Chapter 112 Sweet Baby, This is what Fourth Brother once promised you
Xu Zhaoqing was badly injured, with wounds all over his body, and even his head was bandaged with gauze.
When Tianbao saw him, he was drinking medicine with a grimace.
The medicine was bitter, and Xu Zhaoqing didn't like it. However, having grown up without his biological mother, he had long since learned to endure it. Even though the bitterness distorted his features, he still swallowed it in one gulp.
Tianbao's eyes were sore. She stood at the door and stared at him crying, but she didn't want him to worry, so she forced herself to hold back her tears.
"Fourth brother." Xu Laiqing patted Tianbao's shoulder and took her in.
Xu Zhaoqing shuddered as if struck by thunder, and looked over in disbelief. The young boy hadn't cried when he encountered the bandits, nor when he was injured and bleeding, but now that he saw Xu Laiqing and Tianbao, he couldn't hold back his tears.
"Third brother, Tianbao." He wiped his tears and wanted to see their faces clearly, but as soon as he wiped them, his eyes were blurred by mist again.
After repeating this several times, he covered his eyes with his hands in frustration and began to cry.
Tianbao couldn't hold it back any longer, so she rushed to him, knelt carefully on the edge of the bed, hugged him, and cried together: "Fourth brother, you came to see me and third brother? I missed you so much. In the past few months when I was away from Nanqiao, did you eat well? Did you lose your temper? Did you not make mother unhappy again? Let me tell you, mother is a good mother, she really cares about you..."
Tianbao mumbled a lot of things, and later he couldn't remember what he had said. Some of the words were repeated several times.
Xu Zhaoqing patiently answered each question: "Yes, I came to see you. I ate my meals well and ate a lot at every meal (I want to grow taller and stronger so that I can take you home as soon as possible). I didn't lose my temper and didn't make my mother unhappy..."
Xu Laiqing, who was standing by the bed, didn't want to cry at first, but seeing the two of them crying non-stop, his nose couldn't help but feel sore: "Is everyone okay?"
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and no one paid any attention to Qin Huo who came in later.
Normally, the hostages and the hostage girl could not easily meet the envoys from Nanqiao, but Qin Huo was the regent of Daqi, and the power was there, so no one dared to stop him.
He sat at the table, sipping his tea, lost in thought.
On the other side, after Xu Zhaoqing finished exchanging greetings, he suddenly took out a package from the side of the bed. It was covered with three layers of material. No one knew what treasure it was.
Qin Huo then stood up with interest and couldn't help but interrupt, "Tianbao, your fourth brother kept this thing tightly in his arms the whole way. Those bandits wanted to steal the treasure anyway, so they caught him and tried to take it away, but your fourth brother protected it with his life."
Xu Zhaoqing only then noticed Qin Huo's presence, and his blood rushed to his head. He said awkwardly, "Thank you, young prince, for coming to rescue me."
Qin Huo's eyes fell on Tian Bao's face vaguely: "You're welcome. As Tian Bao's brother, it's my duty."
Xu Laiqing couldn't help but roll his eyes. Without saying a word, he took two steps unnoticeably and used his body to block Qin Huo's curious gaze.
The package was opened, revealing a translucent blue glass jar with a pattern of butterflies fluttering around flowers carved on it.
The fragile glass jar was preserved quite well, without even a crack.
Tian Bao's nose twitched slightly, and she smelled a sweet smell. Her eyes immediately turned red: "Is this what Fourth Brother is protecting with his life?"
Xu Zhaoqing opened the lid, and a rich, sweet aroma filled his nose. He handed the jar of black honey to Tianbao like he was offering a treasure: "Tianbao, this is what Fourth Brother promised you. I couldn't find a black honeycomb before, but this time I finally found it."
After Tianbao left Nanqiao, he regretted that it was not him who followed Daqi, and he looked for the black beehive whenever he had time.
Only in this way could he suppress the urge in his heart to go to Daqi alone to save her. Reason told him that going to Daqi alone would only bring trouble to Tianbao, so he had to hold back.
Tian Bao's tears, which had just stopped flowing, burst out again. She said in a muffled voice, "The most important thing is that Fourth Brother is safe and sound. I don't want you to risk your life for a jar of honey. This won't happen again!"
Xu Zhaoqing smiled foolishly: "Try it, it's very sweet, and tastes better than what Xiaowu took out."
When Tianbao was two years old, he dropped the black honey that Xiaowu had prepared for Tianbao, and he had promised to return a jar to her.
Tian Bao refused to answer: "Fourth brother, please promise me first that you will never do such a dangerous thing again. Which is more important, black honey or your safety?"
"Black honey is important." Xu Zhaoqing's stubborn temper came up and he started to argue.
Tian Bao was so angry that she pushed the jar of honey away and turned her back: "I know Fourth Brother did this because he was thinking of giving it to me, but if anything happens to you, I will feel guilty eating this jar of honey. Fourth Brother doesn't care about himself, so he doesn't care about me!"
Xu Zhaoqing's expression softened, and he said in a softer tone, "How could I not cherish you?"
"If anything happens to you, I will cry to death. How can you say you love me?" Tianbao turned around and glared at him.
"Hehe, there's no need to cry to death. It's enough as long as Tianbao can always remember me in her heart." Xu Zhaoqing was very satisfied to hear this. It turned out that Tianbao didn't blame him, and would cry to death because of his accident.
Tianbao yelled at him fiercely: "You're still laughing!"
Xu Laiqing rubbed the little girl's head at the right time: "Fourth brother is doing this for your own good. Come and taste the honey he brought you across thousands of mountains and rivers."
While the three siblings were savoring the sweetness of black honey, Qin Huo felt a mixture of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and astringent flavors in his heart.
He finally saw how Tianbao's brothers doted on her. Not to mention Xu Laiqing, Xu Zhaoqing even risked his life to protect honey, just to let Tianbao have a taste.
No wonder Tianbao doesn't care about his wild brother and even refuses to call him "Brother Huo".
He now understood that he really didn't deserve it!
With this thought, Qin Huo finally lifted up his precious butt, stood up and walked out the door: "If you have anything to say, just say it. I'll go for a walk outside."
It was not right for him to leave the hostage and the envoy Nan Qiao alone, but he did it anyway.
With Nan Qiao's current strength, she couldn't cause any major disturbances. Even if she did, so what? Nan Qiao's strength would give Tian Bao more confidence, which was a good thing.
Xu Laiqing and Xu Zhaoqing exchanged a look of surprise. Only after Qin Huo had truly left, even closing the door behind him, did they come to their senses. "He...that's all. Fourth brother, how is my mother?"
Although Xu Laiqing was asking about Concubine Dong, he silently conveyed other meaning with his mouth after asking: What are Prince Jing's plans?
Xu Zhaoqing looked at the window, then glanced at the closed door, and said excitedly: "Tianbao, this honey is sweet? It tastes even better with honey water!"
Tianbao understood and made some tinkling sounds while talking non-stop.
Xu Zhaoqing then took the opportunity to lean over to Xu Laiqing's ear and whispered, "Father and Uncle Jing have decided to give Daqi a piece of land. They've planted a number of people among the people and have allocated it to Daqi..."
Xu Laiqing nodded with satisfaction: "I will find a way to cooperate with you from inside and outside."
The method that came to his mind was the golden eagle raised by Tianbao.
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