Interesting Names
As I mentioned yesterday, there’s something odd going on with the names of Qin Keqing’s two maids.
The maid who takes her own life is named Ruizhu (瑞珠), which means “lucky pearl.” As I mentioned yesterday, this name is no coincidence. Rui Zhu combines the names of Jia Rui (賈瑞), who passed away in chapter 12, and Jia Zhu (賈珠), the older brother of Jia Baoyu and husband of Li Wan who passed away before the book began.
