After dressing as a substitute princess

According to the rules, the newly entered concubine was to offer tea to the concubine as a salute. Chen Nuo met the concubine Xu Fuwan in the flower hall of Baishouyuan because of his mobility problems. Li Ci also accompanied him to meet Miss Xu.

Chen Nuo's first impression of Xu Fuwan was that she was weak. The girl was gentle and pleasant, with fair skin and a well-proportioned and thin figure. She looked pitiful to me.

Chen Nuo has no resistance to this kind of girl, it's not love at first sight or something, but she just can't help but want to feel sorry for her.

Xu Fuwan offered tea to Li Ci first, then knelt on the futon in front of Chen Nuo, kowtowed respectfully three times, then took a cup of tea from Jin Chan and raised it up to Chen Nuo, softly said: "Princess, please have some tea."

"Well, you are Lele's older sister, so you can call me Second Brother in the house from now on." Chen Nuo took a sip of tea and put the teacup on the table casually.

Xu Fuwan smiled shyly, then stood up with the help of the girl.

Chen Nuo secretly observed Li Ci's reaction, but happened to meet his eyes. It turned out that Li Ci's attention was always on him, and he didn't pay much attention to Xu Fuwan.

Chen Nuo was quite satisfied in her heart, but on the surface she was very calm, and said with a smile, "My lord, which courtyard is suitable for Miss Xu to live in?"

Li Ci hooked the corner of his mouth, "Everything is up to the princess."

Chen Nuo thought for a while and said, "Then it's better to let Ms. Xu live in Jiaolan Courtyard, where the environment is quiet and many flowers and plants are planted, and Ms. Xu can help take care of it."

Xu Fuwan looked at Chen Nuo hesitantly, and Chen Nuo noticed that she was hesitant, so she asked, "Miss Xu, what do you want to say?"

Xu Fuwan supported her body and said: "Back to the princess, servants don't know how to tend flowers and plants."

"It's okay, there are girls in the mansion who are in charge of flowers and plants, you just need to watch them not be lazy."

Xu Fuwan's residence was arranged like this. After Xu Fuwan left, Chen Nuo took advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the flower hall, and hooked Li Ci's fingers.

Li Ci approached suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"Was Miss Xu also your side concubine in her previous life?" Chen Nuo asked curiously.

Li Ci frowned and looked at him, wondering why this man was so big-hearted, and even discussed other women with her husband, "No, I haven't seen her before."

Chen Nuo was even more puzzled immediately, "Then why did His Majesty choose her to be your side concubine?"

"I can roughly guess the reason for this, do you want to know?" Li Ci asked with a smile, with a cunning look waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Chen Nuo did not disappoint him, and asked very cooperatively: "Mmmm, tell me quickly, husband~"

"Ahem, I only know that the Xu family will be in great trouble in the future."

"What's the trouble?" Chen Nuo asked very seriously.

Li Ci hooked his fingers, "A Nuo, if you agree to take a bath with me tonight, I'll tell you, how about it?"

Chen Nuo's ears were slightly red, he didn't expect Li Ci to make such a bold request, "I, I'm not used to bathing with others."

"A Nuo, I'm not someone else, but I'm your husband." Li Ci pouted aggrievedly, he had shared the bed with Chen Nuo every night for the past few days, but he couldn't do what he wanted to do. Already suffocated and itchy.

Chen Nuo rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "That's all right, tell me quickly, what happened to the Xu family?"

"Well, I remember that year when there was a war between Dazhao and Xiqi on the border, Xu Jiayang Pinghou took command and his grandson Xu Fuchang followed as his deputy, but later the old Hou was ambushed by the enemy and killed himself shortly after being captured alive by Xiqi However, Xu Fuchang had an arm cut off on the battlefield, and after returning to Zhaoye, he died of depression within a few years."

Chen Nuo was silent for a while after listening, "I didn't expect such a thing to happen, what about Xu Fule?"

"I don't remember Xu Fule in my memory, Ah Nuo, there are many things that go against my memory, so I can just let it go, don't worry about it too much, okay?" Li Ci walked up to Chen Nuo, and held him tightly. He hugged her tightly.

Chen Nuo also hugged Li Ci back, he seemed to be getting more and more familiar with Li Ci's hug, "Well, I understand."

Many things have been changed, maybe the fate of others will also change?

But Chen Nuo is also worried, what if the only thing that changes is the process, but everyone's ending still cannot be changed?

At night, Li Ci extravagantly asked the maids to clean up the bath in the house that hadn't been used for a long time and fill it with hot water, as if there was a hot spring at home.

Chen Nuo watched those people busy before and after, and suddenly felt nervous unconsciously. He was not sure whether Li Ci simply took a bath with him or had other plans. What should Li Ci do if he wants to consummate the marriage with him later? ?He, he is not ready yet!

Chen Nuo rubbed his hands nervously, and he didn't dare to look at Li Ci at all, probably because he was too obvious, Li Ci saw that Chen Nuo, who was so restless, was really cute as hell.

"A Nuo, don't panic, I will be gentle."

"I'm not panicking, I'm just taking a shower, there's nothing to panic about..." Chen Nuo forced a smile, but his eyes never fell on Li Ci.

Li Ci just smiled and said nothing, and after the maids retreated, he picked up Chen Nuo, went to the imperial concubine's couch by the bathing pool, and gently placed Chen Nuo on the couch.

Chen Nuo felt that the air around him was both humid and hot. He tugged at his neckline and said uncomfortably, "My legs are not healed yet..."

"Don't worry, I will be very careful and will never hurt Ah Nuo." Li Ci laughed.

Chen Nuo saw him smiling "badly" at her, and immediately became angry from embarrassment, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm happy to see Ah Nuo, so I'm naturally going to smile."

"Do not laugh!"

"Okay, then I won't laugh."

Li Ci stopped laughing for a moment, but those beautiful peach blossom eyes seemed to be able to shoot fire, which made Chen Nuo almost surrender, wishing to shrink into a ball and tremble alone, this man's abusive nature is too strong, It is completely different from the little milk dog I met back then!

Li Ci and Chen Nuo were soaking in the smoky bath together, and they could hardly see each other clearly. Chen Nuo stared at Li Ci jealously. They were clearly of the same age, so why did he have fat when he had abdominal muscles? unfair!

Chen Nuo wished that his legs would get better immediately, and then he would work hard to make his body as strong as Li Ci's!

"Ah Nuo, I will send someone to keep an eye on Xu Fuwan, you don't have to worry about her affairs." Li Ci said suddenly.

"Why did you send someone to watch her?" Chen Nuo asked strangely.

Li Ci didn't know how to explain it to Chen Nuo, but finally said vaguely: "In short, I'm a little worried, it's safer to send someone to watch her."

"Oh, then you can figure it out, Li Ci, can you call my uncle to live in the mansion for a few days?"

"Uncle?"

"Well, my uncle knows medicine, and he also diagnosed and treated my legs." In fact, Chen Nuo wanted to invite Chen Yusheng to stay for a while, but he was worried about attracting other people's attention to Chen Yusheng.

Li Ci didn't have Wu Bencao in his previous life memory, but after he was reborn, he did some research and knew who Chen Nuo lived with before returning to Qu's house, so he naturally knew something about Chen Yusheng and the others.

In this life, many people around Chen Nuo were people he had never met in his previous life. Li Ci didn't know whether this change was good or bad, but he was still very grateful to those who had helped Chen Nuo.

Li Ci nodded with a smile, "Okay, you can make arrangements, don't you still have foster father and second uncle? You can also invite them to stay in the mansion for a while."

"Really? Will it cause you trouble?"

"No, everyone knows that I am an idle prince now, and I have nothing to pay attention to." Li Ci said this on purpose, but in fact, the prince alone "cared for him a lot".

Because Chen Yusheng and the others were coming to stay for a while, the vacation to the hot spring village had to be temporarily put on hold.

Two days later, the "Three Brothers of the Chen Family" came to Prince Yu's Mansion with their five adopted children, and the Crown Prince got the news not long after.

It was the first time for Fade Chen and his children to come to Prince Yu's Mansion, and they were full of curiosity about everything. Among the five children, Little Beike was the elder brother, and the others were boys.

Chen Nuo was quite surprised to see Chen Fei and Chen Shang who had grown much taller than before, "Oh, have you grown so tall after only seeing each other for two years?"

Chen Shang is a shy big boy, he just smiled slightly, while Chen Fei was much more cheerful, "Brother Nuomi, we miss you, why don't you go back to Chenjiacun?"

"Isn't this inconvenient? I heard that you helped father take care of the hot spring village. How's business going?" Chen Nuo pointed to her leg covered with a blanket, and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Several children squeezed together cautiously and shyly, and no one wanted to sit down first. Wu Bencao laughed and scolded: "What does it look like, please sit down!"

"Uncle, it's okay, I'm more casual here, Jin Chan, you go and get two benches, let these few sit together."

Seeing that Chen Nuo looked fine, Chen Yusheng immediately felt relieved, "Xiao Nuo, does your leg still hurt?"

"Fortunately, dad, the prince is very good to me, you don't have to worry." It's just that she has become more and more sticky recently, but everything else is fine, Chen Nuo thought silently.

"Why don't you see your husband?" Second Uncle Chen Luo asked.

"Second uncle, my lord has been called by a friend to attend a poetry meeting. Let's leave him alone and tell me about the situation at home. How is the business? Has the house been expanded?" Chen Nuo asked with concern.

Chen Yusheng pointed to the five children and said, "You can tell what's going on at home just by looking at how strong they are. Now they don't have to worry about food and clothing. The hot spring village also grows a lot of flowers and sells them for money as you said. How can there be any business?" not good."

"That's good. If you have any difficulties, you must tell me." Chen Nuo still felt a little guilty in his heart. He had completely abandoned the shopkeeper for the past two years. Lead everyone to a well-off life.

"Brother, Fade Chen's family is here!"

"Little Shitou, shut up!" Fade Chen yelled at Xiao Shitou, at the same time avoiding his eyes to face Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo was slightly stunned, "What family? Fade Chen, aren't you an orphan?"

Fade Chen lowered his head and kept silent. It was Xiaoshi and Xiaoshu who told Chen Nuo intermittently about Fade Chen's family. Only then did Chen Nuo realize that Fade Chen had been lying all along. He was not an orphan at all. become a beggar.