“Jingrou? I was just thinking of going to find you! Master Huang mentioned it this morning…” Turning into the garden, she saw Minghui.

Minghui's eyes lit up when she saw Jingrou. She walked over and affectionately took her arm. She had been thinking of finding Jingrou this morning, but had been interrupted by others. Now that she had met him, she wanted to have a good talk with him.

Because Yinreng was leisurely following behind Jingrou, Minghui didn't see him due to the limited view.

"Second Brother Crown Prince." When Minghui saw Yinreng, she immediately became obedient again. No one knew why, but all the princesses were a little afraid of Yinreng.

Even someone who is usually full of energy would immediately wilt upon seeing Yinreng.

Yinreng was clearly not fierce.

Later, Jingrou asked Minghui and the others, and they all said it was because they seemed to see the shadow of their father, the Emperor, in Yinreng. The Emperor was the most authoritative figure in their eyes, but their attitude towards the Kangxi Emperor was always one of both fear and longing.

Although he was only a few years older than me, he looked a bit scary, so I didn't jump around in front of him.

Well… Jingrou thought about it carefully, and considering the few times she had met Emperor Kangxi, she didn’t feel that it was very similar to him!

Although Yinreng sometimes appears a bit intimidating, he is mostly all smiles in front of her, and he is always smiling when facing others as well, showing a very good temper.

Emperor Kangxi was different. Sometimes, even when he looked at people with a very kind expression, he could still make people feel immense pressure. The two were completely different!

"The Master Huang you just mentioned..." Jingrou asked. Master Huang was their needlework teacher. Although Emperor Kangxi emphasized that all the princesses should be able to ride horses and shoot arrows, and not always be holding embroidery needles, it wasn't necessary to put down the embroidery needles.

Anyway, Jingrou and the others were quite interested, and in recent years, Jingrou has gradually increased her points by using her embroidery skills.

Her embroidery skills had barely reached the intermediate level through the system, which really brought tears to Jingrou's eyes. It was so hard to get to the intermediate level!

However, progress stalls after reaching the intermediate level. You should know that embroidery is not a skill that can be learned by simply following an embroiderer. If you want to continue to advance, you may need to find a professional master.

Moreover, it becomes increasingly difficult to accumulate points as you progress from the intermediate level upwards. Although Jingrou has gradually come to like it over the years, she is still unwilling to be burdened by it and spend an excessive amount of time on just this one thing.

Because she needs to earn more points and has more things to do, she won't spend her life as a professional embroiderer.

So Jingrou is slowly learning embroidery techniques, but she won't make it her focus anymore.

Jingrou plans to simultaneously learn a new skill, horseback riding, which she started learning over a year ago…

Horseback riding is quite fun.

Actually, I was introduced to horseback riding when I was just 4 years old.

She only started formally learning last year because a child's bones are still soft. Not only did Prince An object, but she herself was also worried about potential problems and valued her own life. Moreover, Jingrou would not mount a horse without proper safety measures.

"No, let's talk about it later..." Minghui waved her hand.

Yinreng smiled and said, "Minghui, why don't you come with us to the Imperial Kitchen for lunch? They should be making osmanthus jelly today."

Minghui was moved.

Although she now lives with the Empress Dowager, who is health-conscious, she would never eat anything cold or icy at lunchtime. In fact, she would hardly eat such things more than a few times a year.

But kids are always a little greedy, and it's the height of summer now, so of course they want something cool to eat...

So when they're in the study, they usually have to eat ice cream at their best friend's place.

In fact, that's not all. In addition, the Empress Dowager had a light palate and often worshipped Buddha, so she didn't eat too much meat. Although the Empress Dowager didn't restrict Minghui.

However, if Minghui wanted to stay by the Empress Dowager's side to show filial piety and serve her meals, she couldn't eat meat. This led to Minghui having a bit of a foodie nature, which was something Jingrou had discovered before.

She had just finished school and was so excited to see Jingrou that she came over to find her; she was already a little thirsty.

The food at Yuqing Palace is so good that it's not just Jingrou who agrees!

She also got to eat the prince's snacks!

Yinreng, of course, saw the look of attraction on her face. "I'll have someone go and tell the Empress Dowager that it's not lunchtime yet!" Compared to the other princes, Yinreng was a good older brother, and he usually treated the princesses quite well.

Since Yinreng had said so, Minghui nodded and shamelessly succumbed to the mouthwatering osmanthus jelly!

Yuqing Palace wasn't in the inner palace; it was located very close, much closer than Cining Palace. Then the three of them walked forward together, talking. Actually, it was Jingrou talking to Minghui, while Yinreng followed on the other side at a distance.

To be honest, Minghui still finds it hard to believe why Jingrou and the Crown Prince's second brother have such a good relationship. It's as if he really treats Jingrou as his own sister, which makes people feel a little emotional and a little inexplicably jealous.

You have to understand, that's the Crown Prince's second brother, someone she could never hope to reach. Even though she's now being raised by the Empress Dowager's side, compared to the other princesses, she's already quite familiar with Yinreng.

However, Minghui noticed that the way her second brother, the Crown Prince, smiled when he was with Jingrou was different from how he smiled when he was with the other princesses. Just like Eunuch Liang, who served the Khan, he smiled more warmly when he was with the Crown Prince, but his smile was very formal when he was with the princesses. Minghui could keenly perceive the difference.

Suddenly, Jingrou saw the bright moon.

Mingyue lowered her head, not glancing in their direction, and led her entourage away... She had clearly intended to come this way, but after seeing them, she turned in another direction and didn't continue forward...

Jingrou frowned.

Mingyue... was actually the most innocent and adorable person in their study. Although she was a year older than Jingrou, she had a particularly eccentric personality.

Mingyue wasn't involved in that incident initially, but its outcome ultimately became the catalyst for Consort De's being disliked...

Although Consort De has regained favor... but... I don't know when it started, it has also affected Mingyue's personality, and she is always a little awkward with the others.

There weren't any major conflicts, but sometimes it just felt strange; ultimately, some rifts had developed between them...