If you're not going to be of any use, don't show up around her now and annoy her!

The loss made her heart ache again.

Borjigit came out with her. She held her daughter's hand with a complicated expression. She had finally become sensible... But this kind of maturity was not what she wanted to see. Why did she have to force her daughter to mature under such circumstances?

No one knows a child better than their mother. How could she not see that her daughter was pretending to be naive? It was exactly the same way she used to act pitiful and beg for candy!

Even without her mother, she could have handled this matter herself. It was her mother who was too negligent in her duty to let her daughter face such a thing alone.

He suddenly gritted his teeth. He still had to fight against that wicked mother-in-law. If his mother-in-law ruined his daughter's future happiness, he would fight her to the death and not give in!

"Mother, don't worry about this. Grandmother was just saying it; she can't do anything."

Wen Ying spoke up dismissively.

Wenying smiled. Anyway, she was already used to her grandmother's way of doing things.

It took her some time to go from initial sadness and dislike to eventual indifference. After all, she had lived far from the capital and only knew that she had a grandmother, but not what she was like. She had a very kind and loving impression of her, until she met her grandmother and saw the look of disgust in her eyes... which finally made her give up her illusions.

Although her mother treated her very well, her mother's personality was still somewhat weak—that was because she was a spoiled only child and had never experienced the evil in the world.

So she is very kind and never assumes malice in others—she's just been raised to be a bit naive and innocent, which makes her lack assertiveness. Even with her family background, if she were to truly stand up for herself, no one could control her.

At least his grandmother couldn't control him.

However, that was just her mother's personality, and Wenying had never complained about it before.

If such a thing happens, Mother has no way to stand up to Grandmother.

If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have been forced by her grandmother to return to the capital. In fact, the days she spent in the south were the ones she missed the most...

But there are pros and cons to everything. At least she has a loving mother and some close friends she really likes. She's also slowly improving herself, becoming better step by step. As long as she's outstanding enough and gets protection from those in power, or has the support of her friends, no one will dare to make her do anything. At most, they'll just make a few sarcastic remarks, which she can handle.

As for her grandmother's situation, as long as she has the right methods, it's not like there's no way to handle it.

She skillfully deflected her grandmother's petty thoughts, but she also felt a little tired.

Why did Grandmother insist that some prince would be interested in her? Why did she assume that she would be willing to marry one of those princes?

Was it just Grandmother's wishful thinking, or did she completely want to control his fate? How could Grandmother think that she was willing to let herself be controlled?

Although I only spent a few short years in the palace, the days I spent in the study with the princesses were quite peaceful and happy. There was none of the intrigue and turmoil I had imagined.

However, she also heard a lot of messy gossip, not only from inside the palace but also from outside.

Don't underestimate the things that happen outside the palace, even if the palace maids have been there for so many years. They can hear everything.

None of those Manchu and Mongol noblemen were easy to deal with. Every household had all sorts of messy affairs, which were truly awful. Just listening to some gossip was enough to imagine how suffocating it would be to experience such things yourself!

Many spoiled brats keep several wives at home and others outside, basically each of them has several families, it's really a mess.

The emperor's daughters are all still young and not yet of marriageable age.

So nothing about them has come out yet, but those young masters from the princes' families are no pushovers!

If even the scions of those powerful families are like this, then there's no point in expecting anything from the imperial palace. In any case, Wenying's attitude is rather pessimistic.

Wenying felt that none of them were easy; each one was more troublesome than the last.

In Jingrou's words, he was a complete scumbag! You must stay away from scumbags! Wenying always kept Jingrou's nagging to her.

Oh dear, I have no idea what Jingrou was thinking.

How did I come up with such a fitting and pleasant word!

However, she also knew in her heart that she was still young and could pretend not to understand to get by with her grandmother. But if she came of age and turned fourteen, or even older, her grandmother would probably not be so easily fooled. At that time, she would have to think of another way.

This is so frustrating!

*******

Jingrou ran into Yikun Palace with a "tap tap".

Hearing the commotion, everyone knew that their empress's little nephew had arrived, namely the most beloved Princess Qixia.

During the daytime, Yikun Palace is usually quite quiet. It only becomes lively when these young masters come over, with more laughter and chatter. People no longer need to tiptoe around or speak in hushed tones.

Everyone knows that when the princess came before, their empress was in the best mood. At that time, as long as you didn't make any big mistakes, the empress wouldn't punish you.

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