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

Chapter 318 It's all my fault for being infatuated with the Empress's beauty.
Murong saw Lou Suying looking at him with a strange expression and raised his chin slightly: "What kind of look is that from the Empress?"

"Does Your Majesty think I am as beautiful as an angel?" Lou Suyi asked with great interest.

Otherwise, why would he be so infatuated with me?
Her words made Murong's expression turn strange. His empress was quite narcissistic: "What did I do to make the empress have such a misconception?"

Lou Suyi's smile quickly vanished.

His mouth is meant to be used as decoration, not for speaking.

The emperor speaks so harshly; your son must never be like him.

"Everyone says I'm as beautiful as a fairy, but only His Majesty is blind and doesn't see that he has married such a beautiful wife." Lou Suying didn't want to see Murong's face anymore, so she turned and walked away.

That night, Lou Suyi didn't want to talk to Murong, but Murong used his charm to lure her into bed.

Another night of absurdity.

The next day, Lou Suyi was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open, but she still remembered that she had planned to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Chen that day.

Just as she was about to get up, Murong said, "It's still early, sleep a little longer, and I'll accompany you to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager later."

Lou Suyi thought to herself, with the emperor's words, it wouldn't be a big problem for her to sleep in a little longer, right?

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself asleep until the sun was high in the sky.

She hurriedly got up to wash up, while Murong laughed beside her.

"It's all His Majesty's fault!" Lou Suyi glared fiercely at Murong.

After glaring at him, she suddenly remembered that he was the emperor and she couldn't be disrespectful to him.

"The Empress is right. It's all my fault for being so infatuated with her beauty." Murong's thin lips parted slightly.

Lou Suyi blushed deeply. Seeing the servants around her secretly laughing, she wished she could disappear into the ground.

She glared at Murong again, picked up her son, and walked out.

"Don't you need breakfast? Didn't you say you were hungry?" Murong asked, following behind Lou Suyi.

Lou Suyi pretended not to hear; all she wanted to do now was stay away from Murong.

In the end, she was no match for Murong's speed and was pulled onto the imperial carriage by him. He casually stuffed a pastry into her mouth: "Have something to eat first. When we get to Shou'an Palace, I'll have the Empress Dowager prepare some delicious food for you."

Lou Suyi ate her snacks and said, "I'm not hungry anymore after eating these snacks."

If Empress Dowager Chen knew that she hadn't eaten breakfast yet, wouldn't she know that she and Murong got up so late?
They are the emperor and empress; I wonder what Empress Dowager Chen would think if she knew.

As the empress, she should get up early, and as the emperor, she also has an obligation to advise him to be diligent in governing and to care for the people. What she fears most is that Empress Dowager Chen will think of her as a wicked empress who harms the emperor, otherwise it will be troublesome.

Seeing that her mouth was covered in grease, Murong took the handkerchief from her hand and wiped the grease from the corner of her lips.

Lou Suyi felt uncomfortable under his gentle gaze: "I can do it myself."

Seeing her eyes darting left and right, Murong asked in a low voice, "Are you shy?"

"Where am I shy?" Lou Suyi snatched her handkerchief, wiped her mouth haphazardly, and turned her head away from him.

Murong smiled, finding the Empress's eccentricities rather amusing. Upon arriving at Shou'an Palace, Murong was about to help Lou Suyi down when Lou Suyi jumped off the imperial carriage from the other side, leaving him with only a dashing silhouette.

Ji Qing was stunned by what he saw. He looked at his master and saw that his master shook his head and smiled, showing no dissatisfaction with the Empress.

"Isn't it inappropriate for Your Majesty to indulge the Empress like this...?"

He had barely opened his mouth when he was kicked by the koi fish.

The koi shook its head at him, signaling him to keep quiet.

At this moment, His Majesty turned to look at him with an ambiguous expression. He immediately changed his tune: "As the saying goes, 'A beating is a sign of affection, and scolding is a sign of love.' The relationship between the Empress and His Majesty is so good that it is enviable."

"When has the Empress ever hit or scolded me?" Murong said, carrying little Muchen into Shou'an Palace.

After the Emperor had walked away, Jinli whispered to Jiqing, "You really have no sense of propriety. How did you become the Emperor's favorite? Didn't you see how His Majesty endlessly yields to the Empress?"

Honestly, even a fool could see that His Majesty only favors the Empress.

The Empress dares to show disrespect to His Majesty only because His Majesty gives her the confidence to do so.

"Really?" Ji Qing asked, puzzled.

His Majesty is always sharp-tongued towards the Empress, making her so angry that she jumps up and down. What kind of endless concession is this?
The koi was speechless: "Now I believe you're a favorite of the emperor."

Only those who are favored by the emperor can be trusted by His Majesty even when Ji Qing is unaware of the situation.

Ji Qing felt that Jinli was mocking him. He wanted to say something, but then he thought Jinli was very clever and that what she said might be true.

But he felt that His Majesty didn't seem to care about the Empress at all; he was just spending more and more time at Xianfu Palace.

Just as he was about to follow them into Shou'an Palace, Jinli suddenly asked, "How did His Majesty fall for the Empress in the first place?"

Although she was also working in the Qianqing Palace at that time, she rarely had the opportunity to get close to His Majesty, so she naturally did not know how His Majesty had so cruelly destroyed the Empress who was still a nun at the time.

After spending time together day and night recently, Jiqing lowered his guard around the koi and told him the general situation at the time.

Upon hearing this, Jinli secretly clicked her tongue: "Poor Empress, she entered the palace in a daze and never expected to be favored by His Majesty. At that time, the Empress must have been caught off guard by His Majesty."

"Don't even mention the Empress's surprise; I didn't expect it to turn out this way either. But when I saw the Empress outside the palace earlier, I noticed that His Majesty was paying attention to her movements. At that time, because none of the noble ladies in the harem had the opportunity to serve the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager was pressuring them, I did my best to facilitate this. I didn't have high expectations at the time, but who knew that after we tricked the Empress into the palace, His Majesty would actually take the initiative to favor her. Thinking about it now, it all feels like a dream," Ji Qing sighed repeatedly.

The koi fish fell silent after hearing this.

According to her observation, His Majesty was also unclear about his feelings for the Empress, and thought that it was only the affection between husband and wife, not romantic love.

Could it be that His Majesty has long been in love with the Empress without realizing it?

"Did His Majesty say anything to you back then?" Jinli pressed, "For example, did His Majesty say he wanted an imperial heir?"

Ji Qing recalled carefully that the Empress Dowager had always put pressure on him, so he would often remind His Majesty to visit the inner palace. Occasionally, he had also heard His Majesty say that it was indeed time for an heir.

"He did mention it. You mean His Majesty took a liking to the Empress from the beginning and wanted her to be the little prince's biological mother?" Ji Qing suddenly had a flash of inspiration and felt that this was what Jinli meant.

"Perhaps His Majesty initially only found the Empress pleasing to the eye and thought she was a suitable candidate if there were to be an imperial heir. Later, His Majesty must have taken a liking to the Empress, since he's been visiting Xianfu Palace quite often lately, hasn't he?" Jinli smiled. "I'm just guessing, and His Majesty himself may not know for sure whether that's true or not."

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