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

Chapter 220: A Complete Victory!

Tao Zhaoyi nodded in agreement: "Her Majesty the Empress is currently enjoying great popularity, so I wouldn't want to embarrass myself by going against her."

Consort De, however, did not know how to avoid Lou Suyi's sharp edge and insisted on playing tricks when Lou Suyi rose to power. It is only natural that she was tricked by Lou Suyi today.

If Lou Suyi had any ideas at all, she wouldn't have been led by the nose by Consort De. It can only be said that Consort De's actions were harmful to others and herself.

Consort De was in a bad mood and didn't want to engage in any witty banter with these hypocritical women, so she rode away in her palanquin first.

Watching Consort De's departing figure, Consort Tao turned to Consort Ning and asked, "What do you think of Her Majesty the Empress?"

Consort Ning thought carefully for a moment before replying, "As you said, Your Majesty the Empress is a remarkable person. How could a woman who could be made Empress by His Majesty be an ordinary person? Consort De's petty antics were easily thwarted by Your Majesty's simple tricks, which made Consort De look foolish."

Consort Tao deeply agreed: "If Her Majesty the Empress were any more wicked, she could have used other methods to punish Consort De, but Her Majesty the Empress's method was very gentle, and she left Consort De with no recourse. You are right, a woman whom His Majesty would appoint as Empress is extraordinary. Moreover, Her Majesty the Empress Dowager also likes Her Majesty the Empress. Apart from the fact that Her Majesty the Empress Dowager saved Her Majesty the Empress Dowager's life, her personality is also quite likable, isn't it?"

The concubines in the harem only saw Lou Suying's meteoric rise to power, but the real reason was that Lou Suying was valued by both Empress Dowager Chen and the Emperor.

Otherwise, how could someone as opinionated as His Majesty have given the position of Empress to Lou Suyi based solely on Empress Dowager Chen's suggestion?

“My sister sees things clearly. Her Majesty the Empress is a kind and gentle person. As long as we don’t provoke her first, she won’t cause us any trouble. I think that as long as Her Majesty the Empress sits on this throne, our lives will be better, and that’s enough,” Consort Ning replied.

The two walked and talked until they parted ways.

Lou Suyi arrived at Shou'an Palace smoothly, and Empress Dowager Chen immediately took Xiao Muchen, looking very fond of him.

The young prince was also very happy to see Empress Dowager Chen. He was so excited that he danced around, which made Empress Dowager Chen very happy.

Lou Suying was led by Fang Ruo to a huge pile of account books. Lou Suying was startled when she saw the mountain of account books: "So many?"

"There are many people in the harem, this is just a part of them, Your Highness, please take a look at these first." Fang Ruo said, and also went to tease the little prince.

Lou Suying was left alone, frowning as she faced a pile of dull and boring account books.

Jinshu noticed that Lou Suying kept glancing in the direction of the young prince, and whispered, "Your Majesty should focus on the account books. There are so many account books; if you don't hurry, it will take days and nights to finish reading them. With the Empress Dowager looking after the young prince, he won't get lost."

"I'd rather take care of the kids than look at this stuff." Lou Suyi sighed, but resignedly began looking at the account books.

Since it was Empress Dowager Chen who helped her ascend to the position of Empress, she had to shoulder the corresponding responsibilities and not disappoint Empress Dowager Chen.

She worked so hard in the first half of her life to carve out her own path, and now that she has a bright future ahead of her, she must move forward steadily.

At first, she couldn't quite focus on those boring numbers, but later she forced herself to calm down, and time flew by.

She had lunch at Shou'an Palace, where Empress Dowager Chen helped take care of the children, and all her attention was on the account books.

Empress Dowager Chen and Fang Ruo saw this and were quite pleased.

Lou Suying is naturally a lively person and doesn't seem like someone who can sit still for long. But when she's looking at the accounts, she's very focused, which is a good sign.

When Lou Suyi encountered something she didn't understand, she would immediately ask Empress Dowager Chen, who would explain in detail until Lou Suyi understood.

For the next few days, Consort De went to Xianfu Palace to pay her respects to Lou Suyi every day at dawn (5-7 AM), but Lou Suyi wouldn't come out to see her until noon (7-9 AM). This meant that Consort De and the other concubines, including Lou Suyue, had to wait for Lou Suyi for a full hour each day. Consort De was forced to confront the reality that she was no match for Lou Suyi. Relying on her status as Empress, Lou Suyi could command her with a single word.

After several days, she finally couldn't bear it any longer and decided to ask Lou Su for help.

As soon as Lou Suyi appeared that day, she couldn't wait to say, "I was ignorant before, and I hope Your Majesty the Empress will be magnanimous and not hold it against me."

Lou Suyi was somewhat surprised that Consort De, such a proud and aloof person, would bow down to her.

Seeing that Lou Suying was looking at her without saying a word, Consort De said again, "I would like to do the same as Consort Ning and come to pay my respects to Her Majesty the Empress at Chenshi (7-9 AM), is that alright?"

Lou Suyi noticed that everyone was looking at her, seemingly wanting to know how she would react to Consort De's show of weakness.

“Speaking of paying respects, I personally don’t pay much attention to the daily custom. It’s certainly a good thing that my sisters are willing to come and pay their respects to me, but it’s tiring for everyone to come every day. I have a suggestion: from now on, my sisters should come to Xianfu Palace every five days, and I will notify them separately if there is anything else. What do you all think?” Lou Suyi said slowly.

She might as well not have any contact with them all year round, but etiquette cannot be disregarded. She must let these people know that, no matter what, she is still the Empress.

Consort De raised both hands in agreement this time: "I have no objection. What about the other sisters?"

Consort Ning smiled and agreed, "I have no objection either. I will follow Her Majesty the Empress's arrangements."

The two highest-ranking concubines expressed their opinions, and the others echoed them.

After several days of turmoil, the others had also reached their limit and had no objections, so the matter was settled.

Lou Suyi also solved a major problem.

She genuinely felt that it was unnecessary for so many people to come and pay their respects to her every day. No one was truly sincere; the so-called greetings were merely a formality performed by a concubine before the principal wife.

She didn't care at all whether these people came to pay their respects to her, nor did she care about such superficial etiquette.

However, she had not expected that Consort De would show weakness to her so quickly.

Given Consort De's arrogance, she assumed Consort De would continue to fight her to the bitter end, and she didn't believe that Consort De was genuinely submissive to her.

This might also be a tactic of retreating to advance.

Since she was not in charge of the harem for the time being, and no one bothered her with matters concerning the harem, she still went to Shou'an Palace every day without fail.

Days passed by, and before we knew it, it was mid-August, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was just around the corner.

That day, Lou Suyi was learning accounting when Empress Dowager Chen suddenly asked, "How long has it been since the Emperor visited Xianfu Palace?"

Lou Suyi was taken aback. She had been so busy lately that she had completely forgotten about Murong.

"It's only for a short time, right?" Lou Suyi stammered.

"To tell you the truth, was it the day the Emperor went to Xianfu Palace or the day he issued the edict to bestow the title of Empress?" Empress Dowager Chen stated directly.

Lou Suyi was sweating profusely. How could the Empress Dowager remember it even more clearly than she did?
Hehe, team building is so tiring!