Mo Lan is a concubine, the daughter of Lin Xiaoniang of the Sheng family. Although she was a concubine, the master of the Sheng family loved Miss Lin the most.
At the beginning of the TV series, Lin Xiaoniang has the power to take charge of household affairs, and even the eldest lady cannot defeat her. Why does the Master of the Sheng family love Miss Lin? Not only is she young and beautiful, but she also has the skills to control her husband.
In fact, Lin Xiaoniang has no talent, but she has captured the master's heart. Her secret is to be coquettish and submissive. For example, if Mo Lan wants to learn etiquette from Dong Dong who comes from the palace, Lin Xiaoniang can do it by acting coquettishly with Master Sheng.
Daddy Sheng likes Lin Xiaoniang the most. As long as she makes a request, he will not agree to anything. Lin Xiaoniang has relied on this method to gain a foothold in the Sheng family for so many years.
Mo Lan grew up under Lin Xiaoniang’s knees and naturally inherited her temperament. Father Sheng dotes on Xiaoniang Lin and Mo Lan, but Mo Lan still feels that what he gets is not enough.
As long as Rulan and Minglan have it, she can never have less, and even want more. Every time she had a conflict with Ru Lan, it was obviously Mo Lan who was at fault first, but because of her crying, everyone blamed Ru Lan.
Two plots that impressed me deeply. One was when Mo Lan secretly approached Qi Heng, and Ru Lan took Ming Lan to follow secretly. As a result, Mo Lan pushed them out and became a joke. Master punishes.
What’s interesting is that Ru Lan kept arguing, but Master Sheng decided that it was not Mo Lan’s fault.
Mo Lan is also very scheming, pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy, a typical crying child who gets candy. Another time, in the illustration class, Mo Lan kept asking questions about the teacher, not giving Ru Lan a chance to interrupt.
Ru Lan was very dissatisfied with this, and Mo Lan actually started crying and said she would hit the wall.
It’s a good thing that Dong Dong noticed this, otherwise Mr. Sheng would have punished Ru Lan again.
Mo Lan’s affectation, scheming and calculation are exactly the same as Lin Xiaoniang’s. Dong Dong said that Mo Lan is easy to be clever but is misled by cleverness, which is a prophecy. 02
Lin Xiaoniang loves vanity and wants to achieve a class jump. She also places this ideal on Mo Lan and instills this idea in her since she was a child.
Therefore, Mo Lan’s idea of ??marriage is to marry into a well-known family, as illustrious as Hua Lan, the eldest daughter of the Sheng family.
But Mo Lan is too naive. It’s not that she is looked down upon as a concubine, but with her character, unless she finds another Master Sheng, she will definitely suffer.
Mo Lan is a typical person whose ability is not worthy of his ambition. He strives to be the first in everything and competes with others. She wanted to marry better than Hua Lan, but Mo Lan didn't want to think about how much she weighed.
But Mo Lan is too arrogant and thinks that the whole world should be his.
Even if she doesn’t get it, as long as she pretends to be pitiful, someone will help her. Lin Xiaoniang would pamper her in the Sheng family, but outside, she would get a bitter taste.
Mo Lan reminds me of Xia Dongchun in "The Legend of Zhen Huan". Although she was born into a wealthy family and received thousands of favors throughout her life, she was overbearing, bullied the weak, and worshiped money and was snobbish. As a result, she was favored even before she was favored. Concubine Hua gave her a zhang of red.
The ones who truly survive to the end will always be women like Zhen Huan who know how to restrain their edges and know how to advance and retreat.
With Mo Lan’s temperament, even if she marries into a wealthy family, she may not be able to win. She is nothing without the greenhouse Lin Xiaoniang built for her. 03
It is said that mother is the feng shui of a family, and it is indeed true. The children raised by Lin Xiaoniang, Mo Lan was indulgent and the third brother was a playboy, but in the end they all failed to become a big deal.
On the other hand, Rulan and Minglan have completely different appearances. Although Ru Lan is outspoken, she has no ill intentions.
Like the eldest lady, no matter how useless she is, she is always on the right path, and her thinking mode is also that of a real wife, so Hua Lan is always praised after her marriage.
Obviously, the same is true for Ru Lan. Even if she is willful in small matters, she will never be ambiguous in big matters.
And Minglan grew up in front of the old lady, so she naturally got the old lady's true inheritance.
In addition, she also has some of the qualities of her mother Wei Xiaoniang. She does not cause trouble, does not push forward, knows how to keep a low profile and preserve herself.
Although Minglan was not Dad Sheng’s favorite, she had a big personality and was extremely intelligent, so she rewrote her destiny and finally had her own happiness.
It is worth mentioning that Lin Xiaoniang also grew up in front of Mrs. Sheng. Mrs. Sheng has been cultivating her carefully and planned to marry her off as a wife, but she chose to stay in the Sheng family as a bride.
In fact, Lin Xiaoniang is capable, and it is not impossible to be a wife, but Master Sheng spoils his concubines and destroys his wife, which continues to increase Lin Xiaoniang's prestige. Lin Xiaoniang found that as long as she coaxed Master Sheng, she could do whatever she wanted, so why should she take the right path?
So, Lin Xiaoniang’s pretense of pity and weakness was gradually passed on to Mo Lan.
When Mo Lan got married, she still treated her husband and children in this way, and Lin Xiaoniang's tragedy became a cycle.
Whether you are a wife or a concubine, you must face up to your position and maintain basic humility and awe. 04
Mo Lan’s life as a despised concubine is essentially a replica of Lin Xiaoniang. In fact, she had the possibility of counterattack, but she had high ambitions and low ambitions, and used all means to achieve her goals, and ended up with nothing.
To put it another way, Mo Lan is a person with low self-esteem. The daughter of a concubine is always compared with the daughter of a legitimate daughter, so she must be strong in everything to cover up her inner weakness.
This kind of inferiority complex, lack of guidance, eventually goes to the other extreme.
When she was a child, her mother asked her to go to her grandmother to please her and improve her status in the family. But Mrs. Sheng didn't like Mo Lan, so Mo Lan cried and made a fuss.
She studied to please Master Sheng. The purpose of attending aristocratic gatherings is to find powerful people and marry into rich families.
Mo Lan was too utilitarian and had too strong goals. In the end, he followed the dragon and followed the phoenix, but did not get a good end. She is sensitive, pretentious, and ignorant of propriety, and the ending of her fate has already been written.
But Lin Xiaoniang never imagined that the daughter she had raised with her own hands would eventually be destroyed in her own hands.
The influence of the native family on women is profound and lasting. If the self-awareness is not enough, it will only repeat the tragedy of the previous generation.
In modern times, Mo Lan is a money-worshiping girl, greedy for wealth and fame, and does not hesitate to give up her own bottom line and principles.
Such a woman may be able to achieve her wish for a short time, but if she lacks strength and wisdom, she will eventually become cannon fodder for a wealthy family.