As soon as Luo Zidai appeared in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", it caused controversy among the concubines, and they all wanted to get a Luo Zidai. Later, Zhen Huan sent a tube of snail Dai to Fang Ruo for the sake of Meizhuang, and Cui Jinxi frowned. How precious is Luozidai? Let's analyze and analyze together.
In ancient times, Luozidai was a kind of eyebrow pencil that was easy to use and easy to color, and when using Luozidai, as long as it was dipped in some water, it was very colorful. But this kind of thing is very rare, there was no such thing in the Qing Dynasty at that time, it was all tributed from other places, as an imported product, it is very precious and rare. According to relevant records, each of them is worth about ten gold, and some authorities have calculated that a snail is worth about 30,000 yuan, so in the harem, it is also very expensive.
At the beginning of the play "The Legend of Zhen Huan", I only saw it in the hands of Concubine Hua and the queen, and later Zhen Huan was deeply favored by Yongzheng, so I also saw Zhen Huan start to use Luo Zidai.
In the "Sayings", it is said: "Dai, thrush stone also." "Luozidai" is produced in Persia, and it is a kind of Dai block that can be processed and manufactured into various prescribed shapes. It is recorded in "Speaking of Milk": "The snails are out of Persia, and each one is worth ten gold." "Only the palace and the rich family can use it. In fact, it is one thing for things to be precious, the most important thing is that how to distribute Luo Zidai represents which concubines the four masters attach importance to and which ones they do not value. The Nian family is so rich, and Concubine Hua also has to compete for Luo Zidai, because having Luo Zidai means that she is valued and favored by the four masters.
Zhen Huan's idea is out of deep sisterhood for Shen Meizhuang, to solve this problem at any cost, this gift is good, and it is sent to the person who should be sent, Aunt Fang Ruo has served Queen Chunyuan, this Aunt Fang Ruo mentioned it when she taught Zhen Huan the etiquette of the palace, and Aunt Fang Ruo knew that the emperor liked Empress Chunyuan's Yuan Shan Dai, which led to the plot of Zhen Huan using Yuan Shan Dai to win the Sacred Heart.
Cui Jinxi saw Zhen Huan sending Luo Zidai to Fang Ruo, one was that she felt sorry for Zhen Huan to make such a sacrifice, and the other was that she also felt that she would give such a valuable gift to her aunt next to the emperor, in case she was seen by the emperor, it would prove that Aunt Fang Ruo was Zhen Huan's person, and it might bring trouble to Zhen Huan. But there really wasn't a good way to do it at that time. Personally, I feel that Cui Jinxi and Fang Ruo should be old acquaintances, and the strategy of painting Yuanshan Dai "was also formulated by the two of them together.
Later facts also proved that when the emperor paid attention to painting Yuanshan Dai, he understood in his heart that this aunt who taught Zhen Huan did things for Zhen Huan this time, and she still used Chunyuan as a tool. After Zhen Huan left the palace in a bad mood, the emperor really thought that Aunt Fangruo was an eyesore and sent her to the Queen Mother.