baoyu also had "100 bunches of noodles with silver wire". And Wang Xifeng is also picky, "This thin slice is also said to be used internally." Even this official can't compare."
Look, whether it is "used" or "entered", it is so common in Jiafu, Zhenfu, and Wangfu. Only people who have never seen the world will immediately think of the "draft" when they see the word "palace" and "palace flowers", thinking that they will never see a few palace flowers except for the draft.