So much so that when the two returned to the study and were reading, Jingrou kept having this thought pop into her mind, causing the knowledge that was supposed to enter her brain to stagnate.
Jingrou thought that since she started dating Wenying, Wenying didn't really have any close male friends. The only ones she would often mention were her two older brothers.
And it's the same with Cen; only her brother gets mentioned frequently by them...
The main issue is that as girls, they are either confined to the home, or even when they go out to play, they are only close friends of similar age, and there are no boys at all.
Although the Manchu people are relatively lenient, boys and girls do not sit together from a very young age, so unless they are siblings or have other relatives, they rarely have contact in private.
She had many older brothers, but not all of them could be mentioned to her close friends often. She mostly heard about them from Yinreng, and when she casually told her friends later, she would probably mention him...
The Fifth Prince was the same... In fact, these princes started studying very early, and their daily studies were very heavy. Being able to pay their respects was already a matter of finding time, let alone having time to associate with any young girls.
According to Jingrou, her cousin may seem carefree and irresponsible on the surface, and he loves listening to gossip, but he never neglects his studies. He studies until very late at night when he gets back to his brother's residence!
There was no way around it; the Emperor simply adhered to this educational approach. If any princes fell behind, it would inevitably attract his attention, and the Emperor was extremely strict with their studies.
Only Yinreng and Yinzhi had relatively free time. They had more free time because they were a bit older and the Emperor had to assign them tasks.
However, their free time was due to their duty to handle matters for Emperor Kangxi; in reality, they put in a lot of effort behind the scenes!
Needless to say, since they had to work behind the scenes to accomplish what Emperor Kangxi had entrusted to them, they had no choice but to do so.
I had heard from the eunuchs around Yinreng that their master would not rest until very late every day, usually dealing with the lessons he had missed during the day or things he had forgotten due to unexpected events.
It's really not easy for my brother.
Jingrou and the others were the same. In the past, princesses did not study alone in the study. Usually, their mothers would find nannies to teach them. However, since the study was set up for the princesses, apart from the initial incident, Emperor Kangxi also paid great attention to the study. Although he was certainly not as strict as he was with the princes, his daily schedule was still full of lessons.
Jingrou is a bit better; she's more laid-back and doesn't insist on being number one or number two in everything. Aside from putting in a lot of effort on things she's truly interested in, she's content with just getting by in other areas.
Even so, he was never idle throughout the day.
The wives of princes are usually bestowed upon them during the imperial concubine selection process. Of course, before the marriage is arranged, the princes' mothers will definitely investigate the girls and invite them into the palace to see them. If they are considerate, they may even let their sons meet the girls.
If the mothers were of low social standing and had little say, or were rather domineering, the princes and their wives might not even meet before the wedding, making it almost a blind marriage.
It wasn't just the princes; she had heard her maternal grandmother mention it before. Basically, all the scions of prominent families in the capital were like this.
Which marriage isn't a political arrangement? Very few people have complete control over their own marriages!
Perhaps when the son or daughter in the family is of a certain age, they will start looking for a suitable family to marry at various banquets. There will definitely be many considerations involved. First of all, it is impossible for political rivals to be together.
There are also those powerful and influential families, whose ancestors had some kind of grudge or hatred, making things very complicated.
For those who grew up together as childhood sweethearts and then married into the family, that's already an extremely fortunate thing, since they know each other well and have a foundation of affection.
So sometimes it's not surprising that cousins get married in the capital.
The real reason is that, apart from cousins, they probably don't see other girls on a regular basis.
And thus, there will be no opportunity to build a romantic relationship with other girls.
Girls are the same way. From a girl's perspective, since it's all arranged marriage anyway, she might as well choose someone she's relatively familiar with. Plus, if there's a connection like an uncle or aunt, her life in her husband's family will be much easier!
When faced with the choice between a complete stranger and one's considerate cousin, the answer is, of course, without hesitation.
All the knowledge I had encountered in this area before suddenly flooded into my mind.
Sometimes it was Consort Yi who mentioned it when she was gossiping with the people around her, and sometimes it was her maternal grandmother who brought it up. She had never paid attention to marriage and other such matters in the capital before.
But when these kinds of things suddenly seem to be related to her, she remembers them.
Pshaw, how did this get involved with me?
She and Yinreng had a very pure friendship, but considering Wenying's worries, she couldn't help but start to worry: could there be others who thought the same way?
In order not to delay Yinreng's search for a wife in the future, shouldn't he stay a little further away from Yinreng?
Don't act so intimately... don't let others misunderstand. Although he felt this was somewhat unfounded, since others were misunderstanding, they must have done something inappropriate.
Or it might seem unbelievable to others.
She was alright, after all, she was several years younger than Yinreng, so there was no rush for this matter.
But wasn't it said before that Consort Hui was already looking for a suitable match for the First Prince? If the First Prince has already started considering this matter, then is Yinreng not far off?
If it delays Yinreng's search for his wife, then it would be my fault!
However, Jingrou still felt a little sad about having to keep her distance from him.
After all, Yinreng is a very gentlemanly person who usually considers others when doing things. It's very easy to get along with him and he's comfortable to be around!
Ah, not to mention he's a great bodhisattva, providing me with so many merit points every day! Especially after he returned from Weihai, his merit points doubled, which shows he really did something worthwhile in Weihai.
Besides, Yinreng did nothing wrong... If I did that, wouldn't he misunderstand?
This is also a very distressing thing. It's just that she hadn't considered this before, and only realized it now after being reminded by someone.
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