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

Chapter 255: Surprised or not? Unexpected?
Liang Wanying clenched her fists and said in a hoarse voice, "His Majesty accompanied the Empress out of the palace for a stroll and spent the night outside the palace. He only returned at this hour. Do you think the Empress will serve him in bed?"

Mo Lan and Yu Lan exchanged a glance, neither of them daring to respond.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Empress has a high chance of being chosen to serve the Emperor, especially since the young prince is already over seven months old. Currently, among all the concubines in the harem, only the Empress has the opportunity to serve the Emperor.

As for what their master cares about most, it is that even after being granted the title of Consort, he has not yet been able to serve the Emperor. The Empress is the only woman in the harem who has been able to sleep with the Emperor, so it is no wonder that the master often compares her to the Empress.

If the Empress also serves the Emperor outside the palace, she will surely remember the time when the Emperor took her out of the palace on her birthday but she was unable to serve him.

Liang Wanying looked at Mo Lan, her face pale: "Just tell me."

Mo Lan dared not meet her mistress's gaze: "Your Majesty, please do not overthink it. The most urgent matter is for Your Majesty to choose an opportunity to serve the Emperor, only then can this predicament be broken."

Whether or not the Empress had served the Emperor in bed does not change the fact that the Empress was enjoying great success and prestige.

Liang Wanying murmured to herself, "I understand now, Her Majesty the Empress has come to serve me in bed."

She ruined her own body, while Lou Suying celebrated her birthday in style and even managed to climb into the emperor's bed. If they hadn't spent the night in passion last night, why would Lou Suying be returning to the palace at this hour?
Yulan knew Liang Wanying was upset, so she quickly comforted her, saying, "In my opinion, too much favor isn't a good thing. The other concubines in the harem will definitely resent the Empress and will try to deal with her. As for you, mistress, you must first find a way to serve her in bed..."

"Serve me in bed? Serve me in bed? If it were that easy for me to serve you in bed, would I still be waiting until now without a chance? His Majesty has no heart!!" Liang Wanying roared angrily, grabbing whatever was at hand and throwing it away.

Soon the room was a complete mess, with nowhere to put your feet.

Mo Lan and Yu Lan knew that she was in a bad mood and needed to vent, so neither of them dared to stop her. They could only wait until their mistress had vented before trying to persuade her.

But this time, Leung Wan-ying's emotions clearly collapsed. After smashing things, she cried bitterly.

She was already ill, and because of the extreme emotional fluctuations, she fainted.

Mo Lan was quite frightened this time and hurriedly asked Yu Lan to find the imperial physician to come and examine Liang Wan Ying.

It just so happened that it was Physician Zhao who came over this time. Seeing Liang Wanying's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that there was a reason why Lou Suying could become the empress.

The Consort Hui before us is beautiful, but she is arrogant and spoiled, and she was once the late emperor's favorite concubine.

In contrast, look how magnanimous the Empress is! Even when the unfavored Consort Li was down on her luck, she would rush over to visit her overnight. Even he was impressed by the Empress.

However, the Empress is right. Even a concubine who has fallen out of favor should not be looked down upon, let alone Consort Hui, who was once a favored concubine.

Although Grand Tutor Liang has retired, Liang Wanying's uncle is currently quite prestigious in the court, and such a person may well regain his position someday.

"Her Majesty is not seriously ill, but her cold has not yet subsided. She needs to take good care of herself and avoid emotional fluctuations. I will prescribe a medicine later, and you can get the medicine for Her Majesty to take on time."

Physician Zhao quickly wrote out the prescription and then took his leave.

Mo Lan and Yu Lan looked at their sickly master, exchanged a glance, one stayed by the bedside to serve him, and the other went to get the medicine and prepare it.

On the other side, Xianfu Palace.

Murong didn't want to move after lunch, but when he saw Lou Suyi taking the child to take a nap, he followed her.

Lou Suying saw Murong follow her and asked, puzzled, "Your Majesty must have a lot of official business to attend to. Aren't you going back?"

"No rush, I'll sleep with you for a while." Murong said, placing little Muchen on the innermost side of the bed, while he lay down next to Lou Suyi.

Lou Suying found Murong's actions strange; why couldn't the child be placed in the middle? The next moment, little Muchen rolled over and called out to Lou Suying, "Liang, Liang..."

Murong was surprised to see this: "He can turn over?"

"I learned it a month ago." Lou Suyi was surprised that Murong was unaware of this.

Murong looked at the child with a complicated expression: "I don't know."

Seeing this, Lou Suying got up and put the child on the bed. When she saw that the little one could still sit steadily, Murong was speechless again.

“Children grow up so fast, they change every day. Who knows when they’ll be calling me ‘Dad’?” Lou Suyi said, turning to the child who was grinning at her, “Chen’er, right?”

The next moment, Xiao Muchen called out to her, "Father, Father..."

Murong was dumbfounded, while Lou Suying laughed so hard she was bent over.

"Silly son, this is your father." Lou Suyi rarely saw Murong being struck by lightning.

Recently, Murong has been trying to teach Xiao Muchen to speak every time she sees him, but she hasn't succeeded each time. Then, she casually said something, and the child immediately called her "Dad"—isn't that amazing? Unexpected, isn't it?
Murong snapped out of his shock and stepped forward to hug the chubby, pink baby: "Call me Father again."

Little Muchen looked at Lou Suyi: "Father, Father..."

Lou Suyi couldn't help but laugh, especially when she saw Murong's constipated look.

Emperor Murong has finally encountered a problem, and it's from his own son. It's quite funny to think about.

Unwilling to give up, Murong held the child and kept teaching him to mimic speech. Lou Suying watched for a while before becoming sleepy and falling asleep without realizing it.

When she woke up again, she found her child sleeping peacefully beside her, but Murong had already left.

Jinshu helped her get dressed, and she yawned: "When did His Majesty leave?"

"After the Empress fell asleep, His Majesty coaxed the young prince to sleep, then put the young prince back to the Empress's side before returning," Jinshu reported.

At this moment, Yan Hui walked in and said to Lou Suyi, "After Your Highness left the palace yesterday, Consort Li sent over a birthday gift."

"Consort Li has been here?" Lou Suyi was a little surprised.

She knew that Consort Li had disliked her before, but she didn't expect that after she visited Consort Li once, Consort Li would send her a birthday gift.

"It seems that Consort Li deliberately chose to send her congratulatory gift after the Autumn Banquet, but unfortunately, she has already left the palace," Yan Hui guessed.

Lou Suying thought for a moment and instructed, "Pass down the message that Xihe Palace should take good care of things. Times have changed, and the inner palace is a place where people fawn over the powerful and bully the weak. Try your best to prevent such things from happening."

Consort Li is also a member of the Chen family, and Empress Dowager Chen has taken good care of her. She should put aside past grievances and take better care of Consort Li.

"Yes, I will give the instructions immediately," Jinshu replied respectfully.

Although the Empress has not yet officially taken over the harem, the Empress Dowager will relinquish control of the harem should the Empress be so willing.

It's just that the Empress is lazy and doesn't want to take over so soon.

Nowadays, the Empress Dowager has relinquished some of her power in managing the inner palace, and her words carry weight. Those who previously looked down on her no longer dare to oppose her.