As Anzhi was leaving, he glanced at the people around him and walked away. They quickly buried their heads, afraid of being discovered.

"Wait for me at the gate after school, and behave yourself."

Anran, the little chick, nodded and said, "I know, I know, you go quickly."

After seeing her brother off, Anran hummed a little tune as she went inside. A very cute little girl walked over and said, "Hello, Anran."

An Ran glanced at her and said, "Hello."

The girl introduced herself, "My name is Yan Miao, and my father is the head of the Imperial Medical Academy."

An Ran vaguely remembered that one of the people who went to Nanchang County back then was surnamed Yan, but she was too young at the time to remember what he looked like.

"Oh," Anran thought, "and then?"

"I think you're easy to get along with. Can we be friends?" Yan Miao looked at her with bright eyes, making it hard for An Ran to refuse.

Under her expectant gaze, An Ran hesitated before nodding, "Okay!"

Yan Miao happily sat down next to her, took her hand, and said, "That's great, now we're best friends."

Since she was so enthusiastic, Anran didn't hold back and asked her, "By the way, who is this Miss Wan who is so arrogant?"

Yan Miao rolled her eyes in a very unladylike manner. "That's Li Wan, the eldest daughter of the Third Master of the Rong Prince's Mansion. She always acts high and mighty, and has a bunch of lackeys following her around to flatter her."

"The Rong Prince's Mansion?"

Yan Miao suddenly realized and said, "Oh, I forgot you just came back. That Rongwang Mansion is the former Rongqinwang Mansion. After Rongqinwang passed away, his son inherited the title, and the emperor then conferred the title of Rongwang."

An Ran didn't understand the relationships involved, but she was certain that the young girl was of high status.

Seeing her expression, Yan Miao thought she was scared, so she comforted her, "But don't worry, Lord Su is the Emperor's favorite favorite minister, no one dares to touch you."

An Ran smiled but didn't say anything. Soon, Li Wan walked over arrogantly and said, "Oh, Yan Miao, I didn't realize you'd become so eager to curry favor so quickly."

Yan Miao chuckled, "Yeah, that's how quickly I managed to curry favor with her. What's wrong with that?"

Li Wan tilted her head back and said disdainfully, "Me, the granddaughter of Prince Rong, would I take the initiative to fawn over others? Does she even deserve it?"

"That's right. Miss Wan is of such noble status. It would be a joke to fawn over her."

Yan Miao smiled indifferently, "Oh, judging from your expression, I thought you guys also wanted to be friends with An Ran. It seems I was overthinking it."

"you……"

Yan Miao pulled An Ran around and said, "An Ran, let's ignore them. Do you know anything about the archery competition this afternoon? Let me tell you, I missed the target nine out of ten times. I'll probably be last again..."

The two turned their backs to the others, ignoring them. Yan Miao complained to An Ran about how strict the teachers were, and then whispered in An Ran's ear, "You don't know yet, do you? Li Wan is very good at riding and archery. She always comes in first place and is a famous talented woman in the academy."

An Ran didn't care about any of that. She didn't want to stand out among these people. Her brother had said that if she stood out too much, she might be married off to a prince.

“I’ve been living away from home since I was little, and there are many things I don’t know. Now that I’m here, you won’t be the last one.”

Yan Miao's eyes lit up when she heard this. "It's okay, the two of us can go together. I'll have company now."

Yan Miao's father was a royal physician, and she often learned medicine from her family. She only came to the Imperial Academy because the emperor required her to do so; otherwise, she would not have come. She loved medicine and didn't like anything else.

It was hot at noon, and the Imperial Academy had a special place for resting. By sheer coincidence, Yan Miao and An Ran were in the same room.

"Anran, let's go to sleep quickly, we still have to go to the training ground later."

The Imperial Academy taught a wide range of subjects, and even the girls' school had horseback riding and archery classes, though not as intensive as the boys' school.

After everyone changed into their riding gear, Anran didn't. "Hey, Anran, you probably didn't know we had riding and archery class today, so you didn't wear your riding gear. How are you going to go on stage later?"

An Ran said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I don't know how anyway."

Yan Miao nodded, "Okay, but remember to prepare, there will be an exam for this."

The training ground was very large, divided into a horse riding field, an archery field, and a football field.

“Miss Wan, look, some people don’t even have riding gear.”

"Don't even mention clothes, I'm afraid she doesn't even have a horse. And she's supposed to be a young lady from the Su family? I think she's just an unwanted country girl."

"Everyone, today's lesson is starting. We'll review what we learned last time. Who wants to go first?"

While everyone hesitated, Li Wan confidently stepped forward and said, "I'll do it."

A servant led over a chestnut horse, and she nimbly mounted it. With a flick of her whip, the horse reared up and galloped quickly toward the obstacles.

The horse easily avoided the obstacles, and the red figure looked exceptionally handsome and dashing on the horse farm. No wonder she is a talented woman.

"Miss Wan is amazing, I had almost forgotten everything."

"Yes, I'm so envious."

The male students at the shooting range nearby all looked over, exclaiming, "Wow, who's that? They're so good at horseback riding!"

A man standing nearby, his neck hunched and eyes full of admiration, said, "She is Miss Li Wan, whom Jia studied under. She has always been very good at horseback riding."

"Hey Anzhi, how's your horseback riding?"

Anzhi casually toyed with the arrow and replied indifferently, "So-so."

The person who asked the question comforted him, "It's alright, we're just average. If we're talking about the most outstanding one, it has to be the Crown Prince Rong. He's skilled in both literature and martial arts, and many women long to marry him."

"Yes, he's a teaching assistant now, probably even the head teacher can't compare to him."

"If I were even half as good as him, my dad wouldn't be scolding me for being useless all the time."