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

Chapter 155 spitting in Murong's face

Qi Yan looked at Murong, meeting the Emperor's tender eyes. Tonight, the Emperor seemed quite different from his usual composed and calm demeanor in court.

Judging from His Majesty's gentle expression, he doesn't seem to be deliberately showing off. He must be overthinking it.
Would the emperor do something childish to show off to them?

In fact, it wasn't just Qi Yan who felt that Murong was deliberately showing off to them that she could spend New Year's Eve with Su Yi; even Xie Zhijie felt that Murong was doing it on purpose.

Although Murong's personality didn't seem like he would do something so childish, ever since Murong secretly favored Su Yi, he had a new understanding of this mature-beyond-his-years emperor.

"Your Majesty, I shall depart the palace now," Qi Yan replied first.

Xie Zhijie opened his mouth, wanting to ask Su Yi how she was doing in the palace, and whether she had been frightened by being framed twice.

Although he wanted to know how Su Yi was doing, he also knew that he could not overstep his bounds.

“Your Majesty is right. This humble subject must also go home,” he replied, lowering his eyes.

"Su Yi is still waiting for me, I will go ahead first." Murong said, and boarded the palanquin.

The imperial procession marched away in a grand procession until it disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Qi Yan said calmly, "It seems His Majesty values ​​Su Yi very much. Lord Xie, please don't cause Su Yi any trouble. Lord Xie has harmed Su Yi badly in the past. If you had any conscience, you shouldn't have harmed her again."

Xie Zhijie sneered and retorted: "Su Yi has been framed twice in less than two months. Is that what you call living well?"

"It's not unusual for Su Yi to be targeted since she's pregnant with the imperial heir, isn't it? At least His Majesty has the ability to protect Su Yi, unlike Lord Xie, who always brings her disaster. Since Lord Xie abandoned Su Yi for power and his wife back then, why is he still so stubborn now? I believe that Lord Xie is the biggest disaster in Su Yi's life. It would be best if Lord Xie stopped harming Su Yi." Qi Yan didn't want to argue with Xie Zhijie anymore and turned to leave.

Xie Zhijie let out a long breath.

He knew Qi Yan's words made sense, but Su Yi had become his obsession, and he couldn't let go of it as easily as Qi Yan could.

Qi Yan kept saying he wanted to fulfill Su Yi's wishes, but if Qi Yan really liked Su Yi that much, how could he be so carefree?

Xie Zhijie firmly believed that Qi Yan didn't really like Su Yi that much; his feelings for Su Yi were the most deeply ingrained.

Although he did abandon Suyi for power back then, he still has a chance to win her back now, and he will not give up easily.

When Murong returned to Xianfu Palace, he saw Lou Suying chatting and laughing with the palace maids and nannies, with many snacks and fruits laid out on the tea table.

When he came in, the young nun was eating melon seeds. Seeing him return, she immediately greeted him happily: "Your Majesty is finally back! I saw the fireworks at Xianfu Palace, they were beautiful."

"You like watching?" Murong's eyes were deep and unfathomable.

Lou Suying pulled Murong down to sit: "I like it."

As she spoke, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and offered them to Murong, inviting him to eat with her.

Ji Qing tried to stop him when he saw this.

How could Your Majesty, a grown man and the emperor, do something as strange as eating sunflower seeds?
To everyone's surprise, His Majesty glanced at the melon seeds and actually started peeling them. After peeling them, he even put the kernels into the Fourth Miss's hand.

The fourth sister didn't stand on ceremony at all and threw it directly into her mouth.

He couldn't bear to look at this scene.

This fourth young lady is incredibly audacious, actually asking His Majesty to shell melon seeds. Shouldn't the task be done by the fourth young lady instead?

Not only Jiqing couldn't bear to watch, but Jinshu and Yanhui also stared wide-eyed at the scene.

Seeing that the little nun was enjoying her food, Murong still reminded her, "Roasted melon seeds are heaty, so try to eat less of them."

Lou Suyi disagreed: "My constitution doesn't easily cause internal heat, so it's fine for me to eat as much as I want."

Murong assumed she wanted him to continue shelling, so he lowered his head and continued peeling the sunflower seeds. Lou Suying then noticed the pleasing sight of Murong peeling sunflower seeds. His long, slender fingers moved deftly, crushing and peeling until plump, round kernels emerged and were placed before her.

She belatedly realized that the young emperor was helping her peel sunflower seeds.

She then noticed that Ji Qing, who was standing to the side, looked rather displeased, and quickly stepped forward to scoop up the melon seeds: "Let me serve Your Majesty?"

She should be the one doing this heavy work; it's her lack of foresight and her recklessness that's the problem.

Murong raised an eyebrow, intending to say that he wasn't interested in this, but the little nun peeled some melon seeds and brought them to his lips.

Unable to refuse such a kind offer, he had no choice but to open his mouth and eat it.

Perhaps he opened his mouth too wide, and ended up putting Lou Suyi's finger in his mouth.

Lou Suyi blushed deeply, and the servants beside her tacitly withdrew upon seeing this.

Seeing this, Lou Suyi glared at Murong with annoyance.

Murong looked over, seemingly puzzled as to why she was glaring at him.

Lou Suyi felt that she had been thinking dirty thoughts; the emperor certainly didn't do it on purpose.

"I want to stay up all night tonight. What about Your Majesty?" she asked, bringing up the topic of safety.

"I will stay up with you to celebrate the New Year." Murong had originally wanted to stay up with the little nun.

This is her first time spending the Lunar New Year in the palace, so she has to do something meaningful. Besides, she's pregnant, so this is the first time the three of them will be spending Lunar New Year's Eve together.

Lou Suying didn't think much of it. She kept chattering away, initially full of energy, but by midnight she was starting to feel restless.

Just as she was dozing off, Murong suddenly handed her a red envelope.

Her eyes lit up when she saw the red envelope, and all sleepiness vanished.

When she eagerly opened the red envelope, her face fell; there were only three copper coins inside.

She was truly stunned by the emperor's petty-mindedness.

Murong seemed oblivious to Lou Suying's speechless expression: "Don't you like the New Year's gift?"

Lou Suying suppressed the urge to roll her eyes and replied insincerely, "I like anything His Majesty gives me."

Three copper coins—that's how he gives money to a beggar!
"Then I'll give you the same New Year's gift next year." Murong slowly smiled.

Lou Suyi really wanted to stand up and spit in Murong's face, but she held back.

"I'll like anything Your Majesty gives me, really." She forced a smile.

Murong looked at the little nun's lifeless expression and smiled.

Lou Suyi became even more sleepy afterward. Just as she was about to give up on staying up all night, but didn't know how to tell Murong, Murong said, "Go and rest. I will stay up all night."

Lou Suyi didn't think there was anything wrong with this at all: "His Majesty treats me the best. I'll go and sleep for a while. When His Majesty gets tired, he can wake me up to take turns keeping watch over the New Year."

“Okay,” Murong Xinran agreed.

Lou Suying fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed, her soft breathing reaching Murong's ears, and he chuckled to himself.

She slept soundly until dawn, when she suddenly woke up. Oh no, she had overslept and forgotten to take turns keeping vigil with Murong.

Did the young emperor not sleep all night?