Last night, Li Xiu finally made the statement clear, and Qi Niang also made the choice to go to America. Although Li Xiu still felt very reluctant, since this was Qi Niang's own choice, Li Xiu finally decided to support it.

It was finally a ten-day day today. Li Xiu planned to take a break, but he went to find Ma Ye to fish in the afternoon, but he didn't expect that Li Chengqian would come again and asked the servants to report that he wanted to see Li Xiu, which made him a little helpless and had to cheer up and go to the front hall.

"Mr. His face doesn't seem to be very good. Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Li Chengqian was stunned at first when he saw Li Xiu coming in, and then asked with some concern. Li Xiu had been insomnia all night, and his face was naturally not very good now.

"It's okay, I just didn't sleep well yesterday. Chengqian, why are you here today?" Li Xiu deliberately held his head and said in a look of listlessness. In fact, he knew why Li Chengqian came, but he couldn't help the other party in this matter, and he was even willing to help him.

Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke again: "Sir, I must have heard that my father is going to choose a concubine for me, right?"

"This is a good thing, and I naturally know that in fact, when His Majesty proposed to choose a concubine for you that day, I was also in the hall. Everyone agreed very much at that time. After all, as the prince, getting married and having children is also conducive to stabilizing the country of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xiu said with a smile again at this time.

"But..." Li Chengqian said with a hint of disgrace when he heard Li Xiu's words, "But I don't want to get married so early, and my grandfather has only passed away less than a year. Isn't it good to choose a concubine for me now?"

"The death of the Emperor is because your father needs to be mourned. According to the Zhou rituals, your grandson can only be mourned for a hundred days. And although you choose a concubine now, if you are sure and get engaged, you may have to wait until next year. This will be a year away from the Emperor's death, so you don't have to worry about mourning!" Li Xiu replied with a faint smile again. In fact, he also saw that Li Chengqian did not want to get married, but he deliberately pretended to be confused.

"Sir, is there really no room for recovery for this matter?" At this time, Li Chengqian said helplessly, with his eyes full of prayers, because in his opinion, the only one who could move his father and let him take back his life was Li Xiu.

Looking at Li Chengqian's eyes full of praying, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, but this matter was originally something he and Changsun Wuji secretly promoted. Moreover, the reason why Li Chengqian was unwilling to get married was nothing more than that he wanted to marry Qi Niang. This was something that Li Xiu absolutely did not allow, so he could only harden his heart in the end: "This matter was decided by Your Majesty himself, and it was your uncle who supervised it himself. The ministers in the court also supported it very much. It can be said that it was a foregone conclusion and could be stopped by absolute manpower!"

When Li Xiu heard Li Xiu's answer, Li Chengqian's face immediately became a little dark, and his whole spirit seemed to collapse in an instant. Li Xiu felt a little distressed when he saw this. After all, Li Chengqian was the one who grew up when he watched him, and he was one of his favorite students, but Li Xiu didn't know how to comfort him now.

Li Chengqian sat there silently for a while, and finally seemed to finally wake up. Then he raised his head and showed a reluctant smile to Li Xiu: "Thank you for your advice. I understand. Mr.'s face is not very good. Let's take a rest and say goodbye to the student!"

After saying that, Li Chengqian stood up and bowed to Li Xiushen, then turned around and left silently. Li Xiu stood up and reached out to try to keep the other person, but opened his mouth but still couldn't speak. In the end, he could only watch Li Chengqian's lonely back left the hall.

After watching Li Chengqian leave, Li Xiu stood in the hall for a long time, and finally fell on the chair and sighed with weakness. With Li Chengqian's intelligence, he might have guessed that there was his own shadow behind the selection of concubines, but he still asked with the last glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, he still cruelly rejected him, which made Li Xiu feel very guilty.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly I heard footsteps coming from outside. Then Qi Niang walked in quickly with a box, looked around for a while before asking in surprise: “Isn’t Chengqian here? Why didn’t I see him?”

"This... Chengqian will go back first if you have something to do." Li Xiu had no choice but to lie with a kindness.

"Oh, why did you leave so early? I would have come early if I had known this!" Qi Niang couldn't help but stomp her feet when she heard this, and said with some annoyance.

"What, what's wrong with Chengqian?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Qi Niang's appearance.

"This... is actually nothing, but the gifts Cheng Qian gave me before were really expensive. I always felt that it was a bit inappropriate, so I planned to return them to them." Qi Niang raised the box in her hand and said. She always felt that something was wrong with Li Cheng Qian, especially the gifts she gave during this period were also very expensive. At the beginning, there was nothing, but now the more I think about it, the more I feel that it is wrong, so she planned to return these gifts.

"These gifts are all Cheng Qian's wishes. I think you'd better stay. It doesn't matter whether they are valuable or not!" Li Xiu was silent for a moment when he heard Qi Niang's words, and immediately advised that he had just rejected Li Cheng Qian. If he was hit by Qi Niang again, Li Xiu was really afraid that he would not be able to bear it.

"But is this suitable?" Qi Niang said in a hint when she heard Li Xiu's words. Every gift in the box was valuable. Even though Qi Niang never lacked money, she still felt that these things were too expensive.

"There is nothing wrong. Haven't you always regarded Chengqian as your younger brother? It's also the right thing for your younger brother to give his sister some gifts. What's more, as Chengqian's identity, he doesn't care about these things. If you go back, it may hurt his heart." Li Xiu advised again.

Hearing what Li Xiu said make sense, Qi Niang finally nodded, but then she looked at Li Xiu with some concern: "Brother, your face doesn't seem to be very good. Didn't you sleep well yesterday?"

"Yes, it's not because of your business that I had insomnia all night last night!" Li Xiu deliberately pretended to be angry, then yawned and continued, "Okay, I won't tell you anymore. I want to go back to sleep, otherwise I will lose my energy all day!"

In the following period, the selection of concubines was also carried out step by step. Changsun Wuji personally checked. After many deletions, he finally determined the candidates for the three women and then reported to Li Shimin. However, Li Shimin could not make a choice for the time being, so he summoned Li Xiu again and Changsun Wuji came to discuss.
Chapter completed!