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Chapter 45 Are you greedy for my body?

Not long after the banquet began, the wet nurse came out holding Zhao Kuangyin's one-month-old daughter to meet everyone.

The little one was still very sleepy. She was wrapped in swaddling clothes and sleeping soundly with her eyes closed. She didn't react at all when people teased her.

Li Yi remembered that in history, Zhao Kuangyin had six daughters, three of whom died early, while the other three grew up.

I just don't know which of the six daughters this is.

Zhao Kuangyin took the child from the wet nurse and said to everyone with a smile: "My little girl is only one month old. I was away on a campaign when she was born, so I haven't had time to choose a nickname yet. It's a good opportunity for all of you brothers to gather together today, so please give us some advice."

These days, daughters from poor families have only nicknames since childhood and no formal names or surnames. But those from slightly wealthier families at least have formal names. If they are more particular, they have both a name and a surname.

A name is given to a person from childhood, while a courtesy name is usually given to a person by his or her parents or elders after he or she reaches adulthood or gets married.

But whether it is her name or her surname, she will not be known to outsiders. She is usually referred to as "Auntie", "Second Auntie" or "Madam".

In front of so many people, Zhao Kuangyin asked everyone to help him choose a nickname, which showed that he did not regard them as outsiders.

After hearing this, someone immediately said, "We rough people, how can we come up with nice names? At most, we can only come up with names like Ergou and Sanya."

Someone echoed, "That's right, our parents have called us that since we were little. Now that we're a commander, our father still calls us Gouzi when we go home."

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this.

At this time, someone suggested: "Li Du Yu Hou and Li Du Shi are both here. How about you each choose a nickname? Brother Zhao, please tell me which one is suitable."

As soon as the words fell, the place fell silent for a moment.

The person who was speaking was really good at making suggestions. The two people he was talking about were naturally Li Jixun, who had the highest status among the crowd, and Li Yi, who was slightly lower in status.

If both of them were asked to choose a nickname, no matter which one Zhao Kuangyin chose, he would end up offending the other one.

Li Yi was about to politely decline. There was nothing to brag about in this matter, so why bother making himself look bad.

Unexpectedly, before he could even open his mouth, Li Jixun said, "When my aunt got married and had a child, she asked me to name the child. It gave me a headache. This, this, this... let Li Dushi do it."

There was nothing wrong with Li Jixun's excuse. He was nearly 40 years old, and his eldest daughter was not much younger than most of the people present.

Uh... Li Yi couldn't help but be a little surprised.

How did the ball get kicked into my head?
Then, under the urging of the crowd, Li Yi had no choice but to agree.

He rubbed his head and thought for a while, then suddenly an idea came to him. He looked at Zhao Kuangyin and said, "How about calling her Wan Yi?"

It is definitely unrealistic to try to come up with a very good name in a short period of time. Li Yi did not foresee this happening before coming here.

He could only think of a name that was easy to pronounce.

"Zhao Wanyi, Zhao Wanyi... Great! What a name with profound meaning."

Zhao Kuangyin praised repeatedly and looked down at the little girl in his arms, "Wanyi, you should thank Li Dushi for the kind name he gave you."

He actually shouted directly, but I didn't know what the profound meaning behind his words was...

"Envoy Li is not only brave but also knowledgeable. We can't come up with such an elegant name."

"He is a true hero who is both civil and military..."

Not everyone can tell whether the name is good or bad, but there is nothing wrong in saying good things about it.

Does this work?
The two words "Wan Yi" are just easy to say and have little to do with elegance.

Li Yi didn't know what to say and could only laugh along awkwardly.

However, the nickname was given, but it is unknown whether the Zhao family would call him that in private.

Afterwards, Zhao Kuangyin handed the child to the wet nurse and quickly took him back to the inner room, and everyone continued to drink and chat.

After a while.

Just when everyone was drinking, Zhao Erniang walked into the front hall wearing an apron.

She didn't shy away from the group of grown men and walked straight up to Li Yi, smiling and asking, "Brother Yi, are the dishes and wine to your liking? If there's anything you want to eat, just tell Second Mother and I'll make it for you."

"Cough, cough, cough—" Li Yi just took a sip of wine and almost spit it out, choking him and coughing. He took a deep breath and said quickly, "It suits my taste very well. This is enough. There is no need to trouble the Second Madam anymore."

Zhao Erniang smiled faintly and said, "That's good. Drink less alcohol later. Drinking too much is harmful to your health."

After saying that, she turned around and walked out without paying attention to the strange looks from the crowd.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see who her real target was... Everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to Li Yi.

"..."

Li Yi held the wine glass, not knowing whether to drink or not.

Nima!

Is today really weird?
Wasn't his original intention to take advantage of the full moon banquet to come to the Zhao family to spy on the "enemy situation"?
Isn't this how the plot should be?
At this moment, someone suddenly started to jokingly say, "I really envy Li Dushi. Not only is he very capable, but he's also young and handsome. The rest of us can't compare to him!"

Li Yi looked over subconsciously, but he didn't expect that the person who spoke was the one who had previously suggested that he and Li Jixun name themselves together.

It seems that these days there are always some people who can't control their mouths.

"Of course..." Ma Renyu, who had been sitting there drinking, finally got the chance to speak.

Seeing that this guy was about to say something nonsense, Li Yi immediately changed the subject and said, "Let's toast to Brother Zhao and wish him a promotion and the birth of his beloved daughter. Double happiness!"

As he said this, he took the lead in raising his glass to toast Zhao Kuangyin.

Everyone can only follow along...

The banquet lasted until dusk, and then everyone gradually dispersed.

Before leaving, Zhao Kuangyin kept pulling Li Yi to stay overnight at his house for another round of drinks and to reminisce about the past.

Li Yi naturally tried to delay it as much as possible. He had a low alcohol tolerance to begin with, and if he drank another round he would really fall down.

Besides, if he were to stay overnight at the Zhao family's, he would be afraid of being killed in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuangyin did not force Li Yi to stay in the end. He asked Li Yi to visit his house more often in the future and then let him go.

"Brother Yi, I think the second lady of the Zhao family really has improper thoughts about you!"

On the way back, Ma Renyu, who was riding on a horse, glanced at Li Yi from time to time, wanting to say something but stopping himself. In the end, he couldn't help but blurted out his thoughts.

"If it's a pretty young lady, it's understandable that someone would be thinking about her." Li Yi said helplessly, "How can I, a grown man, be thought about by someone?"

Ma Renyu shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true! With your physique and appearance, how could a married widow not be tempted by you?"

"Fuck you!" Li Yi couldn't help but curse with a smile, "I don't know where you learned such a lewd word."

"Hahaha... I learned this word from you, Brother Yi, when we were little!" Ma Renyu laughed and joked.

Li Yi was too lazy to pay attention to this guy anymore.

But he was indeed very confused. His experience at the Zhao family today left him bewildered.

According to normal practice, since I have offended the Zhao family, shouldn't I fight to the death and determine the winner?

Zhao Da's performance can be said to be that of a patient person, which is also in line with his future role as Emperor Taizu of Song.

But Zhao Erniang's behavior is a bit unreasonable... Is she really greedy for her own body?
No, no, no, that's outrageous.

Li Yi would rather believe that she wanted to use her beauty to lure him into a gentle embrace and then give him a fatal blow when he was off guard.

Well, this is the only reasonable explanation...

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