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

Chapter 31 The Emperor covered her mouth from the darkness...

"It is rare for the Empress Dowager to speak so kindly. I will accompany my beloved concubine another day." Murong said, getting up to leave Changqiu Palace.

Consort De suddenly leaned over and threw herself into his arms without warning.

Murong was surprised that Consort De would take the initiative to throw herself into his arms. He looked at Ji Qing with a deep gaze.

Ji Qing understood and quickly said, "Your Majesty, please don't keep the Empress Dowager waiting."

Upon hearing this, Murong pushed Consort De away and said calmly, "I'm leaving. My beloved consort, please take good care of yourself."

Before Consort De could speak again, he turned and walked away without looking back.

Consort De watched Murong walk away, her heart sinking slightly.

She thought he would be happy if she took the initiative, but it turned out that this was not the case; the man's reaction was too indifferent.

Doesn't he like her a lot?

From the day she got together with him, he treated her differently from others, always giving her the best things he could find.

During her time as a prince, she was initially just a concubine, while Consort Ning was a secondary consort. Consort Ning's father was General Zhaowu, but the only person he doted on was her.

At first, she thought that Murong doted on her only because he saw her beauty; it was just lust at first sight.

At that time, she was proud and arrogant, and she had someone else in her heart. She looked down on Murong and always treated him with a cold face whenever she saw him.

Even she didn't know when she fell in love with this man. Perhaps it was because of his chastity, or perhaps it was because of his unique affection for her. She gradually fell in love without realizing it.

But why didn't he react in any particular way when she took the initiative to be nice to him today?
"Does His Majesty have a new favorite?" Consort De asked in a hoarse voice after standing there for a long time.

Yunmei chuckled upon hearing this: "Your Majesty has truly taken a liking to His Majesty and has begun to feel insecure. Rest assured, Your Majesty, His Majesty only has Your Majesty in his heart. Looking at the entire harem, His Majesty has never shown any special favor to any other concubine."

Consort De coughed twice and found a chair to sit down: "I need to recover my health. Right now, my health is so poor, His Majesty will definitely not be willing to let me enjoy his favor."

Yunmei agreed with this reasoning and felt relieved.

If the master were willing to vie for favor, it is believed that no other noblewoman in the entire harem would be a match for the Empress.

When Murong arrived at Shou'an Palace, he discovered that Consort Li was also there.

Empress Dowager Chen warmly served Murong a bowl of soup: "I ordered the Imperial Kitchen to prepare this nourishing soup. You are usually busy with government affairs, so you need to take good care of your health."

Murong took the soup bowl and, under the supervision of Empress Dowager Chen, drank the soup.

Empress Dowager Chen warmly added another bowl for him, but this time he was in no hurry to drink the soup.

Empress Dowager Chen added some aphrodisiac drugs to the soup, intending to get Murong to drink a few more bowls, but she didn't want to make it too obvious, lest the emperor investigate and it become a problem.

Although Murong only drank one bowl of soup, her body quickly became hot.

Although this was the first time he had experienced such a physical reaction, and after dining with Consort Li, he guessed that there was something wrong with the soup.

He remained calm and soon put down his chopsticks, saying, "I'm full. I still have some memorials to attend to, so I'll take my leave."

Empress Dowager Chen had been observing Murong's expression. When she saw that Murong was about to leave, she became anxious and said, "The affairs of state are never finished. Why doesn't the Emperor eat a little more?"

Murong stood up and looked directly at Empress Dowager Chen, saying, "Mother, please don't forget that I am your own son."

His own mother sided with the Chen family and poisoned her own son. In the Empress Dowager's heart, was the future of the Chen family more important than her own flesh and blood?

Empress Dowager Chen's expression changed, and she was speechless for a moment.

In the short time she hesitated, Murong had already gone far away.

Consort Li became anxious upon seeing this and hurriedly asked, "Why did His Majesty leave so soon?"

Empress Dowager Chen was furious: "There were plenty of opportunities just now, why didn't you seize them? I've already gone this far, it's your own fault for not being assertive enough!"

After saying that, she stormed off in a rage.

Ji Qing noticed that his master's face was flushed and his breathing was heavy; something was wrong. He lowered his voice and asked, "Is Master going to Xianfu Palace?"

Murong felt extremely hot. He let out a soft breath. Although he felt unwell, he still retained some rationality.

"I need to attend to state affairs. Go to the Hall of Diligent Governance," he ordered calmly.

Jiqing looked at his master with concern, worried that the pressure might cause him health problems.

Upon arriving at the Hall of Diligent Governance, Murong's discomfort intensified, prompting Jiqing to hurriedly say, "This servant will go and invite the Fourth Miss over."

This time, Murong did not stop her.

He understood and was about to go and fetch someone when he heard his master say, "Dismiss the others from the Hall of Diligent Governance and find a way to avoid attracting attention so that no one can see Su Yi's face."

Ji Qing immediately understood that her mistress did not want Lou Si to be exposed to the concubines so quickly: "This servant understands."

He quickly dismissed the other servants in the hall, leaving only two trustworthy ones before heading to Xianfu Palace to fetch the person.

Lou Suying was reading a book to aid digestion when Jiqing arrived and gave her a set of eunuch clothing.

"What are you doing?" Lou Suyi became wary.

"His Majesty is in danger, Fourth Miss, please change quickly, I'm afraid His Majesty will get hurt if he stays on too long." Ji Qing's words were ambiguous.

Lou Suyi thought to herself, what danger could someone like Murong possibly encounter? Even if she did encounter danger, it should be Jiqing who goes to save her. How could a weak woman like her save the emperor?

"Are you trying to lie to me?" Lou Suyi asked suspiciously.

Ji Qing knelt anxiously before Lou Suyi: "Good girl, please have mercy! How could I possibly joke about His Majesty's health?"

Seeing how anxious Ji Qing was, Lou Suyi finally believed his story.

"But why should I change into eunuch clothes?" she still didn't understand.

"This is to protect the young lady." Ji Qing saw Lou Suyi come out after changing her clothes and hurriedly told her to bow her head and follow him.

Lou Suyi still had a lot of questions to ask.

Why was it she who saved people, and not someone else?

Seeing Ji Qing jogging towards the Hall of Diligent Governance, it was clear that his anxiety was genuine, so she stopped arguing.

And so she was led into the dimly lit west wing.

Strangely, there was no one serving in the room, and not even a lamp was lit.

Just as she turned around to ask Jiqing, a hand suddenly covered her mouth from the darkness.

As soon as she struggled, the man ripped her clothes off with brute force, rubbing his body against hers in an extremely lewd manner.

At this moment, she also realized that the person who attacked her was Murong.

Wasn't it said there was danger? The emperor doesn't seem to be in danger at all. It's clearly her who's in danger!

"Suyi, be good, I don't want to hurt you..."

Lou Suyi wanted to cry but had no tears.

Is she being disobedient? It's obvious he's trying to force himself on her again.

"I've been drugged by the Empress Dowager, and I can't take it anymore. Don't be nervous."

The next moment, Lou Suyi heard the sound of clothes being torn. At this point, she resigned herself to her fate and stopped struggling, hoping that he would not be as reckless as last time.

When the man roughly kissed her lips and pinned her against the wall, she wanted to cry but couldn't, knowing that tonight wouldn't be easy for her...

(End of this chapter)