An Lingrong's Role Analysis
An Lingrong doesn't believe in love, because she saw with her own eyes how her mother managed the housework for her father, exhausted her flowery youth, but ended in despair. Even when her mother was ostracized by several concubines and mistreated her all her life, her father was so disgusted that he didn't want to look at it again. She is also the daughter of the first wife, but in a cold environment, the first wife will have no position because of her father's preference. To put it bluntly, in the past, male dominance was paramount, and the Three Cardinal Principles and Five Permanent Principles decided that even if it was as small as the power core of a family, it was also a husband, and a woman married her husband. If they can't win the favor of men, they will have nothing. So at first, An Lingrong was afraid of men. That night, when the emperor asked her to be a maid, she was extremely nervous. In addition to the emperor's fierce majesty, the fear of male chauvinism is a brand that lingers in her subconscious. Naturally, this is also related to her family Jasper, who has never seen much of the world and doesn't know how to control herself in the face of chaos. After all, she shouldn't have entered the palace.
An Lingrong's mother has no scheming, so she often suffers. She has been exposed to family fights since she was a child, and she is more aware of the importance of intimate relationships. In fact, from the beginning, An Lingrong, Zhen Xuan and Shen Meizhuang were people from different worlds. Zhen Xuan and Shen Meizhuang were born noble and more beautiful. They grew up in a stable and carefully cared-for environment, and they can study history and learning ability diligently. An Lingrong, on the other hand, has been living in a depressed adversity. From an early age, you have to look at people's faces and try to figure out people's hearts, and you have to be swayed by considerations of gain and loss. Without it, it's hard to survive. How can this be a bitter and gloomy life? Embroidery, fragrance making and singing are her three strong points, but the first two are only the skills of her parents to make a living, and no one has been willing to teach her a unique singing method.
In an Lingrong's growing environment, there are too many negative factors, too deep the influence of despair and humiliation, and she lacks the guiding force that can make her strong. As the daughter that the first wife didn't love, suppressing the dark childhood brought her deep fear and anxiety, but it was actually very rare for her to be filial to her illegitimate father and maintain a relatively pure and kind family jasper mentality when she first debuted. For An Lingrong, Aunt Xiao should be a warm and infectious person. She took care of her mother who fell out of favor at home, sent An Lingrong to Beijing to participate in the draft, and often took care of her and helped her. If she hadn't entered the most extreme imperial city in the world, she would have lived a quiet life with a virtuous attitude at first.
The Forbidden City is the place closest to the highest power in the world, and it is also the place where people step on the low and follow the trend the most. In the face of the rich second generation and the rich second generation's family background, An Lingrong's father can hardly reach the soles of others' feet. Even a maid-in-waiting, with the glory of her master, may be more prominent than her. When she appeared, Xia Dongchun gave her a duel. Later rich people, including Qi nobles, treated her with contempt and trampling. But these people are still experts.
What excites An Lingrong more is these two people: Shi Yu and Song Zhi. Yu, a maid-in-waiting with a slight cold background, was able to win the favor of the emperor once, thus flying on the branches like a phoenix, on an equal footing with An Lingrong, which undoubtedly embarrassed An Lingrong, who was born much stronger than Yu. The fact that the emperor returned to Zhao safely made her a laughing stock in the palace. When she left alone in a lonely sedan chair, she was proud of the scenery on Chunen's car. It is conceivable that seeing her in the Japanese harem will not leave her any face. Song Zhi's stimulation to her is even more obvious. She was involved in the fake pregnancy incident in Shenmeizhuang. Huafei sent Song Zhi to humiliate Anlingrong and moved a lot of things in her palace. Song Zhi even said in front of AnLingRong that these things are used to reward the slaves in Huafei Palace. In an Lingrong's later conversation with Zhen Xuan, she learned that this incident made her unforgettable: "Hua Fei is so fierce and the queen is so smart that even the maids dare to bully me.
For An Lingrong, the Forbidden City has no rules and will always be her nightmare. Born in poverty, she naturally dared not compete with those noble concubines. However, when she was already content with the difference in rank and position, the servants who were born under her always bullied her, which stimulated her already humiliating heart again and again. King Guo Jun once said that an unsuccessful monarch can't compare with a successful slave (Nian Gengyao). Even so, what's more, Liu Pu was born in a cold place?
As the saying goes: poor people must have something hateful. An Lingrong's life tragedy is certainly worth lamenting, but it is not caused by external factors, which is also mixed with many factors of her own.
When she was in the boudoir, An Lingrong had to look at people at home because of her mother's shame, which would undoubtedly bring many negative effects to her childhood. The birth of a small family also doomed her to be unable to be as dignified and noble as a noble woman or as broad-minded as a good family, but this did not prevent her from becoming a gentle and lovely little jasper. Judging from the performance of An Lingrong when he first entered the palace, it was indeed true. With her conditions, it is difficult to become a favorite princess. If she can keep her true colors and treat Zhen Xuan and eyebrow zhuang sincerely, she will have a happy ending like a noble person. An Lingrong, on the other hand, is not content with mediocrity. He doesn't see clearly how heavy he really is. It seems inevitable that he just tries to do things that don't meet his own abilities and tries to succeed step by step.
An Lingrong was first favored, relying on a good voice to make the emperor happy. You know, as a concubine, it is impolite to do such a thing close to a geisha. It happened that she wanted to compete for favor in public, and her humble birth made people look down on her, which gave her a humble name. If you do something that doesn't respect yourself, you can't blame others for not respecting you. If she can put her mind right, it's only when others ridicule her that she doesn't think this is her virtue and thinks that everyone is making things difficult for her. It's true that people like Fu Cha are sarcastic, but since you have done such a disgraceful thing, you should adjust your mentality instead of blaming others for belittling you.
After Zhen Xuan left the palace, An Lingrong and Yun Qi were favored, but An Lingrong always had to contend with Yun Qi, which eventually led to Yun Qi attacking her. Although Qi Yong is vicious, An Lingrong ruined a good voice for such a trivial matter on the face, which is really not worth it. With an lingrong's talent, he won't suffer too much. Besides, with a title and a noble family, An Lingrong has nothing, which is half of her own, but she has no self-knowledge and is not allowed to be above her. In the end, she was set up and had nowhere to take revenge.
When I sealed the princess, I knew that I only had the chance to be sealed by the unborn child in my stomach, but I was still dissatisfied with the queen's ban on her attending the ceremony of sealing the Sixth Palace. I said I didn't deserve it, but I was outraged. I know my weight, but I don't allow others to be mean to me. Once I gain power, I will seek revenge. I have to say that this is the biggest defect of An Lingrong.
Finally, she hated Zhen Xuan for helping her. Hate the emperor for treating her as a toy; I hate the queen for treating her as a pawn and a stepping stone, but she doesn't understand that only those who can be satisfied with being used are valuable can use others. She doesn't have the talent of Zhen Xuan, but she is jealous of Zhen Xuan's honor; She doesn't have the dignity and virtue of Meizhuang Fei Jing, but she is jealous of her lofty position in the emperor's heart. She doesn't have Hua Fei's family background and ability, but she hated Hua Fei's power for a while ... She was just dissatisfied with her status and treatment as others, but she didn't consider whether the problem lay with herself. People value self-knowledge, and she has no clear understanding of herself. When she is not in power, she always feels inferior, and when she is in power, she is too self-respecting. Even today, this character is hard to achieve, let alone a feudal society that eats people.
In the deep palace, all kinds of human feelings are warm and cold, and the world is cold. Huan Bi once said: Not to mention that the word "use" is ugly. If there is no use value, it is the end of the road. In this palace, people who are of use value can survive, be a useful person, be satisfied with being used and use others.
Since I entered the palace, I have been followed by various interests. Hua Fei is very powerful. In the face of her bullying, An Lingrong's fragile self-esteem can only be exploited bloody. The queen is insidious and once thought she was a towering tree to rely on. In the end, it was she who pushed An Ling into the abyss of perdition. The importance of children to concubines goes without saying. The queen can only secretly tamper with Qi Guiren and others to prevent them from getting pregnant, but for An Lingrong, it is a straightforward bowl of soup to avoid children, and there can be no objection.
Poor An Lingrong, lonely and tangled introverted personality, and deep and sensitive closed mind lead to serious obstacles in her communication with Zhen Xuan and Shen Meizhuang. Compared with Hua Fei and Empress, Zhen Xuan actually treated An Lingrong in a truly mutually beneficial way, but in the end An Lingrong chose to deviate from Zhen Xuan. The relationship between An Lingrong and Zhen Xuan is very long and complicated, so I have time to make another analysis. Here I mainly talk about the queen.
An Lingrong has a gentle personality. Because of his humble background, he is often bullied, giving people a delicate and touching feeling. An Lingrong has a heavenly voice and outstanding dance. With the help of the queen, she won the favor of the emperor. [2] The Queen and An Lingrong were also born with slight cold, and they were also narrow-minded and rude. They can be said to be very congenial, but the biggest difference is that the queen has been the owner of the palace for many years. Although Hua Fei is aggressive, she will always be an opponent. Huafei will only threaten the authority of the queen, but can't shake the foundation of the queen. Therefore, the queen is doomed not to really help An Lingrong get rid of the embarrassing position of being bullied. She only needs to use An Lingrong to attack her enemies, and even when necessary, the queen herself acts as the murderer who framed An Lingrong, thus achieving the goal of killing her and being born later.
Another difference between An Lingrong and the empress is that she doesn't love the emperor, and she just wants to make use of the emperor's favor to get ahead. Therefore, an infatuated queen can understand the emperor's cold reception, but An Lingrong can't. Compared with the emperor's attitude towards Hua Fei and Zhen Xuan, being looked down upon by the emperor like a caged bird was a painful shame for An Lingrong.
The queen has suffered in the palace for many years, and at least she can be supported by the superiority of the first palace, so the queen will sneer and say, "Where are the concubines?" I am a concubine, but I am still a queen. "For An Lingrong, who was also born in poverty, she has no ability to protect herself except being attached to powerful forces. She can neither be willing to be ignored like Xin Guiren, nor look down on herself like Duan Fei, nor be considerate like Fei Jing, nor have ups and downs like Shen Meizhuang in Zhen Xuan.
The queen is mean. As her confidant, Guarga (Tang Yixin) played by An Lingrong and Yun Qi is always on the edge of a cliff and then trapped in the abyss. Sometimes even the queen will look on coldly at their cold reception until they are cornered, and then judge whether it is necessary to give timely help according to their use value. She can't give birth to the emperor's children as a retreat, but when the queen needs her to compete with Zhen Xuan, she can sacrifice her voice without hesitation and force her to practice hard skating by hurting her body. Inadvertently, in order to save her father, she has to be forced to conceive a dragon heir in a body that is not suitable for pregnancy. The unborn child was also used by the Queen as a tool to frame Zhen Xuan. It can be said that the queen played An Lingrong's greatest physical specialty as a woman.
Behind the use, there will be all kinds of squeezing. The queen of mother-in-law is the one who pushes An Lingrong to the finish line step by step. I thought I had found a sheltered harbor, but in the end it was just a bloody exchange of interests. Zhen Xuan once told An Lingrong that if he tried to stand on his own feet, he would commit suicide. He told An Lingrong, who had never helped himself, that the reality was so cruel.
An Lingrong has always been docile before the emperor. In addition to the final showdown with the emperor, she showed her disobedience. The rest of the time, she is always a weak and docile image. The emperor said one, but she never said two. The emperor told her to go east, but she never went west. She thought that she could win the emperor's treasure for her with her obedience, but she didn't know that many times, the emperor only needed her obedience to relieve his depression because he felt Zhen Xuan's stubbornness and had no training. The emperor once said to King Guo Jun: A woman who is not clever but obedient is the cutest; So Guo Jun Wang, who saw through the emperor's mind, replied: But the so-called loveliness is not necessarily love.
The emperor has high requirements for his concubine, just as he said to the queen: be obedient and sensible, but know him and understand him, but not too well. You can talk to him if you know a little, and you don't like people who know too much and don't know too much. Zhen Xuan knows too much, but An Lingrong doesn't. For her who has never read or can't read, the emperor often cannot communicate with her. People who know too much can pretend not to understand, and those who don't understand will only be teased by the emperor as caged birds.
Although An Lingrong doesn't love the emperor either, it is precisely because of the lack of love that the relationship between her and the emperor is not free and depressed, which makes her unbearable. On the night of Bingxi's return to the pet, she could only sing in a hoarse voice on the dragon bed to please the emperor, accompanied by the emperor's light laughter. Perhaps in the emperor's view, it is not interesting for a hoarse oriole to bark twice occasionally, but in An Lingrong's mind, this is obviously a great shame, but she has no choice but to please you.
From the beginning to the end, the emperor and empress actually regarded An Lingrong as a tool for amusement or a stepping stone to their interests. Once they entered the palace, they had no freedom, endured humiliation and hatred for ten years, and all kinds of grievances and unwillingness ended in misery.
Although An Lingrong's character was flawed from the beginning, what would have happened if she had not been chosen?
I have to say that it is normal for An Lingrong to be looked down upon in the palace: a poor woman in a small family, who is not outstanding in appearance, knows the cheap kung fu and craft of singing and making incense. A woman who can get a small hand is not a strange skill that can shock the world. Such a woman, for a young lady of an aristocratic family with an official background, is really petty and can't be elegant. The emperor didn't like her very much, so others naturally bullied her.
But if it is in his hometown Songyang County, what is the situation? As the saying goes, you can't wash your dirty linen in public. Although Abe does not attach importance to An Lingrong's mother, her daughter is her own after all. Even if you don't pay attention to it, the dowry should be too small when you get married, and you should be proud. To outsiders, An Lingrong is a lovely girl of Xiancheng family. She is beautiful and lovely, and she is also a good actress. She can make incense and sing. This should be almost her image in Songyang County. You know, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, parents are the sky, and Xiancheng is similar to today's deputy county magistrate, and the size is the official. An Lingrong is a serious housekeeper and is not in the office. Although her condition and background are really insignificant in the eyes of the aristocratic ladies in the palace, she is still outstanding in Songyang, a small county town. If she finds a low-ranking official or the son of an ordinary small rich family as a husband in her hometown, she will be satisfied, because if she does not enter the palace, she will never see such a big world and there will be no such big gap. At least she won't feel inferior as she did in the palace, and her personality defects will not get worse and worse. She can be a first wife. According to An Lingrong's early performance, she is kind in nature, and in the later stage, she is smart, so even if she has to deal with other concubines and maids in the future, she can cope with it because there will be no rivals like Zhen Xuan and Empress, at least not as miserable as her mother.
Of course, these do not mean that she can be happy. The era she lived in was cruel in itself. Because of her background, it is difficult to marry a poor common people. This also doomed her to have a marriage of "one heart and one mind". Maybe she will fight with others like in the palace, and the evening scene will be bleak. But again, at least she won't die of natural causes.
Her life situation after entering the palace just confirmed the author's original intention: to expose the tragic fate of women in the imperial harem and reflect the cruelty of the feudal system. An Lingrong is doomed to misfortune.
Therefore, perhaps An Lingrong was wrong from the beginning when she entered the palace, as she said: My life is not worth it.
Looking back at An Lingrong's kindness, I recall that An Lingrong, who was lucky enough to pass the temple fair election, was ecstatic, thinking that he could finally shine on the threshold and live up to his parents' kindness. It's just that the imperial city is always lofty and cold, but the long street is paved with a point of no return doomed to no freedom.
My humble background and dark childhood left an indelible scar in An Lingrong's heart, and the Forbidden City, the royal forbidden area with the most extreme influence of feudal imperial power and the fiercest grade conflict, tore and amplified her psychological scar without limit, and finally she was completely distorted. An Lingrong hates all people, those who trample on her, those who use her and those who play with her. She hates her guts, and even those who help her well will think they are giving alms. Beneath her seemingly gentle and forbearing appearance, there is a heart that has long been crazy enough to distinguish good from evil and full of deep hatred.
In fact, the most abnormal relationship between An Lingrong and Zhen Xuan is that she has constructed a perfect omniscient and omnipotent Zhen Xuan in her mind, and then asked Zhen Xuan in reality to treat her like Zhen Xuan in her heart, otherwise she will be disappointed, puzzled, confused and even angry, sad and hateful. The living can't compare with the dead, and the living can't compare with the virtual image.
An Lingrong has always said that he should be self-reliant, but from beginning to end, he has been looking for the strength that can be attached and relied on. Unable to get rid of her inferiority complex, she has never really been self-reliant, but is constantly using other people's blood to warm herself. What kind of psychology is this? To put it bluntly, her self-esteem is very low, so others are as miserable as her. She thinks there is no difference between the two.
Many unjust, false and wrong cases will lead to self-destruction, and An Lingrong's end of killing people can only be self-inflicted. Zhen Xuan's child miscarried, Zhenyuan Road almost died of the plague, Zhen Xuan's maid-in-waiting Juqing died in vain, and Shen Meizhuang suffered a bloody collapse during childbirth, all of which came from her conspiracy. In the event of Chunyuan's clothes, Zhen Xuan struggled in the desperate situation of broken Yuxuan, but An Lingrong tried to kill her step by step. In fact, the relationship between them has deteriorated to such an extent that many factors come from outside. Chun Er's careless words, Huan Bi's intentional exclusion, the queen's deliberate provocation and the emperor's half-hearted, all led to the deepening of the misunderstanding between An Lingrong and Zhen Xuan. Finally, until the end, there is no retreat, no turning back. The dead are long gone, and the living are cold. Some sins, once committed, can never be made up. Blood debt can only be paid with blood. If you do evil without paying the price, everyone will do evil and will always be forgiven in the end.
So Zhen Xuan said to An Lingrong, don't hate her, but don't forgive her, because it's so hopeless. However, after hearing the news of the funeral, Zhen Xuan shed tears. The three sisters entered the palace together, full of curiosity about the forbidden building, the red wall and the golden tile, but in the end it was a sad ending. Is it worth it?
An Lingrong has all kinds of resentment. In fact, she is just a wisp of dust swallowed by wild animals in the deep palace. She tried her best to save her father, but in the end he was questioned by the emperor, and even she died in the gloomy palace. I'm afraid no one will find it difficult to pay attention. Life is like a solitary grass, and death is like a solitary grass. As she said, "My life is inherently unworthy", and it is neither worthy of being hated nor forgiven. Meek and modest, but finally willing to be used by others, and eyebrow zhuang are no longer sisters.
Mourn its misfortune, anger its wrong dispute, beauty, why be fierce.
An Lingrong was born in an ordinary family, and his ancestors had no prominent family background. Only by relying on his mother's embroidery, he saved money and got a sesame official for his father. Who would have thought that in the days to come, my mother didn't get her father's care and attention, but her eyes turned to other new lovers. This left a deep psychological imprint on An Lingrong's heart-the father was kind to his mother, not because he liked it, but because her mother was useful and left out when she used it, but it didn't hurt to be left out when embroidered mother was left out! Are you familiar with this logic?
In an Lingrong's conversation with Zhen Xuan before he died, he even said, "You are good to me because you want to use me and let me compete with the emperor for you!" . Outsiders can see at a glance that Zhen Xuan was concerned about saving them, not the competition at all. Otherwise, he will only be bullied by Hua Fei and will only say, "What do you think of this world? What does this world look like?"? Everything is illusory, and the light and darkness are all in themselves. "
Therefore, in An Lingrong's logic, you are evil to me, naturally because I came from a humble background, so from the beginning, An Lingrong had no real friends in his heart. From the beginning, he put everyone on the opposite side of his heart.