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

Chapter 308 A woman sings and her husband follows her
Lou Suying noticed that Murong Mingming was looking at her, yet seemed to be looking at someone else. She asked, puzzled, "Does Your Majesty have a white moonlight that you can't have?"

Could it be that she looks like his ideal woman, and she is his substitute for his ideal woman?

Murong didn't quite understand what Lou Suyi was saying.

What is "white moonlight"?

Lou Suyi paused for a moment, thinking that someone like Murong was unlikely to have such pure feelings.

"It's someone you once liked but couldn't have," Lou Suyi explained to him.

Murong scoffed at this, "I wonder what's going on in your head."

Lou Suyi knew this would be the outcome, so the young emperor only had the people of the world in his eyes and could not possibly have any romantic feelings for men and women.

"I was just asking casually," Lou Suyi replied with a fake smile.

Seeing Lou Suyi's appearance, Murong felt it necessary to explain: "I have no white moonlight, so don't spread rumors."

"I understand." Lou Suyi thought to herself that it would be strange if this old-fashioned man had a white moonlight.

Back then, she actually believed the rumors that Consort De was his ideal woman. Later, another woman named Liang Wanying appeared, and he conferred the title of Consort Liang on her despite public opinion. She still thought that Liang Wanying was his ideal woman.

In the end, it was all just speculation from others, but he himself scoffed at such things.

However, to be fair, although he didn't know anything about romance, he was quite gentle when applying the medicine, and he would ask her from time to time if it hurt, which was more careful and cautious than Jinshu.

Looking at the emperor's appearance, if he were to become a male prostitute in a brothel, he would definitely become the top courtesan.

She imagined Murong serving women with a stern face, and suddenly laughed.

"What are you thinking about that makes you so happy?" Murong asked calmly when he saw Lou Suying secretly smiling.

Lou Suyi, of course, could not tell the truth. She suppressed a laugh and said, "I just thought of something funny, but I can't tell His Majesty."

If he really told her, he would probably tear her to pieces.

Murong said calmly, "Does the Empress have secrets that I cannot know?"

"What I mean is, there's no need to waste words on things that His Majesty isn't interested in," Lou Suying said, quickly pulling her clothes tighter. "It's freezing! His Majesty is taking way too long to apply the medicine!"

Murong scoffed. Only this woman was ungrateful, daring to look down on him.

Lou Suyi didn't care whether he was in a good mood or not; she was just telling the truth. Jinshu could have applied the medicine in a few strokes, but he insisted on taking almost fifteen minutes. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was deliberately taking liberties with her.

"Your Majesty, if you are busy, please return. My injury is not serious and has already healed."

Lou Suying's next, unromantic remark drew Murong's attention again.

Lou Suyi quickly realized she had been too blunt and added, "What I meant was that Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about my injury. It wouldn't be good if it disturbed Your Majesty's business."

“I also need to rest during the New Year. Do you expect me to be busy all year round?” Murong said calmly.

Lou Suyi naturally wouldn't admit to this.

However, she has something to do next.

She was still unwilling to give up even though she hadn't found the murderer. Strike while the iron is hot; since none of the concubines who came today carried that floral scent, it was probably not on one of the concubines, but rather on one of their maids.

Since this possibility exists, she plans to visit each palace in the next few days, hoping to find something unexpected.

This is an important clue, and we can't let it slip away easily.

She told Murong her thoughts, but Murong said, "I will go with you."

Lou Suyi was taken aback: "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" "What's inappropriate about it? The wife leads the way, the husband follows." Murong was quite interested and insisted that Lou Suyi take him to visit the various palaces and halls.

Lou Suyi thought to herself, "What kind of situation is this?"
She was clearly there to investigate a case, but by bringing Murong along, all the attention would inevitably be on Murong.

But from another perspective, Murong's appearance forces everyone working in the palace to show their faces, which is actually a good thing.

And so, Lou Suyi took Murong out of Xianfu Palace and went to Xihe Palace first.

The reason for going to Xihe Palace was not because she suspected Consort Li, but because Consort Li did not show her face during the festival. Even if it was just because Consort Li's surname was Chen, she still had to make this trip.

Consort Li was surprised to see Lou Suyi and Murong appear. She first paid her respects to the Emperor and Empress before asking, "Why have Your Majesty and Her Majesty the Empress come?"

“Isn’t it the New Year? His Majesty remembered you, so I came with him to see you.” Lou Suyi’s words came out naturally.

Murong glanced at Lou Suyi. This woman liked to casually put hats on him, and she acted as if it were perfectly normal, as if she was certain that he wouldn't be angry.

Consort Li did not quite believe Lou Suyi's words.

His Majesty is a cold-hearted and indifferent person. He never cared about her before. Now, she is no different from being banished to the cold palace. Why would he care about her?
It was most likely that the Empress deliberately said those words to appease her.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty and Empress. I am well," Consort Li replied politely.

Lou Suying looked at the desolate palace and felt that Consort Li had very few servants. It was also possible that Consort Li did not go out for long periods of time, which was no different from being in the Cold Palace, so her attendants became lax.

She sat in the main hall where Consort Li resided for a while before getting up to visit the other concubines in the east and west side halls.

We saw everyone, but gained nothing.

They then visited two more palaces, but found nothing there.

Lou Suyi thought she should go to Changqiu Palace again, so she returned to Xianfu Palace.

She asked Murong what he meant, and Murong said calmly, "The Empress decides. Wherever the Empress goes, I will go."

These words made Lou Suyi think he was her kept man.

Soon Changqiu Palace came into view, and Lou Suyi suddenly asked curiously, "I heard that His Majesty favored Consort De back then. How much did he favor her?"

Murong glanced sideways upon hearing this: "Where did the Empress hear about this?"

Lou Suyi thought to herself that everyone says so, so there's no need to inquire further.

"Everyone says so, isn't that right?" Lou Suyi was purely curious and had no jealousy in her heart.

Murong recalled the scene when he first met Consort De, and then smiled: "I found Consort De quite interesting. Later, she became my concubine, and I took good care of her."

If this counts as pampering, then it is pampering, right?
He had no concept of the word "favor".

Lou Suyi caught a glimpse of Yan Hui eavesdropping beside the imperial carriage out of the corner of her eye, and knew that this little palace maid was very curious.

Her curiosity was piqued, so she pressed on, "How is Consort De interesting? Can you tell me?"

Murong Dan glanced at Lou Suyi and said, "No!"

Lou Suyi: ...

Yan Hui glanced at the Emperor and Empress on the imperial carriage and felt a chill run through her heart.

The Empress is not jealous of the Emperor's favorite concubine, and the Emperor does not shy away from mentioning his favorite concubine in front of the Empress. This couple is destined for tragedy.

Thank you so much to the darling who kept correcting my typos, and thank you to the darling who kept voting for me!