When Gong Ruanruan was giving birth, she couldn't feel any pain, but she didn't want others to know about her condition, so she pretended to be in a lot of pain, biting her lower lip tightly. The beads of sweat on her forehead were from nervousness, and she was covered with a thick blanket.

In addition, the room was surrounded by midwives and maids, and the air was stagnant and poorly ventilated. I felt like a steamed bun in a sauna, unbearably hot.

The midwife was quite relieved to see her like this; she was a patient woman. It was unclear how many pregnancies Madam Ruan was carrying, but her belly was unusually large. All the midwives were working up a high, energetic pace, constantly needing to maintain their focus.

They also need to hone their midwifery skills. If anything goes wrong, the Palace Master will probably poison them to the point of near death before the palace gates even have a chance to deal with them.

Fortunately, Madam Ruan was resilient and safely gave birth to four children. Towards the end, the midwives were completely stunned; this was the first time in all their years of delivering babies that they had ever seen someone pregnant with four children.

They delivered the babies themselves without any problems. These four children alone are enough for them to show off when they go back, especially since they are the precious golden nuggets of the palace!

Everyone living in the Old Dust Valley knows that the palace is good in every way except for having very few offspring. If it were the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, wouldn't they have a dozen or so concubines in their backyards, and their children would be as numerous as hairs on a cow?

However, the palace is an exception. Each palace master only marries one wife. Lady Wu Ji was only married because Young Master Yu was young and she was also close to him. Otherwise, how could she have been married as his second wife?

Needless to say, the Shang Palace was just a case of a maidservant from the lady's dowry climbing into someone's bed. Such a thing wouldn't be surprising if it happened in other families outside the palace gates, but this particular incident happened inside the palace gates.

The midwives all guessed it was because the Shang family's wife hadn't been able to give birth to a son. In this society, every family hoped for a son to carry on the family line and inherit the business, which they could understand.

"Young Miss, look how small his hands are!" Young Master Hua looked at the red monkey sleeping soundly in Gong Zishang's arms. His fingers were very small. Young Master Hua childishly stretched out his own fingers to compare, successfully earning a glare from Gong Zishang.

He patted the person on the shoulder and said, "Keep your voice down, don't wake the child!"

Gong Zishang was extremely excited; it was the first time she had ever held a baby. He was so tiny, so soft, and so red.

Gong Yuanzheng finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Ruan Ruan was safe and sound, simply asleep. Looking at the three babies in the cradle beside him, each one incredibly red, he couldn't understand why everyone said they were so beautiful.

Could it be? Is there something wrong with his eyes? This was the first time Gong Yuanzheng had ever suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes. He didn't really want to think this way, but the circumstances really didn't allow it. Besides, even Gong Ziyu was fair-skinned and clean-cut, unlike the rest of them who were all so red.

When the three elders heard that Lady Zheng had given birth to four children, they were overjoyed. There were only a few children in the palace, and Lady Ruan's pregnancy meant that more than half of the palace's offspring were born. How could they not be happy?

After learning that Gong Ruanruan had given birth, Song Qingli made a special trip, bringing some things that her father had sent in from outside the palace. She was incredibly generous, basically covering all necessities.

The Song family is not short of money. After all, her illness was cured by Gong Yuanzheng, and she liked that gentle lady very much. She didn't expect those two to only think about how to harm her.