Li Wan mocked from the side, "What else is there to say? Su Anran is a complete idiot, she can't do anything to embarrass herself."
Li Wan was clearly unaware of the relationship between the princess and the Su family, and she also failed to notice the princess's increasingly displeased expression as she complained.
Xie Nan coughed lightly to stop her daughter from continuing, and said, "Miss Su is beautiful and intelligent, not as bad as you say."
The princess, not wanting to listen to their back-and-forth banter, changed the subject and asked Li Yu what he was doing.
When talking about her husband, Xie Nan's eyes softened a little. "Your third brother is helping to manage the family business, and he hasn't been home lately."
The princess listened thoughtfully and said, "No wonder."
Xie Nan understood the implied meaning in the words and managed to suppress a smile.
In the courtyard of the Prince Rong's heir, Li Jingchen raised an eyebrow after hearing the news. "Did Third Aunt really spread these rumors?"
"The servants eventually found out that it was an old woman in the third kitchen who spread the rumor."
Why?
The guard stammered, but eventually told the story of what happened between the Su family and the Rong Prince's Mansion back then.
Li Jingchen became even more interested. "You mean, my womanizing third uncle did that because he couldn't have the one he loved?"
The guard lowered his head and denied it, saying, "This subordinate knows nothing."
After saying that, he whispered mysteriously, "I heard that Miss Su looks a lot like her mother..."
"Could it be that Third Aunt is afraid that Third Uncle will fall for that young girl?" Li Jingchen said sarcastically.
The guard was completely speechless; he couldn't understand his master's thought process.
After that day, no one talked about An Ran anymore, as if those rumors had never existed.
In early autumn, the Imperial Academy organizes a boat trip for its students, where boys and girls compete in various talents, providing one of the few opportunities for interaction between them.
It was a pure exchange of talents, without any family interests involved.
When Anzhi left peacefully, everyone except the Master had already arrived.
The two had just joined and were not planning to go because their families were in mourning.
The Master said that in order for the two siblings to integrate into the Imperial Academy more quickly, they did not need to wear brightly colored clothes.
"Anran, over here!"
As soon as An Ran got off the carriage, she saw Yan Miao waving frantically at her in the crowd, making such a commotion that she was afraid others wouldn't see her.
Anzhi handed her her things, saying, "Go ahead, I'll call you when we get back."
It was clear he didn't intend to go.
"oh,"
An Ran nodded obediently and ran over to meet Yan Miao. "An Ran, why isn't your brother coming over?"
“He doesn’t like crowded places,” An Ran said hastily, changing the subject because she didn’t want others to discuss her brother.
Yan Miao swooned as she watched An Zhi's departing figure, "I really envy you, having such a handsome brother."
An Ran casually remarked, "Not bad, not as good-looking as me, and with a bad temper too. Let's go."
As they walked towards the pleasure boat, they saw a petite maid tumbling down the steps of the boat.
"ah!"
All the girls were startled, and one of them covered her mouth and said, "Ah, someone's dead."
Li Wan's face was a little pale. "I didn't push her. She just fell down because she wasn't paying attention."
Yan Miao pushed through the crowd, squatted down in front of the maid, calmly took her pulse, and then took out the silver needles he always carried and inserted two needles.
The maid coughed and slowly woke up. Others came and carried her away, and only then did the surrounding students come to their senses.
Li Wan's face was very unpleasant. She walked up to Yan Miao with a livid expression and said, "I didn't realize that Miss Yan had some skills."
Yan Miao glanced at her sideways, "I can't compare to you, who is beautiful inside and out."
These words were clearly a sarcastic remark directed at her for disregarding human life and harming her maidservants.
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