282, Brothers
282, Brothers
There were many dishes on the table. Zhao Lang remembered that many of them were dishes he liked to eat at home when he was a child.
"After drinking the Tremella soup, you used to love eating this the most." Princess Ding picked up the bowl and served the Tremella soup to her eldest son herself.
Zhao Lang hurriedly stood up and reached out to take the bowl. "Mother, there's no need to do this. I can do it myself."
"Mother, come here, just sit down." Princess Ding dodged the hand extended by her eldest son, took a spoon, filled half a bowl with white fungus soup, and handed it to her eldest son.
"Thank you, mother." Zhao Lang took the bowl with both hands, said thank you, sat back in his seat, picked up the spoon and scooped a mouthful of white fungus soup into his mouth.
However, after so many years, his taste has actually changed a lot. The things he used to like to eat now taste mediocre, and are more like the taste of memories.
Princess Ding looked at her eldest son who was eating, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Mother hasn't asked you yet, why did you come back?"
"Mother didn't say not to let you come back, don't think too much. Mother just wanted to ask what is going on." She was naturally very happy to see her eldest son come back. Even if there was some unacceptable reason, she would find a way to help her eldest son conceal and solve it, and would never let her husband blame him.
Zhao Lang put down the bowl and spoon in his hands, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, looked at his mother, and asked, "I believe that the people in Beijun have also received the news of the late emperor's death?"
"Well, yes, we received the news half a month ago." Prince Ding nodded and responded.
"Actually, some things happened in Kyoto Prefecture that day. What happened here is a bit complicated." Zhao Lang paused at this point.
Princess Ding understood immediately. She waved her hand and asked all the maids and servants in the room to leave.
The last maid to go out closed the door of the room, and two maids stood outside guarding the door.
After the servants in the room had left, Zhao Lang picked out some things he could tell his mother and told her, "That's roughly the situation. I need to wait for my father to come back and then tell him the rest."
"Okay, Mom understands."
After hearing this, Princess Ding guessed why her eldest son had returned. She held his hand and said to him, "Since you're back, I will definitely not let you go this time."
"Mother, just take care of yourself and your brother. I can handle things on my side." Zhao Lang slowly withdrew his mother's hand and said.
Now that he is back this time, he will no longer let others arrange his fate like he did when he was young.
Feeling her palms empty, Princess Ding felt a little lost. She looked at her eldest son's stern face, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Lang'er, are you blaming your mother for letting you go?"
"There's nothing I can do, mother."
"I know, I don't blame you." Zhao Lang said.
Just as the mother and son were talking in the house, there was a sound of running outside the door, and then they heard the voice of the maid outside calling "Young Master".
"Aunt, are mother and brother in there?"
"Yes, young master."
"Then why don't you open the door and let me in."
The two maids outside the door looked at each other, undecided whether to open the door now.
"It must be your younger brother who has returned. You haven't met him yet. You should meet him properly later." Prince Ding said something to the eldest son in the house, then raised his voice to ask the maid outside to open the door.
The maid outside opened the door after hearing this.
As soon as the door opened, a little boy of seven or eight years old ran into the room from outside.
The young man first saw his mother and called out "Mother", then his eyes fell on his brother with curiosity and scrutiny in his eyes, and a little shyness appeared on his little face.
Princess Ding knew her youngest son best. Seeing his expression, she knew he was shy. She teased him, "Don't you always say you want to go to Kyoto to find your brother? Why are you so shy now that he's back?"
"Mom, don't say that." Zhao Hu walked to his mother's side and quietly reminded her not to say that about him in front of his brother, as he also wanted to save face.
Princess Ding touched her youngest son's face, exchanged glances with her eldest son who was looking at them, and couldn't help but smile.
Zhao Lang looked at his younger brother, who was leaning against his mother. This younger brother looked somewhat like him when he was young, but his personality was completely different. He was a child who was attached to his mother and had a straightforward and cheerful personality.
Unlike him, he has kept everything in his heart since he was a child and never told anyone, let alone talking to his mother like this.
In the past, he felt jealous and resentful of his younger brother, who was born later in life. He felt that his brother's appearance had taken away all his mother's love. However, after his brother began to read and write, and wrote him letters every year expressing his admiration and longing for him, and also gave him gifts, he gradually developed feelings for his younger brother.
Until this moment, when he saw his biological brother appear before him, he felt a little more fond of him.
The two brothers' eyes met, and he stretched out his hand to the child and asked, "You are Hu Ge'er, right?"
"I'm your brother. Come closer so I can take a look at you."
"Go, he is your brother, not an outsider." Princess Ding pushed her youngest son.
Zhao Hu looked at the tall brother in front of her, then took small steps and slowly walked up to her brother. She put her small hand in the palm of her brother's big hand and walked into her brother's arms.
"When I left Beijun, you weren't even born yet. When I came back, you had grown up like this."
"I have carefully read the letters you have written to me over the years, and I like all the gifts you gave me." Zhao Lang raised his hand and touched the child's face. It was soft and felt good to the touch.
"Brother!" Zhao Hu threw himself into his brother's arms, rubbing his head against his brother's chest. Then he raised his head, looked at his brother with a pair of big, bright eyes, and said to his brother, "Brother, I like you."
It was the first time that Zhao Lang met a child who spoke so directly. He was stunned for a moment by the words "I like you", and then he laughed.
"Lang'er, Hu'er likes you very much as his brother." Princess Ding looked at her youngest son who liked his brother so much and her eldest son who did not seem to reject his younger brother, and she smiled happily in her heart.
Chai's biggest worry was seeing her eldest son dislike the youngest, and vice versa. Fortunately, her fears didn't come true.
Zhao Lang looked at his brother's big and bright eyes, and he couldn't help but smile. He held the soft child in his arms. This was the first time he had been with a child of such a young age.
...Well, if the young Lord Lu back then is not counted.
The child in front of him was his biological brother, born of the same mother and father as him. They had the same blood. This realization made him feel very novel. He felt as if he had a closest person in the world besides his father and mother.
This is indeed the case.
After a while, when he didn't hear his brother's voice, Zhao Hu grabbed his brother's hand, shook his head, and asked, "Brother, do you like me?"
"...Yeah." Zhao Lang nodded.
Then he asked someone to bring the gifts he had for his mother and brother, and waved his hand, asking all the servants in the room to go outside.
After everyone in the room had left, Zhao Lang handed the gift to his mother with both hands. "Mom, I came back in a hurry this time and didn't bring anything back. This gift is for you. I hope you like it."
"I like it, I like it. I will like whatever you give me." Princess Ding touched the box and looked at her eldest son with tears in her eyes.
Thinking of how her eldest son had remembered to prepare gifts for her and her younger brother on his way back to Beijun, Princess Ding knew that her eldest son had always cared about her and her younger brother. Otherwise, he wouldn't have remembered to prepare gifts for them at such an urgent moment.
Zhao Lang gave the second gift to his younger brother, "This one is for you."
"Thank you, brother." After Zhao Hu took the box, he looked at it curiously and asked his brother, "Brother, can I open it and take a look?"
"Okay." Zhao Lang nodded.
After getting his brother's consent, Zhao Hu opened the box. Seeing what was inside, he reached out and touched it, then asked his brother who had given him this gift: "Brother, what is this?"
"This is a weapon for self-defense, called a sleeve arrow." Zhao Lang picked up the sleeve arrow from the box and said to his brother, "But you have to promise me not to use it carelessly, because it can hurt people. Do you understand?"
"Okay, I promise you, brother, I will never use it indiscriminately." Zhao Hu nodded and agreed.
After hearing his brother's assurance, Zhao Lang attached the hidden arrow to his brother's arm and told him how to use it. "Besides me, mother, and yourself, don't let anyone else know about this. Do you understand?"
"Can't I tell my father too?" Zhao Hu asked.
"It's best not to tell. This thing is for you to save your life in critical moments, understand? Remember, don't use it to hurt others or yourself." It's not that Zhao Lang didn't trust his father, but he was worried that if his father leaked something to others, they would be wary of the two brothers if this life-saving weapon became known.
"Listen to your brother. He won't harm you." Princess Ding said as she touched her youngest son's head.
"Okay, I promise, brother. Thank you, brother, I like this gift very much." Zhao Hu touched the sleeve arrow on his arm and grinned happily. He felt that with this gift from his brother, he was the most powerful person in the whole private school! Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, muah! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading Book
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