Spreading the Good News and Building a New Estate

Before long, the joyous news of Veronica's pregnancy spread across the territory as though it had grown wings.

From powerful officials and ordinary commoners to the indentured servants bound to the territory, everyone broke into smiles when they heard.

Compared with other nobles, who were greedy and coldhearted, the Golden Sunflower Family was a breath of fresh air—kindhearted and deeply humane!

That was why everyone in the territory could share in the benefits of its flourishing development. They sincerely hoped it would remain stable and prosperous for generations to come.

The indentured servants, who had suffered so much under bondage, looked forward to that future most of all.

Under the special agreements they had signed with the territory, they could shed their lowly status as serfs after working diligently for a set number of years. What was more, the territory would then grant them fertile land and substantial loans!

To poor serfs living in other territories, such a prospect was a dream beyond reach!

As for Victor, he had never considered hiding his wife's pregnancy.

Since the news had already spread on its own, he went with the flow and announced it throughout the territory!

He gave everyone another holiday and ordered celebratory red envelopes distributed across the territory. Though each held only a few copper coins, he wanted everyone to share in the joy!

Veronica's pregnancy truly was an enormous surprise!

Not long after Victor had finished carefully arranging the territory's work plans for the coming year, he went to Veronica's research room one day to meet her after work, as usual. To his surprise, she was not there.

After asking around, he learned that Veronica had felt unwell and gone home early to rest.

When Veronica first told Victor she was feeling ill, he assumed she had caught