Throughout the entire process, Wan kept crying and accused An Ran of pushing her.

"She pushed me because she was jealous that I was better than her. Brother, the Su family wants to harm me."

Li Wan's eyes were red from crying. She looked at Rong Shizi standing next to her and kept complaining. As she spoke, she glared at An Ran.

Several teachers accompanied them, and soon a heartbroken voice came from outside the door, "Wan'er, my Wan'er!"

The woman who entered was in her thirties, dressed in gorgeous clothes with her hair in a slightly askew bun, clearly having rushed over in a hurry.

Beside her stood a man dressed in a dark blue robe, tall and handsome, whose eyebrows resembled Li Wan's.

Li Wan got up, hugged the woman, and cried bitterly, "Mother, someone wants to kill me."

The mother and daughter hugged and cried for a long time without stopping. Finally, the man asked them with a stern face what was wrong, and they sat down on the stool with the help of the maid and pressed their eyes with handkerchiefs.

However, his gaze remained fixed on An Ran and her brother.

Prince Rong recounted everything he knew without embellishment.

"I don't know what they were arguing about just now. You'll have to ask Miss Su about it."

After saying that, he turned and left, and no one knew what he went to do.

All eyes turned to An Ran. Li Wan's mother, the Third Madam, with red eyes, strode forward and raised her hand to slap An Ran across the face.

Li Wan's father was startled by what he saw, and everyone around him stared wide-eyed. Everyone thought that the Third Madam was just questioning her, but they didn't expect her to go over and start hitting him directly.

They wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

"How could you be so heartless, trying to harm my daughter in front of everyone?"

Just as the slap was about to land on An Ran's face, everyone held their breath, sweating for that fair and delicate face.

An Ran grabbed her wrist without hesitation, showing no fear whatsoever.

"You..." The Third Madam's face darkened when she saw her hand being grabbed. She hadn't expected the girl to pull this tactic.

After struggling twice without breaking free, she preemptively said, "What, you're not satisfied with hurting my daughter, are you planning to hurt her again?"

"Is this how your Su family teaches girls manners?"

"How I teach the young lady is none of your concern, Third Madam."

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw Liu Huan, dressed in plain clothes and wearing a white flower in her hair, appear before them.

Ignoring the stares of those around them, Liu Huan walked straight to the two of them and said, "An Ran, let go."

Just moments ago, Anran had maintained a strong demeanor, but upon seeing her mother, she instantly felt incredibly wronged. "Mom~ Why are you here..."

Liu Huan was heartbroken. She pulled her daughter over and straightened her clothes. After calming her down, she stood in the middle of the crowd, curtsied, and said, "I already know a bit about what happened earlier. Who is right and who is wrong is not something one person can decide. I know my daughter's character. Anran, tell me what exactly happened?"

“I didn’t push Li Wan into the water. She tried to push me, but I dodged it and she accidentally fell in.”

She witnessed Li Wan's little trick; she only slightly turned her body, but she lost her balance and fell. She only had herself to blame.

Li Wan denied it, "I didn't, Dad...it hurts so much~"

Seeing his daughter's condition, Third Master believed An Ran's words even more. In order to protect his daughter's reputation, he said, "Since there is nothing seriously wrong, let's take Xiao Wan back first and let the imperial physician examine her."

Hearing this, the third wife flew into a rage, "Master, what do you mean? You're just going to let your daughter get away with being bullied like this?"

Liu Huan also said, "Yes, we can't let this go. We need to talk things out properly, otherwise my daughter will be burdened with the crime of framing her classmate for the rest of her life."

The two mothers were of one mind: one wanted justice for her daughter, and the other wanted to clear her name. Third Master had no choice but to shut up and step aside; he decided not to get involved.

In Xie Nan's view, this action meant that he was still hung up on his old lover, and that his resentment of more than ten years had finally erupted, causing him to become irrational.

"If she wasn't the one who brought back a good-for-nothing bastard child after being divorced by her husband's family for several years, then who was?"

Everyone was shocked by these words. Third Master immediately stepped forward, grabbed her hand, and pulled her back, saying, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

The third wife was completely oblivious to everything else at this moment, and in the face of her husband's accusations, she blurted out whatever came to mind, "What? You're not happy about talking about your old lover?"

As soon as she said it, she regretted it. No matter how much she hated that woman, she shouldn't have embarrassed her husband in public.

But words spoken cannot be taken back, so he could only bite the bullet and change the subject, "My daughter must be given an explanation for this matter, otherwise, I will take it all the way to the Emperor to seek justice for her."

Third Master was still reeling from what had just been said. He slowly shook off Third Madam's hand, lowered his head, and left without saying a word.

The third wife tried to chase after them but was caught by Li Wan. "Mother, I'm scared..."

When the Third Madam turned around and looked at Liu Huan again, her eyes were already filled with hatred and tears.

Are you satisfied?

Liu Huan was so angry she almost laughed. She herself had said those words that drove her husband away, and now she was asking her if she was satisfied. So she wasn't the victim?

Perhaps fearing that Liu Huan would say something detrimental to her, she turned directly to the dean and said, "Dean, my daughter has never encountered anything like this in all these years at the Imperial Academy. This happened as soon as the Su family girl arrived. I don't know what a young lady who knows nothing is doing at the Imperial Academy."

Before understanding the whole story, the dean was fairly impartial. He said, "The Su siblings were personally selected by the Emperor for admission. If Madam has any objections, she can ask the Emperor."

After a brief pause, he said, "As for the details of this incident, I have already ordered people to investigate, and I believe the truth will come to light soon."

Li Wan was frightened when she heard this. She tried hard to recall who was around her just now. Her face turned pale and then red and then pale again, and her hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

Liu Huan saw through all these little tricks. She smiled and said, "The dean is right. Then let's wait here for the investigation results."

Liu Huan pulled the two children aside, took some pastries from the side and gave them to eat, saying, "Eat up, we'll probably miss dinner time soon."

An Ran sat down to eat with her mother only after seeing that she didn't seem to be scolding her at all. An Zhi stood by her side, though he never liked these kinds of things.

Before Liu Huan had imagined it would take as long, Prince Rong returned quickly with several servants.

Several people stood behind him, their bodies hunched over. Rong Shizi stepped forward and said, "Dean, Third Aunt, these people are servants in charge of the pleasure boat. They say they saw what happened."

Li Wan clenched the handkerchief in her hand, holding her breath, wondering what those people would say.