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

Chapter 17 Plain Clothes, Do You Want to Enter the Palace?
Under the dim lamplight, the noble king, with his refined features, slowly smiled and said, "Lou Suyi, you will serve me tonight."

Lou Suying was no longer calm and hurriedly knelt down: "I am practicing pure cultivation at the Lotus Nunnery. I must not break the temple's rules, absolutely not!"

Murong neither agreed nor disagreed, and simply began to drink the soup.

Lou Suyi felt uneasy because he wouldn't give her a definite answer or let her get up.

What exactly does Murong mean?

She felt that Murong didn't seem interested in her, and even if he wanted to find someone to serve him in bed, wouldn't he bring two concubines from the harem? Why would he specifically choose her?
After Murong finished drinking the soup, he seemed to notice that Lou Suying was still kneeling on the ground: "Get up and come help me copy the scriptures."

Lou Suyi was exhausted and hurriedly got up.

Although she didn't understand why she was asked to do something like copying scriptures, it was still better than having her serve the emperor in bed.

She tried to minimize her presence and focused on copying the scriptures.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but her wrists were getting tired, and there was no movement behind her. Could it be that the emperor had already fallen asleep?
She pretended to stretch and then turned her neck, only to find Murong staring at her.

She immediately turned her head back, cursing a string of profanities in her mind.

Murong, seeing the woman by the table making small movements, finally spoke: "That's enough, come and help me undress."

Lou Suyi laughed in anger upon hearing this.

He has so many people around him who he doesn't order around, but he insists on ordering her around. Does she look like a palace maid?
Although I was resentful, I thought about it from another perspective: as long as it wasn't about sleeping with someone, undressing was a trivial matter!
Suddenly she felt she could do it again and hurriedly stepped forward to serve His Majesty the Emperor.

She had never taken off this man's clothes before, so she was a little unsure of where to put them.

Murong looked at the small, white hands that were groping against his chest, just as clumsy as Consort Li. However, while Consort Li was nervous, Lou Si showed no sign of shyness.

While Lou Suyi was focused on unbuttoning Murong's clothes, the man suddenly lifted her chin, rubbed her chin with his fingertips, and stared at her intently.

Her beautiful eyes darted left and right, her heart pounding with anxiety.

What's going on? Could it be that he's actually fallen for her?

She was his savior, how could he have improper thoughts about his savior?

Just as she was hesitating whether to run away, the man's indecent hand was removed from her chin, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

This time she quickened her pace, swiftly helping Murong remove his outer garment, and then took two steps back, saying, "If Your Majesty has nothing else to say, this humble woman will take her leave!"

Murong watched Lou Suying hurriedly try to leave and asked in a low voice, "Suying, do you want to enter the palace?"

Upon hearing this, Lou Suying stumbled and nearly fell to the ground in fright. Fortunately, she managed to grab the door in time, preventing her from losing her composure in front of the emperor.

Still shaken, she calmed herself down before turning back and saying in a seemingly composed manner, "This humble woman is foolish. The interpersonal relationships in the palace are complicated, and that place is not suitable for me. So, I will not go in."

As she spoke, she secretly glanced at the king, who was dressed in only a single layer of clothing.

The man had a handsome face and an indifferent expression, as if he had just mentioned it casually.

This man is handsome, but his status is too noble. There are so many women in the harem. To compete with so many women for one man is just courting death.

She didn't think she had the skills for palace intrigue, and that she'd rather marry an honest, hardworking farmer than be a king's woman.

Murong didn't say anything more, just waved her hand, indicating that she could leave.

Lou Suyi felt as if she had been granted a pardon and quickly walked away.

As soon as she stepped out of the meditation room, she saw Jiqing looking at her resentfully, which puzzled her. "Fourth Miss is leaving already?" Jiqing asked, exasperated.

His Majesty has spoken, yet she doesn't know how to seize the opportunity to rise in rank. She has wasted such a good chance to climb the social ladder.

Lou Suyi thought to herself, "If I don't leave, am I supposed to stay overnight?"
"I'm going back to rest. You can take care of His Majesty."

As soon as she finished speaking, she hurriedly walked away.

Ji Qing watched Lou Suyi flee as if she were escaping, and he could tell that the Fourth Miss truly had no intention of climbing the social ladder.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have turned down such a good opportunity to climb into bed tonight.

He just felt it was a real pity.

Although it is unknown whether His Majesty's feelings for the Fourth Miss are romantic, he is certainly somewhat interested, but unfortunately, the two are not on the same page.

Not far away, Abbess Dingyi saw Lou Suyi come out and knew she could report back.

Lou Suyi naturally didn't see Abbess Dingyi. She returned to her room in fear and trepidation, only breathing a sigh of relief after confirming that Jiqing hadn't followed her.

At this point, she realized that something was wrong from the moment Jiqing asked her to deliver the soup.

As for serving soup, she didn't need to lift a finger. With so many servants around Murong, why didn't she realize it at the time?
Although she was beautiful, it shouldn't have been enough for Murong to suddenly take a liking to her, right?

You should know that she has known Murong for many years. Murong has never been interested in her before. If he wanted to take a liking to her, he would have done so long ago. Why would he suddenly ask her if she wants to enter the palace?
There must be some conspiracy behind this.

She's lazy and good-for-nothing; if she were to enter the palace, she'd be throwing her life away. Absolutely not.

She paced back and forth in the room, thinking about how she had been avoiding men every day since she came back, and tonight Murong had even given her a terrible idea to enter the palace. Wasn't this kind of bad romance going to kill her?

Is there a way to solve this once and for all?

That night, Lou Suyi couldn't sleep well. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Murong's unpredictable face looming in front of her.

Just as she was feeling anxious, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

She didn't know who it was and ignored them. Just then, Qi Yan's voice came from outside the door: "Su Yi, it's me. Can you talk to me again?"

Lou Suyi ignored it and continued to pretend to be asleep.

At this moment, Qi Yan said to himself, "You're right, I am indeed heartless. I said I would marry no one but you, but in just three years, I married someone else. But I still want to take care of you for the rest of my life. Even if you never forgive me, I still want you."

Lou Suyi frowned and simply covered her ears with the blanket.

After that, there was no more movement outside the door; perhaps Qi Yan had left.

What upset her the most was that Murong issued an imperial edict that she could not leave the Lotus Nunnery and also confiscated her silver.

She could only continue to waste her time at the Lotus Nunnery. Xie Zhijie and Qi Yan would not give up easily either; Qi Yan's words just now proved that he was not giving up.

In addition, Murong's question tonight about whether she wanted to go to the palace made her very anxious.

Hesitation will only lead to chaos; it's time to make a decision.

She could neither defy the imperial decree to leave the Lotus Nunnery, nor was she a match for these powerful figures, so she might as well become a nun.

When Murong returned to the palace, she had the abbot shave her head. Without the three thousand strands of hair (symbols of worldly troubles), they couldn't very well try to take advantage of a nun again.

Such a happy decision!
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