The reason why Shen Li didn't sleep so late, in addition to being still excited that his mother was about to come back, the other reason was that he wanted to share this happiness with his father.

Therefore, after hearing him ask, the little guy didn't deliberately sell it to him, and couldn't hide his excitement and replied: "Father, father, mother is coming back!" ”

"Huh?" Shen Wu'an was slightly stunned when he heard this, "What did you say?" ”

"I said my mother is coming back!" Shen Li repeated his answer tirelessly, then jumped on him with all his might, put his arms around his neck and asked, "Father, are you happy?" ”

Shen Wu'an looked at him puzzled while holding his little buttocks with his hand to save him from accidentally falling, "Where did you hear this news?" ”

"On the street!" Shen Li's eyes crooked with a smile, "There is an aunt who tells the hexagram, and the guards say that she is accurate, so I asked her to help me calculate the hexagram, and it was she who told my mother that she would be back soon!" ”

After listening to his words, Shen Wu'an was still a little excited just now, and now he has returned to calm, he said that there is no reason for Qu Wurong to come back, but his son knows that he has not heard of it, it turns out that this little guy has listened to the fortune teller specially used to fool people!

Although he knew that it was Bai Huanxi, but seeing his son so happy, Shen Wu'an couldn't bear to tell him the truth, so he just put the person on the bed and pulled the quilt next to him to cover it, "Okay, my father already knows, now hurry up and go to bed." ”

Shen Li was covered under the quilt, only a small head was exposed, and when he said this, the little guy blinked suspiciously, "Father, my mother is coming back, aren't you happy?" ”

"Happy! Of course my father is happy! Unable to bear to disappoint his son, Shen Wu'an nodded against his will, "But hasn't your mother come back yet?" Before she comes back, you have to be obedient and obedient, do you know? ”

"Yes." Sensitively sensing that he was not as happy as he said, Shen Li didn't make a fuss anymore, nodded obediently, and closed his eyes, "Then I'll sleep, good night father!" ”

Shen Wu'an lowered his head and kissed his little face, "Good night!" ”

Under his gentle patting, Shen Li, who had been playing crazy outside the palace all day, finally couldn't stand the call of Zhou Gong, and soon fell asleep.

Seeing that the rise and fall of the little guy's chest gradually became stable, Shen Wu'an withdrew his hand and lowered his head to carefully study his son's sleeping face. This child was more like him when he was young, but the more he grew up, the more he looked like Qu Wurong between his eyebrows and eyes, especially the big smart eyes, which were just like her!

Every time the little guy looked at him with the same big eyes as his mother, Shen Wu'an felt that there was a place in his heart that was particularly soft, so he always couldn't refuse the little guy's willful request, and letting him out of the palace today is an example, after all, the outside of the palace is mixed with dragons and snakes, and as his only son and the only prince of the Great Liang Dynasty, his safety is the top priority related to the entire Great Liang Dynasty.

Originally, I thought that those guards had a sense of proportion, and knew where to take him and where not to take him, but now it seems that he was relieved too early, and actually let the little guy come into contact with such a godly thing as fortune-telling, if they don't punish them heavily, they may not know where to take the little guy next time!

Shen Li didn't know that his momentary unintentional actions actually made his father angry with the guards who went out of the palace with him that day, and they were punished.

He was now full of things about his mother's coming back, and he was in a very good mood, and even going to listen to Mrs. Zhong's lectures, which he was most reluctant to do before, seemed to have become less unbearable, and he didn't need to be repeatedly urged to arrest him everywhere, so he took the initiative to run to the study.

On this day, Mrs. Zhong finished talking about the content to be taught today, and did not rush to let Shen Li leave, but took out an exam paper from the cloth pocket he carried with him, saying that he was going to assess what he had learned in the recent period, and if Shen Li could not answer to his satisfaction, then the teaching time would be extended for another hour in the future.

Hearing his words, Shen Li was in no better mood, thinking about whether to simply pretend to have a stomachache and escape this assessment, anyway, his father had already tested him a few days ago, and he was very satisfied with his appearance!

But before he could take action, Mrs. Zhong seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and said slowly: "The old man advises His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to have any bad ideas, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't answer well, then the old man will tell the emperor!" ”

Hearing his words, Shen Li couldn't help but flatten his mouth, and secretly cursed in his heart, "dead old man", and then resigned himself to picking up the brush on the table and writing seriously on the test paper.

Mrs. Zhong didn't miss the reluctant expression on his face, and shook his head with a smile: This can't be blamed on him, it was the emperor who asked him to sharpen the little prince's temperament, he just acted on orders.

The few questions on the exam paper were relatively simple, Shen Li patiently finished answering, raised his head and was about to call Mrs. Zhong to check, but he saw that the old man didn't know when he fell asleep leaning on the table.

Shen Li rolled his eyes, got up from his seat lightly, and then walked to Zhong Taifu's side, first shook his hand in front of his eyes a few times, and when he saw that he didn't react at all, he knew that he was really asleep, not deliberately pretending to be asleep like a previous time, just waiting to catch his handle.

After confirming this, he grimaced at Mrs. Zhong's sleeping face, and then left the study with a light step while stealing fun.

After coming out of the study, Shen Li rushed directly towards Anxi Palace, so fast that Xiao Yanzi almost didn't catch up, and after returning to Anxi Palace, Xiao Yanzi couldn't help but pant and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what are you doing running so fast?" Isn't it skipping class again? ”

"Run away from you!" Shen Li glared at him hatefully when he heard this, he hated others the most about skipping class, but he didn't just know, "It was Mrs. Zhong who fell asleep by herself, so I left first." ”

It's not skipping class!

Xiao Yanzi pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice, "Isn't this the same as skipping class?" ”

However, Shen Li didn't hear what he said, if he heard it, he would definitely scold him, but at this time Shen Li's mind was not on him, the little guy asked people to bring a ladder and put it in front of a bookshelf in the hall, and then climbed the ladder with his hands and feet.

When Xiao Yanzi came back to his senses, he saw him climbing to the top of the ladder, and he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul, "Ouch, my little ancestor, what are you going to do when you climb so high?" ”

"Shut up!" Shen Li turned his head from the ladder and glared at him condescendingly, "I just want to come up and find something, what the hell are you calling?" ”

"What do you want to find and talk to the minion, can't the minion go up and find it for you?" Xiao Yanzi continued to wail below, climbing so high, if he fell down, then his head would not be saved!

Shen Li ignored him anymore, found what he was looking for on his own, and then climbed down quickly.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the slave begs you not to do such a dangerous thing next time!" Seeing that he had returned to the ground safely, Xiao Yanzi cried bitterly and jumped up and hugged his trouser legs, "The slave is only seven years old this year, and he doesn't want to die yet!" ”

"Who made you die?" Shen Li looked at him helplessly, "Get out of the way, don't get in my way!" ”

Xiao Yanzi let go of his hand according to his words, with two lines of tears on his face, followed him step by step, looked at the wooden box he held in his hand and asked, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what is in here?" ”

"Good stuff!" Shen Li said, climbed on the chair and sat down, put the wooden box he was holding on the table next to him, and then opened it, only to see that there were some small things inside.

This is not the first time Xiao Yanzi has seen this wooden box, but it is the first time to see the things placed inside, many of the things in it he have never seen, only a gold and jade longevity lock, he knows that it is the favorite thing of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he usually takes it out to play with.

In fact, this wooden box is full of some gadgets that Shen Li usually collects, some of which he will often take out to play, and some of them have never seen the light of day since they were put in, and he suddenly wanted to find something on a whim today, so he took the wooden box down from the top layer of the bookshelf.

Shen Li rummaged through the open wooden box, and from time to time something fell out of it, he didn't care, and he didn't know what he was looking for.

Seeing another picture scroll falling out of the wooden box, Xiao Yanzi just bent down again to pick it up, and was about to put it back, but accidentally opened the scroll with a shake of his hand, and the contents inside were also displayed in front of his eyes.

It was a portrait of a woman, the woman on it was lightly dressed and soft, and she was extremely beautiful, but she didn't know why it looked a little familiar.

"Huh?" Xiao Yanzi glanced at it again, and couldn't help but let out a puzzled sound.

Shen Li raised his head and looked at him when he heard the sound, "Huh, what?" ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, who is the person in this painting?" Xiao Yanzi showed him the scroll in his hand.

Shen Li glanced at the portrait, his face was a little unnatural, "My mother." ”

This painting was originally stored in Shen Wu'an's palace, he had seen it once in a while before, but he was put away by Shen Wu'an later, and he didn't want to show it to him again, and then the little guy secretly took the portrait back in a fit of anger and put it into his "treasure chest", and let Shen Wu'an look for it for a long time and didn't return it to him.

"Oh." Hearing his answer, Xiao Yanzi showed a clear look, but then couldn't help frowning, "It stands to reason that the slave has never seen the true face of the concubine before, but why does the slave think that the person in this painting looks so familiar?" ”

Shen Li took the portrait out of his hand and put it back into the wooden box, "You slave is good at talking nonsense!" Where in the world is there anyone who looks as beautiful as my mother? ”

"But the slave really thinks ......" Hearing his words, Xiao Yanzi flattened his mouth aggrievedly, and was about to defend himself, but suddenly exclaimed as if he thought of something, "Ah! I remember! ”

Startled by his sudden shout, Shen Li was so angry that he kicked his ass, and after a while, he asked indifferently, "What do you remember?" ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you still remember the woman who told you the fortune on the day we left the palace?" As if he had discovered something extraordinary, Xiao Yanzi excitedly grabbed his sleeve and asked.

Although he didn't understand why he suddenly asked this, Shen Li nodded honestly.

"Remember, what's wrong?"