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

Chapter 141 Not Giving Her a Title

Lou Suyi thought that by taking the initiative to show goodwill to Murong, she could forgive and forget about her previous disrespect towards him.

As she was about to climb into bed, supporting her pregnant belly, Murong, seeing her clumsy movements, suppressed the anger that had just been stirred up by her and stepped forward to help her: "Be careful."

Lou Suying thought Murong was making a fuss over nothing, and smiled slightly: "It's just sleeping, what's there to be careful about?"

Murong looked at her pregnant belly, frowned, and said nothing more.

He was worried that the young nun might have been frightened and had nightmares. He was about to say a few words to comfort her when he saw her fall asleep in an instant.

He stared at her sleeping face for a while, then chuckled to himself.

He thought it would be good if either a princess or a prince had a personality like hers.

Even when faced with setbacks, they can laugh it off; such an open-minded attitude is truly commendable.

The fact that the mother of his child is a young nun is a good thing in itself.

Thinking of how the little nun had teased him and then ignored him while she slept soundly, he retaliated by lightly biting her pink lips, but not too hard.

Lou Suying was still fast asleep when she felt a sharp pain on her lips. She pushed the man's face away forcefully, turned over, and continued to sleep.

Murong was only glad that she was allowed to sleep on the inside of the bed. With her sleeping posture, if she had slept on the outside, she would have easily rolled off the bed.

At first, she was unwilling because as her pregnancy progressed, she experienced frequent urination at night, and she was worried that it would disturb his rest. Only after his insistence did she sleep on the inside.

Murong had a lot of government affairs to attend to that day, so he went to bed early and left Xianfu Palace early the next morning.

He issued an imperial edict that before Lou Suyi gave birth, no concubine in the harem was allowed to enter Xianfu Palace to disturb Lou Suyi's pregnancy without his permission.

Empress Dowager Chen specially sent Lou Suying a lot of tonics and rewards, which was of course also meant to appease Lou Suying.

She asked Fangruo what she thought about Wanxuan's frenzied attack on Lou Suyi, and who was behind it.

Fangruo dared not speculate: "This servant cannot guess."

"I think those who were present yesterday are less suspicious than those who didn't go to Xianfu Palace," Empress Dowager Chen said, expressing her opinion.

Fang Ruo's brow twitched slightly, and she suddenly guessed what her master wanted to say.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager said the next moment, "I think Liang is the most suspicious. She considers herself the most important person in the harem, but she didn't expect Su Yi to gain the upper hand. If Su Yi gives birth to a prince, he will be the emperor's eldest son. How could Liang just watch Su Yi give birth so easily? Furthermore, so many concubines went to Xianfu Palace yesterday. Liang usually goes there frequently, but she didn't go yesterday. Isn't that a loophole?"

Fangruo felt that although her master's words made sense, her master was prejudiced against Liang Wanying, and it was not appropriate to draw conclusions before the matter was investigated.

"It's a pity that Consort Wan is dead. I heard that His Majesty sent someone to look for Lady Ma, but Lady Ma has also gone mad. His Majesty may be suspecting that Lady Ma and Consort Wan are backed by the same person. As for whether it is Consort Hui, His Majesty needs to investigate. It's too early to draw a conclusion now," Fang Ruo said impartially.

Empress Dowager Chen insisted on her opinion: "I am certain that I guessed correctly, it was Lady Liang who orchestrated this behind the scenes..."

Fang Ruo suddenly remembered something: "I just remembered that when Madam Ma's incident happened, Consort Hui had not yet entered the palace. If Madam Ma and Consort Wan are truly backed by the same person, then Your Majesty's reasoning cannot stand." Empress Dowager Chen was taken aback, recalling that when Liang Wanying entered the palace, Madam Ma had indeed already been banished to the Cold Palace.

“The Ma family and Consort Wan are not backed by the same person, and Liang is still a suspect in yesterday’s incident.”

Empress Dowager Chen immediately changed her tune.

Fangruo chuckled. She knew that her mistress truly loathed Consort Hui, otherwise she wouldn't have assumed that Consort Hui was behind every little disturbance.

"His Majesty will certainly continue to investigate this matter thoroughly, and there will be an opportunity to find out who the murderer is in the future."

"I worry that if it is found to be Lady Liang, the Emperor will let this matter go lightly. Sometimes I really worry that the Emperor is just like the late Emperor, and will be infatuated with Lady Liang." Empress Dowager Chen always held a grudge about this matter.

The late emperor was her man, yet he was infatuated with Lady Liang, which she tolerated.

She couldn't tolerate it if her son were also infatuated with Liang.

"His Majesty is not the late Emperor; he is very decisive. Otherwise, Miss Lou wouldn't have had the opportunity to become pregnant. Your Majesty, please don't forget that Consort Hui has yet to have the chance to serve the Emperor. In this respect alone, Miss Lou is better than Consort Hui," Fang Ruo reassured Empress Dowager Chen.

Empress Dowager Chen finally smiled: "Su Yi is truly the Emperor's lucky star. She saved the Emperor's life back then, and now she can suppress the Liang family. I like Su Yi very much. If Su Yi can give birth to a prince for the Emperor this time, I will worship her."

Fangruo couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this: "This servant thinks that Miss Lou's child is a prince. But His Majesty has not yet shown any intention of bestowing a title upon Miss Lou. I wonder what His Majesty is planning. Surely His Majesty can't wait until the child is born and then not give Miss Lou any title?"

Empress Dowager Chen also felt that something was amiss, and suddenly had a thought: "Could it be that Su Yi plotted against the Emperor to conceive this child?"

Fangruo couldn't help but admire her master's ingenious idea, which actually came up with such a possibility.

"Does Your Majesty still remember the time you invited His Majesty to have dinner at Shou'an Palace?" Fangruo stopped there.

Empress Dowager Chen remembered that she had poisoned the emperor that time. After the emperor took the medicine, he hurriedly left Shou'an Palace, and then a young eunuch went to Qinzheng Hall.

Her eyes lit up as she understood Fangruo's guess: "You mean that the little eunuch was actually dressed in plain clothes?"

So it was she who drugged her son, which gave Su Yi the opportunity to serve him in bed?

If that's the case, it seems reasonable that the emperor wouldn't bestow an honor upon Su Yi.

After all, he was drugged by her, his own mother, and his favoritism towards Lou Suyi was out of necessity.

"No! Even if he was drugged by me and needed a woman to counteract the effects, there's no need to make Su Yi pretend to be a eunuch, is there? He clearly has so many concubines in his harem, why would he specifically choose Su Yi?" After pondering this, Empress Dowager Chen felt that it didn't make sense.

"Could it be that His Majesty doesn't like women? But because Miss Lou saved His Majesty's life, His Majesty wasn't so resistant to her, so he chose her?" Fang Ruo felt that her mind was a little confused.

Empress Dowager Chen sighed and said, "Regardless of past circumstances, Su Yi's pregnancy with the imperial heir is a great joy. If the emperor still does not grant her a title after she gives birth, I will help Su Yi."

Su Yi was meritorious for giving birth to the imperial heir, and the emperor should not treat her poorly.

Fang Ruo replied with a smile, "Perhaps His Majesty is waiting for Miss Lou to give birth to the imperial heir before granting her a title. His Majesty is not a heartless person and will surely treat Miss Lou well."