After dressing as a substitute princess

"Are you asking about Taozi and his cousin? Where did you hear that?" Chen Nuo squinted at Wang Shuyao suspiciously. It turned out that Wang Shuyao had known Wu Tao a long time ago, so could it be that he was waiting for Wu Tao in Cangzhou on purpose? ?

For a moment, countless thoughts flashed through Chen Nuo's mind. Since the last kidnapping incident, he suspected that Wang Shuyao approached them purposefully. As for the purpose, he didn't know for the time being, but it was definitely not a good thing.

Wang Shuyao frowned, and sighed for a moment: "To tell the truth, my mother at home did not know where she learned that Zhao Ye had a nephew who had a bad reputation, saying that he was not good at looking for someone in Zhao Ye City. The elders of my mother's natal family once Write a letter to ask mother if she knows a suitable unmarried young man, and mother intends to choose one of the brothers in the clan to marry that nephew back to Langya."

The mother Wang Shuyao was talking about was his stepmother, Mrs. Wu. Chen Nuo had also heard from Wu Tao that his princess grandmother was looking for a suitable marriage for him, but she didn't expect that she had already asked about it as far away as Langya. went.

Chen Nuo is more and more able to understand why Dazhao's brother attaches so much importance to reputation. If his reputation is stained, it means that his marriage and family will be affected in this life.

"Master Wang, let's talk in another place."

"it is good."

Wang Shuyao tightened his thick cloak, and returned to his room with Chen Nuo. Seeing Wang Shuyao's return, Wang Zicheng immediately put down the book in his hand, stood up and greeted him, "Master, Master Qu."

"Zicheng, bring some tea and snacks."

"Yes."

Wang Zicheng bowed and stepped back, but Chen Nuo walked to the table and curiously picked up the book he was reading just now, "Wang Zicheng actually likes reading scripts? Hey, this is "The Young Lady and the Red Scholar", and it actually published a book." gone?"

"Well, it is said that this story is a popular play in a theater. The language is average, but it is easy to understand, and the story is simple and interesting." Wang Shuyao sat by the brazier, holding a hollow hand stove in his hand.

Looking at Wang Shuyao's appearance, Chen Nuo felt hot. He sat a little far away from the brazier, and said with a smile, "To tell you the truth, this play was arranged by Lin Cang and I, and it's at the Fulin Restaurant in Zhaoye City. It’s a performance, but it’s already been changed to two plays, and this is the first one.”

"It's actually you and Mr. Lin who made up the play. It's quite ingenious."

"Haha, but it's just a random nonsense story, so I can't study it carefully."

Chen Nuo kept rambling, but never mentioned Wu Tao's matter again, Wang Shuyao went around with him a few times, finally couldn't bear his temper, and asked again: "Master Qu, I don't know what happened to Master Wu back then? "

Chen Nuo deliberately smiled and asked, "Why does Mr. Wang care so much about Tao Zi?"

Wang Shuyao still looked calm, and said lightly: "It's my brother at home who asked me to help find out."

"Oh, does your family intend to let your brother marry Taozi?"

"Cough cough, no, no, just ask first." Wang Shuyao was almost choked to death by the water, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed for a while before recovering, "Master Qu, is there anything inconvenient to say?" ?”

"It's really inconvenient to say, after all, it's Taozi's private matter. If Mr. Wang has doubts, why not ask him in person." Chen Nuo suddenly suspected that Wang Shuyao came for Wu Tao's marriage. If this is the case, Wu Tao should be very happy , but isn't Wang Shuyao not long to live?

If Wu Tao married Wang Shuyao, wouldn't it be a while before he would become a widower... No, a widow!

Wang Shuyao didn't expect Chen Nuo's mouth to be so tight. Could it be that he really wanted to ask Wu Tao himself?

Wu Tao rested for three days before recovering from his illness, but his body was too weak for the time being to hurry, but Chen Nuo and the others couldn't delay any longer. After some discussion, they decided that the Qu family would leave first, while Zhou Fenfen and the others would stay until Wu Tao's body was fully recovered. Well let's go.

Chen Nuo had no choice but to separate from them here, but everyone made an appointment to meet in Zhao Ye next year.

Before leaving, Chen Nuo secretly reminded Wu Tao that he must keep a distance from the Wang family, and told him about the entanglement between Wu Xihua and Wang Shuyao, "Taozi, Wang Shuyao is not as simple as it seems on the surface, you must not I fell into his trick, you know?"

Wu Tao's heart was empty, he didn't expect that Wang Shuyao's stepmother would be his own aunt, and he didn't expect that Wang Shuyao would not live past 20 years old.

"Well, I'll be careful."

Mrs. Li took her two grandsons to continue southward by boat, and now there were only members of the Qu family on board, so Mrs. Li dismissed the girls and women, leaving only her two grandsons to speak privately.

"Huai'er, Ting'er, you have grown up too, there are some things that grandma must let you understand clearly, and you can't continue to live in a daze."

"Grandma, what's the matter?" Seeing Li Shi's serious expression, Chen Nuo became serious too.

Qu Moting tried to sit up straight and looked at Li Shi seriously.

Since leaving the palace that day, Mrs. Li hasn't told anyone about her experience that day, and she didn't tell anyone until today, "When I entered the palace that day, I not only saw the queen, but also met a woman who had served three times in the cold palace. The maid of the prince's mother and son, I heard from the maid that His Majesty has been worrying about bestowing a marriage for the Third Prince recently. Because the Third Prince took the initiative to marry Huai'er, His Majesty once again remembered the prophecy of the National Teacher back then, and His Majesty even secretly went to see the National Teacher for this reason. , learned a shocking secret from the national teacher."

"What's the secret?" Although Chen Nuo already knew that Li Ci had asked Emperor Dazhao for a marriage, she couldn't help being a little shy when she suddenly heard her grandmother talking about it.

Li Shi said: "The court lady happened to be hiding outside under the window sill and overheard. The national teacher said that the third prince was born with the emperor's destiny, and Huai'er will become the future queen."

Chen Nuo was speechless after hearing this, "Is the national teacher's words so inconsistent? Didn't he say that I or Xiao Ting were born emperors, how did they become queens again?"

"Your Majesty also asked the same question at that time. The national teacher said that he once had a prophetic dream, dreaming that the young master of the Qu family married the third prince, and the third prince later ascended the throne as emperor, and the young master of the Qu family became a queen, but the third prince His fate is not as hard as Young Master Qu's, the last three princes died young, while Empress Qu took control of the court, abolished the young emperor, and became emperor herself."

Mrs. Li looked at Chen Nuo, and found that Chen Nuo was rolling her eyes, and said with a smile, "What's your strange expression?"

"Grandma, what the teacher said is so ridiculous. Who do you think Ting'er and I would do that kind of thing? Who is that young emperor? Is he the queen's son? Cursed, there is no risk of being overthrown at any time, what kind of emperor do you want to be? Dazhao's emperor is so easy to do?" Chen Nuo looked at Qu Moting and asked with a smile, "Xiaoting, do you dare to sit down?" Do you face a bunch of people every day in that position?"

Qu Moting immediately shook his head like a rattle, "Don't dare."

"That's right, Xiao Ting doesn't dare, and I don't dare." Chen Nuo thought, he would be an emperor because he couldn't think about it, and that was the most tiring job in the world!

Li smiled and poked Chen Nuo's forehead, "Silly boy, if this is the case in the future, grandma can feel at ease. Children, remember, you would rather be a sharp knife than be a fish on someone else's chopping board." .”

"grandmother……"

"Huai'er, Ting'er, I have discussed with your father. When we arrive in Xiangchuan, we will visit the gentleman who taught your father. In the future, no matter whether His Majesty bestows a marriage or not, we must make preparations in advance. We must not let Qu Hundreds of lives in the family were ruined because of a few words from the national teacher."

"Grandma means that His Majesty has murderous intentions towards the Qu family?" Chen Nuo was startled.

Mrs. Li smiled lightly and said: "Maybe not yet, but who knows, His Majesty's heart changes rapidly, but our Qu family can't afford to gamble."