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

Chapter 286 A traitorous lackey shall be executed!

Lou Suying quickly calmed down, and Murong, who was still furious, took a deep breath. He knew he wasn't calm enough, so he turned around and left the dormitory to avoid arguing with Lou Suying again.

Ji Qing then quickly invited Yao, the collator of the Wenyuan Pavilion.

When Murong saw that Ji Qing had brought Yao Jian, he thought it was a good choice. Firstly, Yao Jian was someone he had promoted, and secondly, Yao Jian had excellent handwriting and was in charge of proofreading documents.

Furthermore, he knew that Yao Jian was an expert in authenticating ancient paintings, so it was the perfect opportunity to have Yao Jian come over.

Yao Jian was oblivious to everything else; as soon as he received the two calligraphy pieces, he carefully examined them.

A layman wouldn't be able to tell, but he was an expert in the field. He made a conclusion after reading just a few lines of text.

“Your Majesty, the two pieces of calligraphy are not from the same hand.” Yao Jian said, first taking out the letter written by Lou Suyi. “This is clearly from a woman’s hand. The strokes are light, the strokes are weak, and the ends of the strokes are particularly weak.”

He then produced another letter, saying, "This letter is clearly from a man. Although he is trying hard to imitate it, this person has a solid foundation in writing, and the handwriting is not top-heavy like the previous letter..."

For the first time, Lou Suying felt refreshed by being belittled. She straightened her head and lifted her chest, sweeping away her previous gloom.

Murong happened to look at her at that moment, and she snorted softly and looked away.

Murong realized he had wronged Lou Suyi. He ordered Yao Jian to be richly rewarded and was about to look for Lou Suyi when he found that she had already left.

Lou Suyi was in her bedroom when Jinshu handed her a booklet that recorded the daily lives of the staff at Xianfu Palace.

Since the jade belt disappeared without a trace last time, Lou Suying knew that someone had planted spies in Xianfu Palace. Although she didn't know how to do it, she had Jinshu and Yan Hui secretly observe everyone's behavior, especially those who had approached her room.

She always leaves one person nearby to keep watch, just in order to prevent being plotted against again.

And that's how the booklet came in handy.

Just as she was carefully reviewing the roster, Murong entered.

Lou Suyi glanced up at Murong, then focused her attention back on the roster.

Seeing that she ignored him, Murong sat down next to Lou Suyi without feeling comfortable and coughed lightly.

Lou Suyi ignored him and pretended not to hear.

Murong knew he was in the wrong, so he grasped Lou Suyi's hand, but Lou Suyi pulled it away and got up to leave.

Seeing this, everyone quickly withdrew, leaving the Emperor and Empress alone.

Murong hurriedly caught up and blocked Lou Suyi's way: "Suyi, it was my fault. I was so angry that I didn't think much. Please forgive me this time, okay?"

Lou Suyi hadn't expected the emperor to admit his mistake so quickly. She thought she couldn't make up with him so easily, otherwise she would suffer every time something like this happened in the future. At the very least, she had to wait until he realized his mistake.

Unexpectedly, he actually bowed down to her.

Seeing Lou Suying pursing her lips and remaining silent, Murong continued, "Do you think any man can tolerate his woman having private dealings with other men? I'm just a normal man."

"That only shows that His Majesty does not trust me, which is why he easily assumes that I would betray him," Lou Suyi said, revealing the most fundamental reason.

Murong was speechless.

He felt he trusted Lou Suyi quite a bit, but the moment he saw the letter, he did lose his usual composure.

Lou Suyi took Murong's silence as a tacit agreement.

She sat down to the side and continued to peruse the roster. After careful comparison, she had her choice in mind. Just then, Murong approached her: "I believe you, but I was indeed wrong in this matter. How can you let go of your grudge?"

Lou Suyi ignored Murong and walked out of her bedroom, summoning everyone to gather in the main hall.

Before long, a large group of palace maids, eunuchs, and nannies serving at Xianfu Palace stood there.

Lou Suyi raised her voice and said, "I already know who betrayed me."

The scene was silent; everyone kept their heads down, and no one dared to utter a sound.

"What, do I have to personally invite you out?" Lou Suyi said calmly.

Seeing that no one stepped forward, Murong said calmly, "A traitorous slave should be made to wish he were dead!"

Lou Suying ignored Murong, and seeing that no one else stepped forward, she simply called out, "Yicui, come out!"

Upon hearing this name, everyone turned to look at the person and instinctively made way for him.

Standing at the back, Yi Cui was thus exposed to everyone's gaze. Her face was pale as she faced the Emperor and Empress directly.

"Whom do you work for? Why are you trying to frame me?" Lou Suyi asked directly without wasting any words.

Yi Cui knelt on the ground, knowing that things had come to this point and she had no way out.

Lou Suyi scrutinized Yicui for a while and then realized that Yicui had not been hypnotized, which meant that the master behind Yicui was not the same person who had framed her before.

“This servant doesn’t know who the other party is. That person has kidnapped my sister. If I don’t do as they say, my sister will die at their hands.” Yi Cui kowtowed to Lou Suyi and Murong. “This servant has no choice…”

"Are you sure you have no choice? Have you ever thought about telling me the truth about this? Perhaps I can help you find your sister?" Lou Suyi interrupted Yi Cui's explanation.

Betraying the Lord is betrayal, and no reason can excuse it.

Yi Cui shook her head, crying: "That man threatened me, saying that if I dared to complain to Your Highness, he would kill my sister immediately. I dare not gamble."

Lou Suyi saw Yicui crying and knew that she wouldn't get anything out of Yicui.

Jinshu quickly found several letters in Yicui's room and was about to hand them to Lou Suyi when Murong took them first.

He looked at the handwriting and the letter paper; they were both ordinary and nothing special.

"Where did you get the letter from?" Murong asked in a deep voice.

Yi Cui replied truthfully, "This is a family letter obtained from the Imperial Household Department."

Lou Suyi was stunned. So, Yi Cui's family was being controlled by someone?
Suddenly, a thought struck her: could Xie Zhijie be behind this? And what about the other jade belt she made? It was nowhere to be found; could Xie Zhijie have taken it?
Xie Zhijie is absolutely capable of doing something so shameless.

"You took the jade belt too?" Lou Suyi finally found her voice after a while.

Yi Cui replied, "It was this servant who took it. That person said he wanted an item made by Her Majesty herself. This servant remembered that Her Majesty had made an extra jade belt, and since it was something Her Majesty didn't want, I took it."

"After you took the jade belt, how did you give it back to the other party?" Lou Suyi pressed.

The more she asked, the more she felt that Xie Zhijie was behind it all.

Otherwise, why would it be Qi Yan, and not Xie Zhijie, who framed her for exchanging private messages? Everyone in the capital knows about her past with Xie Zhijie and Qi Yan.

"I escorted her to an abandoned palace without ever seeing her face," Yi Cui said, not daring to conceal anything.