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

Chapter 326 Finding the Real Murderer
Lou Suyi was still very sleepy after washing up. When she came out yawning, she saw many boxes and cages placed in front of the door and her eyes were fixed on them.

She looked at Yan Hui and asked, "What is this?"

Yan Hui suppressed a smile and said, "This is a surprise His Majesty prepared for the Empress. His Majesty also said that the Empress has worked hard managing the harem and has been framed by villains, so this is compensation for the Empress. His Majesty also specifically instructed us servants not to make a sound, so that the Empress will be pleasantly surprised when she first sees it."

At this moment, Jinshu chimed in, "The more Your Majesty is framed and resented, the more favors His Majesty bestows upon you. His Majesty wants to show the culprits who framed Your Majesty that Your Majesty's favors will only increase."

Yan Hui eagerly stepped forward and opened the box, revealing countless gold and silver treasures inside. Lou Suying was delighted to see this.

He was initially feeling discouraged because he had been framed repeatedly but couldn't find the culprit, but seeing these glittering golden things immediately lifted his spirits.

After she finished her breakfast and was playing with Xiao Muchen, Jili came in to report that Caixia had something to report to her.

Lou Suyi immediately had someone summon Caixia inside.

After eating and drinking her fill, she felt refreshed and wondered if Caixia's sudden visit to her meant she had discovered some clues.
Upon entering, Caixia immediately greeted Lou Suyi, but Lou Suyi excused her from the formalities, asking, "Do you have something to report?"

Caixia quickly replied, "This servant suddenly thought of a detail, and I don't know if it counts as a clue, so I came to report it to Your Majesty."

Fortunately, the Empress did not fall for it yesterday, otherwise her crime would have been much greater. Not only would she have been punished, but her family would not have been spared either. She also desperately wanted to know which wicked person wanted to harm her.

She spent most of the night thinking about it but couldn't figure out what details she had missed, until suddenly a flash of inspiration struck her and she felt that this might also be a clue.

"Go ahead," Lou Suyi said, not daring to have too much hope.

But Caixia took the initiative to report to her as soon as she thought of a clue, which is enough to prove that this palace maid is a good person.

Caixia wasn't entirely sure herself, and whispered, "I suddenly remembered that the palace maid's left ear was pointed."

She thought about it carefully for a long time and finally remembered this little detail.

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, I still remember that the palace maid had this feature.

Lou Suyi became interested upon hearing this: "Could you draw it?"

This is a very unique feature, and perhaps it could be a breakthrough.

“This servant will draw it right away,” Caixia readily agreed.

She quickly drew the other person's ear shape. Lou Suyi thought there wasn't much difference, but Jinshu thought there was a big difference.

It was fortunate that Caixia noticed this detail; perhaps she could find the palace maid based on it.

"Your Highness can ask the Shanggong of the Shanggong Bureau for the files of all the palace maids, and the files of the concubines in the harem can also be retrieved. Every palace maid will be examined from head to toe when she first enters the palace, and any obvious features will be recorded," Jinshu said with great interest.

Caixia's paintings may seem ordinary at first glance, but she believes they are very effective.

If someone from the palace committed the crime, clues will surely be found.

Unless this person is not a member of the harem, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack, making it extremely difficult to locate them.

Lou Suyi hadn't expected that everyone entering the palace would be checked from head to toe. When she entered the palace, a carriage pulled her in. Ji Qing had abducted her like a human trafficker, and no one checked her body.

"Go to the Shanggong Bureau now and ask Shanggong Qiao to come here," Lou Suyi ordered Jili.

Jili accepted the order and quickly invited Lady Qiao into Xianfu Palace.

Qiao Shanggong greatly admired Lou Suying, feeling that the Empress's life could only be described as legendary. She was naturally delighted to have the opportunity to share Lou Suying's burdens. Jili had previously informed her of the situation, so she already knew what was going on.

After paying her respects to Lou Suyi, she took out a file of imperial concubines: "I have a record of all the noble ladies and servants with distinctive physical characteristics. I remember them."

Lou Suyi was about to look through the files when she heard what Qiao Shanggong said, and immediately understood the key point: "Do you know who has this characteristic?"

Judging from what Lady Qiao said, this person is a concubine, not a palace maid.
How come she didn't notice that some concubines had pointed left ears?

Instead of answering directly, Qiao Shanggong turned to the page about the new concubines who entered the palace last year and pointed to Wang Shunu's small portrait: "It is Wang Shunu."

Lou Suyi didn't remember this person at all, and she had never had any dealings with Wang Shunu. After all, Wang Shunu's rank was too low, and she didn't even have the right to pay her respects.

Even if Wang Shunu came right in front of her, she wouldn't remember who she was.

But this same person actually tried to frame her last night.

"Bring the person over here!" Lou Suyi said to Jili.

Then someone was sent to invite Murong over. This matter has made a breakthrough, and Caixia should be credited for it.

She immediately gave Caixia and Qiao Shanggong a basket of jewelry as a reward. Caixia had never received so many rewards in her life, and it almost made her faint.

Just then, her salary was low, her family was poor, and she was short of money, so this reward was like a timely rain.

She thanked Lou Suyi profusely, her heart pounding wildly as she looked at the basket of gold and silver jewelry.

When Wang Shunu was brought over, she still held onto a glimmer of hope, but when she saw Murong and Lou Suyi sitting side by side in the head seat, her heart sank.

Such a large-scale operation is enough to show that Lou Suyi already knows she is the real culprit.

But her plan was flawless. How did Lou Suyi see through it?

She had even planned it out: as long as she disguised herself as a palace maid, with Caixia as a witness, Lou Suying would definitely look for her among the palace maids.

But with so many people around last night, Lou Suyi was like searching for a needle in a haystack; it was impossible for her to find the real culprit.

She took the lowest risk to do the most dangerous thing. If she could confirm that Lou Suyi and Xie Zhijie had met in secret, Lou Suyi's position as empress would be unstable.

"Caixia, go and identify the people," Lou Suying said to Caixia when she saw Wang Shunu arrive.

Caixia walked up to Wang Shunu as instructed, and with just one glance, she recognized her as the "palace maid" who had extorted her last night.

“Your Majesty, it is indeed her! This servant cannot mistake her; it was she who asked this servant to deliver a message to Your Majesty last night!” Caixia said, pointing to Wang Shunu’s left ear.

Since she was able to draw Wang Shunu's left ear, she could certainly recognize at a glance that the owner of the left ear was Wang Shunu.

Wang Shunu's expression changed slightly: "How dare you, you lowly servant, spout such nonsense?"

"How dare you make such a racket in front of His Majesty!" Lou Suyi reminded Murong, the emperor, in a low voice.

Wang Shunu's expression changed repeatedly as she looked at Murong, who was sitting in the head seat.

Under Murong's gaze, her knees went weak, and she suddenly realized that she might very well perish here today.

Last night she was still gloating over her meticulous plan, how she managed to outmaneuver Empress Lou Suyi. But now she only wished she could go back to last night and not do anything stupid.