Manbao has always had this hairstyle. When she was young, her hair was short and required no maintenance. After she turned six, her family started letting her grow her hair out, and it was always her sister-in-law who combed it for her.
Later, when she went to Yizhou to study, she began learning to style her hair herself. Because the hair ties she had weren't very practical, she eventually went to the system and bought a bunch of hair ties that closely matched the ones she had. The hair ties from Keke's era were particularly useful—just the right balance of tension and flexibility. Even if her hairstyling skills weren't as good as her sister-in-law's, she could still manage to make herself look neat and tidy.
She would tie a little bun and adorn it with one or two pretty pearl hairpins.
At her age, gifts like the fine hairpins from the Empress were of no use to her.
