As one of the most important maids around Baoyu, Raiden was the de facto administrator of Yihong Courtyard, and was later deeply trusted by Madame Wang, and was in fact promoted to aunt. Because of her shared values and interests, she naturally became an important member of the Jinyu Liangyuan (marriage with the Xue family) headed by Mrs. Wang.
Attacking people naturally became the target of Xue Baochai's use and wooing.
"Dream of Red Mansions" twenty-one times, Xiangyun came to Rongguo Mansion, as usual, living with Daiyu, this time Baoyu couldn't stay in his own house, early in the morning, he didn't even put on his shoes and ran to Daiyu's house, Xiangyun Daiyu hadn't gotten up yet, almost at the same time, Xue Baochai also arrived at Baoyu's house and started her first tentative conversation with the attacker. The original text describes:
Bao Chai asked the attacker: "Where is Brother Bao?" ”
The attacker smiled: "Brother Bao, where is there still kung fu at home!" ”
When Baochai heard this, he understood in his heart. I heard the attacker sigh again: "The sisters are kind, and they also have a sense of etiquette, and there is no black family to make trouble every day!" No matter how people persuade them, they are all on deaf ears. ”
When Baochai heard this, he secretly said in his heart: "Don't misunderstand this girl, listening to him, I have some insight." ”
Baochai sat on the kang, and slowly asked him about his age, hometown, etc., and paid attention to it, and his words (quantity) were deeply respectable.
This paragraph clearly reveals three messages to the reader:
1. The same is to run to someone's house early in the morning, in the attack, Baoyu's behavior is that there is no etiquette, Baochai is a girl's house, Lixiangyuan is so far away, she runs to the young man's house early in the morning, there is no problem of proportionality and etiquette? This double standard of attacking people is the true reaction of her position, and standing in line with Baochai to reject Daiyu is her true color.
Second, Baochai and Raider completed each other's recognition with a question and answer. From this time on, Baochai's words and deeds began to woo the attacker, secretly thinking, questioning, and snooping, three words will write Baochai's true intention explicit and thoroughly, she has a purpose, direction, and plan for Baoyu, and the raider is the best internal response and helper, confirming this, Baochai has a high evaluation of the attacker: Zhi (quantity), cute.
Seeing that you are useful to me, I naturally think you are cute, even if there is a class gap between the two.
Third, the attacker is a scheming woman, but she is obviously very much treated by Baochai like this, she rejects Daiyu, and naturally feels that Baochai, who is the opposite of Daiyu, is very comfortable. Of course, she understood that Baochai was tricking her, and even meant to please her, but this was exactly what she needed.
In short, this tentative and deep conversation between the two was very useful to each other, and the two developed a tacit understanding and in fact formed an alliance.
Despite the support of Mrs. Wang, despite the hard work of the Xue family, Jin Yu Liangyuan's popularity in Rongguo Mansion is not high, and as long as Jia's mother is there, Mrs. Wang will not be able to cross Jia's mother to achieve decision-making power over Baoyu's marriage. Xue Baochai understands this too well, but whoever supports her, Xue Baochai spares no effort to win over, and even does not hesitate to self-destruct her image to please the other party, for example, after the attacker was named an aunt, she came to contact the attacker as soon as possible.
In the thirty-sixth episode of "Dream of Red Mansions", Mrs. Wang personally instructed Sister Feng to split two taels and one hanging money from her monthly silver to the attacker, and since then the attacker has been officially recognized by Mrs. Wang as an aunt, and the people present are Sister Feng, Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai and Daiyu, and everyone chats and eats watermelon.
After everyone dispersed, they went back to their rooms, only Baochai came to Yihong Courtyard, it was the lunch break, the girls in the outer room were sleeping, Baochai quietly entered Baoyu's bedroom, Baoyu fell asleep, the attacker was sitting next to him doing needlework, and there was a white rhinoceros next to it (the dust whisk with rhino horns to decorate the handle, used to drive away mosquitoes), Baochai asked the attacker with a smile:
"You're too careful......"
looked at the work in the hands of the attackers again, and learned that he was afraid that Baoyu would get a belly pocket for him, and Baochai continued to praise the attackers:
"Oh, what a bright job! Who is this, and it's worth the effort? "It's also a shame for your patience."
As far as needlework is concerned, Qingwen is responsible for Baoyu's clothes, shoes and socks in Yihong Courtyard, and Qingwen is also the best in needlework, which has become one of her labels, and even Jia's mother praises it. Even if the needlework of the attack is not bad, at most it is average, and she herself admits that if the peacock gown breaks another hole, if there is no Qingwen, there is nothing she can do. And her own tasks are often not completed, and she even finds Xiangyun to help her do it, attacking people is scheming, if you want to do needlework, she is the stupid one.
But Baochai's praise is clearly a bit too much, "so bright" and "effortless", this is okay to use on Qingwen, but when it is used on attacking people, there is a suspicion of deliberately slapping horses.
Baochai not only praised her for her good craftsmanship, but also praised her for her hard work, praised her for her loyalty, and praised her for being too good. Attacking people and then sealing her aunt, she is still a minion, and the young ladies are 108,000 miles away in terms of identity, Baochai has no problem being kind to her, and she is a little self-defeating and even ruining her image.
This is Baochai, in order to consolidate the allies, she can completely surrender her identity.
The two are in the honeymoon period at this time, since they agree with each other so much, after Xue Baochai finally marries Baoyu, the raider should become her right-hand man's most powerful assistant, just like Ping'er did to Sister Feng, in fact, the relationship between Baochai and the raider deteriorated rapidly. She simply can't tolerate an attack.
Why this conclusion? Because of the attack, he left Rongguo Mansion and married the actor Jiang Yuhan. From the comments of Fat Yan Zhai, before leaving, he left a sentence for Baoyu:
"好歹留着麝月."
Well, it shows that she was not forced to leave on her own initiative, Mrs. Wang could not force her, although Baoyu said that she didn't like her, but she wouldn't be pushed out, as far as that social ethics is concerned, even if all the maids go, the attacker should not go, she is already Baoyu's woman, and she is a woman who kowtowed to Mrs. Wang and was officially recognized as an aunt, she is already a family member of Rongguo Mansion. Rongguofu eats chaff vegetables, and she suffers with it, Rongguofu is raided, and she can become a sinner. And she begged to keep Musk Yue no matter what, to prove that when she left, the Rongguo Mansion would not be without food.
Who can't tolerate her? Only Bao Er's grandmother Xue Baochai. When he was not on the throne, Xue Baochai needed allies, since the goal had been achieved, the attack was not only worthless to Baochai, but also hindered her eyes, the two had a lot in common, such as the character of "Xian", but Baochai's Xian was several levels higher than the Xian of the attacker. What's the use of keeping such a "virtuous" aunt?
Baochai used to pay attention to her image in front of the attacker, and she was very courted by her, and it was very tiring for a minion, but it was Daiyu that the two had a common opponent, and now the opponent does not exist, what is the use of this alliance?
Attacking people is an old qualification, although she is her master's mother, but for such a person, she always has to give face, and she can't be as willful as an ordinary minion, which will make her even more uncomfortable.
In short, Xue Baochai, who has achieved her goal, will only look at the attacker more and more unpleasantly, plus the economy in the house is getting worse and worse, it is reasonable to lay off personnel, and she can't be tolerated, and there is a good reason, can the attacker still stay?
Marrying the raider to the servant Jiang Yuhan is a deeper humiliation to her, the slaves of Rongguofu are very decent, even if they are low-level slaves, but the servants, in that society, are not regarded as human playthings at all, and the raiders are half-slaves and half-masters in Rongguofu, but they fall to the bottom of society. I don't know if this marriage was chosen by Baochai for her, if so, it is really murderous, even if it is not, if she attacks people and leaves, she should be given a basic explanation, at least give her the identity of a civilian, and she should not spend the rest of her life as a "maid".
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"