The study became lively after a few girls came in. The girls sat together and quickly became familiar with each other. Some of the girls who were shy started talking to each other.
Actually, there are several study rooms, each corresponding to a prince of different ages. Only two are currently open: one for the older prince and one for the younger prince.
The slightly younger princes were probably around the same age as Jingrou.
Perhaps when they learn more and more advanced knowledge, they will definitely have a dedicated teacher to instruct them; for now, there are only two study rooms.
Now a few more young girls have joined.
Besides Jingrou, there were other young girls who had also come to serve as tutors to the princesses—the emperor had already decided on the tutors to be prepared for the young girls in a short period of time.
To Jingrou's great surprise, she met Wenying inside, which made her extremely happy. She had been thinking that she didn't know anyone there and would have to get to know people from scratch!
She later learned that Wenying had a complicated family relationship with the Fourth Princess, which was why she was able to enter the palace this time.
However, Wenying had always been the quiet and unassuming type, so why did she suddenly enter the palace this time? After all, serving as a princess's tutor was a way to gain prestige within the palace, though to put it bluntly, it was also a calculated move. These girls would have better chances of marriage later on.
If they get along very well, it would be a great honor for the princess or a lady in the palace to add a dowry to her.
She had no choice but to repay the Emperor's favor, and besides, the imperial physician Shen was helping her recover.
What kind of troubles does Wenying have?
After Jingrou raised this question, Wenying tugged at her hand, indicating that they could talk about it another time.
However, I haven't seen Wenying for the past month, and when I saw her this time, she didn't seem as happy as before. But when she saw Jingrou, her eyes were still sparkling.
Minghui was the fifth princess of the Kangxi Emperor, raised by the Empress Dowager, while the fourth princess, Minghe, was the daughter of Consort An, of the Borjigit clan, meaning both had Mongolian connections. Therefore, the two got along quite well. Since their tutors were also good friends, the four girls naturally gathered together.
This sudden opening of the study also allowed the princesses to meet people from outside. They had new friends, so they were all chattering excitedly, with the youngest being the seventh princess.
As for those younger than that, they're not even old enough to go to school yet! The younger ones are still babbling, and Jingrou even heard that some of them are still like babies in swaddling clothes!
Because of her special status and her name in history, she paid special attention to the Eighth Prince and learned that the current Eighth Prince had not yet been born! Although she didn't know what went wrong, she figured she wouldn't have to worry about contacting the Eighth Prince for the next few years.
Actually, although it was called studying, only two teachers came all morning. They taught them some things like the Thousand Character Classic and the Three Character Classic, and the rest was about embroidery and palace rules.
The girls were swaying their heads as they read, which seemed quite serious. However, whether they were truly interested in learning something new or genuinely wanted to learn remained to be seen in the future.
Jingrou felt a bit bored. She knew all her fellow disciples, and the only thing that could interest her was learning a little Manchu.
As for other subjects, I was able to listen attentively while doing embroidery.
It was all because she had managed to hide the pill for her second uncle in a purse she had made herself (in fact, she had only sewed it a few times, and it was mostly made by her maid), and then sent it to her second uncle. Her younger cousins even teased her, saying that it was too ugly. So she decided to work hard and practice her embroidery skills properly!
Let them see then that they are no longer the ignorant fools they once were!
She only needs to pay a little attention to those palace rules and make sure she doesn't cause trouble in the palace. She's not going to live in the palace in the future, so why bother to learn them so well?
Moreover, the person who came to teach them the palace rules was an elderly nanny. Her face was somewhat serious, with deep wrinkles on it. Although she knew that she was not doing this intentionally to the princesses, Jingrou still felt a little scared when she saw her.
A study was opened next door, and the princes naturally found out that the young girls had come together.
When the princes were three or four years old, they went to live in the princes' quarters on their own. Apart from their own sisters, they rarely interacted with the princesses in the palace.
Moreover, they are already required to learn to read and write at a very young age, and their daily schedules are very full. Even when they have free time, children of this age always want to go outside to play, and they don't think about making a point of getting to know other older or younger sisters.
However, this matter became quite a topic of conversation during their boring school days.
So after the class ended, several young princes rushed out to watch.
It is because they are still young that they can stay together. When they get older, the young girls and the princes will naturally be separated.
Yinreng was also unhappy about this matter.
Because the princes below are still young, only the eldest prince, he, and the third prince are in the study.
Although his elder brother liked to pick fights for no reason, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the scholar.
As for the third son, he is a rather quiet person. He is surprisingly passionate about poetry and books, a bit bookish, and doesn't like to cause trouble for no reason.
So he was very satisfied with the place he was in, and he was spared the headaches caused by those young brats. But now that a few girls had come, especially after he found out that his good friend Jingrou was also there, he became a little unhappy.
It's just that the front study and the back study are separated by a long wall, and few people go through that side. There are also people patrolling inside. Although no one has explicitly forbidden them from going there, if they go in and out frequently, it would be too dazzling and easily be found out by the Khan, which would have a bad influence.
He had originally thought that since Jingrou had come to the study and could stay in the palace, he could take care of her from time to time. But now that she was seriously studying, there was no way to do so.
But after school, he also has a lot to do, so there won't be much time to spend together, not to mention he has to spend a lot of time at the training ground!
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