According to the research of redology, Cao Gong's original intention should be that Lin Daiyu hanged herself at last. Why did Lin Daiyu die of illness after burning the manuscript in the popular version? It is said that the evidence of Lin Daiyu's suicide by hanging herself is "jade belt hanging in the forest". In fact, this statement is not reliable. Did Xue Baochai freeze to death? (Golden hairpin buried in the snow)

All the popular books are sequels of Gao E, and they are all designed by Gao E himself. There are many things that don't conform to tso's wishes, and that's not all. According to textual research, Cao Gong's original intention was that the time and reason of Daiyu's death might be different from that imagined by Gao E, but many red scholars agreed that Gao E arranged Daiyu's death in Baoyu Baochai's wedding night, which had a strong artistic appeal.

Pang Tuan suggested that Qingwen's death was the foreshadowing of Daiyu's death, which showed how sad Zuo Zongtang was in his imagination.