Sun Wan felt a warmth in her heart as she thought about Qiu Xu's promise, and couldn't help but look at Qiu Xu.

She still held the same opinion, hoping that Qiu Xu would keep his word.

Seeing that both men's gazes were fixed on her, Madam Sun turned around and said to Qiu Xu:

"Qiu Xu, stay for a meal with the Prince later."

"Yes." Qiu Xu initially wanted to decline, as he was still planning to visit the Ministry of War.

However, when his future mother-in-law invited him, he nodded again without the slightest refusal, only thinking that he would go later, which made Madam Sun chuckle.

The more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the happier she becomes.

Having finally escaped, Qiu Xu went to the guest hall to meet Lord Sun.

………………

Qiu Xu and Sun Wan's marriage was set for the following spring.

With the major matter settled, Qiu Yan felt relieved.

At least, she no longer needs to worry about her younger brother's marriage.

Regarding her younger sister, Qiu Yan will not force her and will respect her sister's choices in everything.

Before we knew it, another half month had passed.

For the past two weeks, although Qiu Yan felt unwell, she continued to take walks in the garden of the mansion, accompanied by Gu Qian.

This morning, Qiu Yan and Gu Qian appeared together.

"When will he finally come out?" Gu Qian was getting impatient.

He made thorough preparations for Yan Yan's childbirth.

The three midwives moved into the mansion early on.

Gu Qian was already impatient to know whether the child was a boy or a girl, what he looked like, whether he resembled his father or his mother, and so on.

"There's no use in being anxious." Qiu Yan smiled and touched her lower abdomen. "There are still a few days until my due date."

Unexpectedly, after saying that,

Suddenly, I felt a dull pain in my lower abdomen.

She clutched her stomach, her expression frozen.

Gu Qian's expression also froze.

"Is she... about to give birth?"

"She's probably about to give birth." Qiu Yan realized something was wrong, turned around, and quickly walked towards the main courtyard.

But Gu Qian helped her by the wrist.

"Don't panic, Yan Yan."

"I'm not panicking." Qiu Yan felt some discomfort in her abdomen, but the dull pain gradually subsided.

She quickened her pace.

But Gu Qian simply swept him up and held him in his arms.

Qiu Yan let him hold her, wrapping her arms around his neck to ease the discomfort in her stomach.

Gradually, the discomfort dissipated.

Gu Qian carried Qiu Yan into the main courtyard.

As he walked, he instructed his attendant, "Quickly call the midwife and tell the kitchen to boil more hot water..."

Instantly, the servants in the mansion began bustling about.

Inside the main house, Qiu Yan had just lain down when the abdominal pain returned.

Gu Qian held Qiu Yan's wrist tightly, his face full of worry.

"Yan Yan, if it hurts, just shout it out."

Qiu Yan: "...It doesn't hurt."

She's right, at first, it didn't hurt much.

But as the contractions intensified, she was sweating profusely from the pain.

"You still say it doesn't hurt." Gu Qian looked worried and felt a pang of heartache. He held Qiu Yan's wrist tightly with both of his large hands.

Until Qiu Yan spoke up to shoo them away,

"Gu Qian, you can go out first."

As soon as Qiu Yan finished speaking, the three midwives hurriedly entered the main house.

“…Okay.” Gu Qian didn’t want to go out, but he had no choice.

Immediately, the three midwives began to deliver Qiu Yan's baby in an orderly manner.

The contractions intensified, but Qiu Yan endured the pain, constantly trying to distract herself throughout the process.

She drank half a bowl of rice porridge and ate half an egg, but couldn't eat anymore.

Childbirth varies from person to person; some women have long labors, while others have short ones.

Qiu Yan's intense abdominal pain was unbearable.

Her pain tolerance was unmatched by others.

Even so, the pain was so intense that she couldn't control herself and couldn't help but moan softly.

This made Gu Qian, who was waiting outside, anxious and restless.

Despite the excruciating pain, Qiu Yan remained conscious throughout...

Gu Qian paced anxiously outside.

Until that first cry, a loud wail.

"The princess has given birth!"

The midwife's joyful cry rang out from inside the house.

Gu Qian's body went limp. He wanted to go inside, but the midwife stopped him. He could only sit on the doorstep and laugh foolishly to himself.

"From this day forward, I, Gu Qian, have a son."

"Father, am I not your son?" The speaker was He Jinran.

As soon as he arrived, he looked around the room, but Gu Qian pulled him back to the steps and made him sit next to him.

"What's the rush? Your father is still sitting here."

"I want to see my mother, and also see my younger sister."

Gu Qian: "..."

"Congratulations, Your Highness, it's a young prince." The midwife's voice rang out from outside.

He Jinran was taken aback, then frowned.

In his subconscious, he believed his mother preferred daughters.

Therefore, he always believed that his mother was carrying a daughter.

The situation is different now; he is more or less...

……'disappointment',

However, his face still radiated a sunny and cheerful expression.

Seeing that his father had already entered the room the moment the midwife opened the door, he wanted to follow.

However, the midwife blocked them at the door.

"Your Highness, please wait outside."

He Jinran sat up straight, his smile widening.

Inside the room, Gu Qian was leaning over Qiu Yan's bedside.

Looking at Yan Yan on the bed, her forehead damp with sweat, her pale lips marked with teeth marks, and beside her, her son, tightly wrapped up...

Joy, emotion, and heartache filled his heart.

He lowered his head and placed a light kiss on Qiu Yan's forehead.

"Yan Yan, from now on, we won't have any more children."

He embraced the mother and child, protecting them tenderly.

Can Qiu Yan say she was very moved? Didn't she think of a whole bunch of names like Gu Qian?

Having just given birth, she shared the same thoughts as Gu Qian.

That means, we won't have any more children...

The severe abdominal pain just now

She never wanted to go through it again.

But looking at the crying child beside me,

She felt that the pain she had just suffered was nothing at all.

She never thought of it.

She gave birth and forgot the pain as soon as it was over, to the point that she broke her promise and had six children in a row.

After the midwives left one after another, Qiu Yan slowly got up.

But Gu Qian stopped him with words.

"Yan Yan, lie down properly. If you need anything, just tell your husband."

"He needs to nurse, can you do that?" Qiu Yan, who had just given birth, spoke weakly and needed to calm down.

Qiu Yan's words silenced Gu Qian.

Gu Qian helped Qiu Yan lean against him.

Qiu Yan lifted her collar,

The first time breastfeeding,

Finally, the baby got his first taste of milk, stopped crying, and suckled contentedly.

Qiu Yan felt the baby's touch and watched the baby happily nursing, nibbling away.

Her maternal love overflowed instantly.

But suddenly, she felt an unbearable emptiness in her stomach.

"Gu Qian, I'm hungry."

"The meal has been prepared long ago." Gu Qian glanced outside and saw Feng Hua and Liu Sha walk in one after the other.

On the tray was the postpartum meal that Gu Qian had carefully prepared for Qiu Yan.

Qiu Yumei and Jiang Liu had been counting down the days, observing Qiu Yan's every move.

But before I knew it, I was pregnant.

They came to see the child immediately, and word spread that they had taken the baby.

Finally, the child fell into the hands of Qiu Ling'er, who had just returned from the Hall of Forgetfulness...