When he heard An Lehou tell him that Shen Li was gone, Shen Wuan's first reaction was that he was joking with himself. But after thinking about it again, An Lehou, as Shen Li's uncle, usually loves him very much, and he himself is not a person who would joke about this kind of thing, so he somewhat believed his words.

It's just that he thought that Shen Li had skipped class and hid somewhere, so he couldn't find anyone, so he asked, "Have you looked everywhere?" Every time this little thing doesn't want to go to class, he will find a place to hide, and he needs to send more people to search around carefully to find him. ”

"Jin Yu has already sent someone to turn over the palace quickly." This time it was Qu Yizhu who answered him, "It's because we can't find Li'er anywhere, so we came to tell the emperor!" ”

Shen Wu'an's face sank when he heard this, "Have you searched all the places?" ”

"That's right." Qu Yizhu nodded, "The eunuchs and palace maids of Anxi Palace have searched the entire palace, but they have not found any trace of Li'er, so I am worried that Li'er will go out of the palace?" ”

She suddenly remembered the two figures she saw on the way here just now, could it be that she was not mistaken, those two people were really Qu Wurong and Shen Li?

Although she thought so in her heart, she didn't dare to tell Shen Wu'an what she thought, after all, she couldn't be sure if it was her delusion, if it wasn't, then wouldn't she be guilty of bullying the king?

Shen Wu'an didn't know what she was thinking, and after listening to her words, he was silent for a moment, and then ordered to the little shunzi beside him: "Go and call Xu Ke to come to see me, right away!" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Shunzi agreed, and turned around and walked out of the imperial study.

Xu Ke quickly rushed over, and after saluting the three people in the hall in turn, he asked, "The emperor is in such a hurry to find his subordinates, what are his orders?" ”

"I ask you, who followed Li'er today?" Shen Wuan asked in a deep voice.

I didn't expect him to suddenly ask about this, Xu Ke was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "If you go back to the emperor, it should be Dark Seven and Dark Nine." ”

Shen Wu'an nodded and ordered: "Li'er is not in the palace, you go and contact Dark Seven and Dark Nine immediately now to see where they are!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Ke agreed and went to contact Dark Seven and Dark Nine, and after about half a pillar of incense, he turned back again, "Your Majesty, Dark Seven said that they are outside the palace, and they are rushing to the palace at this time." ”

"There's nothing wrong with Li'er, right?" Shen Wu'an was most concerned about Shen Li's safety.

Xu Ke shook his head, "It's okay." ”

"That's good!" Hearing him say that Shen Li was fine, Shen Wu'an breathed a sigh of relief, walked down from the throne, and said to An Lehou and Qu Yizhu, who were also worried: "Let's go, let's go and wait in Anxi Palace." ”

Outside the palace gates.

After receiving Xu Ke's contact signal, Dark Seven and Dark Nine brought Shen Li back as quickly as possible, before entering the palace, Dark Seven felt that he should be mentally prepared, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, your subordinates have not very good news to tell you." ”

"Huh?" Shen Li looked at him puzzled, "What's the news?" ”

Dark Seven scratched his head with his hand, as if he didn't know how to speak, "That's the case, just now Boss Xu contacted his subordinates and asked where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was, and his subordinates felt that it should be the emperor who found out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not in the palace." ”

Hearing his words, Shen Li couldn't help but frown, "Then how did you answer him?" ”

"Uh......" Dark Seven hesitated for a moment, and didn't dare to meet his eyes in a weak heart, "Because the situation was so sudden, my subordinates didn't have time to think about it at all, so they said it truthfully......"

Shen Li first opened his mouth in surprise when he heard this, and then the expression on his little face changed from surprise to anger, "Qiqi, you are a big fool!" ”

"But I didn't mean to......" Dark Seven was about to defend himself, but he saw the little guy in front of him suddenly pull up his legs and rush towards the direction of the palace gate, and he didn't hear what he said at all.

Looking at his panicked little back, Dark Seven felt a trace of guilt inexplicably, and hurriedly followed with Dark Jiu, thinking that if the emperor really punished His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then they would replace it.

Although he was already prepared in his heart, when he really saw Shen Wu'an sitting in the hall waiting for him, Shen Li was still a little frightened, leaning against the door and not daring to enter.

Looking at the little guy's nervous and timid appearance, Shen Wu'an's heart couldn't help but soften, but he still said in a cold voice: "What are you doing standing there?" Why don't you come in yet? ”

Hearing this, Shen Li didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and walked into the hall slowly, "Father, the emperor ......"

"Where have you been?" Shen Wu'an asked coldly.

I had never heard him speak to himself in such a strict tone, Shen Li's small body trembled, and he unconsciously twisted the hem of his clothes with his hands, "Erchen...... Erchen ......"

Seeing that he only had two words after a long time, Shen Wuan couldn't help but interrupt him and said, "When I ask you, you answer honestly, what do you look like?" ”

Shen Li shook again when he heard this, and there was a hint of crying in his voice, "Erchen...... The retainer went out of the palace. ”

"Who gave you permission to leave the palace?" Shen Wu'an asked again.

"I didn't ...... No one ......" Shen Li replied with a sob, but before he finished speaking, he could no longer maintain his composure, and threw himself into his father's arms and cried loudly, "Father, I was wrong!" ”

Looking at the little guy crying bitterly in his arms, although Shen Wuan could still maintain his composure on the surface, his heart was already shocked by his tears: he remembered that since this little guy was sensible, he didn't seem to have cried again, at most he just pretended to cry to achieve his own goals, what happened today? Did you really scare him?

Thinking of this, Shen Wu'an had no way to continue pretending to be Yan's father, and while taking the handkerchief handed by Jin Yu to wipe his tears, he softened his voice and asked, "Do you really know it's wrong?" ”

"Hmm!" The little one leaning into his arms nodded heavily.

"Then tell my father, what did you do when you left the palace?" Seeing that he had a good attitude in admitting his mistakes, Shen Wu'an continued to ask softly, "Why don't you tell your father and let everyone worry about you?" ”

Shen Li's mouth was flattened, holding his arm and coquettishly, "Father, can you not say it?" ”

"Huh?" Hearing his words, Shen Wu'an straightened his face again, "Are you itching your little butt again?" ”

Thinking of the previous experience of being beaten, Shen Li subconsciously covered his little buttocks, but after thinking for a while, he let go of his hand again, and took the initiative to climb on Shen Wuan's lap and lie down, turned to him and said, "Father, or you will beat me to relieve your anger." ”

This move made Shen Wu'an couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, this kid is usually most afraid of saying that he wants to beat him, every time he says so, the little guy will explain honestly, but this time he would rather be beaten than tell himself what he did when he left the palace, there is definitely something strange!

Although he thought so in his heart, Shen Wu'an also understood that his son was eighty percent of the river mussels, as long as it was something he refused to say, no matter how hard you asked, it would be impossible to pry his mouth open, so Shen Wu'an didn't plan to waste his efforts on him, anyway, if you want to know, Shen Wu'an has a way to find out!

Seeing the little guy leaning on his arms wilting, and knowing that he might have really been frightened by himself today, Shen Wu'an didn't continue to ask anything, and left after talking to him for a while.

It was only at this time that Qu Yizhu finally had the opportunity to take his little nephew into his arms, and said to him with fear: "How can you run out of the palace without saying a word?" Did you know that after learning that you were gone, my aunt and sisters were about to die of scare? ”

Shen Li raised his head and rubbed her face when he heard this, and said flatteringly: "I'm sorry for worrying my aunt." ”

"Not again next time!" There is no resistance at all to the soft and glutinous tone of the little guy, Qu Yizhu originally wanted to educate him well, but the words changed when they came to his mouth, "No matter where you go in the future, you must let your father and sisters know, remember?" ”

"Well, Li'er remembered." Shen Li nodded obediently.

Seeing the two of them talking intimately, An Lehou sat on the side and drank tea leisurely, until a cup of tea bottomed out, he interrupted them loudly, "Now that Li'er has come back safely and soundly, let's go back to the house too, it's not early." ”

"Hmm." Qu Yizhu nodded, for the sake of this little guy's sudden "disappearance", they had been in the palace for nearly two hours, and it was time to go back.

When Jin Yu entered the door, she happened to hear her last sentence, so she asked, "It's not too early, will Miss Yizhu and Hou Ye go back after dinner?" ”

"Nope." Qu Yizhu shook his head gently, "There are still some things to deal with in the mansion, let's go back to dinner." After speaking, she was about to leave, but she suddenly remembered something, and pulled Shen Li to the side, "Li'er, is it okay for my aunt to ask you something?" ”

"Okay!" Shen Li nodded, "What does Auntie want to ask Li'er?" ”

Qu Yizhu thought about the wording for a while, and then asked, "When you were outside the palace today, did you see anyone?" ”

"Huh?" Shen Li looked at her with a puzzled expression, "I've seen a lot of people, why is my aunt asking this?" ”

"Is there anyone special about that?" Qu Yizhu asked again, she always felt that the scene she saw today was not like an illusion, and Shen Li really went out of the palace today, which strengthened her thoughts.

"Special people......" Shen Li tilted his little head and thought about it, shaking his head, "No." ”

Hearing him say this, Qu Yizhu didn't know how to ask, so he couldn't just ask him if he had seen his mother, right? If it wasn't like what she saw at all, if she mentioned Qu Wurong so rashly, I'm afraid it would arouse the sadness of the little guy, right?

Thinking of this, she decided not to continue asking, "Okay, auntie knows." ”

After she finished speaking, she followed An Lehou out of Anxi Palace, so she didn't notice that after they left, Shen Li's eyes suddenly became clear, my aunt should have wanted to ask him if he had seen his mother just now, right? I'm afraid that he will be sad after asking, so he didn't ask?

But fortunately, she didn't ask, otherwise Shen Li didn't know how to answer her, it was already very hard for him to hide from his father about his mother's return, otherwise he wouldn't have been unable to withstand the pressure just now, and cried in shame in front of so many people; If he was allowed to lie and deceive Qu Yizhu again, he really didn't know if he could say it, after all, Qu Yizhu had always loved him.

Thinking of this, Shen Li couldn't help but sigh, hoping that his mother would hurry up and return to the palace after finishing things, otherwise his little heart would not be able to bear it!