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

Chapter 178 Did the Emperor Like You Before?
When Jinshu saw Lou Suyi puffing out her cheeks, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Lou Suying pinched her hard: "You're still laughing at me? I was humiliated by His Majesty, and you're still laughing!!"

Jinshu managed to suppress her laughter with great difficulty: "This servant will stop laughing."

She suddenly wondered if His Majesty was deliberately teasing the girl, because it was quite amusing to see her angry.

“Your handwriting is clearly excellent, Miss. I think His Majesty is just teasing you. If you take it seriously, wouldn’t that be exactly what His Majesty wants?” Jinshu said with a smile.

Lou Suyi thought this made sense: "I also think it's very good. His Majesty is just a strange person. He can't stand me being better than him."

She assumed that Murong was just jealous of her good handwriting.

When Lou Suyi returned to Xianfu Palace, Empress Dowager Chen was playing with the children.

"Why are you back so soon?" Empress Dowager Chen was not happy when she saw Lou Suyi return.

Is this how she's supposed to compete for favor? She has no fighting spirit!

Lou Suyi smiled and replied, "I was driven out by His Majesty."

Therefore, Your Majesty should stop letting her engage in these tricks to win favor.

Empress Dowager Chen's face darkened upon hearing this: "The Emperor is far too heartless."

Lou Suyi sighed softly, "It's because I'm not good enough for His Majesty's eyes, it has nothing to do with His Majesty. It makes sense, His Majesty's harem is full of beauties, someone like me is not good enough, it's normal that His Majesty doesn't look at me."

I really hope the Empress Dowager won't send her to Murong to be humiliated again.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Chen turned around and comforted Lou Suying: "It's the emperor's fault, it has nothing to do with you. I'll go to the Qianqing Palace later and have a word with the emperor..."

Lou Suying panicked upon hearing this: "Please don't! If His Majesty finds out, he'll blame me for being nosy. I don't want to upset His Majesty, Your Highness, please don't go, okay?"

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Empress Dowager Chen softened and said, "Fine, I'll listen to you."

She also knew how difficult the emperor's temperament was, and how he didn't know how to cherish women.

She had originally thought that Su Yi was somewhat different from other women; if other concubines couldn't win the emperor's favor, perhaps Su Yi could.

But she clearly overestimated the importance of plain clothes in the emperor's heart.

"What did the emperor say to you when you went there? Did you try to curry favor with the emperor?" Empress Dowager Chen asked with concern.

Lou Suyi couldn't tell the truth, so she only said, "His Majesty just had me serve him from the side and didn't say anything special."

"He barely glanced at you, or is he close to you?" Empress Dowager Chen pressed.

Lou Suyi blushed, recalling the scene of her sitting on Murong's lap. Was that what you call intimacy?
"His Majesty was busy with state affairs at the time," Lou Suyi said, not daring to look directly at Empress Dowager Chen.

"Do you think the emperor is normal? He's in the prime of his life, with so many beauties around, why doesn't he favor them? If you hadn't given birth to Chen'er, I would have suspected that the emperor has no interest in women."

As Empress Dowager Chen spoke, Lou Suying nodded, finding the Empress Dowager's words very reasonable.

But today, the moment she sat on Murong's lap, his reaction was genuine, and he didn't seem like someone who could remain unmoved by a woman's advances. Only Empress Dowager Chen believed that her son was celibate; as someone directly involved, she knew that Murong wasn't as abstinent as he appeared.

"By the way, when did the emperor summon you to his bedchamber?" Empress Dowager Chen suddenly asked.

Lou Suyi didn't expect Empress Dowager Chen to ask such a question. Could she talk about such a thing?
Empress Dowager Chen, seeing Lou Suying's face flush red, took her hand and said kindly, "Suying, tell me the truth. After you entered the palace, how did you get together with the Emperor? Did you take the initiative, or did the Emperor take the initiative?"

Lou Suyi didn't want to answer Empress Dowager Chen's question and wanted to pull her hand away, but Empress Dowager Chen held it tightly.

"Suyi, listen to me, tell me this, and I will reward you." Empress Dowager Chen used both kindness and severity. Lou Suyi wasn't sure if she could tell anyone, and she was also embarrassed to do so.

When Empress Dowager Chen saw Lou Suying looking to Jinshu for help, she immediately set her sights on Jinshu: "Jinshu, you speak!"

Jinshu frowned and subconsciously looked at Lou Suyi.

Lou Suying was helpless; she was too ashamed to talk about it anyway.

"Speak! What are you looking at in plain clothes for? I command you to speak!" Empress Dowager Chen said sternly, adopting the airs of an empress dowager.

Jinshu had no choice but to confess the truth: "You've only been in the palace for five days, and His Majesty has already favored you. Yes, it was His Majesty who took the initiative..."

Not to mention their surprise, the young lady was even more surprised, and Ji Qing was also stunned, never expecting His Majesty to be in such a hurry.

Empress Dowager Chen was dumbfounded upon hearing this: "She entered the palace in plain clothes only five days ago and has already been favored by the emperor?"

Is this something an emperor would do?

Jinshu nodded, after all, it was the truth.

Empress Dowager Chen then looked at Lou Suyi: "Suyi, is it really as Jinshu said?"

Lou Suyi nodded silently.

She was stunned. She thought she had entered the palace to exorcise evil spirits, but who knew that Murong would even harm a nun like her.

You know, she didn't even want to look at her own bald head a second time, so how could Murong bring himself to kiss her?
Empress Dowager Chen remained silent for a long time, suddenly feeling that her understanding of the emperor had been overturned.

She always thought that she was the one who drugged the emperor, and that was the first time the emperor favored Su Yi. But it turned out that Su Yi had been taken by the emperor as soon as she entered the palace.

She carefully examined Lou Suyi and felt she needed to get to know this young nun again.

Lou Suyi felt her scalp tingle under the scrutinizing gaze of Empress Dowager Chen. She avoided eye contact and stammered, "When I first entered the palace, I thought I was there to exorcise evil spirits. I never... I never imagined that I would be favored by His Majesty."

Could it be that the Empress Dowager thinks she seduced the Emperor?

Empress Dowager Chen looked at Su Yi from left to right and thought that Su Yi was indeed beautiful. However, in the harem where beauties were everywhere, Su Yi's beauty was not unique. Why did the emperor make a move on Su Yi?

"Did the emperor like you before?" Empress Dowager Chen asked curiously.

Lou Suying quickly shook her head: "His Majesty always had a long face whenever he saw me, treating me like an enemy. How could he possibly like me?"

Empress Dowager Chen thought that this made sense.

The emperor always had a sour face whenever he saw Su Yi. She had told him several times that he should be kinder to his savior, but he just wouldn't listen.

"Suyi, you had an accident six years ago. How did the Emperor find you afterward?" Empress Dowager Chen asked again.

Lou Suyi immediately became wary and replied solemnly, "I met His Majesty at the Lotus Nunnery last year."

Empress Dowager Chen suddenly remembered that she had gone to the Lotus Temple to offer sacrifices last year. Could it be that it was at that time that the emperor met Su Yi? Su Yi then entered the palace.

Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

Or was it that the emperor had taken a liking to Su Yi from the beginning, and that's why he brought her into the palace under the guise of exorcising evil spirits, but actually he was lusting after Su Yi's body?

She couldn't sit still any longer and decided to go to the Qianqing Palace to ask the emperor what was going on.

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