Since ancient times, women in the court, grievances and hatreds, and standing in the wind are often scheming and thoughtful. In "The Legend of Zhen Huan", an ancient palace fighting masterpiece, the image of the protagonist Zhen Huan is quite eye-catching, her intelligence, cleverness, perseverance, and persistence in love are all talked about. However, there is a detail depicted in the play that is inscrutable - Zhen Huan is afraid of cats.
In Zhen Huan's palace fighting world, a small cat has become the biggest shadow in her heart. How does this subtle and interesting plot show the mystery of being afraid of cats behind Zhen Huan's stubborn mind in "The Legend of Zhen Huan"?
Childhood is a temple of the soul and a hidden garden of memories. The truth about Zhen Huan's fear of cats comes from a fright when she was a child. It is revealed in the play that when she was a child, she was teased by the big brother next door, and the cat was put into her clothes, and the kitten rolled in the clothes and scratched her. This scene seems to be light-hearted and humorous, but it presents the shadow of childhood in the depths of Zhen Huan's heart.
This small experience may be insignificant in people's eyes, but it sowed a seed of fear of cats in Zhen Huan's heart. As the ancients said: "The trauma of childhood is often an insurmountable wall." Since then, Zhen Huan has had an inexplicable fear of cats. Her stubborn and tenacious personality is like encountering a great enemy in front of cats, so she can only choose to remain vigilant.
In the palace fight, the cat has become a special symbol, a powerful tool for scheming and plotting. In "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the queen and Ye Lanyi have two cats respectively - pine nuts and tuanrong. These two cats play a dramatic role in the plot.
First of all, the Queen's Pine Nut is an imported Persian cat with an elegant appearance and a laid-back demeanor. However, this seemingly harmless cat unexpectedly frightened Zhen Huan in the dead of night. This scene seems light-hearted and humorous, but in fact it subtly reveals the subtlety and complexity of the court struggle. Songzi is not only a cat, but also a part of the queen's conspiracy, a temptation and threat to Zhen Huan.
And Ye Lanyi's tuanrong is another scenery. Under the control of Ning Concubine, this cat became the protagonist of an ingenious cat attack incident. Concubine Ning summoned a group of wild cats, blocked Zhen Huan's way back to the palace, and launched a general attack on her on the way back to the palace. This cat attack incident not only scared Zhen Huan into premature birth, but also secretly solved a problem for her, cleverly hiding her affair with civets. The cat becomes a pawn in the palace struggle here, adding more suspense and drama to the story.
In "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Zhen Huan's palace selection scene has also become a highlight. She is clever and resourceful, but at one point she shows a fear of cats. The arrangement of this plot is undoubtedly a manifestation of the director's ingenuity.
Although Zhen Huan was skillful in dealing with the palace selection scene, when the Queen Mother intended to examine the psychology of the concubines through a cat, her performance had an unusual reaction. The Queen Mother specially prepared a cat and tried to judge their character by letting the cat walk in front of the candidates to see which concubine dared to treat the cat well. However, Zhen Huan remained silent at this moment and did not show her good impression of the cat. The handling of this plot is not only a setting of the plot, but also a profound depiction of Zhen Huan's aspirations.
The reason why the director arranged it this way may be to show the mystery of Zhen Huan's fear of cats in the depths of Zhen Huan through this small detail. Perhaps it is so that the audience can appreciate her intelligence and cleverness, and at the same time, they can also understand her heart more deeply because of the shadow of childhood.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" has become a classic of ancient court dramas with its grand palace fighting drama and delicate emotional portrayal of characters. And the plot of Zhen Huan's fear of cats adds a touch of mystery to this huge story world.
Afraid of cats is not a sign of Zhen Huan's weakness, but on the contrary, it is more real and vivid in this tenacious woman. A frightened encounter in her childhood turns cats into her deepest fear, a detail that plays a subtle role throughout the story. The cat has become a special ruler in the palace schemes, measuring the scheming and perseverance of each character.
In the mystery of Zhen Huan's fear of cats, we see her insistent side, her clever dodging in the palace struggle, and the director's intention to convey a profound portrayal of the character through this small plot. All this makes Zhen Huan in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" not only a witty and intelligent woman, but also a character with a rich inner world. Zhen Huan, who is afraid of cats, may be one of the highlights of this court drama.