This was decided by the Empress Dowager herself, so Cheng Huan had no choice but to comply.

My mother said that the sports meet was to improve everyone's physical fitness, teamwork, leadership skills, and relationships among classmates, so it was a must-hold event. Many people didn't really want to participate, but it was a mandatory activity that all students in the college had to attend.

So everyone participated reluctantly, and some participated willingly, but not many. Therefore, Cheng Huan had no choice but to take the lead and participate.

Let everyone see that even the Imperial Noble Consort's own daughter participated, so naturally no one else can say they won't participate.

This sports meet included five events: multi-person rope skipping, multi-person beanbag throwing, tug-of-war, badminton, cycling, and sprinting. She participated in all of them by herself.

Cheng Huan was the one throwing the beanbags. She and another girl from her class were throwing beanbags, with students from another class in the middle. Her job was to throw the beanbags down with the other girl.

A whole row of people were arranged next to him, all of whom were working on this project.

There was someone announcing the program upstairs; the announcer was Sha Miaomiao, the granddaughter of Sha Cheng, the Minister of Rites.

"Hello everyone, the first Women's College Sports Meet is now officially open. The first event is the beanbag throwing competition. I hope you will all strive to bring glory to your class. I hereby declare the competition officially open."

As soon as Sha Miaomiao finished speaking, Cheng Huan picked up the sandbag and threw it directly. Unexpectedly, it quickly hit and knocked down a person. The person in the middle was startled and quickly focused on the sandbag, afraid that it would hit him.

The prizes for this competition are excellent. Winning the competition and receiving a certificate is the most prestigious thing, and there are also silver rewards and class rewards, so everyone is working very hard.

Collaborating with classmates, regardless of prior familiarity or relationship.

Cheng Huan participated in the game with complete concentration. As soon as the game finally ended, the next game, jump rope, immediately began.

Two people were tumbling on either side. This game was the opposite of the previous one. Cheng Huan's class, Class 1, and Class 2 were competitors. This time, classmates were competing together. Two students swung the rope, and the students in the middle jumped in one after another. As long as everyone jumped in without the rope breaking, they won. If the rope broke, they had to start over. The competition was to see which class finished in the shortest time, and that class would win.

Cheng Huan was the one who jumped rope this time. The person chosen to swing the rope was the tallest and strongest in the class, because swinging the rope takes a long time, and if you don't have enough strength, it's easy to not be able to swing it.

After this competition, it's time to play badminton. This shuttlecock was something Mingxiu worked very hard to make. It took a lot of effort to find suitable shuttlecocks and shuttlecocks before it was finally made.

It was originally created purely to give the concubines in the palace some exercise and allow them to release their energy, so that they wouldn't have the energy to do anything else.

Because Mingxiu made the badminton shuttlecock very beautifully, and the way the shuttlecock was played was also very attractive, with people picking up the shuttlecocks from the side, the concubines in the palace also loved it. Most importantly, everyone felt very comfortable after playing badminton, so the game has been passed down in the palace ever since.

Later, when the academy held a sports meet, Mingxiu added this event to the program. Everyone enjoyed it and it was also a great way to exercise, so it became the most popular event among the girls in the academy.

After learning their skills at the academy, everyone would buy some to take home and give to their younger siblings and parents. Because they practiced so often, everyone's skills were quite good.

This was the only competition Cheng Huan didn't participate in; there were just too many people competing, so she decided not to join in the fun.

Cheng Huan stood outside the competition venue, watching the people competing inside and the people cheering them on outside, and realized that her mother was right after all.

Snap, stop, stop, stop

Snap, stop, stop, stop

*Snap* Cheng Huan stood outside listening to the sounds coming from inside, feeling as if she could tell which side had scored just by listening to the sounds.

The next activity is cycling. Everyone just needs to ride their bicycles around the playground five times, and whoever reaches the finish line the fastest wins.

Cheng Huan, dressed in her sportswear and with her hair in a high ponytail, stood outside watching. Surrounding her were her classmates, cheering for their classmates.

"Chenghuan, you must do your best to win back what our class lost last time," Manzhu said from the side.

"Yeah, yeah, Chenghuan, this time it's all up to you. Keep it up! I still want the title of outstanding class collective." Shen Qianqian said from the side.

Mingxiu smiled and nodded at the two of them. Although the three of them were in the same class, Chenghuan had never had much contact with them before. She didn't expect them to cheer her on.

Cheng Huan suddenly turned her head and looked at the little girl not far behind her. Her face was a little dark, but she looked like a very healthy girl: "Zhenzhen, you have to work hard too, you know? My legs aren't as long as yours, so I might not be able to ride as fast as others. Let's both work hard and try to win back what we lost last time."

The girl named Zhenzhen was momentarily stunned by Chenghuan's encouragement. "Yeah, yeah, Zhenzhen, keep it up! You two need to work hard and show Class Two that Class One isn't to be trifled with."

As soon as Cheng Huan finished speaking, the classmates who had overheard her quickly chimed in, their faces flushed, all of them furious at Class Two.

Cheng Huan watched with a smile, while Zhen Zhen nodded seriously at everyone. As expected, Zhen Zhen won first place. After the competition, Cheng Huan stood behind and looked at her short legs, then at Zhen Zhen's long legs, who was surrounded and cheering by everyone, and was extremely envious.

As Zhenzhen looked at the cheers and enthusiasm of the people around her, her eyes reddened slightly. She was an orphan who had finally grown up and was sent here to study by a kind person. She was very self-conscious, but she didn't expect that everyone didn't care at all.