The first chapter of "Dream of the Red Chamber" mainly introduces the background, while the second chapter focuses on Jia Yucun's struggles in his official career, with the plot officially unfolding in the third chapter.
Wang Xifeng makes her entrance!
Jia Baoyu meets Lin Daiyu!
The charm belonging to "Red Chamber" reveals just the tip of the iceberg!
Even a brief glimpse in such haste is enough to leave one's lips and teeth fragrant, as if savoring fine wine!
Take Wang Xifeng, for example.
The text describes her like this:
[Before a word could be finished, laughter was heard from the backyard, saying, "I am late and did not greet the distant guest!"
Daiyu wondered, "Everyone is restrained and solemn like this, who is this person, behaving so boldly and rudely?"
While she was pondering, a group of maids surrounded someone entering from the rear room. This person was dressed differently from the other ladies, brilliantly, as a divine concubine: