Last night, Li Xiu finally made his words clear, and Qi Niang also made the choice to go to the Americas, although Li Xiu still felt very reluctant, but since this was Qi Niang's own choice, Li Xiu also decided to support it in the end.

Today is finally a ten-day day, Li Xiu originally planned to make up for a sleep, and he had time to go fishing with Ma Ye in the afternoon, but he didn't expect Li Chengqian to come again, and he also asked his subordinates to report, saying that he wanted to see Li Xiu, which made him a little helpless, so he had to cheer up and come to the front hall.

"Sir's face doesn't seem to be very good, is he not feeling well?" Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment when he saw Li Xiu coming in, and then asked with some concern, Li Xiu had insomnia all night, and his face was naturally not very good-looking now.

"It's okay, it's just that I didn't sleep well yesterday, why did you come here today?" Li Xiu deliberately held his head at this time, and said with a look of malaise, in fact, he knew why Li Chengqian came, but he couldn't help the other party in this matter, and he didn't even want to help him.

I saw Li Chengqian hesitate for a moment, and finally spoke again: "Sir, I should have heard that my father wanted to choose a concubine for me, right?" ”

"This is a good thing, I naturally know, in fact, when His Majesty proposed to choose a concubine for you that day, I was also in the palace, and everyone agreed very much at that time, after all, as the crown prince, getting married and having children is also conducive to stabilizing the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xiu smiled again at this time.

"But ......," Li Chengqian said with a sad face when he heard Li Xiu's words, "But I don't want to get married so early, and my grandfather has only been dead for less than a year, isn't it good to choose a concubine for me now?" ”

"The death of the Emperor Taishang is your father's need to keep filial piety, according to the Zhou ceremony, your grandson can keep filial piety for 100 days, and although the concubine is chosen now, but when it is determined, and then engaged, I am afraid it will be until next year, so that there will be a year between the death of the Emperor Taishang, so you don't have to worry about filial piety!" Li Xiu replied with a light smile again, in fact, he also saw that Li Chengqian didn't want to get married, but he deliberately pretended to be confused.

"Sir, is there really no room for recovery in this matter?" At this time, I saw Li Chengqian's face helpless, and his eyes were full of pleading, because in his opinion, the only person who could move his father and let him take back his life was Li Xiu.

Looking at Li Chengqian's eyes full of pleading, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, but this matter was originally secretly promoted by him and his eldest grandson Wuji, and the reason why Li Chengqian was unwilling to marry was nothing more than wanting to marry Qi Niang, which Li Xiu absolutely did not allow, so in the end he could only harden his heart: "This matter was personally decided by His Majesty, and it was personally supervised by your uncle, and the ministers of the court were also very supportive of this, it can be said that it is a foregone conclusion, and absolute manpower can stop it!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's answer, Li Chengqian's face immediately became a little gray, and the spirit of the whole person seemed to collapse in an instant, Li Xiu was also a little distressed when he saw this, after all, Li Chengqian was raised by him, and he was one of his protégés, but Li Xiu didn't know how to comfort the other party now.

I saw Li Chengqian sitting there silently for a while, and finally seemed to have finally come to his senses, and then I saw him raise his head, show a reluctant smile to Li Xiu and say: "Thank you for your guidance, I understand, Mr.'s face is not very good, let's take a break, and the student will leave!" ”

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to Li Xiu, and then silently turned to leave, Li Xiu stood up and stretched out his hand to keep the other party, but he opened his mouth but still couldn't speak, and finally could only watch Li Chengqian's lonely back leave the hall.

After watching Li Chengqian leave, Li Xiu also stood in the hall for a long time, and finally sat down on the chair with some weakness and sighed. With Li Chengqian's intelligence, he may have guessed that there was his own shadow behind the matter of choosing a concubine, but he still asked with the last glimmer of hope, but unfortunately he still cruelly refused him, which made Li Xiu feel very guilty.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I only heard a sound of footsteps outside, and then I saw Qi Niang walking in quickly with a box, looked around and asked in surprise: "Didn't Cheng Qian come, why didn't you see him?" ”

"This ...... Cheng Qian went back first if he had something to do. Li Xiu couldn't explain, so he had to tell a white lie.

"Oops, why did you leave so early, I should have come earlier if I knew I could!" Qi Niang couldn't help but stomp her feet when she heard this, and said with a little annoyance.

"What, what are you looking for Cheng Qian?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Qi Niang's appearance.

"This ...... Actually, it's nothing, it's just that the gift that Cheng Qian gave me before is really valuable, and I always feel that it is a little inappropriate, so I plan to return it to him. Qi Niang raised the box in her hand at this time and said, she always felt that something was wrong with Li Chengqian, especially the gifts given during this time were also very valuable, and they were nothing at first, but now the more she thinks about it, the more she feels wrong, so she plans to return these gifts.

"These gifts are all Cheng Qian's heart, I think you should stay, it doesn't matter if it's expensive or not!" Li Xiu was silent for a moment when he heard Qi Niang's words, and immediately opened his mouth to persuade that he had just rejected Li Chengqian, and if he was hit by Qi Niang's side again, Li Xiu was really afraid that he would not be able to bear it.

"But is that appropriate?" Qi Niang was still a little embarrassed when she heard Li Xiu's words, every gift in the box was worth a lot, even if Qi Niang was never short of money, she still felt that these things were too valuable.

"There's nothing inappropriate, haven't you always regarded Cheng Qian as a younger brother, and it is also appropriate for the younger brother to give some gifts to his sister, not to mention that with Cheng Qian's identity, he doesn't care about these things, and you may break his heart if you return it." Li Xiu spoke again to persuade.

Hearing that what Li Xiu said made sense, Qi Niang finally nodded, but then she looked at Li Xiu and said with some concern: "Big brother, your face doesn't seem to be very good, didn't you sleep well yesterday?" ”

"yes, it's not because of you that I lost sleep all night last night!" Li Xiu deliberately pretended to be angry, then yawned and continued, "Okay, I won't tell you, I'm going to go back to sleep, otherwise I won't have the energy all day!" ”

In the next period of time, the matter of choosing a concubine was also carried out step by step, the eldest grandson Wuji personally checked the checks, and after many deletions, the three women's candidates were finally determined, and then reported to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin couldn't make a choice for a while, so he summoned Li Xiu and eldest grandson Wuji again to discuss.