Chapter 73 Call me mom
After saying that, he stood up and walked to Xu Qingbai, and instructed as usual: "When you go back today, write a few poems and articles about appreciating autumn, and have someone send them to your mother after you finish writing them. Remember?"

"I'll remember it, son." Xu Qingbai replied with his head down.

Seeing that Xu Qingbai was still so obedient, Xu Jinhuai finally felt relieved.

He walked past Xu Qingbai and went straight out the door.

From beginning to end, he never asked about Xu Qingbai's injuries, as if he hadn't noticed it at all.

Xu Qingbai looked at Xu Jinhuai's back with cold eyes and clenched his hands again.

In the private room next door, Princess Chaoyang also saw Xu Jinhuai leaving the teahouse through the window on the second floor.

She nodded at Juxiang, and Juxiang hurried to the private room that Xu Jinhuai had booked earlier.

Just as Xu Qingbai was about to walk out of the private room, he saw Juxiang coming towards him, as if looking for him.

"Juxiang, why are you here?" When Juxiang approached, Xu Qingbai took the initiative to ask.

Juxiang bowed to Xu Qingbai and said, "My Lord, the princess is waiting for you in the private room next door."

A hint of astonishment flashed across Xu Qingbai's eyes, but he still followed Juxiang to the private room next door.

After entering the private room, Xu Qingbai discovered that not only Princess Chaoyang was there, but Xu Yaoyao was also there.

It was just that the little guy seemed to have just had his milk and was sleeping soundly.

He walked up to Princess Chaoyang and bowed respectfully, "Why are you here? Are you here for tea?"

When Princess Chaoyang saw the scars on Xu Qingbai's face, her heart broke. Her eyes became hot and she was about to cry.

She stood up, pulled Xu Qingbai inside and said, "Let's talk about this later. Let the imperial physician take a look at your injuries."

After hearing this, Xu Qingbai noticed that there was actually an imperial physician waiting in the private room.

After the imperial physician saluted Princess Chaoyang, he walked directly to Xu Qingbai, led Xu Qingbai behind the screen, and began to check Xu Qingbai's injuries.

After examining the patient, the imperial physician returned and reported, "Princess, the young master's injuries are not serious, they are just superficial."

As the imperial physician spoke, he took out a small medicine bottle from the medicine box.

"This is a medicine specifically for treating external injuries. Just apply it once a day, morning and evening. It will heal within seven days."

Juxiang stepped forward to take the medicine, took out some reward silver and gave it to the imperial physician, telling him to keep it confidential.

"Thank you, Princess, for your reward. I will take my leave now." The imperial physician took the reward money, put on his medicine box and left the private room.

Xu Qingbai tidied his clothes and walked out from behind the screen.

He walked up to Princess Chaoyang and asked in confusion, "How do you know me?"

"How do I know you were injured?" Princess Chaoyang took over his words.

Seeing Xu Qingbai nod, Princess Chaoyang explained, "Mother was worried that there might be something unexpected with your plan, so she asked Yingyi to go over and take a look. She actually saw that you were tied up by the academician and taken back to the academy."

"He wanted to save you, but before he could do anything, you were released by Academician Lin."

"It's all mother's fault. Was it me who didn't think it through?" A trace of uneasiness flashed in Princess Chaoyang's eyes.

Xu Qingbai quickly shook his head, "Fortunately, I didn't act rashly, otherwise the plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

At the same time, a touch of warmth rose in his heart, dispelling much of the bone-chilling coldness that Xu Jinhuai had brought to him.

Princess Chaoyang nodded with a look of both distress and relief, "I thought of this after I heard that Yu Yue'er broke off the engagement with you because of this."

"But why didn't you act according to our original plan?"

The original plan was only to destroy the painting, not to fight.
Xu Qingbai said: "When those people were looking for trouble with me, I thought the opportunity was better, so I temporarily changed some details."

Princess Chaoyang walked up to Xu Qing and looked at the scars on his face. She felt distressed again, "It's a good plan, but you still got hurt in the end."

She couldn't help but admonish him, "In the future, it's better not to take such risks."

Xu Qingbai met Princess Chaoyang's worried and caring eyes, and the warmth in his heart became stronger. "I know. I will discuss everything with you in the future so that you won't worry." When he said this, there was a faint smile on his lips. Although it was very faint, it came from the bottom of his heart.

Princess Chaoyang felt a little relieved. She stared at the wound on Xu Qingbai's face and asked with great pain, "Does it still hurt?"

Xu Qingbai quickly shook his head, "It doesn't hurt, not at all."

Compared to the pain he felt when his face was burned by charcoal fire as a child, this pain was nothing.

Princess Chaoyang knew that Xu Qingbai said this to reassure her, and her self-blame became even stronger.

She pulled Xu Qingbai to sit down and had some snacks served.

"Since you're out, have some snacks before going back." Princess Chaoyang said, and moved the snacks in front of Xu Qingbai.

Seeing Xu Qingbai sitting still, Princess Chaoyang continued, "Mother doesn't know what you like to eat, so I ordered a portion of all the snacks in this shop. Come and try them and see if you like them."

Looking at Princess Chaoyang's eager eyes, Xu Qingbai felt a pang in his heart.

Not to mention that Princess Chaoyang didn't know what he liked to eat, even he himself didn't know. After all, from childhood to adulthood, he had to worry about his daily food and clothing, so how could he have eaten anything else?

He reached out his hand from his sleeves, took a piece of cake with his slender and pretty fingers, put it in his mouth, took a bite and said, "Delicious, I like all of these."

Princess Chaoyang's eyes became hot and she almost cried again.

She felt that she was a complete failure as a mother. Not only had she caused her child to suffer so much, but she didn't even know what her child liked to eat.

[Eh? Why is Big Brother here? ]

[Ah, brother is injured after all, his face is covered with bruises. ]

[Big brother must be in pain.]

[Yaoyao really wants to go over and help big brother blow]

[Hoohoo, it won't hurt anymore.]

Xu Qingbai: Thank you, Yaoyao, I’m not in pain, brother.

It’s really warm to have a sister like Yaoyao.

The bitterness in Xu Qingbai's eyes gradually dissipated, and even a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

【Okay, I get it now. 】

[Mother was in such a hurry to go out, it turned out that she was going to see my eldest brother. ]

[After hearing that my eldest brother was injured yesterday, my mother couldn’t eat or sleep, and she cried for most of the night.]

[Don’t think that Yaoyao doesn’t know because she is asleep. Yaoyao’s hearing is very good now.]

Princess Chaoyang: Yaoyao discovered it
Xu Qingbai: It was me who made her worry
However, the feeling of being thought of all the time seems to give me an inexplicable sense of peace.

[Big brother, since mother is so worried about you, just call me mother! ]

[My second brother has already called her, but I have not heard my eldest brother call her mother. ]

[If my eldest brother also called me mother, I would definitely be very happy. ]

[After all, mother has always felt that big brother still blames her, so she has always been unwilling to call him mother. ]

[Although my mother didn't say it, Yaoyao still saw it. ]

【Yaoyao is very smart.】

[Brother, as long as we are a family, there is nothing that cannot be untied or that cannot be said.]

[Don’t resent your mother anymore. She’s already miserable enough.]

Xu Qingbai: No!

Yaoyao, big brother doesn’t hate mother, really not!
Big brother just doesn't know how to start.
(End of this chapter)