"Does your grandmother want you to go to the other residence?" Jingrou asked Wenying, who frowned.
She met Wenying today, but before she could ask her about attending the banquet, she heard Wenying say this.
Jingrou herself wanted to go to the villa, and it would be most natural for Wenying to go with her. But now it was her grandmother who wanted her to go to the villa.
Wen Ying nodded. She probably knew in her heart that Jing Rou definitely wanted to go to the other courtyard. She didn't have much of an opinion on it and would definitely go with her.
After Wenying returned home, she mentioned the matter to her mother, as she needed to explain it to her mother first. However, she did not reveal her inclination.
But her grandmother somehow found out about this and insisted that she go to the other courtyard...
She clearly hadn't said she wouldn't go to the other courtyard, but her grandmother was just so impatient.
Wanting to go on your own and being forced to go are two completely different things, not to mention that Wenying knew what her grandmother was thinking.
She must be thinking that if she went to the other courtyard, she could spend more time with those princes and maybe get along well with them. Just thinking about her grandmother's thoughts made Wenying extremely unhappy.
As she grew older, she gradually became a young woman, and in a few years she would be of marriageable age.
At that time, Grandma would definitely bring up the old story again, and my previous attempts to pretend to be stupid would definitely be ineffective.
So my ability to play dumb will only work for a while; I probably won't be able to fool my grandmother anymore after that.
Jingrou frowned. She probably knew about Wenying's family situation and that she had a domineering and domineering grandmother. Although she was pampered by her mother and father, the filial piety of her son was like a mountain pressing down on her.
Jingrou had once heard Wenying mention that her grandmother wanted to marry her off to a prince, which established in Jingrou's mind the image of a grandmother who sold her granddaughter for personal gain and was blinded by greed.
When we went to the temple together before, she seemed like a very normal and kind old lady.
But after such a long time, she had long forgotten about it, and now, seeing Wenying's reaction, she suddenly understood.
Meeting Jingrou's eyes, Wenying nodded helplessly.
Wenying was irritable.
My mother once mentioned that if she had a cousin of similar age who she had grown up with as a child, he would be a good match for her. But the problem is that she doesn't have one.
Her cousins were all much older than her. In the past, when she went to visit other people's homes with her mother, her cousins didn't want to play with her because they thought her legs were too short to keep up.
What the mother was thinking was that if the marriage was arranged early, then no matter what the parents said later, it would be useless.
After all, wealthy families like theirs care about their reputation and would certainly value contracts.
This was, of course, a necessary measure. After all, given the state of his grandmother, it was much better for her to marry on her own than for her to arrange or force her to do so.
Wenying never considered that she was only 11 years old, and it was too early for her to be thinking about such things!
When she worked with her father in the local area, the people she was closest to were all girls.
Although she came from a prominent family in the capital, her family was certainly not among the best in the region.
Moreover, at that time her father was a local official, and everyone fawned over and protected her. In such an environment, it was actually very difficult to make true friends.
So now that she's in the capital, she only keeps in touch with two friends. As for the others, she's gradually distanced herself from them because she realized they had ulterior motives.
My own mother was the same. She had served in local positions with my father for decades, and her connections in the capital had become estranged.
Now that I've returned, I won't be able to find a suitable wife to be introduced to in a short time. So I'm completely clueless in this area.
Needless to say, in the capital, she had to enter the palace when she was very young, spending all her time with the princesses, and had no time to develop feelings for the noble ladies outside the palace.
As for his brother's friends, they were all the same age as him, none of them were a match for him. His cousin was the same.
Moreover... the Fifth Prince liked to gossip, and sometimes Jingrou would relay the gossip he mentioned to her. Later, Jingrou concluded that children born to cousins might have some defects.
However, they dared not say such things to outsiders, because the current emperor and Empress Tongjia were cousins!
At the time, it sounded like a joke, but later, whenever her mother brought up the matter between her and her cousin, Wenying always felt a little uncomfortable.
Whether it's true or not, let's just assume it is. Anyway, she's not much older than her cousins. If her cousins were to marry her, they would have to wait a few more years!
But they're already of marriageable age, isn't this just delaying their lives?
Besides, while his aunts might outwardly agree, they might not be truly happy about missing out on having grandchildren for several years…
My uncle is definitely on my side, but it's hard to say about my aunts.
After all, it's impossible to compare it to the atmosphere at Jingrou's home; they must each have their own little thoughts.
Wenying didn't blame them, but she also didn't consider her cousin as a potential partner for either of them.
Mother... to be honest, she is a bit naive, so Wenying only weighed the pros and cons in her heart, but never told her mother.
“Your grandmother…” Jingrou said helplessly. She didn’t know what to say. Let’s not even mention that she knew her elder brother liked Wenying. What if she hadn’t developed such feelings during her years in the palace?
Does her grandmother really insist that she marry into a wealthy family and marry some prince? Is she forcing her?
“She just wants me to get close to the Emperor…” Wen Ying said angrily.
What she didn't tell Jingrou was that her grandmother actually favored Jingrou's cousin, the Fifth Prince.
Because the Fifth Prince had a special relationship with Jingrou, and she had a very good relationship with Jingrou.
In her grandmother's eyes, the Fifth Prince was the one she could get closest to.
Being near the water tower gives you an advantage, and that's probably why my grandmother favored the Fifth Prince the most.
But the emperor isn't someone she can control; it's not something she can just decide to do as she pleases!
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