I looked utterly bewildered. "What do you mean, what others think? Of course I can accept this name. I only meant..."
"If you already said you could accept it, then what else could you mean?" Li Poxiao asked, raising his eyes. He wore an expression that said, You said it was fine, so it's fine. This left me even more baffled.
Seeing my incomprehension, my grandnephew muttered softly, "Uncle, what my father means is perfectly clear... Muqing has liked Ling Tian since she was little... So you know what he's saying. He means you don't need to care what other people think. Besides, he won't be the only one losing face. You'll be losing face too, won't you? Since you can embrace all under heaven, you might as well lose face together with him..."
"Huh?" I shot upright and stared at Li Poxiao in astonishment. "Li Poxiao, are you saying you want to marry this child, Li Muqing, off to Ling Tian?"
"What's the matter? Is that not allowed? Do you dislike her name, or what? Let me tell you, if you reject her just because of her name, I'd like to see how you explain yourself to the common people of the world!" Li Poxiao snorted first.
"Uh... Wait a moment. I need to sort this out..." I was speechless. I swallowed hard and could not help retracing how things had developed. We had only been discussing breaking the formation just now. How had we suddenly started talking about becoming in-laws?
My grandnephew hurriedly said to me, "Uncle, Muqing truly likes Ling Tian. Look, Muqing may be young, but under my mother's guidance, she's practically the cream of the female immortals. She's learned, skilled at literature, and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting—she's a master of everything. Not