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

Chapter 277 The Empress has been wronged, why should she easily forgive His Majesty?

Lou Suyi quickly replied, "I can go back by myself. Today is the Empress Dowager's birthday, Your Majesty should spend more time with her."

They could just pretend to be affectionate in front of others; there was no need to go through the motions in private, since there were no audience members anyway.

Seeing that Lou Suying was not seizing the opportunity and wanted to leave first, Empress Dowager Chen hurriedly reminded Murong, "What is the Emperor still standing there for? Follow him."

Murong agreed, and the imperial procession followed Lou Suyi toward Xianfu Palace.

Lou Suyi glanced back at the grand imperial procession, assuming that Murong had followed along at the behest of Empress Dowager Chen.

Soon after returning to Xianfu Palace, Lou Suyi felt refreshed and invigorated.

She placed her sleeping son on the bed, sat down in front of the dressing table, and was about to take off her clothes when Murong's voice sounded behind her: "I'll help you."

Lou Suying couldn't refuse, so she let Murong help her remove the hairpins.

Once her head felt lighter, Lou Suying stood up and said, "I'm going to take a bath. Your Majesty should also go back and rest early."

She couldn't help but yawn as she spoke.

Murong replied calmly, "I will be staying at Xianfu Palace tonight."

Lou Suyi closed her gaping mouth upon hearing this, thinking to herself, "Aren't they in a cold war? Doesn't it seem strange that he lives in Xianfu Palace?"
Although she felt awkward, she couldn't ask Murong to leave, so she pretended not to hear and went to take a bath by herself.

When she went to bed, she didn't see Murong. She didn't think much of it and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

She only opened her sleepy eyes when she sensed someone watching her from the bedside. She saw it was Murong and remembered that he had said he would stay at Xianfu Palace tonight.

She moved to the inside while holding the child, while Murong lay down on the outside.

Lou Suyi didn't think much of it and soon fell into a deep sleep.

When she got up the next day, Murong was nowhere to be seen, but she didn't ask any questions.

Jinshu did mention to her that Murong had left Xianfu Palace before dawn.

After helping Lou Suyi wash up, Jinshu couldn't help but ask, "Is Your Highness still angry with His Majesty?"

"No, His Majesty and I are husband and wife, and we're going to spend our lives together. Why would we get upset over such a trivial matter?" Lou Suyi replied with a smile.

It was Empress Dowager Chen who gave her inspiration; she could no longer be so naive, holding onto every little thing in her heart.

No matter what, Murong was right. The Qianqing Palace was not a place that a woman like her should frequent.

Jinshu smiled and said, "This servant thinks Your Highness has grown up."

Lou Suyi laughed when she heard this: "I'm a mother now, how could I not grow up? Or was I really that childish before?"

“That’s not what I meant. I just felt that Your Highness used to act entirely on your own whims without thinking long-term, but now you’re able to weigh the pros and cons. In the harem, His Majesty is Your Highness’s support, and it’s a good thing that Your Highness is so open-minded,” Jinshu replied solemnly.

Yan Hui scoffed, "It was clearly Her Majesty who suffered injustice, so why should she so easily forgive His Majesty?"

Does that mean the Empress suffered all that injustice for nothing?

“You’re just being childish. Don’t you even think about who His Majesty is? If you argue with His Majesty, Your Highness won’t get any benefit.” Jinshu had a longer-term perspective.

Lou Suying frowned upon hearing this: "Actually, sometimes I think Yan Hui's view is right. Why is His Majesty considered superior to me...?"

"Your Majesty, please stop talking. Be careful, walls may have ears," Jinshu hurriedly said.

Lou Suyi slapped herself: "I won't say anymore, I won't say anymore. He is the emperor, he is indeed superior to everyone else."

Where in this world is there any equality among all beings? What kind of life did she lead in the Lou family before? Just because she was a concubine's daughter, she was born inferior to the other girls in the Lou family, and everyone could treat her badly. Now that she has become the Empress, don't others have to act according to her wishes?
At most, she only has Murong above her. Although Murong has a bit of an eccentric temper, she doesn't need to face his stepmotherly face all the time. Isn't that her good fortune?

Thinking about it this way, she felt even more at ease.

Given the bright sunshine that day, Lou Suyi specially took Xiao Muchen to the Imperial Garden to bask in the sun.

There wasn't much to see in the Imperial Garden at this time of year. Lou Suyi held Xiao Muchen in her arms, helping him get down to the ground and learn to walk.

The little one was especially excited the moment he was put on the ground, calling out "Mommy" every now and then.

Consort De happened to be strolling in the Imperial Garden today. The moment she saw Lou Suyi, she immediately became spirited and strode over: "Your Majesty the Empress has also come to the Imperial Garden?"

Lou Suyi thought that Consort De was quite a strange person.

Does the Imperial Garden belong to Consort De? Does that mean the Empress can't even come here?

She rolled her eyes without any politeness: "What, only Consort De is allowed to come, but I'm not?"

Consort De was surprised by Lou Suying's vulgarity: "You are the Empress, how could you do such a rude thing?"

As the mother of a nation, shouldn't she be virtuous and kind?
She was furious that such a vulgar woman had become empress.

"How have I been rude?!" Lou Suyi adopted the airs of an empress. "Consort De, were you still not satisfied with the confinement last time?"

Consort De was speechless for a moment and immediately gave up.

Forget it, I'll just have to bear it. Lou Suyi is the Empress, and she's just a concubine. Why should she walk into the line of fire? But she felt so aggrieved.

Lou Suyi was very satisfied to see that Consort De had become obedient.

She couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to Consort De, but Consort De stared intently at the adorable little boy with short legs.

Although Lou Suyi is not a likable person, her children are very good-looking. She is also a sucker for good looks, and she can't take her eyes off such cute children.

Lou Suyi noticed that Consort De was staring intently at her son, so she cleverly turned to the side to block Consort De's gaze.

Consort De stared at Lou Suyi's back for a long time, thinking to herself, what's so great about her? She just gave birth to a son with extremely high looks.
If she had the chance to serve the emperor, given her and Murong's good looks, their child would be incredibly beautiful.

Just as she was daydreaming, Murong's figure suddenly appeared in her sight.

Her eyes lit up, and she immediately went to Murong to pay her respects.

Murong dismissed her formalities and turned his gaze to the mother and son in plain clothes in front of him.

With Consort De making such a big fuss, it would be hard for Lou Suyi not to know that Murong had arrived.

She couldn't pretend not to know, so she also stepped forward to greet Murong.

Murong bypassed Consort De and stepped forward to ask, "Chen'er can walk now?"

"Not so fast, but they're learning. They'll be walking when they're a little older." Lou Suyi steadily supported the child.

Murong stepped forward, seemingly wanting to help Xiao Muchen walk. Lou Suyi understood and made way for Murong to help the child learn to walk.

Little Mu Chen was very excited to see Murong, and he called out with his trembling little legs, "Daddy, Daddy..."

Murong's expression softened as she looked at the child and replied, "Chen'er, be good."

Little Muchen couldn't stop smiling and kept calling out "Father," which made Consort De extremely envious.

How wonderful it would be if she were the mother of such a lovely child?