Wanrong's marriage to Puyi was unhappy but she found promise in her studies. Her tutor, Isabel Ingram, observed that Wanrong had a remarkable ability to focus for hours on tasks like studying and playing the organ. She enjoyed photography, reading mystery novels, jazz, western cuisine, playing the piano, and writing in English. Wanrong was somewhat more westernised than Puyi, having grown up in the French Concession in Tianjin and is noted for teaching Puyi how to eat Western food with a knife and fork.