I don't think that's the plot line of BBJX precisely. Of course, you can interpret it a lot of ways. I think the main character passed away due to a combination of years of hard labor, physical deterioration (she had to kneel in the hard rain for like 2-3 days straight), and a broken heart (not just over Four). The way the novel portrayed it was that she tried to disassociate herself from history throughout the novel, but only discovered at the end that she was an integral part of it, even as the catalyst for many of the tragic events that followed. She was heart broken over her own role in the downfall of her loved ones (that includes Four, Eight, Thirteen, and Fourteen). There was no way that the main characters could be together (Four and main girl) even if she didn't marry Fourteen. It's just the way history played out, and too many rifts were created between them without the complication of marriage (he sorted of ordered the cruel death of her sworn sister, who's also a [spoiler!] spy). The marriage was a sort of excuse for her to leave the palace (a place of heartbreaks and sorrow) and to save Four from the unfilial act of forbidding the marriage (it was decreed by his father, the late Emperor KangXi).
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Date: 2011-03-23 05:58 pm (UTC)I hope that clears it up a bit. ^_^