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

Chapter 289 You must remember that you are the Empress...

When Jinshu entered with the tea, she was stunned. His Majesty was sitting in the Empress's seat, but he was helping her with the trivial matters of the harem, while the Empress sat to the side eating snacks and fruit, looking quite content.

Ji Qing was still serving the Empress, and this scene made her stare wide-eyed.

Lou Suyi saw Jinshu standing there blankly, so she stepped forward, took the teacup, and offered it to Murong: "Is Your Majesty thirsty? Why don't you have some tea to soothe your throat?"

She felt quite embarrassed when the emperor helped her with the work.

Murong ignored Lou Suying: "I'm not thirsty."

Lou Suyi couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "No wonder he's the emperor; he can even handle the mundane affairs of the harem with ease."

Is it a waste of talent to have someone like him, who is capable of great things, doing such domestic affairs for her?
At that moment, she found Murong's serious demeanor particularly handsome, making it impossible for her to look away.

When Jiqing and Jinshu saw the Empress sitting next to His Majesty, gazing at him with infatuation, they both found the scene amusing.

Murong belatedly realized that Lou Suying was staring at him. He turned to look at Lou Suying and met her starry eyes: "What's wrong?"

"I just think Your Majesty looks especially handsome today." Lou Suying said sweet words without even blinking.

Murong's lips curled up: "Smooth talker!"

Jinshu, who was standing to the side, almost burst out laughing. Jiqing also felt that his master was right. The Empress was unreliable and glib. She must have been able to deceive His Majesty with her honeyed words.

"No way, I'm telling the truth. His Majesty is handsome all the time, but he looks especially handsome today, even more so than Chen'er!" Lou Suyi said with absolute certainty.

Murong felt that this woman's words could not be trusted, but he had to admit that he was only human and also liked to hear nice things. Even though he knew that she was not being sincere, he was still in a good mood.

Presumably, all ordinary people are susceptible to temptation, and he was not the only one who was bewitched by the empress's sweet words.

"Fine, stay away from me." Murong felt that the Empress's presence was affecting him.

Lou Suyi felt that Murong was annoyed by her noise, so she left the study on her own.

Xiao Muchen had changed into a clean set of clothes. It had been snowing since last night, and she had wrapped the child up tightly as she stood in the corridor admiring the snow.

Xiao Muchen, however, felt it wasn't enough and pointed at the snowflakes outside: "Snow, snow..."

This means that Lou Suyi wants to take him to play in the snow.

Lou Suyi was actually a little tempted, but she was worried that the child was too young and might get cold during the Chinese New Year.
In the end, she couldn't resist the little guy's insistence and put him in the snow to play with.

When Murong came out to look for Lou Suyi, he saw Lou Suyi and their son squatting on the ground playing in the snow.

Xiao Muchen even rolled around on the snow, looking just like a mischievous monkey.

Lou Suyi seemed to find it amusing and also fell to the ground and rolled around.

Murong stared at her for a long time and felt that although the Empress was not young, her temperament was no different from that of a child.

He walked slowly to Lou Suying's side. Lou Suying had been having a good time, but when she suddenly saw Murong standing in front of her, looking down at her from above, she widened her eyes in surprise, scrambled to her feet, and said with a dry laugh, "I accidentally fell just now..."

Ji Qing then came over with an oil-paper umbrella, while Murong brushed the snowflakes off Lou Suyi's clothes: "How old are you? Still rolling around in the snow. You should remember that you are the Empress..."

Lou Suying secretly rolled her eyes. Who said the Empress couldn't play in the snow? She had only played with her son for a while.

Anyway, everyone around her is her own person, so who would dare to say anything bad about her?
Murong muttered Lou Suyi's name as he picked up his son, who was still rolling around in the snow.

No wonder he saw the child playing on the ground as soon as he arrived at Xianfu Palace today. Wasn't it because Lou Suyi, the child's mother, spoiled him? She herself is still somewhat childish.

When the family of three returned to the temple where the earthen ceiling was burning, they were still covered in snowflakes.

Looking at Murong's serious and ascetic face, Lou Suyi asked curiously, "Has Your Majesty ever had a snowball fight?" Murong paused in his action of patting snowflakes, then shook his head: "No, I don't waste my time on such meaningless things."

Lou Suyi silently swallowed the words, "Your Majesty's life is so boring."

"Does the Empress want to play?" Murong asked.

If the Empress wanted to play, he wouldn't necessarily refuse to play along, even though he found it rather pointless.

Lou Suyi gave him a fake smile: "Your Majesty is a man of great things, so please don't waste your time on such things. If I want to play, I can find someone else."

Anyway, she thought snowball fights were fun and meaningful.

Murong fell silent.

Does the Queen mean that she often has snowball fights with other people?

"Who did the Empress have a snowball fight with?" Murong asked casually.

"I played with Jinshu and the others once when it snowed last time, what's wrong?" Lou Suyi was puzzled. Was he going to interfere with even this?

Murong remained silent for a moment, as if she had finally made up her mind to hand Xiao Muchen over to Ji Qing.

He took Lou Suyi's hand and led her outside. Lou Suyi was completely confused: "Where is Your Majesty taking me?"

Murong pulled her outside and said calmly, "I will play a snowball fight with the Empress."

Lou Suyi: ...

Seeing her standing there dumbfounded, Murong said again, "Let's begin!"

Lou Suyi was in a dilemma: "Isn't this inappropriate?"

He's the emperor, after all. If she throws a snowflake at his face, wouldn't that be considered an injury to his imperial body?

"What's wrong with that? This is my will, you don't need to worry about it." Murong slowly curled his lips.

"Then if I find His Majesty, His Majesty will not punish me?" Lou Suyi asked with skepticism.

If that's the case, she won't hold back!
Murong replied decisively, "Of course."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Suyi grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at Murong's face.

Murong hadn't expected her to be so fast; she was hit squarely by a clump of snow, and her face stung with pain.

Seeing that he was still standing there dumbfounded, Lou Suyi grabbed another handful of snow and threw it at him.

This time, Murong finally came to his senses. He turned around in time, and a clump of snow hit him on the back. Judging from the force, the Empress had hit him hard.

He picked up a clump of snow and pretended to throw it at Lou Suyi, who was so frightened that she ran away while shouting, "Your Majesty is so scary, you don't know how to cherish a lady at all!"

She ran very fast, but heard Murong chasing after her, step by step, as if he were right behind her.

She panicked, tripped, and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, she was wearing thick clothes, so the fall didn't hurt. Murong quickly rushed to her side and asked, "Did you hurt yourself?"

Lou Suying shook her head: "No, it doesn't hurt at all."

The next moment, Murong rubbed snowflakes on her face, making her scream repeatedly from the cold: "How can this be? Your Majesty's victory is unfair!"

Is that emperor even a man? Doesn't he know anything about chivalry and respect for women?