[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Xing Xiuyan said, "I don't think I have any other ideas, but watching it when I'm bored is like listening to a play. It's also for self-protection."

Lin Daiyu wondered: "Self-protection? Doesn't reading this book change your temperament? How can you protect yourself?" The nuns also taught Daiyu who loves to read, some books can't be read, and will change her temperament, such as this gifted scholar The book of the beautiful woman.

Xing Xiuyan snorted and said: "If you have a good temperament, you can keep your heart in everything you look at. If you have a bad temperament, you can't read half a word. It's said that money touches people's hearts, but can there be no money in this world? Bartering, can it be messed up, extremely cumbersome? Unswerving temperament is rooted in the willpower of the people and the judgment of the brain, not in the book itself. Just like official career and economics, some people are corrupt and harm the people when they are officials, while others are honest and upright ,Reporting to the king, and going down to the people, the people's hearts are different. Everything has good and bad. If this "Hui Zhen Ji" talks about the gorgeous and beautiful words, it has its own advantages. Why insist on saying that it is not good to prove yourself What about Gao Jie? Whether a person is noble or not is not judged by his background or by reading articles, but by whether his actions in his life are worthy of the heaven and earth, and whether he is an upright person. If that is the case, he needs to prove himself by saying that a book is not good Gao Jie is the hypocrite, and the one who is afraid is the one with a guilty conscience! So, the book may not be badly written, but..."

Listening to Lin Daiyu's eloquent talk, this "little bamboo strip" has been in the business for a century, and it has an ability to arouse the audience's passion. Where has the innocent little Daiyu been seen in the deep boudoir?

Dai Yuyin asked: "But what? Is there still something wrong?"

When Xing Xiuyan saw the "audience" on the road, he was as satisfied as the readers in the past who praised him, and he was even more satisfied if this person was Daiyu.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Sister, do you know what the real prototype of this story is?"

Lin Daiyu felt novelty and a sense of confidant when she heard her truthful words.But she had never heard that the story was different, so she couldn't help being very surprised, and asked: "Is it still different from the book?"

Xing Xiuyan then took Tang Yuanzhen's "The Story of Yingying" in which Zhang Sheng started to be chaotic and finally abandoned, and accused Yingying of being a "beautiful woman", a "monster", and "not bewitching herself, but bewitching others".

This made Lin Daiyu's eyes widen. In fact, she has a side of pursuing free love, which is exactly the case with Baoyu, and "The West Chamber" advocates blessing lovers to get married eventually.

Xing Xiuyan took a sip of tea and said, "I don't think Yingying is evil or not frugal, I just think she has no brains. If there is really a lover, I can only wait until the high school champion is married and proposed. It is more important than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather. It would be too stupid to die in shame and humiliation for a flirtatious lover and a disciple. A woman born in this era must think clearly about her identity and understand the cards in her hand Even if she has a true temperament, she knows what she can't do. Although Yingying was born noble, but once her father dies, what do you think will happen to the Cui family? They will bully the orphans and widows and annex the family property. And because she is such an orphan, In the past, it was the woman who was hard to be trusted by those vulgar and frivolous people □ wanting to eat swan meat, so someone told her about her appearance and her evil intentions, so Zhang Sheng also had a desire to hunt for beauty. The mother and daughter of Yingying were actually bullied by their clansmen. , there is a situation of being bullied by a prodigal son. And she herself had an affair with a man in the filial period, and her only respectable female reputation and restraint have collapsed. How can she never recover? And we Analyzing it again, Yingying, as a daughter of gold, is surrounded by a maid who actively promotes the help of a lady who is actively helping internal and external troubles. Yingying didn't think about why the maid did this? Because the maid herself fell in love with Zhang Sheng, and the girl's feelings are always poetry, and the maid is also a human being, and she also has emotions. When she saw this well-dressed young man, she might be more reserved than the young lady. It's a pity that this maid has never been free, and she can't marry Zhang Sheng even if she is free, so she wants to be a concubine. Only when the young lady marries him can she herself be a dowry maid, and the master and servant will serve her husband together. It's not right to show shame to the maid Is it something that all mistresses usually do? Doesn’t this servant girl know or think about it? Because of her own selfishness, this servant girl has the audacity to betray the young lady, it’s really abominable.”

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but turn pale, but said: "So my sister thinks that the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers are good?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Before a woman has no chance and ability to survive independently, this is the best way. Because you have the order of your parents, getting married is in line with the rules of the time, and others can't attack your character. Having the order of your parents means After you get married, your natal family will still make decisions for you. If a woman can have the opportunity to settle down on her own, bear the huge pressure of survival, and resist the oppression of external power and bullies, then she can do whatever she wants. On the contrary, think about it , if what a woman eats is earned by others, and you live under other people's tiles, you will be bullied without others, so how can you not follow the current rules? A person who does not follow the current rules, himself How can you tell others that it is not proper for the wicked to bully you? A daughter was conceived by her father’s blood and raised by her father’s protection. If her father dies, but because of this personal relationship, she can’t even keep filial piety, so how can she pass? ? Parents’ orders may not always be right, but there is hardly anyone in this world who treats you better than your parents.”

Lin Daiyu wiped her tears and said: "Good sister, you are right, no one has more eyes and loves me more than Daddy, I will never read these miscellaneous books again."

Xing Xiuyan said: "But I think it's okay to look at it. I haven't seen harm. How can I know what is good? The benefit exists because of the harm, so it is necessary to understand it. Besides, when I read books, I love these beautiful and rich words. Artistic conception, if I were to write it, it would be difficult for me to create such words.”

Lin Daiyu also implied philosophy when she heard this dialectical relationship, but she was still worried: "If the mother finds out, what should I do?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "I don't know how to learn from Yingying. I just learn beautiful diction. I don't feel moved by the story of this kind of gifted man and beautiful woman. I don't have a father's foundation like Yingying. I have My father is in charge. My younger sister is better than me. You are a family of nobles for generations. Now Uncle Lin is promoted to a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. If my younger sister really wants to marry someone in the future, I am afraid that Uncle Lin wants to personally test the future son-in-law to check for you. With a huge dowry, neither your in-laws nor your husband dare to bully you. As for my younger sister's background, she will surely marry a well-known and famous talent in the future. It's Meng Lang's turn to daydream and ignorant Is the poor scholar and the trash who hangs around in the inner room and is entangled in the house? Besides, the kind of maid who wants to serve you together must not be spoiled. The four maids of Zi, Xue, Qing, and Jin around me will be in the future. There is no chance to be my husband's aunt."

Xing Xiuyan had already figured it out, hugged the emperor's thigh by himself, and his father became an "emperor executive". In modern times, he is also the "yamen" in the capital, realizing a dream that is impossible in modern times.

She naturally asked the emperor to help her choose a good one. If it was not good, she would not marry, and she would become a "high-ranking official of the imperial enterprise".The emperor did not decide on her marriage, so it was difficult for her to marry a famous family. She also considered following the original book or considering Xue Biao.I heard that he is very handsome, and his sister Baoqin is better than Baochai in appearance.And she doesn't despise businessmen, isn't a businessman a domineering president in modern times?

Lin Daiyu couldn't help being told that her face was like a boiled shrimp. How could this female lead of the Red Mansion, who is reserved in everything, have ever heard such straightforward words?

"If Mammy hears this, my sister will have to be educated. Stop saying these things."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "I just want to tell you, let's secretly read this book together, it's okay to learn these words and phrases. But we are different from Yingying. First, we are smarter than her, and we don't trust men and maids credulously. Second, we compare Luckily for her, we have Daddy."

Although Lin Daiyu was still ashamed at this time, she did not feel guilty because Xing Xiuyan also admitted to reading the book.And because she got a new perspective from Xing Xiuyan, although she was obsessed with diction, she lost her novelty and expectations for such love and marriage.

But Baochai, the same interpreter of "The Romance of the West Chamber", is serious and thinks she is more pure and brilliant than Daiyu, while Xing Xiuyan considers herself an ordinary person, and she does not overpower others, nor does she say her fault. This kind of closeness of heart is not comparable to Baochai.

The two even shared this kind of thing, and they became even better after that. Daiyu would ask for advice when she was unresolved and had doubts, and Xing Xiuyan knew everything in private.