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

Chapter 317 I respect all your decisions

Lou Suyi played with the child for a while before going to busy herself with the Lantern Festival preparations.

She has become proficient in many affairs of the inner palace. Empress Dowager Chen has taught her everything she could, and she learns quickly. Now she can handle things on her own.

While she was busy in her study, Murong was playing with his child nearby, and the presence of the father and son was so strong that she couldn't ignore them.

Seeing her son climb onto her desk again, she looked helplessly at Murong and said, "I can't concentrate on my work with His Majesty here."

So could you please move his noble legs and go for a walk somewhere else?

"Then I'll stay away from you," Murong said, placing the child on the desk before going to read a book.

Lou Suyi had no idea what tricks he was playing. Wasn't this just leaving the child to her to take care of?

Given his status, she couldn't question him, so she called Jinshu in and took her obedient son away. Otherwise, her attention would be entirely on the child, and she wouldn't be able to do anything.

But after she had been busy for a while, she felt something was wrong beside her.

She turned her head and saw that Murong had silently arrived beside her.

The moment she looked over, he turned and left.

This was just the beginning; he would walk up to her every now and then.

Unsure of his intentions, she asked him directly, "Does Your Majesty have something to say?"

"No, you go about your business." Murong said and walked away.

Lou Suyi was speechless. If nothing unexpected happened, he would come over again in a little while, disturbing her concentration.

Sure enough, he turned around again soon. This time, she was too lazy to ask and simply went to play with her son for a while.

She thought Murong would follow, but she was wrong; Murong was nowhere to be seen.

She played with the child for half an hour before returning to her study. As soon as she entered, she saw Murong helping her with the tasks she hadn't finished earlier.

She leaned closer to take a look and saw that Murong had already prepared a list of personnel to manage the Lantern Festival, with everyone's job and who they were managing, taking all the details into consideration.

The reason she felt that Murong was bothering her was because she felt overwhelmed by the large number of people and didn't know how to assign them to their positions.

But Murong did it with ease...

"How can Your Majesty be so amazing?" This time, Lou Suying's exclamation came from the bottom of her heart.

Even if he weren't emperor, someone like him would be very successful in anything else.

He was so admirable that she couldn't help but idolize him.

Murong smiled slightly: "It's a very simple matter; you're overcomplicating it."

He said this as he got up to give up his seat and left the study.

Lou Suyi looked at Murong's back and thought about how he had come to her side from time to time. She guessed that he was worried about her because she couldn't figure out such a simple thing.

Since Murong pointed out the key points, the rest became much simpler.

She spent half an hour arranging the personnel, and then had the female officials from the Six Bureaus and One Division summoned to Xianfu Palace to explain the matter.

There are still more than ten days until the Lantern Festival, so there is plenty of time.

Having the experience of hosting a New Year's Eve banquet, hosting a banquet for the Lantern Festival was naturally not difficult.

Furthermore, the most important thing during the Lantern Festival is the safety of everyone, especially the safety of Empress Dowager Chen and the two important figures, Murong. No mishaps are allowed.

She was lucky to have helped Empress Dowager Chen escape a calamity at the New Year's Eve banquet; nothing else could go wrong during the Lantern Festival. The female officials, having received the imperial decree, were about to leave when they saw His Majesty arrive with the young prince.

When everyone saw the handsome father and son, they couldn't take their eyes off them. They couldn't help but envy the Empress for her good fortune in love, as she had managed to bewitch the Emperor so much that he only moved around in Xianfu Palace and treated the other concubines in the harem as if they didn't exist.

After marveling at His Majesty's good looks for a while, everyone left one by one.

"I still need to find a helper to do these heavy tasks for me." With that, Lou Suyi asked Murong, "If I were to find a concubine to assist me in managing the harem, who does Your Majesty think would be the most suitable?"

She was deliberately testing the waters, wanting to know who held the most importance in Murong's heart.

She had a vague guess in her mind, but she didn't know if she was right.

Without much thought, Murong revealed his choice: "I think Consort Ning is suitable."

Lou Suyi thought to herself, "As expected, he still values ​​Consort Ning."

"With so many concubines in the harem, why did His Majesty choose Consort Ning so specially?" Lou Suyi pressed.

Murong replied calmly, "Consort Ning is the highest-ranking person besides you, and she usually acts with a low profile. If nothing unexpected happens, she should also be quite prudent in her actions. Furthermore..."

Lou Suying instantly understood what he meant and continued, "Furthermore, Consort Ning has spent the most time with His Majesty, right?"

Murong Helou met his bright eyes: "Indeed. During the time I was a prince, both Consort De and Consort Ning were by my side. But between the two of them, I thought Consort Ning was more composed than Consort De."

Lou Suyi felt no surprise at all.

So, Murong is indeed a man of deep affection. He remembered Consort Ning simply because she had spent the most time with him.

Lou Suyi smiled and said, "But the person I prefer is not Consort Ning."

Murong became interested upon hearing this: "Whom does the Empress favor?"

"Consort An!" Lou Suyi didn't try to hide it.

She was just testing Ning Fei's position in Murong's heart, but she didn't say that she would definitely act according to his wishes.

Murong was surprised that it was Chen Xing. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Why Consort An?"

"It's not because of the Empress Dowager that I favor Consort An, but because Consort An's personality suits my taste. After all, we'll be working together, so of course I have to choose someone who pleases me. In short, I really like Consort An," Lou Suyi replied with a smile.

Murong felt that this was similar to Lou Suyi's way of doing things; she only sought what suited her and lived freely, which was good.

"Since you favor Consort An, then let Consort An assist you in managing the harem. I have no objection; whatever makes you happy." Murong had no objections.

Lou Suyi's beautiful eyes flickered: "Your Majesty, won't you try to advocate for Consort Ning?"

"You just said that you like Consort An, which means you don't like Consort Ning that much. I've also said that as long as you're happy, my opinion is not important, and I respect all your decisions," Murong replied calmly.

Upon hearing this, Lou Suying's heart stirred slightly.

What she liked most was that Murong didn't act like an emperor in front of her, and he wouldn't force her to do things she didn't want to do.

He also treated her as an equal to him and would not impose his will on her.

This is truly commendable.

"I'll have to ask the Empress Dowager for her opinion on this matter. I'll ask her when I pay my respects to her tomorrow." Lou Suyi was now at ease.

"I will accompany you to Shou'an Palace tomorrow to pay our respects to the Empress Dowager." Murong smiled slightly.

Lou Suyi understood the other meaning behind his words: he would still stay at Xianfu Palace tonight.

I don't know what the emperor was thinking. He seemed to have no intention of favoring other women. Was her body really that fascinating to him?