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

Chapter 213 He is the king of a country, and she is the queen!
Murong raised her chin slightly: "Isn't it written in black and white on the paper?"

Lou Suyi examined the contents of the imperial edict more closely and confirmed that she was not seeing things; it even bore the imperial seal.

She still found it unbelievable, and looked at Murong again, hesitant to speak.

Seeing her like this, Murong knew she had something to say: "Just say what you want to say."

"Was Your Majesty forced by the Empress Dowager? Or did the Empress Dowager go on another hunger strike, forcing Your Majesty to appoint me as Empress?" Lou Suyi asked in distress.

If what she guessed was true, wouldn't she be the culprit who caused the mother and son to become enemies?
Murong hadn't expected Lou Suying to have such a guess.

Lou Suyi knew he was right when she saw that he didn't speak.

"How about I go and talk to the Empress Dowager? Perhaps I can persuade her—"

"Lou Suying, do you think an imperial edict can be changed so easily? I have already read this edict aloud in court today." Murong looked at Lou Suying with complicated eyes, feeling that this woman was not mentally sound.

Lou Suyi was speechless. Had the imperial edict already been read aloud in the court?

"From this day forward, you shall be my Empress," Murong added.

Lou Suyi looked at Murong's face, then at the imperial edict, and felt that this world was too fantastical and unreal.

How could someone like her possibly become empress?

She was clearly a concubine's daughter. Didn't they think that her background was unworthy of Murong, the noble emperor?

Seeing Lou Suying's incredulous look, Murong pinched her cheek: "Silly!"

"How could I possibly become empress?" Lou Suyi still found it unbelievable.

"Why not? Don't forget, you gave birth to Chen'er, he is my first prince." Murong stepped forward and picked up the babbling little chubby boy, weighing him in her hands. "He's gotten heavier."

Lou Suying stared at the imperial edict in her hand for a long time before suddenly saying, "I don't know if I can be a good empress."

She suddenly felt a little lost.

Although her greatest wish was to be the emperor's principal wife, she never imagined that one day she would become the emperor's principal wife. This was going too far.

"Is there anything you can't do well?" Murong said, then turned around with little Mu Chen in his arms. "Come out after you've washed up, I'll have breakfast with you."

Lou Suyi scratched her hair, and when she looked up, she saw Yan Hui and Jin Shu walking in with smiles on their faces. They congratulated her at the same time: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! From today onwards, Your Majesty is the Empress!"

Lou Suyi chuckled awkwardly, "I wasn't prepared at all, and I don't know if being an empress is easy or not."

Murong just flattered her. This man, who's usually so harsh and vicious, actually thinks she can do anything right—that's giving her far too much credit.

"Your Majesty is sure to do everything perfectly, and I have complete confidence in your decision. But right now, the harem must be in complete chaos, right? No one would have expected that His Majesty would actually appoint you as Empress." Jinshu quickly helped Lou Suyi wash up and change her clothes.

Yan Hui helped Lou Suyi comb her hair, while Jinshu, standing to the side, said with some concern: "It is a good thing that Your Majesty has become Empress, but the rules for Empress are different from those for others. There will be more people serving Your Majesty, and I am afraid that some spies may infiltrate. Your Majesty needs to take precautions against this as soon as possible."

By this time, Lou Suyi had also recovered her senses.

Yes, since Murong and Empress Dowager Chen chose her to be the empress, she has to be extremely vigilant.

So what if she's an empress? What's so difficult about that? Give her a couple of days and she'll be able to adapt.

At this moment, Yan Hui suddenly raised another issue: "Your Majesty is used to being lazy. Once you become Empress, you will have to accept the morning and evening greetings from all the concubines in the harem. At that time, Your Majesty will no longer be able to sleep in."

Lou Suyi's face immediately fell: "What's so good about being the Empress? His Majesty sees how hard he works and wants me to suffer with him too. He can't stand to see me living a good life, can he?" Yan Hui and Jin Shu couldn't help but laugh.

When Lou Suyi sat down at the dining table, she saw Murong teasing little Mu Chen.

Little Muchen was bouncing on Murong's lap when he saw Lou Suyi and immediately reached out his little hands for her to hold him.

Lou Suyi was gratified to see this: "This child used to not want to leave His Majesty's arms, and didn't even want me, his own mother. He has made progress today."

Just as she was about to take the child away, Murong glanced at her and said, "I rarely have the chance to hold him, and you're trying to take him from me?"

Lou Suying was speechless. Her son was grinning at her, looking innocent and adorable. But Murong's gaze was unfriendly, as if he were looking at a robber.

"It's not like I don't want His Majesty to hold him, so why is His Majesty sounding so resentful?" Lou Suyi said, puffing out her chest. "I'm His Majesty's Empress now, so His Majesty should treat me better, understand?!"

You can't yell at her all the time!

He was the emperor, and she was the empress. He was the ruler of a nation, and she was the empress!
Murong stared at Lou Suyi for a long while, and suddenly realized that this woman had only become empress today, yet she immediately acted as if she were empress herself, without the slightest bit of discomfort!

"You've adapted to this identity quite quickly!" Murong said with a half-smile.

Lou Suying scoffed, "Of course! I am the Empress, the mother of the nation!!"

Murong felt that every time he was with Lou Suyi, he would be led astray by her childishness.

"Alright, I'll let you have your way. Have your breakfast, or it'll get cold," Murong said calmly.

Lou Suyi was hungry, so she buried her head in her food and started eating.

"I'd like to postpone the ceremony to officially recognize the empress. What do you think?" Murong suddenly brought up the important matter.

Lou Suying looked at Murong blankly: "I received an imperial edict, so I'm the Empress, right? Then why do I need a coronation ceremony?"

Murong sighed softly and patted her head: "It's good that you're living like this."

Lou Suyi felt completely bewildered: "Why do I feel like His Majesty is being sarcastic?"

What do you mean by saying that she's living a good life?

"But then again, how tiring it must be for Your Majesty to live like this," Lou Suyi scoffed.

She lives a good life; she doesn't ask for much and has few worries.

At that moment, she suddenly realized that Murong wasn't laughing at her, but genuinely thought that she was living a good life.

"I envy you." Murong patted Lou Suyi's head again. "Then it's settled. The coronation ceremony will be postponed."

“Alright. Anyway, I’m the Empress now, why would I need any more ceremonies? That would definitely be a very troublesome process. It’s much easier without ceremonies,” Lou Suyi replied lightly.

Murong looked at Lou Suyi with a complicated expression. Lou Suyi asked, puzzled, "Am I wrong?"

Why are you looking at her with such a strange expression?

"You're absolutely right!" Murong shook his head and chuckled, continuing to eat his breakfast.

The two did not speak again until they finished breakfast. Then Murong asked about another matter: "Do you plan to move into the palace where the former empress lived, or stay in Xianfu Palace? It is up to you, I will not force you."