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

Chapter 215 Envy, Jealousy and Hatred: So what if you're an empress?

Consort De remained silent.

She noticed that Lou Suying got into character very quickly; she had only just received the imperial decree today and had already become the empress, yet she already had the air of an empress.

She realized that she had never been able to stand Lou Suyi before; it turned out that her intuition had already told her that Lou Suyi was no ordinary woman.

"I just feel sorry for Her Majesty the Empress. It's such a momentous event as the investiture of an empress; even a simple investiture ceremony would have been fine. But they just issued an imperial edict without even the most basic ceremony. Think about it, even common couples have a wedding ceremony, so why is it that Her Majesty the Empress has nothing..."

Lou Suying scoffed, "If Consort De really feels wronged on my behalf, why don't you go and beg His Majesty to hold a coronation ceremony for me?!"

Consort De met the sudden, sharp gaze of the woman in plain clothes coming upstairs, and felt a chill run down her spine. She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing that Consort De had finally shut up, Lou Suyi turned to the other concubines and said, "Anyone else who wants to stand up for me, step forward now!"

Seeing that Consort De had been humiliated, no one dared to provoke the new Empress Lou Suyi at this time.

She is now the Empress, and she has Empress Dowager Chen backing her up.

Even His Majesty, who had explicitly stated that he would not hold a coronation ceremony, said he would come to Xianfu Palace tonight.

Under these circumstances, who would dare to offend Lou Suyi?

Unfortunately, Lou Suyi is just so hated that she gets all the benefits.

Consort Ning glanced around and smiled as she smoothed things over: "There must be a reason why His Majesty didn't hold a coronation ceremony. Now that the imperial decree for the coronation has been issued, Her Majesty the Empress is the head of the harem. From now on, all the sisters must respect Her Majesty the Empress and must not be disrespectful!"

Lou Suying glanced at Consort Ning, then at the other silent concubines, and spoke again: "I'll say it again, paying respects doesn't need to be done every day, a few times a month is enough. Of course, if you want to pay your respects to me every day, I have no reason to stop you, so do as you please."

Consort Ning replied immediately: "What Your Majesty the Empress says is true, we all know that."

Seeing that Consort Ning had expressed her opinion, the others echoed her sentiments in a few scattered words, and then the atmosphere fell silent again.

"Everyone is free to leave or stay as they please. I'm taking the child out for a walk." Lou Suyi said, then got up, picked up the child, and walked away.

Consort De watched Lou Suying's retreating figure and said angrily, "So what if you're an empress? What's so great about that?"

She admitted that she was almost driven mad with jealousy, but Lou Suying's indifferent attitude really made her heartbroken.

With Lou Suyi, the main character, gone, the other concubines, finding the situation uninteresting, also got up and left.

Lou Suyue didn't want to leave; she wanted to talk to Lou Suyi for a while.

No matter what, she still bears the surname Lou. Now that Lou Suying has become Empress, she should take care of her own person.

Lou Suyi has become the empress, making her a sitting duck for everyone. Shouldn't she find a helper?

Before she could find Lou Suyi, she was stopped by Granny Qiao: "This is Xianfu Palace, not a place where Consort Lou can wander around. Please, Consort Lou, leave!" "I want to see Fourth Sister. I have something to say to her. Please make an exception, Granny," Lou Suyi pleaded.

Granny Qiao dared not make the decision on her own: "This is not something this old servant can decide. Please, Lady Lou!"

Lou Suyue felt that Granny Qiao was being unreasonable, but she had no choice but to let Granny Qiao "send" her out of Xianfu Palace.

After all the concubines left, Xianfu Palace became quiet, and then Empress Dowager Chen arrived.

Lou Suyi knew that Empress Dowager Chen had helped her become emperor, and she should thank Empress Dowager Chen.

But she really couldn't understand why Empress Dowager Chen would make her empress.

She voiced her doubts, and Empress Dowager Chen explained her thought process: "I have considered this for a long time, and suddenly I feel that you are the most suitable for this position. The Emperor said that he wanted to choose one of the women in the harem to be the Empress, but I couldn't find a suitable one. Then I remembered that you gave birth to Chen'er, a merit that no other concubine in the harem could match. Furthermore, you have a good temperament and get along well with me, so I made this suggestion to the Emperor."

Lou Suying's curiosity was piqued: "So His Majesty just agreed like that?"

Empress Dowager Chen chuckled: "Don't say you're surprised, I'm surprised too. When I discussed this matter with the Emperor, he said to follow my arrangements, and everything went too smoothly. I also find it unbelievable."

Lou Suyi was speechless.

She felt as if her position as empress was a lucky break.

Because no woman in the harem was suitable to be empress, and she happened to give birth to Xiao Muchen, the position of empress was reluctantly given to her.

"I'm not worried about anything else, but I'm afraid people will laugh at me for being an empress who can't stand up to scrutiny." Lou Suyi felt that it was normal for people to be jealous of her.

There were so many noble ladies in the Great Xia Dynasty, all of whom were more outstanding than her. But she was incredibly lucky; the position of Empress fell into her lap—it was as if a pie had fallen from the sky.

"Don't underestimate yourself. Although you were born a concubine's daughter, didn't you give birth to the eldest son of the emperor? You are the most capable woman in this harem. Now you are the empress, and in the Great Xia Kingdom, you are the most honored woman. Your child is the eldest legitimate son; who in this world can surpass you?" Empress Dowager Chen patted Lou Suying's hand reassuringly. "Even if things don't go well, I will always be there to support you!"

Lou Suying immediately seized the opportunity: "This is what the Empress Dowager said. If anyone bullies me, the Empress Dowager must stand up for me!"

Empress Dowager Chen scolded, "Now that you are the Empress, who dares to bully you? If anyone disrespects you, you can have them beaten to death at will! To be an Empress and still have to be subservient to others is to be spineless!"

Lou Suying felt she was indeed quite incompetent. She continued, "This is my first time being Empress, so I'm inexperienced, aren't I? If there's anything I don't understand in the future, please remember to guide me. Since I have to take care of Chen'er and am unfamiliar with palace affairs, perhaps Your Majesty could continue to help manage the harem? I feel I'm not capable of this, and the concubines wouldn't trust me. But Your Majesty is different; just sitting here—"

Empress Dowager Chen suddenly sensed something was wrong. Her face darkened as she reminded her, "Suyi, shouldn't you change your address?!"

Lou Suyi was stunned for a moment before she realized that she was now the Empress, Murong's wife, and she should address Empress Dowager Chen as Mother.

Looking into Empress Dowager Chen's smiling eyes, she blushed and whispered, "Mother."

Empress Dowager Chen was immediately delighted: "Very good! Originally, you were the Empress, and it was your turn to manage the inner palace. But since you have just ascended to the position, you should learn from me first. Once you have learned how to manage the affairs of the inner palace, I will hand over the power to you. Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't trust them. But you are different. I now treat you like my own daughter."