Truth be told, Liu Changxu was in the bloom of youth, and he looked forward to meeting his future dual cultivation partner!
He had taken quite a liking to Wu Yunyue, a member of a collateral branch of the Wu Household whom he had met in Yunping City. Neither had said it outright, but the attraction was mutual! They simply had not spent enough time together!
There was also the question of which girl the Li Household would marry to Liu Changxu if the two households formed a marriage alliance. That still needed to be discussed!
A girl with good aptitude, a beautiful face, and a kind heart was probably not someone the Li Household would offer for an outside marriage alliance.
For an alliance with a newly established Foundation Establishment Lineage like the Liu Household, situated out in the border wilderness, the Li Household would probably be even less willing to marry a promising girl to Liu Changxu!
That was why lineage disciples like Liu Changxu felt resistant to marriage alliances! What would he do if his intended bride had a bad temper, ordinary looks, and poor aptitude?
Yet this was a choice that direct-line descendants of a lineage had to face. His father, Liu Shihao, had gone through the same thing. Fortunately, Liu Changxu's mother truly was a wonderful woman! But unhappy marriages were far more common!
Often, the lineage had little choice either. Take the relationship between the Liu Household and the Li Household: once Li Tianheng passed away, their ties would surely become merely ordinary again! Only a marriage alliance could preserve the good relationship between them!
Some might ask why the happiness of a lineage's descendants had to be sacrificed for a marriage alliance! Was there anything wrong with marrying for love?
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