Red Chamber Loyal Servants

Author: Zhu Haowen
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book is one part of the series of long novels "Dreams Beyond the Red Chamber." The author employs the traditional serialized novel format, following the original storylines from the first eighty chapters of "Dream of the Red Chamber." Based on the research achievements of modern and contemporary redology, the author incorporates his own insights. It consists of thirty chapters and 200,000 words. The book depicts characters such as Zuyuan, Xueyan, and Xiyun. The story begins with Daiyu arriving in the capital and Zuyuan becoming her personal maid. It emphasizes the unchanging loyalty between Zuyuan and Daiyu as master and servant, especially after Daiyu's death, when the Jia family declines. Zuyuan suffers greatly while keeping vigil and tending to Daiyu's tomb, nearly losing her life. She is later saved by Baoyu and others. The story concludes with Zuyuan marrying Baoyu in Western Hills and having one son and one daughter. Baoyu dies before completing his writings, and Zuyuan raises their children alone until she reaches the age of eighty. Her son passes the imperial examination, and her daughter grows up to become a talented scholar, eventually publishing her father's unfinished manuscripts.