A horse-drawn carriage drove out of a quiet alley and gradually turned into the lively market, Qu Yizhu sat by the window of the carriage, quietly looking at the endless flow of people outside the window.

Suddenly, two familiar figures, one large and one small, came into her eyes, she was stunned for a moment, and then when she wanted to take a closer look, the two figures suddenly turned into another street next to her, and disappeared in front of her eyes.

"Be careful!" Seeing that she almost leaned her entire body out of the car window, An Lehou, who was traveling with her, hurriedly pulled her back and asked puzzledly, "What do you see?" ”

Qu Yizhu didn't answer his question immediately, but blinked his eyes twice vigorously, and then slowly turned his head to look at him and said, "I seem to have seen my sister and Li'er just now." ”

"Sister is back?" An Lehou was taken aback when he heard this, how could he not know?

"I'm not sure if it's them." Qu Yizhu shook his head gently, "Those two people just flashed in front of my eyes just now, and by the time I tried to see it clearly, the people had already disappeared, and I don't know if I was wrong with my eyes." ”

Seeing the frustrated look on her face, An Lehou hugged her into his arms and comforted: "I guess you miss your sister too much, so you will see others as her." ”

"But what about the separation?" Qu Yizhu didn't believe that he was really wrong, "I can't mistake him, right?" "It's still possible to see one person wrong, how can two people be wrong? Could it really be that something was wrong with her eyes?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be in the study at this time to listen to Master Taifu's lecture." Although he didn't want to hit her, An Lehou had to tell the truth, "What's more, the emperor can't rest assured that he will leave the palace alone, right?" ”

He is right, the emperor will not let Li'er leave the palace alone, and will definitely accompany him; And he just let people send a decree to announce that Anle Hou entered the palace to discuss matters, indicating that he should still be in the palace at this time, and then Li'er should not appear on the streets of the capital city today!

Thinking of this, Qu Yizhu closed her eyes weakly, "That may really be my mistake." ”

An Lehou didn't know what to comfort her, just patted her on the back gently.

originally thought that this topic would pass like this, but after a while, Qu Yizhu suddenly asked again: "Do you say that the emperor is useful for doing this?" Will my sister really come back? ”

"I think she's supposed to come back." Thinking of the situation when he saw Qu Wurong in Bailiao Country at that time, An Lehou gave a positive answer, "Even if it is not for the emperor, she will come back for His Royal Highness the Prince, think about it, what mother will not miss her son?" ”

Qu Yizhu actually agreed with him, but she was still a little worried, "But it's been more than two months, why haven't I seen her come back yet?" ”

"According to the tutorial, my sister should have reached Tiandu City last month." An Lehou also felt strange, "People who haven't seen her at this time are afraid that they have been stumped by something over there." ”

Hearing his words, Qu Yizhu suddenly became nervous, raised his head and asked, "Could it be that the lord of the Bailiao Kingdom will not let my sister come back?" ”

"That's not something we can handle!" An Lehou shrugged her shoulders and replied, the expression on her face was a little helpless, every time she encountered Qu Wurong's matter, she would become very worried, but some things could not be solved by them being anxious and worried!

Qu Yizhu naturally understood this, sighed and stopped talking.

While they were talking, the carriage had already left the market and headed straight for the palace, and in less than half a cup of tea, it stopped outside the palace gates.

An Lehou took the lead in getting out of the carriage, and then hugged his wife who came out later, and instructed: "I'll go first to see what the emperor is looking for me, you are waiting for me in Anxi Palace, and I will pick you up after talking to the emperor when I turn around." ”

"Hmm." Qu Yizhu nodded, "Go ahead, leave me alone!" ”

She originally didn't plan to come with him today, but after thinking about it, she was busy with the affairs of the Anle Hou Mansion during this time, and she hadn't entered the palace to visit Shen Li for some days, so she came with her.

After saying goodbye to her husband, Qu Yizhu walked in the direction of Anxi Palace, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Jin Yu and Liangyuan directing the palace maids and eunuchs to move things out, so she asked strangely, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Miss Lost Pearl, are you here?" Hearing her voice, Jin Yu handed over the things in his hand to the people around him and trotted over to greet her, "Isn't it almost autumn?" I and Liangyuan saw that the weather was not bad today, so I wanted to take out the clothes and bedding or something to dry, and it would be easy to use after the change of weather, right? ”

"That's right, it's been in the cabinet for more than half a year, and it really should be taken out and dried properly." Qu Yizhu nodded approvingly, "By the way, what about Li'er?" ”

Jin Yu pulled her into the hall by bypassing the busy crowd, and answered her question: "It's a misfortune that you came today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still listening to Master Taifu's lecture in the study at this time, and he won't come back until another hour!" ”

"Huh?" Qu Yizhu was stunned when she heard this, "But when I came over just now, I happened to meet Master Taifu, and he said that Li'er didn't go to class at all today!" ”

Hearing her words, Jin Yu couldn't help but be stunned, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't go to class?" ”

"That's right!" Qu Yizhu nodded, "That's what Master Taifu told me. She also thought that she was really lucky, and she didn't have to wait for Shen Li to get out of class to see him, but it didn't seem to be the case now?

After the initial shock, Jin Yu's face showed a trace of helplessness, "That must be where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince skipped class again to hide and play!" ”

This is not the first time that such a situation has occurred, no matter how smart Shen Li is, but after all, he is only a three-year-old child, let him sit motionless for two hours, listening to a stern and old-fashioned old gentleman talk about those boring and difficult ways of governing the country, it is simply a kind of torture for him!

Therefore, the little guy has always been very reluctant to go to the study to listen to Mrs. Zhong's lectures, and he will think of skipping class at every turn, which is no secret in the palace, and Jin Yu has long been used to it!

"And where will he go?" Qu Yizhu didn't understand the details of this, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"The palace is so big, who knows where he will go!" Jin Yu said helplessly, "Otherwise, I'll send someone to get him back, if I know that you came to the palace to see him, he should be very happy." ”

Qu Yizhu nodded, "It's okay." ”

However, the people sent out by Jin Yu to find Shen Li searched almost the entire palace, but they never saw any trace of Shen Li, and after hearing the news, even Jin Yu, who was accustomed to it, became anxious.

"How could it not be?" She grabbed the collar of one of the little eunuchs and asked, "The palace is so big, can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still grow wings and fly?" Did you look for it? ”

The little eunuch replied with a sad face: "Sister, what are you talking about, what you asked us to find is His Royal Highness the Prince, how dare we not care?" ”

"And where the hell is he going?" Jin Yu was so anxious that he turned around, "Look for it again!" There must be places that have not been found, you have more people to go, and you must find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back! ”

Hearing her words, the little eunuch didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly took someone out to look for it again.

At this time, Liangyuan also heard the news and rushed over, and as soon as he saw the two of them, he couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?" Have you found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

"Not yet!" It was Qu Yizhu who answered her, Jin Yu was so angry that she couldn't speak at this time, "I said that I was about to search the palace, but I couldn't find Li'er!" ”

Liangyuan was quite able to calm down, thought for a while, and said, "Otherwise, let's go and tell the emperor the news." ”

"No way!" Jin Yu subconsciously objected, "If the emperor knows that we have lost His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it would be strange if he was not angry and picked our skin!" ”

"Do you continue to hide it because you are afraid of being punished?" Hearing this, Liangyuan glared at her angrily, "What if something happens to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" ”

"Phew!" As soon as her words fell, Jin Yu spat vigorously on the ground, "Don't talk nonsense, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won't have an accident!" He'll be back safely! ”

Seeing that neither of them could convince anyone, Qu Yizhu thought for a while and said: "In this way, you continue to lead people to find Li'er, I will go and tell the emperor the news, if there is anything, I will bear it for you." ”

Hearing her words, Jin Yu and Liangyuan glanced at each other, a little hesitant, "Isn't this good?" ”

"There's nothing bad about it, it's decided!" Seeing that neither of them objected, Qu Yizhu finally made a final decision, "If you find Li'er, hurry up and go over and tell us!" ”

"Good!" Jin Yu and Liangyuan nodded, "Then there is Miss Lao Yizhu!" ”

After reaching an agreement, Qu Yizhu left Anxi Palace and walked in the direction of the imperial study, and just halfway through, she ran into An Lehou, who was going to pick her up and return home, so Qu Yizhu told him about it.

"How could the good ones be gone?" After listening to her words, An Lehou couldn't help frowning, "With so many guards in the palace, can't even a child look at it?" ”

Qu Yizhu patted his hand lightly and said, "Now is not the time to pursue this, let's go and talk to the emperor first." ”

"Hmm."

The two of them turned back to the imperial study along the same road, and were about to enter the door, but An Lehou suddenly stopped and said to his wife beside him: "I'll go in and tell the emperor, you are waiting for me outside." ”

They all knew very well in their hearts how important Shen Li's safety was to Shen Wu'an, and when he heard that his son was gone, Shen Wu'an would definitely be furious, An Lehou felt that he could bear his anger alone, and there was no need for his wife to suffer this crime with him.

Qu Yizhu shook his head, "I know you want to protect me by doing this, but there is no need for this, we are husband and wife, no matter what happens in the future, I want to bear it with you!" ”

Hearing her say this, An Lehou no longer insisted, and took her hand and walked into the imperial study together.

Seeing that the person who had just left had gone and returned, and that there was one more person left, Shen Wu'an couldn't help but ask strangely, "Why did you come back again?" Anything else? ”

An Lehou glanced at his wife beside him, then moved his gaze back to him, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is gone!" ”