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

Chapter 254 What Chen'er has, you, as his mother, should have too.
Murong didn't look at Lou Suyi, but turned around and met Xie Zhijie's gaze.

Xie Zhijie bowed to him before turning and leaving.

Lou Suying secretly groaned at the sight, thinking that Murong might hold her responsible.

Just as she suspected that Murong was about to make trouble for her, he walked forward with the child in his arms.

Lou Suying was wondering if Murong was angry with her when he turned around and looked at her: "What are you standing there for? Don't lose people."

Little Muchen was also excitedly reaching out his little hands to her, and Lou Suying finally came to her senses and hurriedly followed.

She looked at the excited child, then at the emperor whose expression remained unchanged, unable to fathom his thoughts.

After waiting a while and seeing that Murong didn't make a move, she realized she was overthinking things. She hadn't even known she'd have a chance to leave the palace today; running into Xie Zhijie so suddenly couldn't have been her doing.

Therefore, no matter how unreasonable Murong is, she cannot be blamed.

Meeting Xie Zhijie is none of her business, and Murong probably won't cause her any trouble.

Just as she had guessed, Murong did not mention Xie Zhijie to her.

Before long, her eyes were drawn to the toys by the roadside. She pulled Murong aside and said, "Husband, shall we buy a toy for Chen'er?"

Murong had no objection and was led by Lou Suyi to the toys.

Lou Suying found all the toys interesting, but since she already had a rattle drum, she chose a roly-poly toy, a rolling lantern, and a ceramic rattle. She liked them all; she didn't have these toys when she was a child.

Murong was also looking at it carefully. Lou Suyi thought he also wanted to pick out a toy for the child, so she patiently waited to the side.

Murong quickly picked out an exquisite and beautiful revolving lantern, but Lou Suyi felt it wasn't suitable for little Muchen to play with. The child was too young to lift the lantern.

She was hesitating whether to persuade him not to buy it when Murong handed her the chosen lantern: "Chen'er has one, so you, as his mother, should have one too."

Lou Suying was momentarily at a loss for words. She was a mother herself; this was a children's game, was it appropriate for someone her age to play with it?

Murong seemed oblivious to her conflicted expression, and picked out another pretty revolving lantern, handing it to her: "I'll buy you two."

Ji Qing happily handed over the silver to the shopkeeper and whispered to Lou Suyi, "The master really dotes on his wife."

His Majesty is spoiling the Empress like a child.

And so, Murong held little Muchen in her arms, while Lou Suyi followed beside her, each carrying a revolving lantern, frequently attracting the attention of the crowd.

After that, Murong took Lou Suyi to the food street and let her choose the food she liked.

After eating and drinking their fill, the family of three went to the horse farm to ride horses.

Lou Suying couldn't ride, so Murong took her on horseback. Knowing it was her first time riding, and worried that her body wouldn't be able to withstand the jolting, they didn't ride for long before turning back into the city.

It was already evening. After eating, Ji Qing carried Xiao Muchen and followed behind, while Murong led Lou Suyi through the bustling night market.

Lou Suyi was holding a revolving lantern in her hand, while Murong held the other one.

The night market was bustling with activity, with vendors calling out their wares. However, there were so many people that Lou Suyi was almost bumped into several times. Murong gave her a cold glare, which frightened the vendors into apologizing to Lou Suyi repeatedly.

Lou Suyi intervened to smooth things over, and Murong finally let them leave.

Lou Suyi felt that Murong was unusually easy to talk to today. He agreed to everything she said, as if he would pluck the stars from the sky for her if she wanted them.

Then think about it: ever since she got together with him, he has treated her the best among all the women in the harem.

She always felt that he treated her differently from everyone else, even the favored concubine Liang Wanying wasn't treated as well as she was. Oh right, didn't he take Liang Wanying out of the palace on her birthday too?
She was probably just being presumptuous. On Liang Wanying's birthday, Murong was probably very accommodating to her every request.

With that thought in mind, she stopped pondering the question.

Love and romance are just unnecessary worries; she doesn't need to overthink it. After all, she's his wife. If he doesn't treat her well, who else would he treat well?
After they finished strolling through the night market, Murong bought Lou Suying a bunch of trinkets. He even said that since it was her birthday, she shouldn't receive too many gifts.

It was too late by then; the palace gates had already been closed.

Murong was clearly prepared, and he took Lou Suyi with him and boarded a painted boat.

Everything was prepared on the pleasure boat, and she was about to go to sleep after taking a bath.

At that moment, Murong entered and, without warning, kissed her: "Suyi, happy birthday..."

Lou Suyi was still vaguely thinking that she was quite happy; it was a birthday she would never forget.

The next day, she slept until late morning before getting up. When she went out after washing up, she saw Murong teaching her son to speak.

When she came out, Murong looked over, and her deep, dark eyes made her heart race.

This man's eyes were like a bewitching charm; he had been staring at her like that all night, making her feel uneasy...

"I thought His Majesty had returned to the palace." Lou Suyi looked away uncomfortably.

"I took you out of the palace for fun, so naturally I have to bring you back. If you sneak away while we're out of the palace, where will I find my wife?" Murong said, then told the boatman to dock, intending to turn back to the palace.

Lou Suyi thought to herself, "Isn't he the emperor? He's usually incredibly busy. It's perfectly normal for him to return to the palace to handle state affairs first, isn't it?"

"His Majesty and Chen'er are both in the palace, how could I possibly run away?" Lou Suyi muttered to herself.

Murong, with his sharp ears, heard this and turned to look at her, asking, "Which is more important, me or Chen'er? You just put me before Chen'er."

Lou Suyi thought that her son was definitely more important, but she couldn't tell the truth.

So she replied firmly, "Your Majesty and Chen'er are the two most important men in my life. They are both very important, and I cannot favor one over the other!"

"Can he even be considered a man?" Murong scoffed, glancing at the child grinning foolishly at him in his arms.

Don't think he doesn't know; Lou Suying is just a smooth talker. She only has Mu Chen in her heart, not him as her husband. This woman has no heart.

"Why not? Although he's still young, he has everything he should have." Lou Suyi gently poked the child's rosy cheeks, her face beaming with smiles.

Murong smiled faintly, thinking that Lou Suying's words made sense.

Inside the Quanfu Palace, Liang Wanying's cold had improved somewhat.

In order to give Lou Suyi a hard time at her birthday banquet, she took a cold bath and caught a cold.

Despite her abusing her body like this, Murong merely glanced at her and left.

I heard that Lou Suying stole the show at the Thousand Autumns Banquet and was taken out of the palace by Murong for sightseeing. She hasn't returned to the palace by noon.

Just as Liang Wanying was cursing Lou Suying to a terrible death, Mo Lan entered and reported, "His Majesty and the Empress have returned to the palace."

"Has His Majesty returned to Qianqing Palace?" Liang Wanying asked hurriedly.

"His Majesty accompanied the Empress to Xianfu Palace, and they must have had lunch by now before leaving," Mo Lan said, not daring to hide anything.