After dressing as a substitute princess

"Uh, am I acting very anxious?" Chen Nuo blinked his big round eyes. He has lost weight recently, making his eyes bigger and more beautiful, but the baby fat on his cheeks has not completely disappeared.

Li Ci gently held Chen Nuo's hand, tilted his head slightly, and smiled, "I just think you're too eager to earn money, so you're so short of money to spend?"

Chen Nuo squinted his eyes. He felt that something was wrong just now. Li Ci said what he said, so why did he always move his hands?

Chen Nuo thought about it carefully, and suddenly remembered that he had promised to help Li Ci pursue Qu Moting, and immediately said with apologetic expression: "Third brother, I'm sorry, I asked Xiaoting, he still likes the crown prince obsessively, I may not be able to help third brother chase Xiaoting."

Li Ci seemed to be stunned for a moment, but quickly regained his composure, and took a deep look at Chen Nuo, "Then what should we do?"

"What do you mean?"

"You don't want to learn martial arts anymore?" Li Ci raised his eyebrows lightly, as if to show that it was you who agreed.

"Of course I have to learn! Or, can I change to another one? Third brother, for the sake of helping you earn so much money, why don't you change it?"

Chen Nuo's hand was still held by Li Ci, he moved, but Li Ci didn't intend to let go at all! ?

Li Ci thought for a while, and said lightly: "I will never forget Ting'er's care and care for me when I was young. If there is someone who treats me better than Ting'er, maybe I can let Ting'er go."

It was the first time Chen Nuo heard Li Ci talk about her thoughts, and she immediately became interested, and asked curiously, "Third brother, how long have you known Xiao Ting, and when did you fall in love with Xiao Ting?"

Li Ci was a little surprised that Chen Nuo would ask him this so bluntly. He didn't deliberately hide his love for Qu Moting, but he never showed it to anyone. He obviously liked that gentle and kind boy, but he could only keep silent. Watching the boy's expression of admiration towards others.

Li Ci slowly let go of Chen Nuo's hand, his eyes looked a bit confused, as if caught in the memories of the past, "I was eight years old that year, and Ting'er was seven..."

The third prince, Li Ci, is like a little transparent in the palace. His biological mother died young, his father ignored him, and even the maids and eunuchs would bully him in private. At that time, Li Ci only felt that he was redundant, and no one cared whether he was dead or alive. , perhaps those people were happier when he died.

That day, Li Ci was bullied by two eunuchs. With messy hair and disheveled clothes, he looked no different from a beggar on the street.

Li Ci hid in a remote cave in the garden as usual. He stuffed his small fist into his mouth, holding back and not daring to cry, for fear of being discovered and beaten again.

At this time, a child broke in suddenly, the child's eyes were reddish, and he hid here because he didn't know what happened to him.

"Who are you? Can I hide here?" The child held his mouth shut, his eyes were red as if he would cry at any moment.

Li Ci looked at him in astonishment, and suddenly took his fist out of his mouth in embarrassment, and continued to squat on the ground blankly.

The two children hid in the cave together in a daze, and later Prince Li Qing brought the eunuchs to find him. Li Qing had always turned a blind eye to Li Ci, but this time, Qu Moting held Li Qing's hand, and said with red eyes: "Prince Brother, who is this little brother? He seems to be hungry?"

Li Qing gently wiped Qu Moting's dirty little face with a handkerchief, and at the same time shouted to Li Ci: "Third brother, go back with second brother."

It was just an extremely ordinary day, but it started a long and long entanglement between Li Ci, Li Qing and Qu Moting.

Chen Nuo silently listened to Li Ci's story, and couldn't help asking with a strange expression: "So you fell in love with Xiao Ting at first sight?"

Li Ci shook his head, "Not really, I didn't know that I was in love until I turned 15."

"Oh, what's the reason? What made you realize that you like Xiao Ting?" Chen Nuo was full of curiosity, he didn't understand why a man fell in love with another man.

Li Ci was silent, and after a while he said leisurely: "When I saw Ting'er kissing the prince with my own eyes..."

Chen Nuo's eyes widened, "What, how old was Xiao Ting at that time? 14 years old? Fuck, the crown prince is really a scumbag!"

Seeing Chen Nuo's teeth itching with anger, Li Ci somehow couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "You really care about things differently from others. Although Dazhao stipulates that you can only get married when you are older, there are also young engagements. Those who get married early."

"No, according to what you mean, the crown prince and Xiaoting have liked each other for a long time, so why did the crown prince marry someone else?"

"The crown prince is the crown prince, and the crown prince is not allowed to marry his elder brother as the crown princess. He has always treated the crown princess with respect as a guest, but it's just to save face."

Chen Nuo didn't expect that Li Ci would excuse the prince, but he was very upset, "Hmph, is it still far away if you have face? After a few years, someone will urge the prince to let the princess give birth to the prince's grandson. Men don't like it. That way, after being together for a long time, there will be feelings naturally, and if Xiaoting's methods are strong, maybe the prince's love can last longer, otherwise sooner or later the new one will replace the old one."

Li Ci was secretly surprised, he felt that Chen Nuo was young and had been growing up in the countryside, so he would definitely not understand those complicated things, but he didn't expect Chen Nuo to understand everything and see it so clearly.

Li Ci thought, Chen Nuo seemed to be always refreshing his understanding of him, Chen Nuo was like a huge treasure, as if no matter how hard he dug it, it couldn't be enough.

"Third brother, I really don't want Xiaoting to marry the crown prince as a side concubine. The side concubine is a noble concubine, but she is actually a concubine. With Xiaoting's temperament, she will definitely suffer."

"Nuomi, Ting'er and the prince were married by the emperor, and it cannot be changed."

"Well, I know that too, but I can't help but worry...Third brother, try your best to forget about Xiao Ting, otherwise it will be too painful."

"I... don't feel any pain, Nuomi. Although I am happy with Ting'er, I never thought of separating him from the crown prince, as long as Ting'er feels happy."

Chen Nuo didn't believe it. He felt that Li Ci was trying to hold on. If he really liked someone, how could he tolerate him being with others?

"Nuomi, tell me about you. Did you meet someone you like in the academy?" Li Ci took a sip of slightly cold tea, his curly and thick eyelashes fluttered gently, his eyes fell on a pair of overlapping little feet superior.

It was only then that Li Ci realized that Chen Nuo had taken off his shoes at some point, and a pair of white feet were overlapping on the shoes, and his round toes were swinging up and down, relaxed and wanton.

Chen Nuo sighed deeply, "Everyone I meet in the academy is a brother, or a scholar from the Imperial College, it's basically useless to find someone I like."

"Why? Are the scholars of the Imperial College not good?"

"Well, it's not the Imperial College's problem, it's me, I'm not interested in men, third brother, actually I like pretty girls."

Li Ci raised his head suddenly, his eyes were full of astonishment, "Do you like girls?"