The management of King An's Mansion didn't understand why the prince wanted to enter the palace at this point, but the prince insisted, and he didn't say much, so he hurried to prepare a sedan chair, and soon after, King An Xiao Chengyu took a sedan chair out of the palace gate and went to the palace.

He always held the white jade wrench in his hand, and it can be said that he chose to believe that Xu Mo entered the palace to test it, largely because he remembered the old things when he saw the white jade wrench.

When he was a child, his identity was the prince, and his father was the emperor, and there were endless pieces of music waiting to be approved every day, and there were countless official duties to do, so the time with him was very short, and most of the time he spent with his younger brother Xiao Chenggang and his teacher Feng Qingyang, especially the teacher Feng Qingyang, which had a lifelong impact on him.

He slowly raised the white jade wrench and looked at it affectionately, and said sadly in his eyes, "Teacher, where are you?"

The night of Tai'an City is much more lively than the day, especially in the area around the palace, all kinds of lantern poetry activities are endless, and when the sedan chair travels to the main street that must enter the palace, Xiao Chengyu suddenly lifted the sedan curtain to order the sedan chair to stop, and the four sedan chair drivers looked at him puzzled but didn't ask anything.

Xiao Chengyu, the king of An, said, "You all go back first, I want to walk into the palace." ”

"Ah, I walked into the palace, and I took a sedan chair every time, why did I have to walk this time. ”

"On foot, it's not far from the palace, but if you want to walk, it will take some effort, so why do you have to walk there?"

“......”

Xiao Chengyu usually takes care of the family and the slaves and maids in the house, so they also have something to say directly between them, and never press it in their hearts, listening to the questions of the four palanquins, he glanced at the bustling red and green of the whole street, and said with emotion, "I want to hear about Tai'an City, look at Tai'an City, you all go back." ”

"Yes!"

"Then the prince, why don't we go back to the two, and the other two stay with you. ”

Xiao Chengyu smiled and waved his hand, "No, no, you all go back!"

"Okay, then the prince, let's go back first. ”

Xiao Chengyu has a good temper but is also stubborn, and there is no room for questioning what he believes, so the four of them didn't say anything more and returned the same way with the empty sedan chair.

Xiao Chengyu put his hands behind his back, walked through the bustling streets illuminated by lights, and walked in the direction of the palace, listening to the laughter and laughter of the people on both sides, he couldn't help but sigh, if it was really as Xu Mo said, the current imperial brother in the palace was faked, wouldn't the imperial power have to become a laughing stock, and what was the purpose of him pretending to be the emperor, would it affect the people's peace and contentment.

He shook his head, hoping that Xu Mo was lying to him.

And in fact, it was only reality that deceived him.

Passing by an Anju restaurant halfway, Xiao Chengyu stopped to meditate, remembering that when he was very young, he and his younger brother Xiao Chenggang especially loved to eat the signature dim sum of this restaurant, and often sneaked out of the palace, and then his father really had no way to invite the chef who made dim sum in the restaurant to the palace as the imperial chef, since the chef died three years ago, he never ate the signature dim sum, he walked to the bright lights and bustling people in front of the Anju Restaurant and asked, "Do you still have your signature dim sum?"

He thought that the cook died, and the skill should not have been passed on, so he asked this question.

Xiao Er, who was in charge of welcoming guests at the door of the inn, had been professionally trained to be respectful to anyone, and he saw Xiao Chengyu's top-grade dress in his eyes, so he said more politely: "Yes, yes, guest officer, please inside." ”

"Oh!" Xiao Chengyu smiled and took out the ingot silver and handed it to the little second-hand and said, "I still have to invite a friend, please book a table for me first, and serve some of the best dishes and good wine in your store, remember, there must be signature dim sum!"

"Okay, sir, I'll book a good seat at the table for you right away!"

"Thank you!"

After saying that, Xiao Chengyu, the king of Xie An, walked into the palace with his hands on his back, the guards guarding the Qinglong Gate, and the little eunuchs and slaves who met him in the palace were all surprised, and they couldn't figure out why he entered the palace so late, there must be something important to talk about, but they just couldn't figure it out for the time being, and they wouldn't delve into it.

Coming to Qianyuan Zhai, Xiao Chengyu, King An, saw from a distance that the lights in the room were still on, Hua Zhenchun was wearing a thick cotton jacket and was on duty at the door in person, Xiao Chengyu suddenly thought that Hua Zhenchun and his younger brother Xiao Chenggang were inseparable from each other before, and I don't know when, the chief manager could only wait outside the door and was not allowed to enter the house.

Xiao Chengyu walked straight over and said, "Manager Hua, you haven't rested yet." ”

"Hey, it turned out to be Prince An, he hasn't rested yet, the emperor is still working in the study, how can I rest first, hey, Lord An, it's so late, you came into the palace to find His Majesty the Emperor?" Hua Zhenchun's smiling face in the political temple was only put on the emperor Xiao Chenggang and the prince Xiao Chengyu, and the rest of the people, he raised his chin to see.

Xiao Chengyu said, "Yes, there is indeed something, can I go in?"

"Oops!" Hua Zhenchun said in a sharp voice, "Lord An, you really hurt me by asking like this, you and His Majesty the Emperor are brothers, you can see me if you want, do you need to ask me!"

"Since this is the case, Mr. Hua is working hard, so I will go in!"

"Thank you for your care!"

As he spoke, Xiao Chengyu took a few steps forward and knocked on the red lacquered wood carved door of Qianyuan Zhaizhai's room, and there was a scolding voice from inside, "Who? Didn't I say that no one is allowed to come in?"

"Brother Huang, it's me, Xiao Chengyu. ”

There was a long pause inside, and then the angry voice became a bit normal and said, "It turned out to be the imperial brother, it's so late, the imperial brother is still coming to see me, could it be that there is something?" ”

Xiao Chengyu pushed the door in, and saw his younger brother Xiao Chenggang holding a pen and calligraphy, sitting in front of him, keeping a case away from him, and said, "The emperor's brother is really hardworking, and he is still practicing calligraphy." ”

Xiao Chenggang smiled and waved his hand modestly and said, "Where, where, I can't talk about practice, just a few strokes of calligraphy and painting when I have nothing to do, hey, the imperial brother came to me late at night, is there something?"

Xiao Chengyu didn't beat around the bush and said straightforwardly, "There are indeed some things, I want to invite you out for a glass of wine and a few side dishes." ”

Xiao Chenggang's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this, and he said a little incredulously, "Go out to drink and eat, where are you going?" Brother Huang, if you really want to have two drinks with me, I will let the imperial dining room make some wine and food, why do you have to go outside, you and I are royal, go to the tavern outside, this is not in line with our identity." ”

I don't know why Xiao Chengyu's heart flashed a little lost, he said movingly, "I just passed by the street, saw Ju'an Restaurant, remembered you and I when I was a child, I can't help but sigh, I want to go back with you."

It's just a matter of reminiscing about the past. ”

"Hey!" Xiao Chenggang said indifferently, "The things when I was a child have passed, why do you still care about this, if you want me to say, if you really want to drink with me, why don't you go to the Summer Palace another day, and besides, it's so late today, so let's rest early." ”

The feeling of loss in Xiao Chengyu's heart was even heavier, just mentioned Ju'an Restaurant, he deliberately observed Xiao Chenggang's facial expression, it can be said that there was no wave, he began to believe Xu Mo a little, maybe the imperial brother in front of him is really fake, if he is really Xiao Chenggang, it is impossible not to be a little excited and sad when he hears Ju'an Restaurant.

For further verification, Xiao Chengyu said, "In this case, I went to Ju'an Restaurant alone, I remember that when you were a child, you especially liked to eat Songhua crystal buns from Ju'an Restaurant, or I will bring you some when I come back." ”

Xiao Chenggang paused for a long time, and said, "When I was a child, I really liked to eat Songhua crystal buns from Ju'an Restaurant, but now I feel like that, Brother Huang, it's good for you to go, I still have some government affairs to do, I'm afraid I can't go along." ”

Xiao Chengyu's heart fell into despair all of a sudden, what he liked when he was a child was obviously the signature dim sum of Ju'an Restaurant, where is there any Songhua crystal bun, this temporary casual food can't be compared with Ju'an Restaurant, but he still answered according to this line, which shows that he is indeed fake.

If it is really according to what Xu Mo said, this person is pretending to be his younger brother Xiao Chenggang five years ago, then he is really a bit ridiculous and sad to be an elder brother, he has not even noticed it in the slightest for five years, and now it has been pointed out by Xu Mo and verified, and then thinking back to the living habits and all aspects of dealing with people in front of him in recent years, there have indeed been some changes.

He ...... Really?"

Xiao Chengyu secretly made the final judgment, although he was very reluctant to believe that this was the truth, although he still wanted to make up some reasonable explanations in his brain, but ......

Standing up, Xiao Chengyu said, "In that case, Brother Huang, you should rest early, and I should go back too." ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Chenggang nodded, but he didn't mean to send him out, he just said, "Brother Huang, go slowly." ”

Walking out of Qianyuanzhai, Xiao Chengyu's face was always covered with a thick layer of melancholy, and Hua Zhenchun you came and exchanged a few words, then walked out of the palace and entered the Ju'an Restaurant, Xiao Er arranged the position for him in the innermost place near the window, through the window can see the night view of the entire Tai'an City, because he specially instructed that a friend was coming, Xiao Er prepared two pairs of chopsticks, but unfortunately now he is alone.

There were two plates of Ju'an Restaurant's signature dim sum on the table, and he stretched out his hand to pinch the dim sum in front of him, and he couldn't put it in his mouth for a long time, it was hard for him to imagine that someone would pretend to be the emperor and not show any flaws in five years, it was simply terrible, it was simply terrifying.

Also, he remembered that Xu Mo told him in the evening that the real Xiao Chenggang was not dead, and he couldn't wait to meet his brother, and then join forces to expose the true face of the impostor.

"Xu Mo seems to have said that he will come to me tomorrow night, so I'd better wait patiently. ”

Thinking about it now, he should have believed Xu Mo at that time, maybe he would have known where the real imperial brother Xiao Chenggang was!

After a long sigh, Xiao Chengyu fed the signature dim sum of Ju'an Restaurant into his mouth, tasted it carefully and chewed it carefully, the taste of the dim sum was still the same, and the complexion was still the same, but he always felt that there was no taste in it!