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

Chapter 227 His Queen is Smooth-Talking
After the flower festival ended, Lou Suyi was finally able to rest for a while.

She took the child back to Xianfu Palace and went to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that evening.

Little Muchen, who had been excited for a long time, was sleeping soundly on her shoulder. Lou Suyi put the little dumpling down and was about to sleep with the child for a while when Jinshu said, "Has Your Majesty seen through the intentions of the Duke of Fuguo's mansion?"

Lou Suyi nodded slightly: "Isn't it just about sending Miss Chen to the palace to serve the emperor?"

Everyone knows what the Duke of Fuguo's intentions are; once Chen Xing stays here, he probably won't leave the palace again.

“This servant feels that His Majesty treats Miss Chen differently from others, so Your Highness should still be wary of Miss Chen,” Jinshu said solemnly.

"Don't you think Miss Chen has a very nice personality, making it hard for anyone to dislike her?" Lou Suyi thought of Chen Xing's cute round face and felt that just from her appearance alone, this girl was pleasing to the eye.

While at Juyuan, Empress Dowager Chen told her that in the Chen family, Chen Xing was cherished like the apple of the eye, and everyone doted on her.

“No matter how good Miss Chen’s personality is, she will still be Your Majesty’s rival in love. This servant is always worried that His Majesty will be captivated by Miss Chen one day, and then it will be Your Majesty who will be hurt.” Jinshu expressed her concerns.

"His Majesty isn't just mine. It's normal for him to be captivated by other girls, isn't it?" Lou Suyi thought Jinshu was thinking too far ahead.

She just wanted to live her life well in the present. Who Murong would fall in love with in the future was not something she could control.

But one thing is undeniable: Murong treated her well, elevating her from an unknown concubine's daughter to Empress. In the past, this was something she would never have dared to dream of.

Murong treats her well, so she can't very well ruin his good marriage.

If someone like him could actually fall for a woman, that would be a wonderful thing.

"Actually... if Your Majesty is willing to stop it, perhaps the Empress Dowager will listen to Your Majesty's advice and not allow Miss Chen to enter the palace," Jinshu cautiously suggested.

Lou Suyi chuckled: "As you know, it's not just His Majesty who treats me well, but the Empress Dowager also treats me like her own daughter. How could I keep such a good girl like Chen Xing out of the palace gates for my own selfish reasons?"

Jinshu, however, said solemnly, "Everyone looks out for themselves. This is for Your Highness's own benefit, and also for the future of the young prince."

Her biggest fear was that Chen Xing would become a favored concubine and turn against the Empress. Why couldn't such a potential enemy be eliminated from the start?

Lou Suyi thought Jinshu's words made sense, but she still shook her head and rejected her suggestion: "I still stand by what I said, I will not interfere in His Majesty's harem affairs. Who His Majesty keeps in the harem and which beauty he favors is His Majesty's business. I do not want to interfere and get involved in the consequences."

Upon hearing the words "cause and effect," Jinshu ultimately decided not to offer any further advice.

Undeniably, His Majesty has shown the Empress sufficient respect, and the Empress Dowager has treated her well. It is perfectly normal for the Empress not to interfere in Miss Chen's affairs.

After all, Miss Chen is a daughter of the Duke of Fuguo's family, and is a relative of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager has treated the Empress Dowager with utmost sincerity, and the Empress Dowager is a sentimental person, so she would not want to put the Empress Dowager in a difficult position.

When Lou Suyi appeared with Xiao Muchen at the banquet, the palace was already packed with people.

Last year, Murong did not appoint an empress; the only person sitting beside him was the Empress Dowager.

This time, when Lou Suyi became Empress during the Mid-Autumn Festival, as soon as she appeared, Murong got up to greet her, took the little prince from her arms, and headed to the head seat.

The concubines in the harem had mixed feelings upon witnessing this scene.

They were tired of using the word "jealousy," and what they really liked was envy for Lou Suyi.

No woman in the entire Great Xia Dynasty could be as successful as Lou Suyi. Chen Xing was also on the banquet guest list. However, she was just a guest, and her seat wasn't very good, located towards the back. But she still clearly saw the scene of Murong welcoming Lou Suyi, the Empress.

At this moment, her feelings were also complicated, simply because the man she loved was the emperor, who already had an empress and even a legitimate son.

If she were to stay in the palace and become one of his concubines, she would be sharing the man she loves with so many other women.

Thinking of this, the joy of seeing Murong was overshadowed.

Her mother and aunt had told her last year that if Consort Li did not gain the Emperor's favor, she would have to enter the palace. This was for the sake of the entire Chen family, and she had no other choice.

Currently, Empress Dowager Chen still takes care of the Duke of Fuguo's mansion. If Empress Dowager Chen were to pass away one day, the Chen family would have no one left in the harem.

She carries the weight of the Chen family's honor and disgrace, rise and fall, on her shoulders; it is not just about her own future.

Lou Suyi sat next to Murong, initially unaccustomed to being so high and mighty, surrounded by people.

Moreover, these people were all high-ranking nobles in the Great Xia Kingdom, and even Xie Zhijie and Qi Yan seemed to be under her command.

This feeling is very unfamiliar.

At this moment, she finally understood the benefits of having great power. No wonder so many people wanted to climb up the ladder. No wonder Xie Zhijie, who clearly had feelings for her back then, still chose Lou Suya for power.

When a person's ambition and desires continue to grow and expand, emotions become insignificant.

Lou Suying was staring blankly at the swarming crowd when Murong's voice rang in her ear: "Who are you looking at?"

Lou Suying came to her senses, looked at Murong, and shook her head, saying, "I wasn't looking at anyone."

"I thought you were distracted because you were looking at an old friend."

Murong's voice was very soft, but Lou Suyi felt that he deliberately emphasized "a certain old friend".

She blinked, looking bewildered: "Who is the old friend Your Majesty is referring to?"

Murong, seeing that she didn't seem to be faking it, scoffed lightly: "You know it yourself."

Lou Suyi thought about it carefully for a while and felt that the old friend Murong mentioned might be Qi Yan or Xie Zhijie.
He's worried that she might be sitting next to him but her heart is with another man; he's afraid she'll cheat on him.
Having figured out the intricacies of the situation, she solemnly declared, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. My heart and eyes are only for Your Majesty. Your Majesty's presence is so strong that there's only so much room in my heart. How could there be room for anyone else? I'm not afraid Your Majesty will laugh at me, but in the most important place in my heart, even Chen'er has to take a backseat, because Your Majesty has taken up the entire space."

Murong gave a slight smirk: "Glib tongue."

Did he really believe a few sweet words when he was only three years old?

However, seeing that she seemed sincere, he decided not to hold it against her.

"The sun and moon bear witness, Your Majesty must believe in my sincere heart!" Lou Suyi regretted that she was in public, otherwise she could have been more sincere and let him see her true feelings.

Murong looked at Lou Suyi with a half-smile, thinking that his empress was truly capable of lying through her teeth.

In his opinion, Mu Chen held a more important place in her heart than he did. Who could believe the words that she felt completely occupied by him?