Li Hua kept apologizing and remained kneeling on the ground, leaving Gan Qiongying feeling helpless.

"You are supposed to be the dignified Crown Prince of Jinchuan. Do the court officials who usually discuss state affairs with you know that you are just a fragile person? Do they know that you cry at the drop of a hat?"

"Okay, okay, although I was a little scared when I gave birth, I didn't suffer at all."

Even if Li Hua didn't say anything, Gan Qiongying could guess what he was thinking; Li Hua was feeling sorry for her.

Gan Qiongying tried her best to describe the situation as light and breezy: "It was just having two children. Our babies are both very well-behaved and sensible. They didn't bother me at all. In fact, they seem to love this world. They were eager to meet me even before they were full-term."

“From now on, we’ll all be a good family. So don’t cry anymore. What will we do when the servants come in and see your eyes looking like two rotten peaches?”

Gan Qiongying gently patted Li Hua's back to soothe his emotions. But this time, Li Hua was truly unable to control himself, and even Gan Qiongying probably couldn't fully empathize with him.

Family was far too important to Li Hua; it was something he had never had since birth, and it was everything he had longed for all his life.

For Gan Qiongying, Li Hua was an omnipotent god of wealth.

But for Li Hua, wasn't Gan Qiongying also a god who reached out from the clouds and pulled him out of the mud?

However, Li Hua cried without making a sound, silently shedding tears. He had shed almost all the tears of his life for Gan Qiongying.

Gan Qiongying had to coax Li Hua for a long time before the storm finally subsided.

The two men's servants were very observant; they all stood guard at the door, waiting for instructions, but none of them disturbed the family of four inside the house.

Both children were sleeping very soundly, probably because they had taken the herbal medicine prescribed by Xiao Qiansong. Later, the two people lifted the blankets and moved the two little ones' limbs, but they showed no signs of waking up.

"Zhenzhen looks a little chubby." Gan Qiongying pinched her adorable daughter's little feet and compared them to her adorable son next to her; he was indeed slightly chubby.

Li Hua nodded, his eyes still red, and Gan Qiongying wanted to laugh whenever she turned around and saw them.

“Why don’t you try holding them? It’s midday now, and it’s not good for them to sleep for too long,” Gan Qiongying said. “It’s okay if you wake them up; they can play for a while and then it’ll be time for their milk.”

"At six months, it seems like we should start introducing some complementary foods like rice porridge. I'll go ask if they tried giving it to them at one month old."

Although Gan Qiongying had never given birth to a child before, she had heard from some older people in the modern world that if a child develops a good appetite early on, they will eat more delicious food in the future.

Li Hua didn't dare to reach out and hug the two soft little dumplings lying on the kang. As soon as he saw Gan Qiongying getting up, he immediately reached out and grabbed Gan Qiongying's sleeve.

Li Hua was a little scared, fearing that Gan Qiongying would leave him and the children in the same room, though he himself didn't know what he was afraid of.

Perhaps it was a sense of trepidation at the prospect of returning home, but he pulled Gan Qiongying up to look at her and asked, "Where are you going?"

Gan Qiongying couldn't help but laugh again: "Your Highness, please restrain yourself a little. This is our home, we're already home. I just went out to ask about the children's growth and eating habits. Do you think I'd run away?"

"Are you going to follow me to the outhouse every time I need to go?" Gan Qiongying slapped Li Hua on the head. "Show some of your Crown Prince's aura!"

After Gan Qiongying finished speaking, she went out, leaving Li Hua alone in the room. Li Hua's gaze was fixed on the two little ones on the kang (a heated brick bed), as if glued to them, and she couldn't look away.

My fingers kept gently touching this and that, cautiously yet with great joy.

These two little ones are truly his bloodline, Li Hua kept telling himself. Even just touching their delicate skin made Li Hua feel as if his heart was melting.

The corners of his mouth slowly curved upwards, the arc growing wider and wider, until finally he gently lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), bringing his face closer to the two little ones so he could see them more clearly.

When Gan Qiongying went outside, she saw Manyue and Tianjiao talking together. Gan Qiongying raised her eyebrows. Even at this moment, she still couldn't forget to ship them. These two girls looked particularly good together, even their eyes were exactly the same round and bright.

"You've made up, huh?" Gan Qiongying leaned closer, looking at the two of them with teasing expressions on their faces.

"master……"

“Princess…” The two spoke at the same time. Gan Qiongying smiled and patted their shoulders, then pulled Manyue aside to inquire about the children’s growth and diet.

Gan Qiongying has been gone for three months, and the two little ones have indeed grown quite a bit. As they chatted, Xiao Qiansong also came over, and the group discussed that the two little ones should indeed start eating some complementary foods recently.

“Zhenzhen eats more and isn’t picky. She has a good appetite for everything, from rice porridge to cakes and cheesecakes, and she’s quite focused when she eats. Pengpeng, on the other hand, is a bit less focused. She looks around with her eyes while she eats… She can only eat a few more bites of sweets.”

“I’ve been working on a recipe to improve their appetite,” Xiao Qiansong said. “Don’t worry, Princess, I guarantee they’ll all be plump and healthy again in a while!”

Gan Qiongying raised an eyebrow slightly: "Oh, why are you calling me princess now? I've been calling you Qiongying for a long time."

Xiao Qiansong glanced strangely toward the house, then shook his head and said, "I'll still call you Princess from now on." After all, there was an indescribable coldness in the prince consort's eyes as he looked at him.

Xiao Qiansong had been a royal physician in the palace for a long time. Although Empress Dowager Kou Ning'an was in charge of the entire harem, Xiao Qiansong did not have much contact with the noble figures in the harem, but he would still treat the illnesses of many concubines and old concubines.

The more influential people Xiao Qiansong met, the more discerning he became. He could tell at a glance that Li Hua was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

He stood beside Gan Qiongying, his body slightly tilted towards her. This protectiveness and possessiveness were fully expressed through his body language. Xiao Qiansong, well-versed in medical books, knew that such people were usually very extreme and might even have some hidden psychological problems.

He certainly couldn't be as casual as before; he needed to keep some distance from Gan Qiongying.

While a few people were talking about the child outside, a soft cry of a baby came from inside the house.

A group of people immediately pushed open the door and rushed in, only to see Li Hua standing behind the screen, holding a diaper in her hand, deftly changing the diaper of one of the babies.