After dressing as a substitute princess

Chapter 31

In the blink of an eye, one month has passed, and now Chen Nuo has fully adapted to the life of Jialan Academy. Today, the academy rested, and after a morning class, Chen Nuo and Cuiping went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the carriage sent by the Qu family.

Jialan Academy's homework is not heavy, because my brother doesn't need to take the imperial examination, and it is enough to learn about poetry, etiquette, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Chen Nuo didn't have much interest in ancient culture, so he simply spent most of his time doing In terms of business, after a lot of hard work, the third prince Li Ci's Fulin Restaurant and their newly opened Shuyi Tea House have finally become well-known signature shops in Zhaoye City.

Chen Nuo couldn't help grinning silly when she thought of her increasingly bulging purse.

After returning to Prime Minister Qu's mansion, Chen Nuo still felt a little strange. He didn't have much sense of belonging to this new home. Instead, it seemed like another place of his work, and the position was Prime Minister Qu's son.

Chen Nuo first went back to her own courtyard to take a bath, changed into comfortable clothes, and then went to the Yanshou Hall to meet the elders of the Qu family.

After not seeing Chen Xiaobao for a month, Chen Nuo warmly gave him a hug, "Little Baozi, brother will bring you a gift later, this time brother brought back a lot of fun things for Xiao Baozi."

"Brother Nuomi, Xiao Baozi misses you so much, brother, does Xiao Baozi lose weight?" Chen Xiaobao asked with a pink mouth.

Chen Nuo observed carefully, and felt that this child not only didn't lose weight, but seemed to have gained weight?But Chen Xiaobao doesn't like others to say that he is fat, "Little Baozi, you seem to grow taller, and you will soon become a little adult."

"Really? That's great. Little Baozi has finally grown taller again. Next time I see Brother Erha, will Little Baozi be taller than Brother Erha?"

"Well, he will definitely be taller than your Erha brother." Chen Nuo stroked Chen Xiaobao's small head, he felt that Xiao Baozi seemed to be a little more cheerful, and it seemed that Cuizhu took good care of him.

When Chen Nuo came to Yanshou Hall, she found that besides grandmother Li and mother Wang, Qu Moting, Qu Mohong and Qu Zhener were also there.

Chen Nuo walked a few steps in front of Mrs. Li, and bowed politely, "Huai'er has met grandmother, mother."

"Huai'er is welcome, please sit down and tell grandma how you are doing these days?" Mrs. Li looked concerned, but in fact she had already learned about the life of this grandson's academy from Cuiping's letters every three days, but still I want to hear from Huai'er herself.

Chen Nuo sat down upright, both his movements and his posture had changed a lot compared to a month ago, and he had become more and more like a master's son, "Back to grandma, everything is fine in Huai'er, the house is good and the food is good. Well, I can still study and study with many friends every day, but I can’t see my family every day, Huai’er misses her very much.”

"Good boy, grandma and your mother often talk about you, and worry about what to do if your child is bullied outside." Li said worriedly.

Chen Nuo immediately stood up and said affectionately: "It's all Huai'er's fault, which made grandmother and mother worry. In fact, the courses in the academy are not tense. Huai'er will definitely go home to accompany grandmother and mother often in the future."

Wang's face was gratified, she nodded with a smile and said, "Huai'er is such a good boy."

Qu Mohong and Qu Zhen'er went back to their yard after having lunch in Yanshoutang, while Chen Nuo and Qu Moting stayed to chat with their grandmother and mother.

Grandmother Li asked the serving girl to leave, and there were only four of them left in the room. Li's expression suddenly changed, and there was a bit of weirdness and gossip in his smile?

"Huai'er, tell grandma quickly, have you met someone you like in the academy?" Li Shi smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed. What she worries about most now is the marriage of her two precious grandchildren, Qu Moting At any rate, the target has been confirmed, but Qu Mohuai has no news at all.

Chen Nuo lowered her head, pretended to be a little shy, and said in a low voice, "Grandma, Huai'er is still young..." What a joke, facing a group of old men every day, it would be strange to meet someone you like.

Wang said: "There are many outstanding students in the Imperial Academy, Huai'er needn't be shy, besides, 16 is not too young, we will see each other first this year, get engaged next year, and we can get married the year after."

"Mother, Huai'er has just returned home, and she doesn't want to get married so soon. Huai'er wants to spend more time with grandma, father and mother." Chen Nuo said sincerely, he really didn't want to get married so soon, let's not talk about it. According to Zhao's rules, he cannot marry a girl. Even if he must marry a certain man in the future, it is too early, at least until he is 30 years old.

Chen Nuo thought so in his heart but dared not say it out loud, because these thoughts of his were alien in this era, and if they were serious, he would be treated as a monster and burned alive.

Mrs. Li was very moved when she heard what her grandson said, but she still persuaded: "Good boy, grandma will be happier than anything else as long as she can see you get married soon, Huai'er, although our Qu family doesn't pay attention to family status, you can choose your family status." You must keep your eyes open when you are a man, and you must not be deceived by some bad men, you know?"

"Thank you grandma for teaching me, Huai'er understands."

After finally coping with the two elders who were actively urging the marriage, Chen Nuo and Qu Moting retired together and returned to the courtyard.

"Xiao Ting, I brought you a gift, guess what it is?" Chen Nuo asked with a smile.

Qu Moting said softly, "Brother, Ting'er is very happy to see his brother come back safely."

"My dear brother, I brought you a box of pastries from Shuyi Tea House, and a shareholding contract for the restaurant."

Qu Moting didn't seem to understand, "Brother, what is a shareholding contract?"

"I bought 400% of the shares of Fulin Restaurant for [-] taels of silver. We will split the share in half and get the restaurant bonus at the end of the year."

"Brother, you are so kind to Ting'er..." Qu Moting was so moved that he was about to cry again.

Chen Nuo frowned and said, "Don't cry, why are you crying for such a happy thing?"

"I'm sorry, brother, but Ting'er is really happy, very happy."

Chen Nuo lamented: "Good sister, why do you cry so much?"

In the evening, when Qu Enliang returned home, he immediately asked Chen Nuo to go to the study.

"Qu Mohuai, you are getting more and more courageous. You pretend to be a man to do business, and hang out with the four bullies of the Imperial College. Do you still want to find a good man to marry?" table.

Chen Nuo really wanted to yell, he didn't want to get married!But he dare not.

"Father, life is not easy, the child just wants to earn more money..." Chen Nuo looked at the cheap father in front of him with tears in his eyes.

Qu Enliang became even angrier immediately, and slapped the table a few times, "What nonsense are you talking about? Could it be that my majestic prime minister's mansion can still make you suffer? Didn't I just give you more than 1000 taels last time? Didn't it cost you all? "

Chen Nuo seemed to finally be able to hold it back, and the tears in his eyes slid down his cheeks that were a little thinner than before, and he felt a little pitiful, "Father, my child is so poor, think back to the past 16 years. , my child lived a miserable life without enough food to eat, and now I just feel that no amount of money is enough, and my child never wants to live the life of homelessness and misery."

"You... hey... it's not good to show your face as a brother, and as a father, you are also worried that you will be bullied by those dudes." Qu Enliang suddenly felt very distressed, remembering that he failed to take good care of his son, he blamed himself Regret again.

Chen Nuo wiped away tears with a handkerchief, sniffed her nose, and said pitifully, "Father, my child will be more careful when going out in the future, and will take good care of himself."

"Well, but as a father, I will send you two more hidden guards to protect you."

"Dark guard? Father, is there a dark guard protecting my child?" Chen Nuo recalled carefully, he didn't remember any suspicious person around him.

Qu Enliang smiled and said: "Of course, but the hidden guards will only protect you after you leave the academy. I arranged for one hidden guard for you before, and two more will make three, which should be enough to protect you."

"Um, thank you, father." Chen Nuo was speechless secretly, as expected of Prime Minister Qu, he could even drive the legendary hidden guards.