Chapter 15 Chapter Three: The Mystery of Jia Yuanchun's Prototype

In the last lecture, I went through the time background from the first chapter to the eightieth chapter with you. At the same time, I raised a question and wanted to study it with you. Is there a life prototype for the role of Jia Yuanchun?Who, if any, could it be? Have you noticed that the image of Li Jia Yuanchun really surfaced in the sixteenth chapter. Although this character was mentioned earlier, this person was mentioned in "Leng Zixing's Speech at the Rongguo Mansion", but this person came out The scene is after Qin Keqing's death.The sixteenth chapter is worth reading carefully. There is a very important sentence in it, that is, the family members of the Jia family reported to Jia Mu and the others, saying, "Now the master has gone to the East Palace again", so we have to explore what happened to Jia Yuanchun. Starting from the East Palace.East Palace, as early as in the word, refers to the residence of the prince.In very ancient times, China has formed such a rule that the prince's palace should be built on the east side of the emperor's palace.Donggong is hidden behind the text, a very important factor.

In the fourth chapter, we talked about Xue Baochai and the Xue family. They are coming to the capital. What are they doing here?Of course they have several purposes, one of which is from Xue Baochai's perspective.What does it say in the book?The book says: "Because today's emperors advocate poetry and rituals, search for talents, and do not have the grace of the world, except for the selection of concubines, all the daughters of famous officials and officials are all named Dabu, so that they can be selected as princesses and princesses. , as a job of praising good people." In the Qing Dynasty, there was a system of drafting girls. As a girl from the Xue family of the four major families in Jinling, Xue Baochai gradually grew up, and her family would take her to the capital to prepare for the drafting of girls .This is a big deal for the Xue family.Xue Baochai's family brought her to the capital because of the emperor in the novel. At that time, there was such a practice, that is, to select these women of sufficient age from among the famous officials and officials, and let their families report their names to the ministry first.In the past, when the Qing Dynasty drafted girls, they first reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs.The novel is fictional, so it is not so realistic, but the general idea is this.After being on the list, at a certain period of time, these beautiful girls will be notified to enter the palace, and the relevant people will choose them, and those who are selected will be distributed.

The Qing Dynasty drafted a wide range of women, and the selected women had a wide range of uses and were assigned to many places.The most beautiful or those with the best background, or those who have bribed the selected personnel, may be allocated to the emperor's palace, a place closer to the emperor; some may just stay in the palace as a An ordinary court lady; some may not stay with the emperor, but are assigned to the emperor's son. When there is a prince—such as the two princes in the Kangxi Dynasty—they will be assigned to the prince. This is all possible. of.What's interesting is that when Cao Xueqin wrote the essay, there were a few words that were particularly eye-catching. He said that after the daughters of famous officials and famous officials were named, what would they choose?He didn't completely write in accordance with the provisions of the Qing Dynasty about draft girls. He had his subjective consciousness penetrated into this place. He said, why did he choose?Elected as the attendant of the princess and princess at school. What does "princess" mean?The princess is no longer the daughter of the emperor, but one level shorter. It means that the emperor's son is named the daughter of the prince's offspring. That kind of woman is not called a princess, but a princess.Cao Xueqin wrote it like this on purpose, pointing out that some girls who are selected to enter may not necessarily become the emperor's concubines, and may end up just as accompanying students of princesses and princesses, and some may only become high-ranking girls who serve the princess.What's more noteworthy is that Cao Xueqin specifically said in his wording that "it can be used as a job of praising good people."Cairen is a title for female officials in the palace in the past.But the word praise is very special.If you look up ancient books, you will know that in the Qing Dynasty, in ancient times, praise refers to a kind of official position in the prince's mansion, that is to say, this kind of official position is only in the prince's mansion, or the emperor's son, the prince who is not crowned prince, in their In the mansion, there is a special role called Zanshan.In my opinion, Cao Xueqin did not use these words at will, but he had his own motivation in writing, that is, he pointed out in a very small place that these characters in the novel will not only happen with the emperor, but also with the palace where the emperor lives. Moreover, there will also be some kind of unique relationship with the princess, princess, prince, prince, these people and the space where these people live.You see, Cao Xueqin laid the groundwork in such a small place.

In the Qing Dynasty, when a woman was selected into the imperial palace, there were still many opportunities to get a title.The lowest level, you can be called "promise" - don't think this word is very vulgar, it is an official title at the time, saying that this woman is a "promise", it's incredible! "Agreed" means that she has already entered the palace and has the opportunity to approach the emperor, so she can be there whenever she is called.In some families, at that time, their daughters became "promises" in the palace, and the whole family would be overjoyed.Of course, whether "promise" will be called by the emperor depends entirely on luck.But if you "agree" once you call, and you feel good after you come, then you may be promoted to another level, which is called "persistence".If you think about these two words carefully, it's even better, that is, you are always by the emperor's side, and you may not be able to fully get the emperor's favor, but the distance is relatively close. Above the "always on", those who are more favored are called nobles.Therefore, the emperor and his six palaces, Fendai, have a large number of people and complicated levels. Now it sounds like many people will be surprised. How could it be like this?Why do people live like this?Build such a system?Well, when Cao Xueqin wrote it, he especially emphasized that Xue Baochai might be acting as a post of praise.Why did he write like this?Let's go to the next ring to discuss.

The first thing that needs to be discussed now is, in real life, is it possible for the daughter of the Cao family to apply for a candidate in the talent show system?It's entirely possible.Although the Cao family is of Han nationality in blood, they are not ordinary Han people. As early as when the Manchus were still fighting with the Ming army outside the pass, their ancestors were captured and incorporated into the Manchu Eight Banners. The servant, called Baoyi, fought with the Qing army, and has been assisting the Manchus to enter Shanhaiguan, enter the Central Plains, and realize their rule in the whole of China.After the ancestors of the Cao family were captured by the Manchus, they were incorporated into the coat of the Zhengbai Banner.The Manchus had Eight Banners, which were later divided into the upper three banners and the lower five banners.Which three flags are the upper three flags?They are Zhenghuang Banner, Xianghuang Banner and Zhengbai Banner.These three banners are under the personal command of the emperor, and their status is higher than that of the other five banners. The coats in the upper three banners also follow the master's air a lot.Although the coat of the Cao family is a slave, the flag they belong to is one of the three upper flags—the Zhengbai Banner.The ancestors of the Cao family had a relatively good relationship with the members of the royal family at that time, because at that time it was the start-up period of a dynasty. Although the status of slaves was low, if they rushed to the front in the battle, the master still appreciated it very much, so they shared joys and sorrows. one side.By the time of Shunzhi, the Manchus had completely taken control of the Chinese regime, and when the capital was established in Beijing, Shunzhi became a veritable emperor of a unified China.In this case, the coating of Zhengbai Banner has gained certain benefits, and the Cao family is an example.From the ancestors of the Cao family, the emperor asked them to take up some important official positions. Later, Cao Yin's father became Jiangning weaving, and later Cao Yin himself became Jiangning weaving, and Cao Yin's son Cao Yong also became Jiangning weaving. After Cao Yong died, Cao Yong, who was adopted as Cao Yin's son, was also weaving in Jiangning.Therefore, although the Cao family is of the Han nationality, they had a friendship with the upper class of the Manchu people. The emperor and some members of the royal family treated them very well. It is wrong to be a member of the Han army banner.Since the Cao family belongs to the Zhengbaiqi system, even though they have the status of dressing, their daughters are eligible to participate in the female draft.So in it, Cao Xueqin wrote the truth of life into the novel. According to his design, it is possible for the four sisters of the Jia family, Yuan, Ying, Tan, and Xi, to be selected into the palace; Let me tell you that she has already been selected, and when "Leng Zixing gave a speech at the Rongguo Mansion", I will tell you that she has already entered the palace.Then the Xue family is one of the four major families in Jinling, in real life, its life prototype should be similar to the Cao family.In the novel, it is possible for a woman like Xue Baochai to enter the palace by participating in the draft.Obviously, in real life, a woman from the Cao family should have been selected into the palace. This woman's seniority should be a sister of Cao Xueqin; she may be a daughter of Cao Yong, Cao Yin's own son, or Cao Yin's A daughter of the adoptive son Cao Fu, or a daughter of someone in the Cao family and Cao Fu's brothers.In short, this woman became the pride of the entire Cao family after entering the palace.In terms of seniority, she is a sister of Cao Xueqin.

Is this speculation lacking evidence support?No, because in the text, relevant information has been leaked many times.Note that I said "tease leak" instead of "reveal", tease is a "pea" of "bean" plus a go, leak is the "leak" of "leaking out", what is tease?It is not quite the same as disclosure, which is to transmit a piece of information directly to you more consciously; what does teasing mean?That is, it taps a little bit in some places, stimulates you, leaks out a little bit, and then makes you think about it. I hope you pay attention to the word "doulou". I will use this word in the following to tell you what information Cao Xueqin leaked out of the text based on my reading experience.

For example, in Chapter 63, "Shouyi Hong Qunfang Holds a Night Banquet", it is written that Jia Baoyu celebrates her birthday, and all the daughters gather in Yihong Courtyard. Flower name, there is a poem, suggesting the fate of each lottery.During this game, everyone remembers that Tanchun drew a lottery. There was a poem on the lottery, "Red apricots are planted by the clouds by the sun", and the words on the sign said that the person who draws this lottery will win a noble son-in-law. .At this time, there was a comment among the people, saying: "Our family already has a princess, so can you also be a princess?" Let's talk about novels, and some readers may feel that this is wrong!According to the description in the book, the Jia family has a concubine, but no concubine, right?What is Jia Yuanchun's identity set in the novel?In the sixteenth chapter, "Fengzao Palace was chosen", she is the imperial concubine, right?She is not a princess, so you should say low, princess, everything should be said from low to high, how can you say from high to low?How is this written?is not it?The reason why Cao Xueqin wrote such a sentence, and in all versions, this sentence is the same, that is, "Our family already has a princess", this teases out a piece of news, that is, the role of Jia Yuanchun, her prototype was not originally Not an imperial concubine, but a princess.See what I mean.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, Cao Xueqin was an aunt who later became the Princess of Pingjun, but that was not achieved through a draft girl. At that time Cao Yin was alive, Kangxi was very kind to Cao Yin, and Cao Yin’s daughter was married as King of Pingjun The main wife was married by Kangxi, and her seniority was higher than that of Yuanchun. "Our family already has a concubine", the Cao family will first refer to the Pingjun princess when they say this, but writing the Cao family's affairs into a novel, the Pingjun concubine in life has not been transformed into an inner artistic image.The life prototypes of many women Cao Xueqin wrote in the book are taken from his own generation. Yuan Chun is not the same name as Princess Pingjun. The prototype should be another elder sister who is of the same generation as Cao Xueqin but much older. "Our family already has a concubine", in real life it refers to her, in novels it refers to Jia Yuanchun.

I emphasized to you earlier that the fourth time Cao Xueqin explained about the draft girls in the palace, the rules of the game he said about the draft girls, are these women all chosen by the emperor?No, he said it might be a post of praise.The title of Zanshan does not exist in the emperor's palace, it only exists at the first level of the prince's mansion and the prince's mansion, so this place is leaked out. The prototype of Jia Yuanchun was not the emperor's side at first. A concubine, but only a concubine. So where could she be the earliest princess?To answer this question, we must first talk about the matter of offering sacrifices at the Qingxu Temple.I have talked about this matter a few times before, do you still have the impression?A very important episode.So what is the cause of the Qingxu contemplation of offering sacrifices?Why do you go to Qingxu Temple to pray?Some people say, you have already said it, and Jiamu "enjoys the blessings of others and prays for blessings".Jia's mother did have such a purpose, but the initiator of the Qingxu concept of offering sacrifices was Jia Yuanchun, and this point was clearly written for us in the book.In the twenty-ninth chapter, Xiren reported to Baoyu that yesterday the imperial concubine sent eunuch Xia out—this eunuch Xia is terrible, we will talk about the sixteenth chapter in a moment, and we will mention this person, Xia Shouzhong—sent one One hundred and twenty taels of silver is called to have a three-day peace offering in Qingxuguan from the first to the third day of the junior high school.This is the earliest reason for the ritual ceremony at the Qingxu Temple, and this is the reason why Jia Mu prayed for blessings.In my opinion, Cao Xueqin would not write indiscriminately, let alone write a nonsense.Cao Xueqin wrote every word carefully, with intentions.It was Jia Yuanchun who started the ceremony in Qingxu Temple, and she asked Jia's mansion to do it.What day do you do it?From the first day to the third day of May, before the Dragon Boat Festival.What kind of sacrifice are you doing?To pray for peace is to pray for blessings.She obviously wanted to pray for the peace of a certain person. If it was a living person, she hoped that he would live in peace. If it was a dead person, she hoped that his soul could rest in peace.So why did Jia Yuanchun arrange to go to Qingxu Temple to hold a funeral ceremony from the first to the third day of May?Is what I said next a coincidence?Looking up the birth and death years of all Kangxi's sons, I found that only one was born in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and only one was born on the third day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. This person is either someone else, the deposed prince, or Yinfeng.Yinreng's life was very miserable, he stood up and abolished, and was imprisoned for more than ten years after he was abolished. He watched a fourth elder brother who had never been appointed as a prince become emperor before he died.In the book, Jia Yuanchun specified that he would requiem a person from the first day to the third day of the fifth lunar month and hold a funeral ceremony.I don't think this is a coincidence, otherwise Cao Xueqin's writing this would be nonsense!So here is my word again, I don't call it revealing, I call it teasing.When he was writing, there was an irresistible feeling in his heart, which made him write like this when he wrote.Therefore, my guess should be reasonable, that is, Jia Yuanchun in life, this prototype was not by the emperor's side at the earliest.Who is she by?She is beside the deposed prince.Among the girls in the draft, she is the first to be praised. That is to say, in real life, there is a woman in the Cao family who should be sent to Yinreng at the earliest, and lived with Yinreng for a period of time, at least with Yinreng. Hong Xi, the son of Reng, lived together—if you think Yin Reng is too old, but Hong Xi was not young at that time—she may have been in the Prince’s Mansion, as a female official of the Prince’s Mansion, a high-ranking Maid, been there.Otherwise, Cao Xueqin would not have written about this place in his novels, and he insisted on saying that it was Jia Yuanchun who asked to go to Qingxu Temple to pray for peace from the first to the third day of May.This conjecture, I think, is still reasonable.

One of the daughters of the Cao family was selected as a draft girl, but the distribution was not ideal at the beginning, which was in line with the status of the Cao family in Zhengbai Banner.Because in Zhengbai Banner, the Cao family is a coat and a slave after all. No matter how rich you are later, you are born with the imprint of being a captive and then serving as a servant. This cannot be changed no matter how rich you are in the future. , You cannot rewrite this history.Everyone must still remember that in the novel, Lai Shangrong, the descendant of Jia's family servant, became a county magistrate, and Lai's mother went to Jia's mansion to say something, right?The Lai family are old servants of the Jia family. Relying on the influence of their masters, these servants themselves can live a luxurious life that most people in the society envy, and they can secure official positions for their descendants.But when Lai’s mother taught Lai Shangrong a lesson, there was a very sad sentence, that is, “How do you know how the word ‘slave’ is written!” The Cao family, in fact, also has this hidden pain.Therefore, when drafting girls, the competitiveness of his girls is of course not as good as those of the real Manchu Zhengbaiqi master's family, right?Can you compare with others?Can you be assigned to the emperor at once?The daughters sent by this kind of family, after choosing and choosing, can finally be sent to the prince, and it is very good to be sent to the prince. When everyone teased Tanchun during the "Night Banquet of Qunfang", it reflected the family of such a background, and it is very good for a woman to have the hope of becoming a princess.Therefore, the prototype of Jia Yuanchun should be a woman from the Cao family. She should have been in the prince's mansion at the earliest. Was she serving the prince, Hongxi, or the princess?This is not clear.But from the analysis of the information leaked in the book, she is very likely to have been loved by Yinfeng for a time, otherwise, why would she insist on asking her family members to go to Qingxu Temple to pray at Qingxu Temple from the first to the third day of May?Although she has turned into an artistic image in the book, she has turned into Jia Yuanchun, but looking back from the artistic image, the prototype obviously has this kind of psychological motivation, and will do something like this.Therefore, after adding such arguments, the assertion I told you last time that Jia Yuanchun came to report Qin Keqing's real background is more logical.Because in reality, if it is a woman from the Jia family, if she is the first draftee to be selected into the womb of the crown prince and live there for a while, then she will have heard about some secret things in the prince's mansion. Perceived; about her own family hiding a baby girl who was smuggled out of the Prince's Mansion, she was able to obtain this information later, and after long-term observation and thinking, she was able to draw the conclusion that the two must be related .She revealed the true identity of the hidden woman and caused the woman's death. Although she felt that she was right to be loyal to the royal law, she did not cause her family to be punished, and even ended the episode quite "glamorously". "Nie Yuan", but she was uneasy after all, so she sent eunuchs to send money to the family in private, and asked the family to perform a funeral ceremony for the baby girl's father, so that her enemies would not come to pester her.Do you understand my logic?So judging from such analysis, in real life, some of the situation of the Cao family we speculate are in line with the artistic text presented in the novel.Because the main premise I determined is self-narrative and autobiographical, so some of my ideas should be valid.Otherwise, there would not be so many "amusements" in the novel.

If you read the novel carefully, you also need to read the sixteenth chapter carefully. The sixteenth chapter is very important.Someone discussed it with me and said that the sixteenth chapter was a little unreasonable, that is, Jia Zheng was celebrating his birthday, and suddenly a eunuch, a Xia eunuch, came to the palace to issue the imperial edict, and Jia was in a panic.Do you remember this episode?According to the book, "Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and others were bluffed to know what the news was."Later, when Xuan Jiazheng entered the court, Jia Zheng went.Jia Amnesty and others don't know what the sign is, "Jia's mother and the whole family are all in a state of anxiety" - it is written many times in the book that Jia's mother is uneasy or something.Someone discussed with me, saying that this writing is very unreasonable. Isn't Qin Keqing's matter already over, is it over?The sixteenth chapter is after the thirteenth chapter, right?Qin Keqing's funeral is over, the emperor has sent eunuchs to offer sacrifices, princes from all walks of life are offering sacrifices on the side of the road, and the king of Beijing has cordially received Jia Baoyu during the road sacrifice, your Jia family What the hell is going on in my heart?What are you doing?How could the emperor panic like this when he ordered Jia Zheng to enter the court?What does this write?Some people also said, is this what the emperor wrote in the thirteenth back to the fifteenth chapter, allowing the Jia family to hold a big funeral in that way, regretting it, so he came to question the crime again?However, I didn’t write like that in the following text. There was no words about Qin Keqing in the following text, and it was written about something else. It is a good thing for the wife to bring the wife to thank her, and it is a good thing to make a fuss for a long time. Jia Yuanchun "just chose Fengzao Palace".Then I wrote that Mother Jia and the others were at peace of mind, and their cheeks were full of joy, and then there was that very important sentence, and it was my word again, which was called "Dou Leu". Said, "Now the master has gone to the East Palace again."Why do you want to go to the East Palace?How is this going? These writing methods themselves show that he is writing about a major event in real life, and this major event is the sudden death of Yongzheng and the hasty succession of Qianlong.Yongzheng passed away in August of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng. He died very suddenly. He was fine in the morning, but news of his death suddenly spread in the evening.Until now, you have not been able to find detailed and accurate files explaining exactly what disease he had and why he died.According to folklore, he was murdered by assassins sent by his enemies. Some historians speculate that he died of acute poisoning from taking cinnabar.So what are you writing about in Chapter 16?This time is actually about the violent death of Yongzheng and the historical fact that Qianlong will move from the East Palace to the main palace to become emperor.Do you understand what I mean?The real life reflected in the sixteenth chapter is the violent death of Yongzheng and the enthronement of Qianlong.As an official, Jia Zheng still held a big banquet at home for his birthday. What does this mean?Meaning he didn't know that something would happen to the emperor.If the emperor was ill, or even a concubine or an old concubine was ill, according to the rules at that time, these nobles could no longer carry out entertainment activities, and they could not hold such a big banquet.This shows that Cao Xueqin wrote about the state of Yongzheng's death very realistically. It was a sudden death, and no one could have a premonition. The Cao family in real life is transformed into the Jia family in the novel, and it is no exception.The emperor in the novel is a vague image combining Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong.So in the novel, there is the Supreme Emperor above the emperor, remember?He has such a way of writing.In fact, when Cao Xueqin was alive, counting from Nurhachi to Yongzheng, no emperor had ever been the Supreme Emperor himself, or there was a Supreme Emperor when he was the emperor.Qianlong was the Supreme Emperor, but at that time, Cao Xueqin had passed away for at least 30 years. It was impossible for Cao Xueqin to predict Qianlong's future as the Supreme Emperor, and he had no need to predict this matter.The reason why he wrote about the emperor above the emperor in the novel was that his family had a kind feeling for Kangxi, so he also wrote Kangxi as if he had not died yet, and combined Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong to write.But what was written in this chapter of the sixteenth chapter should be Yongzheng's sudden death.After the news came, the Jia family in the novel was in a panic. This description is correct; it was not because of Qin Keqing that they were so panicked. The Jia family was terrified. Once the emperor and the courtiers, the Cao family has tasted this in life.As soon as Kangxi died, the Cao family immediately lost the favor of the emperor. Immediately, great changes took place in their lives, and even a tragic turning point occurred.So when the news of Yongzheng's sudden death reached the Cao family, it is conceivable that the Cao family in reality must be in a mess.Although Yongzheng treated them very badly, their feelings for Yongzheng should be different from their feelings for Kangxi, but in this way, the unknowable element of fate obviously increased again.So Cao Xueqin moved this situation into the book, and there was a panic scene of the Jia family "I don't know what the sign is", and "Jia's mother and other family members are all in a panic". It is very reasonable for him to write this way.In this case, the princes and ministers who got the news must first go to the main palace, right?The emperor is dead, and if he wants to perform a certain ceremony, he has to show something.Then, anyone who is related to the prince who is about to inherit the throne should go to the East Palace, where the heir to the throne lives, to express his congratulations.So "now the master has gone to the East Palace again", the writing is very accurate. Of course, as I said just now, in reality, Yongzheng adopted the method of secretly establishing the crown prince. He did not establish a prince, did not tell everyone clearly, and did not tell Hongli himself that you are my successor. In the future, the emperor will let you when.Yongzheng secretly decided that Hongli would succeed him, but in his later years, everyone could see that he valued Hongli. Although he didn't say it clearly, it was obvious that Hongli should succeed him.Therefore, in the novel, it is natural to call Hongli's residence the "East Palace". The "East Palace" is where the Crown Prince lives.Reflected in the novel, it is the situation written in the sixteenth chapter, "Master went to the East Palace again". I'm sure someone below will discuss with me, say, just now you speculated that Jia Yuanchun's prototype was sent to Yinfeng at the earliest?How could it be written in the novel now that "Master has gone to the East Palace again", and then news came that Jia Yuanchun in the novel was promoted, so he "chosen Fengzao Palace"?So Jin was named Shangshu of Fengzao Palace, and conferred the title of Concubine Xiande, what's going on?This is not surprising at all, because if you check the relevant files of the Qing Dynasty, you can find that the women who were selected by these draft girls, when they did not become the favorite women around the emperor, their fate was completely determined by the relevant eunuchs in charge of the Six Palaces. , and even arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it can be redistributed multiple times.Do you know what I mean?You are not a very important person, and you have not really become the emperor's favorite woman, so you can be reassigned many times.So among Kangxi's sons and grandsons, who is most likely to be redistributed by the women around him?Of course, it is the prince who is both right and wrong, and his son Hong Xi.Understand?Moreover, as I said in the previous lecture, when I was in Kangxi, Kangxi felt that I can't let the prince inherit the throne, but I have to treat him well, including Hongxi, who is my beloved grandson, and I can't treat him badly.But it was not safe for these people to stay in the palace, not safe for himself, not safe for the political situation, so he decided to build a large house in the place now called Zhenggezhuang, which used to be called Zhengjiazhuang, and planned to put the deposed prince Move there to live.Of course, the prince did not live long after he was deposed. After Kangxi passed away, he died in the second year of Yongzheng.Moreover, Yongzheng faced too many political enemies at that time. He felt that the abolished prince and his son Hongxi were dead tigers, so he did not persecute them very much.Of course, he also closely monitored them, but on the surface he still tolerated them, so he made Hongxi his prince and moved him to live in Zhengjiazhuang.In such a process of moving the palace, it is necessary to deploy various personnel from top to bottom. The men are sent as housekeepers and servants, and the women are sent to serve the female family members of the palace.It can be inferred that in such a secondary distribution, this woman from the Cao family did not go to Zhengjiazhuang with Hongxi and the others.This is also very understandable, because whether it is for the deposed prince or Hong Xi, when manning them, generally speaking, only "subtraction" can be done, and "addition" cannot be done. Isn't that the reason?Because they are a politically disadvantaged group, although Hongxi was not banned later, he must have been monitored. Therefore, in the second distribution, we have now found a woman. In real life, this person may belong to the Cao family. A woman, she was transferred from Hongxi to Hongli during the second assignment; she was not assigned to Yongzheng's side in the second assignment, she was not qualified, so she was transferred from Kangxi's eldest grandson Hongxi's side, was sent to Kangxi's other grandson Hongli's side.This was the common fate of these women at that time. They were like supplies, they could not choose where to stay, and they could stay wherever they put you. Some of them had to go through multiple redistributions and were moved around.But after she came to Hongli's side, it is likely that before Hongli became emperor, she had already been favored and became a princess.These things are written in the novel, she is already a princess, so Tanchun draws the lottery of "must win the noble son-in-law", everyone tells her, our family already has a princess, do you want to become a princess?This sentence is actually what the Cao family said in real life, so Cao Xueqin wrote it in, understand?When he wrote this, because the whole book had not yet been drafted, he hadn’t had time to carefully remove the burrs from the first to the last time. He planned that Jia Yuanchun had already become a princess, not a princess, but in real life The story of Jia Baoyu's birthday may have happened before this, and he appropriated a sentence that people often said at that time.That is to say, Jia Yuanchun's original identity was a concubine, but once the king she served became the crown prince of the East Palace, once he actually took over the throne, could the concubine and concubine be the same person?Just like the toffee and the old concubine can be the same person, of course they are the same person.I think I've straightened out the logic for you.Therefore, although it is not easy to find the prototype of Jia Yuanchun, we have still obtained so many clues. Then Jia Yuanchun followed the emperor and lived a very good life, but the good times didn't last long, just like Qin Keqing's terrible prophecy, "After the three springs, all the fragrances will be exhausted, and each of them must find his own door."In the first year, second year, and third year of Qianlong, after these three beautiful springs passed, major changes took place in the fourth spring. The Cao family in reality suffered a catastrophe this time. destroy.The Jia family in the novel was completely destroyed in the end.Therefore, we need to continue to discuss such a question below, that is, if the prototype of Jia Yuanchun is really by the side of Yinreng and Hongxi first, then by the side of Hongli, and finally has the honor of becoming a favored woman by the side of Hongli, then the novel Why did she end up writing that after three springs had passed, she died tragically in the fourth spring?What archetypal events are happening in life?In reality, this woman must have died tragically in the fourth year of Qianlong.In fact, in the fifth chapter, Cao Xueqin had a very complete outline of the fate of this character and a very clear prediction about Jia Yuanchun's verdict and the song "Hate Impermanence".But the academic circles have always had disputes about Jia Yuanchun's verdict and the song "Hate Impermanence" in the fifth chapter.Then in my next lecture, I will tell you my personal exploration and speculation about the artistic image of Jia Yuanchun and her fate after the eighty chapters.Of course, at the same time, we will continue our Jia Yuanchun prototype exploration journey, please listen to my next lecture.