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

Chapter 104 Xie Zhijie felt a chill run through his body: The sachet the emperor wore was a gift from Su Yi.
“Think about it, young lady. His Majesty is the ruler of this land. If he likes the gift you give him, wouldn’t your position in the palace be even more secure? Besides, His Majesty personally made longevity noodles for your birthday. If you could also make a bowl of longevity noodles for His Majesty…”

Lou Suyi interrupted Jinshu, saying, "Silly girl. His Majesty will be very busy tomorrow. I won't have a chance to see him, so there's no need to prepare a birthday gift."

Jinshu was speechless for a moment, but she felt that what the girl said made sense.

The Emperor's birthday is a big day, but the young lady has no official status and doesn't even have the chance to meet the Emperor, let alone send him a birthday gift.

"How about this, Miss, prepare a birthday gift and have Jili deliver it to the Qianqing Palace, then have Jiqing pass it on to His Majesty. It's a token of your affection, and His Majesty will surely be pleased to see it," Jinshu persisted, trying to persuade him further.

Lou Suying initially felt it was unnecessary to go to such lengths, but then she remembered that Murong had specially come to celebrate her birthday the day before yesterday. She didn't want to owe anyone a favor, so she figured it was acceptable to consider it repayment.

But she was poor, and he was the emperor. What kind of birthday gifts hadn't he received? Why would he care about hers?
"Forget it, I'm poor and don't have anything valuable, so I won't humiliate myself." After searching everywhere, Lou Suyi found that she had nothing but a gold bracelet on her wrist.

She couldn't possibly send back the birthday gift Murong had given her; she wasn't that foolish.

"Young lady, you can make sachets; His Majesty will surely like them," Jinshu suggested from the side.

Lou Suyi chuckled upon hearing this: "Your Majesty would be interested in such a trinket?"

"Go ahead and do it, Miss. His Majesty might like it," Jinshu encouraged from the side.

Lou Suyi didn't think it was a difficult task.

While living in the Lou family, she learned needlework in order to get married as soon as possible, and making sachets was just a small matter for her.

Since she had nothing better to do, she started making it.

First, he chose a gilded cloth suitable for his imperial status, and then embroidered it with a dragon totem.

Jinshu assisted from the side, and Granny Fan also came over to watch curiously. After a while, Granny Fan said, "The young lady's needlework is quite good."

Lou Suyi looked slightly embarrassed: "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Granny."

Thinking back to how she had saved Murong's life years ago, and that today was his twenty-third birthday, she embroidered the words "health and longevity" on the sachet.

These four characters are very small and can be easily missed if you don't look closely.

By the time the sachets were finished, it was already evening.

Lou Suying was quite satisfied with the look, feeling that her needlework skills hadn't become rusty, but after looking at it for a while, she felt it wasn't good: "Maybe we should just forget about it? His Majesty's status means he has no chance to wear a sachet."

Even if given away, it will still be destined to be discarded.

Years ago, she made a knotted cord and gave it to Xie Zhijie. He accepted it, but when she went to check on it, she found that he had thrown it away.

At the time, she only felt embarrassed and that her feelings had been wasted. In fact, she felt that even if she married Xie Zhijie as she wished, she would not be happy.

She didn't give up pursuing Xie Zhijie, partly because she was unwilling to accept it, until she discovered Xie Zhijie's affair with Lou Suya.

"No. This is a gift from the young lady. How can we not give it to His Majesty after it's all made? I'll have Jili deliver it to His Majesty first thing tomorrow morning." Jinshu was afraid that Lou Suying would regret it, so she snatched the sachet away immediately.

Tsk tsk, this girl usually seems so carefree, I never imagined her needlework was so good. His Majesty will be very happy to receive it.

Seeing this, Lou Suyi stopped worrying and let Jinshu have her way.

The next day, while Lou Suying was still asleep, before dawn, Jili delivered the sachet to the Qianqing Palace. When Jiqing learned that it was Lou Suying who sent the sachet, he carefully examined the stitching and couldn't help but exclaim, "I didn't expect Fourth Miss to be so sincere; her needlework is quite good too."

Ji Li embellished the story, saying how much effort Lou Suyi had put into making the sachets, which made Ji Qing laugh.

By this time, Murong had finished washing up and, seeing Jiqing enter, asked, "Who's here?"

"Jili has brought over the birthday gift that Fourth Miss specially prepared for His Majesty. Jili said that Fourth Miss spent a whole day making it..."

Before Ji Qing could finish speaking, Murong accepted the sachet.

The master stared at the sachet for a long time, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips: "At least she still has some conscience."

Ji Qing watched helplessly as his master tied a sachet to the belt of his auspicious robe. Even though he was a man of many talents, he couldn't help but gape at that moment.

Just as he was still in shock, his master looked over and asked, "How is it?"

Ji Qing's mouth finally closed. He looked at the majestic Emperor, then glanced at the exquisitely sewn sachet, and realized that both the dragon totem and the sachet's background color and charm were very much in line with the Emperor's noble status.

He nodded repeatedly: "It matches His Majesty's auspicious attire perfectly! Fourth Miss is skilled in needlework and has excellent taste. What's most admirable is Fourth Miss's sincere devotion to His Majesty!"

Although His Majesty showed no expression, he felt that these were words His Majesty would like to hear.

When Murong appeared in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in high spirits, all the officials bowed to the emperor.

The birthday banquet was a grand affair, with continuous singing and dancing by the Imperial Music Bureau.

Despite being in this bustling place, Xie Zhijie felt cold all over.

Because Murong had spoken to him for a while earlier, he noticed the sachet hanging from the belt of the king's robe when he looked down.

While sachets might seem like ordinary items, he knew the new emperor never wore such superfluous objects. Furthermore, the pipa-shaped clasp on the sachet was different from ordinary pipa clasps; he had a tassel given to him by Lou Suyi, which also had the same pipa clasp.

He deliberately threw away the tassel that Lou Suyi had given him back then, hoping that she would give up and stop wasting her time on him.

But after she left, he inexplicably picked it up.

He couldn't believe that someone as powerful as the emperor would wear a sachet given to him by a woman. If Murong accepted the sachet, wouldn't that mean he accepted the woman?
Since Lou Suyi's accident five years ago, he has been reluctant to wear the brocade that Lou Suyi gave him, but he is very familiar with every stitch of the brocade.

He looked up at the bright sunlight and suddenly felt very cold.

He knew Lou Suyi better than anyone. If it weren't for someone being kind to her, touching her, or being of value to her, she wouldn't easily give any birthday gift, let alone one that she had sewn herself.

Is this a birthday gift?

Before today, he had never seen any sachet on Murong.

In fact, it wasn't just Xie Zhijie who noticed that Murong Jifu had an extra sachet; Empress Dowager Chen also noticed it.

She couldn't help but glance at him a few more times, noticing that her son seemed particularly energetic today, his eyes sparkling. Of course, it was the Emperor's birthday, so it was normal for him to be happy, but why would he be wearing a sachet?
Her own children know best that they dislike wearing such ornaments.

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