The news that Li Hua deliberately released spread to all the countries surrounding Jinchuan in the shortest possible time.

Naturally, the news also reached the ears of Manyue, who was rushing towards Gan Qiongying. After traveling south with Yingba and making sure no one was following them, she was hurrying day and night towards Gan Qiongying.

Manyue once visited the Prince Consort's residence in person. During this time, she was by the side of Grand Princess Huian. Grand Princess Huian did not hide anything from her, so Manyue naturally learned that the gentle and kind Prince Consort she had always thought of had secretly replaced the hostage of Jinchuan and transformed into the Crown Prince of Jinchuan.

Perhaps no one in this world can understand why Gan Qiongying would suddenly abandon her husband, run away with Gan Lin, and then desperately hide her tracks so that her husband wouldn't find her.

But Man Yue understood, even though she had no idea that this world was a book, nor did she know what kind of struggle Gan Qiongying was going through.

But Manyue knew how much Princess Duanrong loved her husband. She served the princess closely every day and was the closest person to her. She saw how much her mistress cared about her husband. If that concern didn't stem from genuine affection, and that nervousness didn't arise from an unconscious deep love, how could the relationship between the two have become so touching?

How could we let these servants see this and feel sweet and envious?

Perhaps other things in this world can be faked, but loving someone is very difficult to fake. Full Moon has never loved anyone, but she knows who her master's gaze is following when her eyes follow her master.

But the person beside you in bed, the one you love with all your heart, you suddenly discover that he is completely different from what you imagined.

His gentle and kind nature, even his weakness and helplessness, the kind of vulnerability that makes people want to love him, were suddenly revealed one day to be a complete lie.

He even secretly took over the identity of his twin brother, wielding unimaginable power.

You can no longer fathom his thoughts or even his true nature, so how could you not run away?

If it were a full moon, the full moon would also run away. She knew too well what kind of life her master wanted, and she knew too well how much her master valued His Majesty.

Under these circumstances, running away was perfectly normal. Man Yue never pitied the prince consort from beginning to end, just as San Jiu never understood Gan Qiongying's choice.

Man Yue is the only person in the world, besides Gan Qiongying herself, who completely stands on the side of her master without even fully understanding the inside story.

Knowing that her mistress was pregnant and needed her care, Manyue wished she could grow wings like a gyrfalcon and reach Gan Qiongying's side overnight, if she wasn't worried about someone following her and Yingba.

At this moment, Gan Qiongying had just given birth and hadn't even finished expelling her lochia. The effects of the medicine Xiao Qiansong had given her wore off, and she finally belatedly felt the pain.

The main problem was that it hurt a bit when they pressed on my stomach, and my lower body was basically numb. The midwife examined me carefully and said that because the baby was small, it wasn't too badly damaged.

However, there were also some small, tearing wounds. Gan Qiongying lay there, constantly looking at the two little ones beside her.

They slept the whole time and didn't even get up to ask for food.

Gan Qiongying now looks at her children as if they are strangers. This feeling is hard to describe. She knows that these two children are her children, but it is very difficult for her to fully accept them in a short period of time.

With Xiao Qiansong and two midwives attending to her meticulously, Gan Qiongying recovered considerably after drinking several bowls of herbal soup and eating some food.

She even felt that she could walk on the ground right now without any problem, and her stomach had completely collapsed.

Although she is still a bit large, Xiao Qiansong said that she is not fat to begin with, and if she drinks the conditioning medicine prescribed by Xiao Qiansong properly, she will recover in a while.

Gan Qiongying wasn't worried about that; her main concern was... keeping an eye on her two children.

It's so ugly.

But I don't know if it's because it's my own child, but I found it quite pleasing to the eye over time.

Gan Qiongying would occasionally poke herself with her hand, lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with a feeling of weakness that came from being overly tense.

Moreover, time flew by, and before they knew it, it was already dark outside. The two children beside Gan Qiongying only woke up once.

The crying was very faint and soft, not unlike that of a baby mouse. It must have been wanting something to eat, but Gan Qiongying's milk hadn't come in, so she couldn't give it anything.

Xiao Qiansong mixed some water with something and fed it to the two little ones, and they went back to sleep.

Gan Qiongying then asked Xiao Qiansong, "Is it alright for them to keep sleeping like this?"

Xiao Qiansong patiently explained to Gan Qiongying, "It's normal for a baby to be a little weak because the baby is premature. Besides, babies in their first month usually sleep most of the time."

"It's already dark outside, why hasn't Gan Lin returned yet?"

Just as Gan Qiongying asked the question with some concern, she suddenly heard a chaotic sound outside, clattering and knocking, as if something had been tripped up, along with a series of hurried footsteps.

But the footsteps stopped outside the door after it opened, and soon Gan Lin's voice, tinged with tears, came from the direction of the kitchen: "Sister! Sister... I'm late!"

Gan Lin sounded terrified, and Gan Qiongying quickly spoke up, saying towards the outside, "Don't worry, I'm fine... The baby has been born, and both mother and child are safe!"

The messenger had repeated the words "Mother and child are safe" to Gan Lin many times along the way.

However, Gan Lin had remained quite calm the whole way, but as soon as he got closer to the house, now only a door away from Gan Qiongying, all of Gan Lin's composure seemed to vanish.

Like a young boy, he was anxiously waiting outside but too afraid to go inside.

"I'm too cold, I don't dare go in! Sister! Sister..."