Five years after her death, she awoke on the dragon bed.

Chapter 101 The Emperor Has No Heart

Murong looked at the full moon hanging high in the night sky outside the window, her expression softening slightly: "You guys take good care of her. Try your best to fulfill her requests, but also keep a close eye on her and don't let her have a chance to escape."

Jili readily agreed, then asked, "Does Your Majesty wish to find an opportunity to expose the fact that the girl is pregnant?"

Murong pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Let her have her way. It's better if people find out she's pregnant a little later. You should act naturally so she doesn't overthink it."

As Jili's pregnancy progressed, the girl began to sigh frequently, knowing that sooner or later people would find out she was pregnant.

Since feeling the baby move, Lou Suyi felt that her life had more to look forward to. She had never felt so confident that she would soon have a blood relative with her, and that the little person would be born soon and call her mother.

But as the days went by and her belly grew bigger, she became increasingly anxious. What if, after the child was born, Murong abandoned her and kept the child?
The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Emperor's birthday celebration. Since it was the first birthday celebration held in the first year of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, it was not only important to Empress Dowager Chen, but also to civil and military officials. Delegations from neighboring countries also came to the capital to offer their congratulations.

As the birthday celebrant, Murong was naturally very busy.

Of course, no one knew that September 6th was Lou Suyi's birthday.

Lou Suyi has never celebrated her birthday since she was a child, because even her mother, Aunt Ke, didn't remember her birthday, let alone the rest of the Lou family.
When she was a child, she used to look forward to her birthday. But as she grew up, she got used to it and often forgot her own birthday, so she didn't have the concept of a birthday.

Five years later, Lou Suyi suddenly returned alive, but she didn't remember her birthday.

On the morning of the sixth day, she got up early and was about to change her clothes when Jinshu suddenly came in and saw her increasingly obvious pregnant belly.

Lou Suyi and Jinshu exchanged glances, and Jinshu helped cover for them, saying, "Miss must have eaten too much yesterday, your little belly is even more noticeable now."

Lou Suyi wiped her sweat; Jinshu had already taken care of it for her without her needing to make excuses.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, she has not stepped out of Xianfu Palace.

It's probably because Murong hasn't visited Xianfu Palace, nor have the concubines. Only Fang Cai would visit Xianfu Palace every ten days or so.

But since the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fang Cai has not shown his face in front of her.

To everyone's surprise, the person from earlier arrived suddenly at dusk. Lou Suying was a little taken aback: "Why has such an important person arrived at this hour?"

The man smiled brightly: "I had nothing to do, so I came to see the nun. How have you been lately, nun?"

As she spoke, she looked Lou Suyi up and down.

"The nun looks quite well."

Lou Suyi thought to herself that she ate and slept all day long, and that Granny Fan's cooking was so delicious, how could she not like it?

"Your Excellency looks quite well," Lou Suyi replied politely.

Before long, the two began talking about the Emperor's birthday: "I heard that this year's Emperor's birthday celebration will be unprecedentedly grand. Will the nun go to watch the festivities?"

“My status as a nun is not suitable for joining in the fun,” Lou Suyi replied without hesitation.

This time, Empress Dowager Chen didn't send anyone to inform her in advance, so she probably won't force her to attend the Emperor's birthday celebration, right?

Furthermore, it was a grand occasion, and it was definitely not something she should have participated in.

"I'd like to go see what's going on, but I don't know if I'll have the chance."

No sooner had the man finished speaking than celebratory shouts rang out from outside: "His Majesty has arrived!"

Lou Suying was taken aback, not expecting that Murong, such a busy person, would come today. She only knew that Murong was extremely busy because of the Emperor's birthday celebration, which was what Jili had told her.

She quickly realized what was happening and went out to greet him.

Since the person from earlier was present, etiquette must not be neglected. Murong had not expected that there would be outsiders in Xianfu Palace at this hour. He glanced at the person from earlier, and Lou Suying stepped forward to explain to him: "This is the person from earlier, who just arrived."

If an emperor can't even recognize his own concubines, it shows he has no heart.

Murong declined the formalities offered by the others.

Just now, the man happily took Lou Suyi's arm and whispered to her in a lovestruck voice, "Your Majesty's imperial majesty is so great, I don't even dare to look directly at him."

Lou Suyi smiled and agreed, "Exactly."

She thought Fang Cairen would seize this opportunity to chat with Murong a bit more, but Fang Cairen whispered to her, "I'll come to see the nun again next time. His Majesty is here, so it's better if I avoid him."

Lou Suyi was a little surprised: "The important person has left already?"

Shouldn't we try to make our presence known to Murong more?
She thought the person who approached her earlier was trying to make an appearance with Murong and seize an opportunity to rise in rank, but this was not what she expected.

"Yes, I'll come to see you again next time."

As she spoke, she did not forget her manners and went to Murong to say, "This concubine is going back for dinner. This concubine will take her leave."

Murong glanced at the person from before again and thought that this talented person seemed to know what was good for her.

He waved his dragon sleeves, indicating that the person from before could leave.

After the servants left, Lou Suying found a seat and asked, puzzled, "Isn't His Majesty very busy? Why did he suddenly come?"

"Come and see you."

As Murong spoke, he looked at Jiqing, who then handed him a thick gold bracelet.

Lou Suying's eyes lit up, and she couldn't take her eyes off the gold: "Is this for me?"

"Yes, today is your birthday, here's a birthday gift for you." Murong stepped forward, took Lou Suyi's hand, and put the gold bracelet on her wrist.

Gold suits her very well.

Her skin was as white as jade, and the gold accentuated her fair complexion.

Lou Suying was still in a daze: "My birthday?"

She only knew that the Emperor's birthday was in a few days, but she couldn't remember her own birthday, since she hadn't celebrated it for many years.

Even her family and she herself don't remember her birthday, so how could Murong remember it?

"Have you forgotten that you saved my life at the Crown Prince's residence on your eighth birthday?" Murong toyed with her slender, soft fingers.

After Murong's reminder, Lou Suying remembered that it did indeed seem to be her birthday that day.

That year, Consort Ke was at the height of her favor. In addition, her two legitimate daughters, Lou Suya and Lou Suyue, were suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. Despite Madam Yin's objections, the Earl of Suning took her to the Crown Prince's residence to attend the flower viewing banquet.

Madam Yin disliked Consort Ke, and of course she disliked her even more, abandoning her as soon as she entered the Crown Prince's residence.

She quickly got lost in the unfamiliar Crown Prince's residence until she saw an old woman with a malicious look on her face push the little boy into the pool from behind.

At that time, she thought the pool was so shallow that the boy should be fine. Who knew that the boy would keep choking on water and splashing around in the pool, looking very dangerous.

Having grown up in an environment like the Lou family's, she was precocious at a young age and was afraid of getting into trouble, so she really wanted to turn around and leave.

But after the boy struggled, he lay face down in the pool and didn't move. Fearing he might die, she rushed over and pulled him out of the water...