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

Chapter 212 Is this the imperial edict appointing me as Empress?

"This is just a choice I'm giving you; I'm not forcing you. Perhaps you want to stay locked up in this courtyard until you die of old age?" Xie Zhijie said calmly.

Lou Suya felt bitter inside. What kind of vicious man had she fallen in love with?
"Of course, you can also pretend to comply and take the opportunity to run back to your parents' home. I won't stop you, and I can even divorce you and give you your freedom," Xie Zhijie said calmly.

"Give me back my freedom? Isn't it because you want to make room for your fourth sister to become Lady Xie? She is already His Majesty's woman and has given birth to a prince. Why would she want to be your concubine, a mere subject?!" Lou Suya sneered, tearing off Xie Zhijie's hypocritical mask.

Xie Zhijie did not deny it.

He was foolish to think that Su Yi should be his concubine. He should have divorced Lou Suya long ago and made room for Su Yi as his legal wife.

Otherwise, Su Yi wouldn't have been forced to shave her head and become a nun, and she might not have entered the palace and become Murong's woman.

He only hoped that it wasn't too late.

"I've given you a choice, and I'm willing to divorce you. You can consider it for a few days before giving me your answer." Xie Zhijie didn't want to stay any longer and got up to leave.

Lou Suya watched Xie Zhijie's retreating figure and finally made up her mind: "I will go to the palace to help you persuade your fourth sister, but I will not agree to a divorce!"

How could she possibly give up the man she loves to Lou Suyi?
Even if she dies, she will still be Xie Zhijie's first wife.

Xie Zhijie didn't dwell on the divorce issue with Lou Suya. He needed someone to help him contact Suyi. Lou Suya still had some value, so the divorce wasn't urgent.

In this way, Lou Suya and Xie Zhijie quickly reached a consensus.

Perhaps because he was in a good mood, Xie Zhijie had a sweet dream that night.

In his dream, he married Lou Suyi and they had two children. They lived a happy and fulfilling life together.

The next morning, when he went to court, he was still savoring the memory of that beautiful dream.

After the political affairs were discussed, Murong ordered Jiqing to read out an imperial edict appointing her as empress.

At first, Xie Zhijie thought his first step in the plan had succeeded, because Murong was about to be crowned empress. But when he heard that the person to be crowned empress was actually Lady Lou, his heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

In a daze, he was still thinking that the Lou family was not only dressed in plain clothes, but also had a concubine named Lou. Until he heard Ji Qing read out the sentence "meritorious in bearing the imperial heir", he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and his whole body was chilled.

Of course, Xie Zhijie wasn't the only one shocked; other ministers were also quite taken aback.

They never expected that the one who would be crowned Empress would be Lou Suying, the illegitimate daughter who had severed ties with the Suning Marquis's mansion and was treated like trash by the Lou family, who would suddenly become the mother of the nation.

All eyes were on the face of the Earl of Suning, who was also shocked.

He admitted that he had never truly seen Lou Suyi, this illegitimate daughter. Even when he heard that Lou Suyi had become the Emperor's woman and was severing ties with the Earl's Mansion, he still felt that this illegitimate daughter was of no value.

After all, Su Yi hadn't even managed to get a formal title, so severing ties would be the end of the matter, and the Earl's Mansion would suffer no loss.

Who could have predicted that Lou Suyi would actually become successful and rise to the position of Empress because of her son?

Once the imperial edict is issued, isn't that an indisputable fact?
He is now filled with regret, only regretting that he had underestimated Lou Suyi in the past, otherwise the Lou family would be enjoying boundless glory today.

After the initial shock, Qi Yan finally calmed his complicated emotions, stepped forward first, and congratulated Murong: "Congratulations on Your Majesty's new marriage to such a beautiful woman!"

Although the other ministers had their own thoughts, they could only offer their congratulations to Murong.

Some ministers felt that Lou Suyi's identity was not respectable and wanted to stop her, but hesitated.

After all, the imperial edict had already been issued and publicly announced, making it a fait accompli.

In short, the civil and military officials had different thoughts and feelings, and it was hard to describe what they were feeling. They had clearly achieved their goal, and His Majesty was finally willing to appoint an empress, but this was not the empress they wanted.

Murong looked at the ministers in the hall with their various expressions and rarely smiled: "My beloved ministers have been urging me to decide on the Empress as soon as possible. Now I will grant your wishes and decide to appoint an Empress. You will not bother me with this matter again."

The ministers all agreed. Afterwards, Murong announced the adjournment of the court and strode away.

After the court session, Murong took the imperial edict and headed to Xianfu Palace.

Because the imperial edict was read aloud and the court session ended, the news had not yet spread throughout the inner palace.

Lou Suyi was sleeping in late again, completely unaware that she had become the empress.

She didn't know what had happened until Yan Hui excitedly shook her awake.

"This is terrible, this is terrible, girl, this is terrible..."

Lou Suyi looked at Yan Hui with a blank expression, thinking that she was still asleep.

Although Yan Hui's personality was somewhat unconventional, it didn't warrant such excitement.

"What happened?" she asked in a hoarse voice, pinching her cheek.

Her son, who was sleeping in with her, also opened his eyes and looked at her and Yan Hui with curiosity.

"Miss, young lady, ding ding ding..."

Lou Suyi saw that she was stammering and said gently, "Speak slowly, there's no rush!"

Just then, Murong entered with the imperial edict, and Yan Hui immediately shut up.

Never mind, let His Majesty tell the young lady this good news. No, wait, the young lady is now the Empress.

Oh my god, her daughter actually became the empress!!!

"Why has Your Majesty come today?" Dressed in thin summer clothes, Lou Suyi subconsciously covered her chest.

Murong's gaze fell on Lou Suyi's half-concealed chest. Lou Suyi's face flushed, and she immediately picked up the little dumpling next to her to block Murong's unbridled gaze.

Yan Hui sensed something was wrong with the scene, and Jin Shu, seeing her silly expression, immediately stepped forward to pull her away.

Yan Hui wanted to see her mistress's expression when she learned she was going to become empress, and was reluctant to leave, so Jin Shu simply dragged her away.

Murong coughed lightly, realizing he had almost forgotten the important matter.

He shoved the imperial edict into Lou Suying's arms: "It's for you."

Lou Suyi was puzzled and was about to pick it up to see what was going on when the little one in her arms snatched it away.

Lou Suying smiled upon seeing this: "What wonderful thing is this that Chen'er is interested in?"

Murong stood aside, watching the mother and son, each more foolish than the other, and couldn't help but smile.

Lou Suying took a closer look at the little one's hand and thought it resembled an imperial edict from legend. She had seen imperial edicts in the imperial study before, and they seemed to look just like this.

"Is this an imperial edict?" She was a little surprised and looked at Murong.

Murong raised an eyebrow: "Why don't you take a look and you'll see?"

Lou Suying's curiosity was piqued when Murong didn't directly state his opinion.

She held Xiao Muchen's hand: "Son, let's take a look at the imperial edict together."

As the imperial edict was unfurled, Lou Suying saw its contents. At first, she thought she was seeing things, but upon closer inspection, she realized she wasn't mistaken. She looked at Murong in shock and exclaimed, "This is an imperial edict appointing me Empress?!"

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