Besides her, there were four other young ladies in the main quarters. The eldest, second and third young ladies were all the children of the Madam. Perhaps due to her string of daughters, the Madam felt guilty and allowed two chambermaids to bear sons. Unfortunately, even after the maturation of Sister Ziyi's concubine mother and the other concubine, they both gave birth to daughters. It was not until her birth, and another birth by her concubine mother, that the main quarters finally had a male heir. Sadly, her concubine mother died in that birth. By that time, Sister Ziyi was still young and had no memory of what her real mother looked like, and henceforth recognized only the Madam as her mother.