Although he did not want to have a grand celebration for Li Xiu's 70th birthday, as the emperor's teacher, he would not be able to do it even if he didn't want to. Li Zhi and others have been motivating to celebrate Li Xiu's birthday. In this case, he could only order people to prepare a birthday banquet. Before that, his students came from all over the world to celebrate his birthday.

Li Jin, Li Ke and Li Chengqian had already received Li Zhi's order to return to Beijing, with the reason being to celebrate Li Xiu's birthday. However, many people outside speculated that Li Zhi might have found an excuse to let the three of them return to Beijing, so that they could capture the three of them in one fell swoop and completely solve the situation of the three of them being too big.

However, many people also speculated that Li and Jin and the other two probably wouldn't dare to go to Beijing at all. After all, they have become more and more obvious in recent years. Although they did not rebel openly, they were secretly cultivating their own power. This is a taboo for the emperor. So even if Li Zhi invites them back in the name of birthday celebrations this time, they may not dare to come back.

But to everyone's surprise, Li Jin and the other two came back not only, but also came back together, as if they were not at all suspicious. Li Zhi did not seem to be at all, but instead went out of the city to greet him ten miles away. Even when the four of them met, they hugged each other and laughed. Finally, they held hands and went to pay homage to Li Xiu. Then Li Jin, Li Chengqian and Li Ke lived directly at Li Xiu's home.

On the birthday of Li Xiu, there were also a banquet at home. Not only were his children, grandchildren and students coming, Li Zhi also led all civil and military officials to celebrate his birthday. Although Li Xiu was old, he was in good health. Thanks to his persistent exercise for many years, he drank a few more drinks at the birthday party, but in the end he was unconscious.

However, although Li Xiu was drunk, Li Zhi and others did not drink much. Instead, after the birthday party, Li Zhi summoned Li Jin and the other two into the palace to discuss matters. Many dark people thought that Li Zhi was finally going to do something, but what surprised everyone again was that the next day, Li Jin and the other two came back happily in the palace, but no one knew what the four of them said in the palace?

Just when Li Zhi brought Li Jin and the other two into the palace, Li Xiu, who was drunk in front of the people, was sitting in the study with great energy. In front of him, a pair of gray-haired men and women saluted him with tears in their eyes. At this time, Li Xiu personally helped them up and said, "Chengdao, Qi Niang, you can come back!"

The man and woman were Li Chengdao and Qi Niang who married far away. The couple also arrived in Chang'an on the day of Li Xiu's birthday. It is worth mentioning that they received news from Li Zhi last year that they asked them to come back this year to celebrate Li Xiu's birthday, so they could come back. However, even so, Li Chengdao and his wife did not appear in front of others, but came to see Li Xiu quietly in the inner house.

"Brother, you...you have become better!" Qi Niang looked at the wrinkles on Li Xiu's face and the white hair on her head, and her eyes were filled with tears. Since she married far away, although she had secretly returned a few times, she did not dare to stay for too long, and she did not dare to come inland. She could only stay in the coastal area for a while before leaving, so she never had the chance to see Li Xiu again.

"Qianniang, you still don't mind being old. Chengdao looks almost as old as me!" Li Xiu held his sister and looked at her. Although Qiniang's hair was half white and there were a lot of wrinkles on her face, her eyes were lively and her skin was still fair. She could even vaguely see her youthful charm.

"Brother will say it nicely. I've become an old woman, how can I not grow old?" Even though Qi Niang said that, the expression on her face turned sadness into joy. After all, even if a woman is in her seventies and eighties, she still likes to hear others praise her for her youth and beauty.

"It's not old, Qi Niang, you are still the 16 or 17-year-old girl in my eyes!" At this time, Li Chengdao also praised his wife with fun, but his praise attracted Qi Niang to roll his eyes.

"Okay, don't flirt in front of me!" Li Xiu couldn't help but smile when he saw their husband and wife's appearance, and then asked about some of their situation in America, and Li Chengdao immediately answered one by one.

In recent years, Li Chengdao took advantage of various opportunities to migrate the people from the Tang Dynasty. Although most of the people who were willing to move to the Americas were men, he also encouraged his Han people to intermarry with the Mayans, which greatly increased the number of Han people in the Americas. Now the population is nearly three million, and all walks of life have been established, which greatly improved the living conditions there, and it is even similar to the ordinary towns in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, it is still incomparable to international metropolis like Chang'an.

With the increase of population, the area of ​​territory controlled by Li Chengdao has become larger and larger, and it has begun to expand from Central America to North America, mainly because of the mountains and rainforests in South America, while there is a large plain in North America, which is very suitable for farming, so Li Chengdao decided to expand to the north.

It is worth mentioning that Li Chengdao's fourth uncle, Li Yuanji, the former King of Qi, is still alive. When Li Shimin passed away, he was so happy that he was drunk. However, Li Yuanji has not been in good health in recent years, but Li Yuanji is not convinced of his old age. Last year, he personally led an army to destroy several native tribes. However, he fell ill at the beginning of this year. Now he is finally at home to recuperate. This time, when Li Chengdao comes back, Li Yuanji also asked him to bring gifts to Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang.

In addition, Li Xiu also asked the children of Qi Niang and Li Chengdao. They had three or four children in total, and they had already gotten married. The oldest one was over forty, and they even had a lot of grandchildren. However, the Americas lacked people. These children of Qi Niang either guarded one side or held important positions. Especially this time, Li Chengdao brought Qi Niang back, and Americas needed people to take charge, so they couldn't get out.

However, Qi Niang brought a grandson back and had met Li Xiu before. Li Xiu also gave the books he had written over the years to the other party as gifts, hoping that his knowledge would take root in America.

The bearded guest had already passed away, and Zhang Shiyi also brought Qu Yi back to America. Now the Zhang family and Li Chengdao family are married, and the two parties are in close contact. However, except for Zhang Shiyi, the Zhang family has no outstanding talents, so now the Zhang family's territory has been merged into the Li family, which fundamentally avoids conflicts between the two families.
Chapter completed!