Hearing this, Wang Mizong burst out laughing. "Good! A boy is good. Good!"
Fan Xiu chuckled too, delighted.
In this respect, their thinking was just like that of ordinary people who wanted to carry on the family line.
When it came to passing down their sect, they too hoped a man would hold the reins.
Jiang Liuli had given birth to a son, which suited all three of them perfectly.
Likewise, in their view, Huang Xiao would surely value this son as well.
Had it been a daughter, that would have been harder to say.
Favoring sons over daughters-it had always been so.
"Has the Jiang girl thought of a name? If not, why don't we choose one?" Wang Mizong said loudly.
"That's a good idea." Wu Xuancang nodded as well.
"That little girl is rather stubborn. She'll probably want to name him herself," Abbess Jingluo said mildly.
Seeing Abbess Jingluo look her way, the old nun hurriedly said, "Liuli just said she knew the seniors would name this child, but she thanks you all for your kindness. The child already has a name."
"What is it?" You Lian'er called out at once.
The others also watched her with some curiosity.
They wanted to hear what name Jiang Liuli had chosen.
"Jiang Xie!" the old nun said.
"What nonsense! It should be Huang Xie," You Lian'er said at once.
Xiao Yan and the others froze for a moment, then gave helpless, wry smiles.
They knew Jiang Liuli wanted to use this method to tell everyone that she had not forgiven Huang Xiao. It was a kind of silent revenge.
By giving the child her surname, she wanted to show that he had nothing to do with Huang Xiao.
But how could a surname alone change that?
"It's only a surname.