The siblings talked for a while longer, then Gan Qiongying felt some back pain and lay back down.

Her belly wasn't actually that exaggeratedly big; rather, it was quite round. Now, if you calculate it, it's been a little over seven months since she forgot to take her medicine.

Gan Qiongying, who gave birth to twins at seven months, only vomited twice during the very beginning of her pregnancy, and that was without her knowledge. After that, she didn't experience any major problems.

She eats well and sleeps soundly. Most importantly, she has a skilled healer by her side and a caring younger brother who studies her all day long. Sometimes, Gan Qiongying feels that the two of them care more about the two children in her belly than she does.

Moreover, Xiao Qiansong specially prepared some medicinal oil for Gan Qiongying, which she applied to her stomach and thighs, and so far, not a single crack has appeared.

Xiao Qiansong said that this medicinal oil was extremely effective. Back then, the concubines in the palace relied on this to avoid leaving any marks after childbirth, so as not to affect their future favor with the emperor.

Gan Qiongying once again felt that bringing him out was an incredibly important decision.

Gan Qiongying lay there, drifting off to sleep again in a daze. When she woke up again, it was already evening.

At this point, her back ached even more, and when she tried to get up, she found herself weak and unable to move!

Gan Qiongying immediately sensed something was wrong and called out to the outside. During this period, Xiao Qiansong had stopped going out to treat patients and had been staying by Gan Qiongying's side.

Hearing Gan Qiongying's call, he immediately came in. Gan Qiongying, holding her lower back, said to Xiao Qiansong, "My lower back hurts a bit, it's so sore..."

"Please take my pulse quickly, is there something wrong with the child?"

Before Xiao Qiansong could even touch her, Gan Qiongying felt a gushing sensation below her, like she had urinated, but she didn't actually feel the urge to urinate.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qiansong immediately lifted the blanket and said, "Miss, please lie down quickly, you're about to give birth!"

Gan Qiongying: "Nonsense, it's not even the end of the month yet! It's only been seven months at most!"

"Am I going into premature labor?!" Gan Qiongying's voice became somewhat shrill with anxiety.

Xiao Qiansong was sweating profusely when she shouted, "Young Miss, don't panic! Very few twins are born at full term!"

"It's normal, a seven-month-old baby can survive!"

Gan Qiongying was so anxious she was almost in tears. She hadn't felt any stomach pain yet, but her back ached terribly.

Lying in bed, too afraid to move, I watched Xiao Qiansong bustling about, carrying this basin and fiddling with that thing. I saw scissors and strong liquor.

Soon, there were chaotic footsteps outside, and two people rushed over in a panic. They were the midwives who had been placed in the temple beforehand.

At this moment, Xiao Qiansong brought over a bowl of thick, dark liquid and brought it to Gan Qiongying's lips, saying, "Drink this medicine all at once!"

Gan Qiongying took a sip and almost spat it out: "Why is it alcohol! Is it really okay to drink at this time?!"

Xiao Qiansong almost laughed, and couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, it's for assisted conception! Would I harm you?"

"Where's Gan Lin? Where's Gan Lin?" Gan Qiongying grabbed Xiao Qiansong's hand with great force. She had never given birth in her life, and her eyes were filled with panic.

"Gan Lin went out with the shadow guards and won't be back for a while. Don't worry, Miss, I'll be by your side to ensure your safety and that of your child!"

"This is what my family has passed down through generations. Young Miss, can you perhaps have some trust in me?"

Gan Qiongying was so frightened she almost talked nonsense: "It's not like you're the one giving birth! You try giving birth and see! Why doesn't it hurt?"

"How can I exert force if it doesn't hurt... What am I going to do?!"

"Miss, relax..." At this moment, the two midwives came over and pulled Gan Qiongying out of bed by the blanket.

Then, with a thick blanket covering him, his pants were pulled out from under the blanket.

Gan Qiongying kept staring anxiously at Xiao Qiansong, who was busy running around, and kept talking nonsense. One minute she was looking for Gan Lin, and the next she was asking Xiao Qiansong why he didn't feel any pain at all.

Ask Xiao Qiansong if something is wrong!

Gan Qiongying felt that she was probably intoxicated by the bowl of dark wine she had drunk. Lying in bed, she felt her back was even more sore, and it was an intermittent soreness.

However, this soreness was only slightly more severe than the pain during menstruation, and most importantly, Gan Qiongying felt extremely dizzy.

She felt dizzy and as the blanket covering her kept being pulled off, she felt a little ashamed, but at this moment she couldn't care less about anything else.

"Xiao Qiansong, I'm drunk... How could you force me to drink at a time like this..."

Gan Qiongying was talking nonsense when she felt a stuffy sensation, a kind of stuffiness where there was no airflow between her upper and lower body, making it difficult to even breathe.

I feel like I'm about to suffocate!

She called out to Xiao Qiansong again, and Xiao Qiansong and the midwife said to her, "Stop calling out, just push!"

Gan Qiongying asked in a daze, "Where should I exert my strength?"

“Just like going to the toilet!” Xiao Qiansong shouted.

Then Gan Qiongying did as he instructed, and after about four or five thrusts, she saw out of the corner of her eye that Xiao Qiansong had picked up something...

Then came the second wave of dullness, and Gan Qiongying seemed to be getting more and more drunk, with the scene in front of her eyes starting to spin.

She thought she heard a cry like that of a baby, not very loud, like a baby mouse...

She was so suffocated that she could only strain as they instructed.

The dull feeling quickly disappeared.

Then Gan Qiongying heard the child crying and felt something being peeled out of her body. After that thing was pulled out, she felt much lighter.

As if floating in the clouds, Gan Qiongying mustered her strength and tried her best to see and ask how the child was.

Why isn't the child crying?

Then she lost consciousness.

"It's a boy and a girl!" The midwife's voice was particularly loud. She had delivered many babies in her entire life and had rarely encountered twins, let alone boy and girl twins.

Although the babies were not full-term and were a little small, both were very healthy and well-developed!

After cutting the baby's umbilical cord, tying it with a rope, washing it, and wrapping it in two small towels, you can easily clean the baby's umbilical cord.

Xiao Qiansong examined the child and nodded; the child was perfectly normal.

The two little ones' cries weren't very loud, and their eyes were just rolling around when they were born, so they weren't exactly pretty.

But Xiao Qiansong was extremely pleasing to the eye, almost like watching one's own child being born.

At this point, Gan Qiongying was completely unaware of anything. When she woke up again, she only felt someone pressing on her stomach.

She was like a water pump; with each press, a surge of heat would flow through the bedding.

Gan Qiongying opened her eyes, still hazy from the lingering smell of alcohol. After a moment, she glared at the midwife pressing on her stomach and said, "Where is my child!"