"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a harem "squid game", in which many women survive by their own means in the harem.
Zhen Huan, the protagonist in the play, upgraded all the way to fight monsters, from a simple and kind girl at the beginning, and finally became the queen mother of the city's deep and ruthless methods.
And the women who grew up with her also had different destinies.
There are endless conspiracies in the palace, and it is not easy for everyone to survive.
And when Zhen Huan became the queen mother, as the three people who could share the fruits of this victory with her: Concubine Duan, Concubine Jing and Ye Lanyi, their final fate was very different.
Concubine Duan chose to avoid suspicion and closed the door; Concubine Jing insisted on assisting Zhen Huan and helping her take care of the harem.
And Ye Lanyi, this seemingly closer "ally" to Zhen Huan, unexpectedly chose death.
At this time, some people can't help but wonder, Concubine Duan and Concubine Jing dare to live, why does Ye Lanyi have to die?
In fact, these three completely different endings seem puzzling at first glance, but after analyzing the specific circumstances of the three people, they are actually reasonable.
Compared with Ye Lanyi, the biggest difference between Concubine Duan and Concubine Jing is "having children".
For the harem women, they can't share the emperor's favor, and in the deep palace, the child is probably the best comfort.
Zhen Huan's biological daughter Haoyue was raised by Concubine Jing when Zhen Huan was punished from the palace.
Although she is not biological, Concubine Jing is not a vicious person, she is very good to Haoyue, and she is really raised as a girl after a long time.
Haoyue even treated Concubine Duan as a mother-in-law, and the relationship between the two was so deep that even Zhen Huan herself was jealous.
This is why Zhen Huan was eager to recapture Haoyue, which caused Cui Jinxi's crisis.
WhileZhen Huan felt very guilty because she couldn't take care of Haoyue in personAlways looking for a chance to compensate.
But Haoyue's side only recognized Concubine Jing, so that Zhen Huan had nothing to do.
Therefore, Concubine Jing is protected by Haoyue, which is equivalent to having a "gold medal for avoiding death" in front of Zhen Huan, and if she hurts Concubine Jing, Zhen Huan is equivalent to personally breaking off the mother-daughter relationship with Haoyue.
After the failure to "recapture" the hazy moon,Zhen Huan's attitude towards Concubine Jing has also changed.
Zhen Huan realized the deep relationship between Haoyue and Concubine Jing and was grateful.
You must know that one more person is good to Haoyue, and there is one more person in the harem to protect Haoyue, so Zhen Huan's attitude towards Concubine Jing has changed from "wanting to get rid of it quickly" to "wooing".
After Zhen Huan cleared the obstacles and became the queen motherConcubine Jing is closely tied to Zhen Huan's interests because of Haoyue's relationship.
In addition, Concubine Jing has no forces to rely on behind her, guarding the moon and helping Zhen Huan is her greatest guarantee in the harem.
is also raising children, and Concubine Duan's situation is different from Concubine Jing.
This is also the reason why Concubine Duan chose to close the door to Zhen Huan after helping Zhen Huan clear the obstacles and become the queen mother.
Concubine Duan's help to Zhen Huan is not small, and she has saved Zhen Huan in danger several times.
In order to completely fight Zhen Huan, Concubine Hua united with Cao Qinmo to use Cao Qinmo's own daughter Wen Yi to set up Zhen Huan.
They pulled Zhen Huan's half-sister Huanbi next to her, and took advantage of Huanbi's love for King Guojun's eagerness to ascend to the throne to slander Zhen Huan for giving Wen Yi cassava flour.
And Zhen Huan was chatting outside with King Guojun at that time, even if she was wronged, she couldn't say it.
This almost perfect frame-up finally relied on Concubine Duan to testify that Zhen Huan was with her at the time and broke the game, which can be regarded as saving Zhen Huan once.
After Zhen Huan returned to the palace, the queen felt that her status was threatened and wanted to get rid of Zhen Huan.
The queen found out that Concubine Jing was worried that Zhen Huan would snatch Haoyue, so she united with Concubine Jing to harm Zhen Huan.
At that time, Zhen Huan had just returned to the palace, and the emperor was in favor, so the queen chose Zhen Huan's closest maid Jinxi to start.
Zhen Huan begged Concubine Duan for help, and Concubine Duan finally said that she moved the emperor, saved Cui Jinxi, and saved Su Peisheng.
This move not only protected Cui Jinxi, but also sent a great favor to the emperor's confidant Su Peisheng, laying the groundwork for Su Peisheng's betrayal of the emperor and Zhen Huan's discovery of the truth about the murder of King Guojun.
Concubine Duan is a smart personAlthough she has helped Zhen Huan so much, it is not that she is helpful and kind.
The women in the harem have their own set of survival rules, and choosing to help Zhen Huan is the choice of Concubine Duan after judging the situation.
She initially helped Zhen Huan, but there was actually an element of gambling.
Concubine Duan was Concubine Hua's main opponent at that timeShe was wrongfully accused by Concubine Hua of having a miscarriage and injured herself.
In the harem, there is no hope for a woman without an heir, and when Concubine Duan was desperate, she saw that Zhen Huan and Queen Chunyuan were somewhat similar and intelligent.
She came out to help Zhen HuanI hope to pull a boost from this,For more help in his harem life in the future.
It was Concubine Duan's behavior that won Zhen Huan's trust, and at the same time, Zhen Huan did not live up to Concubine Duan's kindness and reciprocated the favor.
After Cao Qinmo's death, Zhen Huan created an opportunity for Concubine Duan to adopt Cao Qinmo's daughter Wen Yi, giving Concubine Duan a hope and reliance.
After that, Zhen Huan took the opportunity of An Lingrong's pregnancy and canonization, so that everyone was promoted.
Now An Lingrong has gained face, and everyone has benefited.
Concubine Duan, an old and sick concubine, was already hopeless in the deep palace, but now she has become the imperial concubine second only to the queen, and there is Wen Yi under her knees to make her old age dependent, Concubine Duan is very grateful to Zhen Huan.
Concubine Duan and Zhen Huan rely more on interests** and mutual benefit, fortunately, neither of them has been blinded by interests, they are both people who are thinking of friendship, and this degree of concern for true love is also one of the foundations of the alliance between the two.
Zhen Huan's love for King Guojun and her intentions for her daughter Haoyue,Let Concubine Duan feel that Zhen Huan is an ally she can trustAnd Zhen Huan also thinks that Concubine Duan can be befriended from Concubine Duan's intentions for Wen Yi.
After the death of the emperor, Zhen Huan became the queen mother, and according to her status and relationship, Concubine Duan is undoubtedly the only candidate for another queen mother.
However, the calm Duanfei did not take advantage of the situation, but introspected behind closed doors, which is also where Duanfei is smart.
First of all,Concubine Duan knows too many secrets about Zhen Huan.
She revealed her suspicion that the queen killed Chunyuan to Zhen Huan, so that Zhen Huan had the handle to bring down the queen.
In addition, Zhen Huan caused the queen to have a miscarriage, and Concubine Duan was also an insider.
Zhen Huan became the queen mother, and Concubine Duan, who knows too many secrets of the queen mother, is dangerous, she knows very well in her heart.
Secondly,Concubine Duan has a soft underbelly, that is, Princess Wenyi.
Although Wen Yi is not her biological child, Concubine Duan regards Wen Yi as her own child.
But if you find the roots, Wen Yi is the child of Cao Qinmo, who framed Zhen Huan at the beginning, so Concubine Duan is afraid that after Zhen Huan takes power, she will harm Wen Yi in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
Therefore, Concubine Duan bowed her head to Zhen Huan by closing the door and not seeing her, expressing her submission and fighting for a way to live for herself and Wen Yi.
Ye Lanyi's personality is completely different from other women in the palace, and because of her joining, there are many new variables in the stalemate in the harem.
Ye Lanyi dares to love and hateShe has always been in love with King Guojun, so after knowing that it was the emperor who killed King Guojun, she was bent on avenging her beloved.
Whether it is the TV series version of the suicide of cutting his wrists after being poisoned, or the ** version of the public leopard attacking the emperor, Ye Lan intends to kill the emperor with his own hands and avenge his beloved.
Because her heart has long gone with the death of King Guojun, every day she lives is for revenge.
Ye Lanyi came from a humble background and was a "beast tamer".
She herself is like a beautiful and untamed wild horse, has a brightness and vitality that many concubines in the harem do not have.
It is also because of this kind of character that the emperor "fell in love at first sight" with Ye Lanyi, because after Concubine Hua, the women in the palace could no longer find someone with such a distinctive personality.
And Ye Lan is from a humble background and has no backers, so she doesn't have to worry about her family taking advantage of the situation to cause chaos, and the emperor can rest assured that she will love her.
It is a good thing to be favored by the emperor, but Ye Lanyi's heart already belongs to something elseAnd this person is Zhen Huan's lover, King Guojun.
King Guojun rescued Ye Lanyi in his early years, and the figure of this talented and gentle "life-saving benefactor" remained deeply in Ye Lanyi's heart.
A chance encounter in the palace, Ye Lanyi and King Guojun met, King Guojun praised Ye Lanyi for her beauty, and said, "You are wearing blue clothes, you are so beautiful." ”
King Guojun's praise of a girl may just be a matter of pleasing him, but the effect on the girl's heart is extraordinary.
The so-called "women are the ones who please themselves", since then, Ye Lanyi has been wearing deep shades of turquoise, which shows how deep her love for the king of Guojun is.
In the deep courtyard of the palace, she didn't think about how to please the Ninety-Five, but because of a casual compliment from her sweetheart, she wore green clothes for life.
However,Ye Lanyi's full of love was extinguished by a will to "enter the palace".
So from the beginning of entering the palace, Ye Lanyi's feeling for the emperor was only one word: "hate".
She hated the emperor for cutting off the little possibility between her and her beloved, and also cut off the possibility of her returning to live freely outside the palace.
Ye Lanyi was depressed in the palace, she felt that the harem was a "** cage" and "desperate", and she was trapped in it with no way to escape.
After King Guojun knew, he comforted and encouraged her, these words warmed Ye Lanyi, and also deepened her love for King Guojun.
Ye Lanyi's love for King Guojun is so deep that he can even "love the house and Wu", and can help in the face of Zhen Huan, a rival in love.
After Ye Lanyi knew that Zhen Huan's dragon and phoenix fetus was the child of King Guojun, she stood on Zhen Huan's side to protect her and the children, just to continue the bloodline of King Guojun.
On the one hand, he hated the emperor, and on the other hand, he loved the king of GuojunThe confrontation of these two extreme emotions reached its peak when he learned that King Guojun was ordered to be eliminated by the emperor.
Since then, Ye Lanyi has lived for revenge.
In the original book, it is written that when Ye Lanyi told Emperor Zhen Huan to cut down those acacia flowers that the first emperor gave to Xuanqing (King Guojun), Zhen Huan was heartbroken.
And Ye Lanyi missed his old friendfound an excuse to ask the emperor for those acacia trees, spit out a few words to Zhen Huan, "Don't let him go easily." ”
This is Ye Lanyi's notice to Zhen Huan, and it is also an entrustment.
Ye Lanyi hinted to Zhen Huan that she was going to make a move, and she was already planning to lure the beast to attack the emperor in front of everyone.
No matter whether this assassination operation was successful or not, no matter how seamless it was, Ye Lanyi could not escape responsibility.
SoYe Lanyi didn't think about continuing to live from the beginningSo she also asked Zhen Huan that once she failed, let Zhen Huan not forget to continue her revenge plan.
In the TV series, after Ye Lanyi poisoned the emperor, she committed suicide by cutting her wrists, which was the last protection and peace of mind that Ye Lanyi gave Zhen Huan and her children when the revenge was avenged.
Ye Lanyi is dead, and there is one less person who knows the secret of Zhen Huan's childThis secret is a little safer.
By the time Zhen Huan becomes the queen mother, whether it is Zhen Huan or the children of King Guojun, they are all really safe, and the glory and wealth after that are meaningless to Ye Lanyi.
Because that's not what she has always wanted, the people she loves, the freedom she wants, is gone.
Then after the heavy task is completed, dying is a relief for Ye Lanyi.
The book describes this "woman who doesn't like to laugh" as "fluttering and losing her life, with the last soft smile on her lips" at the time of her near-death.
And Ye Lanyi, who committed suicide by cutting her wrists in the play, also died with laughter, because for her, it is a kind of happiness to be able to go to Huangquan to accompany her beloved.
In the biography of Zhen Huan,The different outcomes of different women are caused by a combination of various reasons.
Although Concubine Duan, Concubine Jing and Ye Lanyi have different endings, in general, they all take what they want, and they are already rare among the women in the harem.