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

Chapter 324 A Secret Meeting with Xie Zhijie
As soon as the sweet and soft little prince was in Empress Dowager Chen's arms, he kept calling her "Grandmother Empress Dowager," which made her very happy. In the blink of an eye, she forgot about the troublesome Lady Chu.

Fangruo realized that Lou Suying's intention was to divert Empress Dowager Chen's attention, and she was very pleased.

Although the Empress's method is old-fashioned, it's fine as long as the Empress Dowager finds it useful.

If the Empress could give birth to a few more imperial heirs, the Empress Dowager would not have time to be swayed by the Chen family's emotions.

Lou Suying watched with a smile as Empress Dowager Chen teased little Muchen, but before she knew it, Consort De had appeared beside her and whispered, "I love you even when you're walking alone in a dark alley..."

Lou Suyi stared intently at Consort De: "Are you alright?"

This woman doesn't seem quite right.

Consort De frowned when she saw that Lou Suyi couldn't match the transmigrator's code: "I'm fine, Your Majesty need not worry."

After saying that, she walked away.

Lou Suyi thought that Consort De's mind wasn't working very well, so she didn't take this strange woman seriously.

After Consort De walked away, she sighed softly. She had actually thought that Lou Suying was also a time traveler. It seemed that she had been overthinking it.

Lou Suyi was still quite clever. Although she was just copying the common practice, it was still better than celebrating the same Lantern Festival every year.

Seeing so many people having so much fun today shows that Lou Suyi's so-called innovation has been recognized by everyone.

Just as she was feeling bored, she caught a glimpse of Xie Zhijie.

Strangely enough, I used to be so infatuated with Xie Zhijie, but now when I see him again, I feel nothing.

She sighed inwardly for a moment, then looked away and realized something was wrong.

Yes, the person Xie Zhi was watching the show with glued to his eyes was none other than Lou Suyi.
Xie Zhijie abandoned Lou Suying for power back then, a complete scumbag. Now that Lou Suying is the Empress, he's putting on this act of deep affection. Doesn't he find it ridiculous?
However, Xie Zhijie's mannerisms can be used to his advantage.

If Xie Zhijie and Lou Su could be lured to a secluded place, and then someone were sent to catch them in the act, Lou Suyi wouldn't be able to explain herself even if she had eight mouths.

Consort De was making her own plans when she saw Consort Ning not far ahead.

She went to Consort Ning's side and whispered to her, "Isn't that Lord Xie? I wonder what Lord Xie is looking at so intently."

Following the direction Consort De pointed, Consort Ning saw Xie Zhijie intently looking in a certain direction.

That was exactly where Lou Suyi was.

She frowned slightly and said calmly, "I'm not a mind reader for Lord Xie, how would I know what he's looking at?"

Upon hearing Consort Ning's words, Consort De knew that this woman was pretending, and that Consort Ning was not as simple as she appeared on the surface.

Since Consort Ning was feigning ignorance, she simply stated bluntly, "I noticed that Lord Xie seemed to be looking at Her Majesty the Empress. Speaking of which, Her Majesty the Empress has been in power for some time now. Could it be that Lord Xie is still thinking about Her Majesty the Empress?"

Consort Ning did not want to discuss this topic and said in a low voice, "Consort An is over there. I'll go and talk to her for a while."

Without waiting for Consort De's response, she quickly walked away.

Consort De lowered her gaze and watched Consort Ning walk away.

She increasingly felt that Consort Ning was cunning and not a good person.

Since Consort Ning is unwilling to take the bait, shouldn't she try to persuade others? If someone listens to her and then makes a big deal out of Xie Zhijie's lingering feelings for Lou Suyi, then there will be quite a show to watch.

She couldn't find a suitable candidate for the time being, and with time slowly passing, she felt that she couldn't do anything tonight.

Lou Suyi was helping Empress Chen solve riddles when a palace maid approached her and said, "His Majesty requests that the Empress go over there."

Lou Suying looked in the direction the palace maid pointed. There were fewer people there, and Murong was nowhere to be seen. She didn't know what Murong wanted to do, but she couldn't disobey the imperial decree. She was about to follow the palace maid when she worried about leaving Empress Dowager Chen alone there.

"Why don't you come with me, Mother?" Lou Suyi invited Empress Dowager Chen.

Empress Dowager Chen politely declined, saying, "The Emperor must have something to discuss with you. What would I do there?"

"Then Mother, please take care of yourself." Lou Suyi said, and specifically instructed Fangruo to make sure she takes good care of Empress Dowager Chen at all times.

Fangruo agreed, and Lou Suyi, carrying the child, headed in the direction the palace maid had indicated.

After walking a few steps, she noticed that the palace maid wasn't following, so she asked, "Aren't you going to show me the way?"

The palace maid quickly replied, "Yes!"

Lou Suyi then looked the palace maid over again: "Are you a palace maid who works in Qianqing Palace?"

The palace maid was taken aback and quickly shook her head: "This servant works in the Shanggong Bureau!"

"Then why would His Majesty send you to deliver a message?" Lou Suyi wondered.

The palace maid felt that Lou Suyi had misunderstood, so she explained, "A palace maid asked me to come and deliver a message to Her Majesty the Empress, not His Majesty himself."

Lou Suying stopped in her tracks upon hearing this: "Is that so?"

This is interesting. In the past, when Murong wanted to see her, he would definitely send his close attendant to deliver the message. How could he just randomly send a palace maid to deliver the message?

"Then can you tell if the palace maid who asked you to deliver the message works in the Qianqing Palace?" Lou Suyi asked again.

The palace maid blushed with embarrassment: "I don't know many people, so I'm not sure who serves in front of the Emperor. The palace maid who asked me to deliver the message had her head down, so I didn't see her face clearly."

Lou Suyi's eyes flickered slightly, only glad that she had been more cautious.

"I feel a bit cold, I'll go back and get a cloak, I'll come back later. You go ahead with your work, but don't go too far, I'll come find you again later." Lou Suying said as she turned back.

When Fangruo saw her return, she was about to ask what had happened when Lou Suyi whispered something in her ear. Fangruo understood and said, "Give it to me."

Xie Zhijie was staring blankly at Lou Suyi when a palace maid slipped him a note.

When he opened it, he was both surprised and delighted to find that Lou Suyi had invited him to meet.

When he arrived at his destination, he gradually calmed down and realized that this was not something Lou Suyi would do.

She is now the Empress and despises him utterly; how could she possibly have a secret rendezvous with him on such an important day?

This is obviously illogical.

But he was still unwilling to give up, wanting to wait and see if Su Yi really had asked him to meet. Or perhaps Su Yi still harbored feelings for him and thought he was better than Murong…

Lost in thought, he heard footsteps approaching. His heart leaped into his throat, and it wasn't until the footsteps stopped behind him that he realized something was wrong.

These are not the footsteps of Su Yi; this person is not Su Yi!

He turned around and looked at the other person, only to find that it was Aunt Fangruo, who served Empress Dowager Chen.

However, she was wearing a plain cloak.

At that moment, the sound of hurried footsteps approached.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was Murong who had brought his men.

Murong saw the woman with her back to him and immediately recognized the cloak she was wearing as Lou Suying's. He frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"