Ping'er is loyal to Sister Feng, which is the consensus in Rongguo's mansion. Li Kun said that Ping'er is the general key to Feng Yatou; Xiao Xing'er said that because Ping'er was loyal to the second grandmother, she was accommodated, and forced her to be a person in the house for Jia Lian, this "forced" is actually the meaning of trust. Even Baochai, who has more eyes than a sieve, joked that Sister Feng's trust in Ping'er is rare.
Ping'er's loyalty to Sister Feng should not be doubted, but this does not mean that she will sacrifice her own interests to fulfill Sister Feng, in fact, in terms of the master-servant relationship between Ping'er and Sister Feng, it is not so much that Sister Feng controls Ping'er, but that Ping'er is the dominant party.
At least three times, Ping'er not only spread Sister Feng's privacy, but also backstabbed Sister Feng to pave the way for herself, and psychologically split with her master.
For the first time, Ping'er revealed the information that Sister Feng was lending usury
The attacker asked Ping'er when the monthly money would be paid, and Ping'er told her:
"Don't ask, I'll release it in a few days."
In fact, it's enough to say this, isn't it just a few days late, just say a reason, but Ping'er continued to say to the attacker:
"This month's monthly money, our grandmother has already paid it, and let it go. Wait for the profits from other places to be collected, and then put them together. Because it's you, I'm telling you, you are not allowed to tell a person to go. ”
"In the past few years, I have taken this piece of silver, and turned it out in hundreds. She couldn't make up for her public expenses, so she saved up and released it in pieces, and only she had money for her own benefit, less than a year, thousands of silver. ”
The attacker said on the spot that Sister Feng was "not tired" and "take our money, your master and slave make profits, and coax us to wait".
In fact, not only was the attacker dissatisfied, but Ping'er herself was dissatisfied, and the attacker said that Sister Feng was not satisfied, so Ping'er answered and said, "Who said it wasn't?" ”
Whether it is Ping'er or attacking, they are all people who spend money, but they are not people who make money. Ping'er couldn't take Sister Feng's things as favors, she didn't need to ask Sister Feng's consent, she directly took Sister Feng's big sweater and gave Xing Xiuyan to her; attacked people and returned to their parents' house, Sister Feng rewarded him with high-end clothes for the sake of decency, even if Sister Feng had a mountain of gold, she couldn't stand such a way to send it.
Sister Feng of the economy of Rongguo Mansion is the most clear, she doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are not at home, Sister Feng calculates how to make money all day long, and in the end she doesn't worry about money every day, a little eunuch comes to borrow silver, and the Mid-Autumn Festival in the house can't be used to support the silver, Sister Feng has to be her own dowry, it can be seen that even if she calculates it all for the money, after all, she still fills in the bottomless pit of Rongguo Mansion, Sister Feng is so difficult, even the Ping'er around her can't really understand her, think about Sister Feng is really tired and sad.
The second time, Ping'er spread the condition of Sister Feng's blood landslide
After the Lantern Festival, after the New Year, Sister Feng, who was tired of a Spring Festival, had a miscarriage (fifty-five times). This is when the butler trio of Tanchun, Li Kun and Baochai happened. Because of the complicated family affairs, a girl in Tanchun, a widow in Li Kun, and Baochai are relatives, many things are not convenient for them to manage, in fact, Sister Feng worries about everything, and her body has not been well conditioned and cultivated, so she gradually formed a red disease, which caused a serious illness.
In view of Sister Feng's identity and importance in Jiafu, this kind of thing should be kept secret, especially the contradiction between the two rooms of the Rongguo Mansion, but the "loyal" Ping'er quietly told Sister Feng's true illness, and she said to Mandarin Duck (seventy-two times):
"Since I had my menstrual period last month, this month has not stopped, is this a serious illness?"
When the mandarin duck heard this, he was very surprised, and hurriedly said that this was a blood landslide, and said that his sister had died of this disease.
Can't stop the bleeding, this is a very serious illness in that era, at this time Jia Lian's family pattern is one wife and three concubines, Sister Feng used Qiu Tong to rectify Second Sister You, and used Imperial Doctor Hu to force Second Sister You to death, Ping'er is a witness, which makes her inevitably feel cold to her lips and teeth, she should already be cold to Sister Feng, otherwise as a confidant, Sister Feng's privacy cannot be disclosed to outsiders, after all, Sister Feng has offended too many people, she has such a disease, the scope of her knowledge has expanded, it is inevitable that the drum will be beaten by ten thousand people, and it is naturally not good for Sister Feng to recuperate.
Ping'er just did this, and when she said this, she didn't feel any pain or worry, so she chatted and revealed it to the mandarin duck. In the past, she may have been really loyal, but after Second Sister You died, Ping'er's attitude towards Sister Feng changed.
The third time, Ping'er stole Sister Feng's money and gave it to Jia Lian to hold a funeral for Second Sister You
Second Sister You died, Jia Lian had no money for the funeral, and the money that Sister Feng gave him was like sending Huazi, at this time Ping'er just sent warmth, and the original text wrote Ping'er:
Ping'er was sad and funny, and hurriedly stole two hundred and one bags of broken silver, went to the wing room to grab Jia Lian, quietly handed it to him, and said, "You just don't make a noise, you have to cry, you can't cry outside, and you ran here to take a look." ”
moved Jia Lian, and repeatedly praised Xie Ping'er's deep friendship.
Whether it is Sister Feng or Ping'er, Jia Lian is their husband, and they want to be attached to men in the final analysis. But Ping'er is first and foremost Sister Feng's personal minion, so, logically speaking, Ping'er should indeed be unconditionally loyal to Sister Feng. However, at this time, Ping'er was obviously separated from Sister Feng, she began to stand in Jia Lian, and the silver she stole was still Sister Feng's, but she backstabbed her master and used her master's silver to pave the way for herself.
Sister Feng does have a problem, she killed Second Sister You, which made Qiu Tong and Ping'er inevitably feel afraid, but from Sister Feng's standpoint, Second Sister You is not a good class, on the other hand, if she can, she will not be soft on Sister Feng, after all, she married Jia Lian, originally she went to the nest of the bird, she lost, and it can only be said that her skills are not as good as others, and she is willing to gamble and lose. At this time, Rongguo Mansion is almost out of money to live, is Ping'er's move really so correct?
Ping'er should have been corrected later, compared to Sister Feng, she had the last laugh, but with the values at the time, she, as Sister Feng's minion, actually betrayed Sister Feng, and would not be recognized by mainstream values. Because Sister Feng "does a lot of evil" and "is jealous", people no longer use the word "loyalty" to demand Ping'er.
The author of this article: Pingshan Magenta Mansion
Reference to the original work: "Jiazhu Ben Fat Yan Zhai Re-evaluation of the Stone Record" "Gengchen Ben Fat Yan Zhai Re-evaluation of the Stone Record"
Image source: "The Dream of Red Mansions by Sun Wen"