Abandoned Princesses
Small Barriers

Gu Tianran could only blame his bad luck.

On her first day working as an administrator of the Crescent Academy tasked with enlisting new students, she must face Song Linmei, the fussiest Princess of the Han Kingdom.

Who does not know Song Linmei? The second most famous princess after Qiao Lan. Compared to Qiao Lan, Song Linmei was more beautiful considering that the Empress of the Han Kingdom had previously been contested by many men. However he could only rank second after Qiao Lan due to his extremely poor personality.

"Hey! You can't hear me?! Quickly call your boss!" Song Linmei shouted back.

Gu Tianran could only feel sorry for him, as well as the two women who were behind Song Linmei.

One of the two women looked extremely graceful, compared to Song Linmei. Gu Tianran realized that the woman removed an earring from his ear.

Meanwhile, the other woman seemed to be going towards the back.

However with Song Linmei's rampage in front of him, he could only make a move.

"Your Majesty, in this academy system, a title or a member of the royal family will lose their identity upon entering the academy. Please accept that you are placed in the eighth grade." Gu Tianran once again sighed after explaining for the umpteenth time.

The Crescent Academy had very clear rules. Every student who applied to the academy would be evaluated based on his ability and divided into ten classes. Of course, Gu Tianran also did not know the assessment the academy was doing.

His task was to simply write an identity, and guide the new disciple to lay his hands on the measuring crystal.

One of the great objects discovered by the previous Moon King, which was finally used only after the Moon King currently overhauled the academy system.

Gu Tianran also never expected to meet a member of the royal family like Song Linmei. Who did not want to accept the fact that he was placed in the second class of the lowest class.

In fact, rejecting and breaking the rules of the academy was tantamount to challenging the power of the Moon King. But for a spoiled and grumpy Princess like Song Linmei, all of that was just an excuse.

"You! Don't know who I am?! How dare?!"

Song Linmei's right hand had already been raised to slap Gu Tianran right on the woman's cheek.

*****

Qiao Rong hurriedly removed the earrings Shen Haofeng gave him. Although he felt reluctant, but seeing the reaction of the guard earlier, there must be something about the earring.

Qiao Rong did not want any special treatment at all. He wants the rules of the academy to work properly.

"Your Majesty, I want to go to the toilet." Chu Yue who was beside Qiao Rong whispered softly. After Qiao Rong nodded, the girl hurriedly went to the back.

The atmosphere in the administration room was very quiet. It might be related to the students who were in the classroom, or because this place was indeed too big. Qiao Rong did not know for sure. To be sure, there was a girl in front of him who was talking to the administrator.

It had been more than ten minutes that he had listened to the girl who looked younger by a year from him babble. Qiao Rong only felt sorry for that poor-looking administrator.

It seemed that the girl did not accept the placement of the class determined by the crystal in front of her. Qiao Rong was slightly interested in the measuring crystal. Moreover, a magical item that could measure one's abilities did not exist at all a thousand years ago.

"You don't know who this girl is?" Li Junyan sneered softly. It seemed that even though they had chatted a few times on the way, but his little friend still seemed to hold a small grudge against him.

"What is he really?" Qiao Rong had a chance to think, but since Qiao Rong had never left the palace, he was unable to find any meaningful memories.

"Song Linmei's. Your cousin. Just look at that jade pendant on his waist. It was clearly written the word 'Song' there." Li Junyan pointed towards the jade liontik he was talking about. While Qiao Rong could only shake his head.

I never thought I could have a cousin like this.

Of course, other than the Kingdom of Wen, in the Yuan and Han Kingdoms there was absolutely no title of an Emperor when he ascended the throne. The Shu and Han kingdoms maintained clans that had been guarded by the royal family. Therefore, Qiao Rong no longer doubted that this girl in front of him was his cousin. Because the surname of her birth mother and the girl in front of her is the same, which proves that they are both from the Han Kingdom.

Why did her cousin turn out to be such a chatty girl?

Qiao Rong felt like he was facing another Qiao Lan. But he still chose silence.

Qiao Rong could not just stand idly by looking at that.

Until a few seconds later, there was no sound of a slap that should have reverberated. There was also no red slap on the administrator's cheek.

*****

Gu Tianran had already held his breath and closed his eyes for a few seconds, yet the slap he was waiting for did not land on his cheek at all.

When he opened his eyes, Gu Tianran discovered that Song Linmei's right hand was being held back by the other hand.

The graceful woman behind it.

Song Linmei herself seemed to be quite surprised by the treatment of that woman.

However, before Song Linmei could babble further to Qiao Rong, the bodyguards that had been at the door immediately dragged Song Linmei from there to hear the commotion.

Song Linmei, although he did not accept it at all, but the strength of the guards who were on average at the Late Moon Level made him not wince at all.

As foolish as the girl was, she knew that even her Father, the Emperor would be unable to do anything if he lost his life in the Crescent Academy.

Gu Tianran could finally sigh in relief. He also did not forget to thank the woman.

"Please." He allowed Qiao Rong to come forward.

But before that, the woman who had previously gone to the back finally came back.

The woman waved towards the graceful woman in front of Gu Tianran and ran slowly towards him. Unexpectedly, the graceful lady told the lady earlier to advance first.

Gu Tianran just nodded slowly.

*****

Chu Yue's heart was like it was about to jump out from her chest. With such a fierce gurgle, he placed his hand on top of the measuring crystal.

The Administrator named Gu Tianran when viewed from his identification, only looked towards Chu Yue calmly.

The measuring crystal glowed for a few seconds. Then, the number 10 that just appeared can be clearly seen on the surface of the crystal.

Chu Yue's face still looked disappointed even though she had expected to get the bottom class. Chu Yue also did not expect much, she herself had never cultivated before and had not learned any techniques except at the time when Qiao Rong gave her the Body Forging Potion.

"Your name?" Gu Tianran immediately wrote down the name and class that Chu Yue had obtained. While for other identities it was not at all necessary given the system of the Crescent Academy.

"Chu Yue," Chu Yue replied as she turned to face Qiao Rong.

"Your Majesty, forgive me servant." Chu Yue's disappointed face was clearly visible as she whispered towards Qiao Rong quietly.

Qiao Rong simply smiled gently and patted the girl on the shoulder to keep her excited.

Chu Yue finally returned Qiao Rong's smile with a slight reluctance. By being in the last grade, dashed was already Chu Yue's hope to always accompany her nonanya.

Now it was Qiao Rong's turn.

"Please." Again Gu Tianran spoke softly.

Qiao Rong nodded and placed his hand on the measuring crystal. Qiao Rong had to admit that he himself was also nervous. In a thousand years, it was only the first time he would try such an object other than the Yin Yang Book. Perhaps in the past, objects like measuring crystals had been contested everywhere.

And the measuring crystal shines.