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

Chapter 334 Insomnia for the Empress

Chen Xing agreed with Empress Dowager Chen's statement: "Your Majesty the Empress may seem easygoing, but she is very meticulous in handling matters and can always find many small problems. I admire Your Majesty the Empress!"

"Su Yi has a very good temperament. She has already laid the groundwork, which will save me a lot of trouble in the coming year," Empress Dowager Chen said with a smile.

With Chen Xing's assistance, she doesn't have to worry about difficulties arising from not being in charge for a long time.

That night, Murong stayed at Xianfu Palace.

Even though not much time had passed, Murong felt somewhat dazed when he saw the woman lying next to him.

Lou Suyi had no idea what the emperor was thinking. She was just feeling tired and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

Just as she was drifting off to sleep, Murong's voice rang out above her head: "Is there anything you want?"

Lou Suying barely opened her eyes, meeting Murong's magnified handsome face: "No, I just want to sleep."

No matter how handsome the person is, she'd rather sleep with him.

Murong, faced with Lou Suyi, a woman who didn't understand romance, was momentarily speechless: "Go to sleep."

A moment later, he heard Lou Suyi's light breathing.

All I can say is that she sleeps well, eats and drinks well, and sleeps well; she's a carefree pregnant woman.

Lying beside Lou Suyi, Murong couldn't fall asleep. He hadn't been sleeping well lately, and he thought it was because he used to stay at Xianfu Palace often and was now a bit picky about beds.

Now back in this bed, he still couldn't fall asleep.

Looking at his empress again, she was fast asleep. He feared that even if he moved her to the bottom of the bed now, she would still be sleeping soundly.

Murong didn't fall asleep until midnight.

The next morning, Jiqing saw the dark circles under his master's eyes and knew that his master had not slept well during the night.

"Is something on Your Majesty's mind?" Ji Qing asked, puzzled.

Logically speaking, the Empress is pregnant with her second child, which should be a great joy. Why would His Majesty be unable to sleep?

Could it be that he got too excited?
"After I finish court, I will have Minister Liu come to see me." Murong said as he boarded the palanquin, intending to take a nap on the way.

Ji Qing responded in unison.

When Murong finished his court session, Imperial Physician Liu had been waiting for a long time.

Murong asked Imperial Physician Liu to take her pulse, and Imperial Physician Liu did not dare to neglect it and focused on examining Murong.

"Your Majesty's pulse is normal, and your health is good. It's just that you didn't sleep well at night and are a little weak. I will prescribe a calming medicine for Your Majesty and see how it goes in a few days." At this point, Imperial Physician Liu hesitated.

He suspected that His Majesty had something on his mind, but he couldn't ask His Majesty directly about such matters. He needed His Majesty to open up and be willing to talk about it himself.

"What do you want to ask?" Murong could tell that Imperial Physician Liu had something to say.

"If Your Majesty has something on your mind, you might as well talk to the people around you, instead of keeping it to yourself."

Imperial Physician Liu practically said that only a mental illness can be cured by a mental remedy; keeping it bottled up inside will only affect sleep. In the long run, this will ultimately be detrimental to the Emperor's health.

"I have no worries," Murong replied calmly.

After a moment's thought, he added, "Perhaps it's because I often stayed at Xianfu Palace around the Lunar New Year, and I'm not used to staying at Qianqing Palace after returning. Even though I stayed at Xianfu Palace yesterday, I still didn't fall asleep until midnight."

In fact, he had nothing on his mind, he just couldn't sleep.

Imperial Physician Liu's brow furrowed, and a sudden thought struck him: "Perhaps His Majesty's insomnia is related to the Empress?"

His Majesty was simply too oblivious to notice this.

Murong was taken aback: "How could this be related to the Empress?"

If it were related to the Empress, he should have slept well since he slept with her yesterday. But as always, he couldn't sleep. Imperial Physician Liu looked at Ji Qing, who understood and said, "Could it be that His Majesty and the Empress have some misunderstanding that has upset His Majesty?"

He remembered that the time when His Majesty couldn't sleep well was right after he returned to the Qianqing Palace, which was probably not a coincidence.

"What misunderstanding could there be between the Empress and me?" Murong said dismissively.

He and the Empress could never even argue. The Empress had a good temperament and a strong sense of self-consistency, and could even laugh off rumors and gossip.

Seeing this, Ji Qing knew not to say anything more, and Imperial Physician Liu also felt that he had overthought things.

"Your Majesty, I will first prescribe a calming remedy. After you take it, see if your sleep quality improves." Imperial Physician Liu quickly wrote out a prescription.

That night, Murong lay on the bed unable to sleep, and the so-called tranquilizer did not seem to have any effect.

Since he wasn't sleepy, he simply got up and asked Jiqing to play chess with him.

This was a real hardship for Ji Qing. Although his master's chess skills weren't particularly outstanding, he was far inferior to him. How could he possibly be worthy of playing chess with His Majesty?
"How about I go and see if there's anyone skilled at chess who can keep His Majesty company?" Ji Qing suggested in a low voice.

Murong also looked down on Ji Qing's chess skills, so he agreed.

Ji Qing hurriedly went out to find someone, and pulled a palace maid aside to ask who knew how to play chess.

"Koi can play chess, you should look for her."

Ji Qing was skeptical, so he ordered someone to bring the koi carp over.

It wasn't Koi's turn to be on duty tonight, and she had planned to rest early, but Jiqing came looking for her.

Upon hearing that she was to play chess with His Majesty, she shrank back and said, "Although I know how to play chess, I'm not very good at it. Why don't you find someone else?"

"Where are we going to find someone in such a short time? What, you dare to keep His Majesty waiting?" Ji Qing grabbed Jinli and dragged her into Hanzhang Room.

As soon as Jinli entered this place, she behaved herself and obediently sat down opposite Murong.

Murong looked at her honest and simple appearance and felt that she looked familiar. He quickly remembered that the Empress looked just like this when she was trying to please him.

He couldn't help but glance at the koi twice, which startled the koi so much that it dared not breathe too loudly.

"Play a game with me," Murong calmly ordered.

"Yes!" The koi dared not say more and answered politely.

If she were to play chess with her master, could she beat him? And if she did, wouldn't it make His Majesty lose face?
Just as she was lost in thought, she suddenly heard His Majesty ask, "Do you think the Empress's next child will be a princess or a prince?"

The koi fish secretly groaned.

She couldn't predict the future, so how could she know whether the Empress's baby was a boy or a girl?

However, His Majesty desires a little princess, and she knew she couldn't go wrong by following her master's wishes: "Her Majesty the Empress said that this pregnancy feels different from when she was pregnant with the little prince. Could it be that this pregnancy is a little princess?"

Murong's lips curved slightly: "I would prefer a princess, so that we can have both a son and a daughter."

Jinli chuckled inwardly. This world is all about valuing men over women, but His Majesty is different; he values ​​women over men.

If the Empress's child is indeed a little princess, she will likely be pampered and spoiled by His Majesty as she grows up.

"The Empress is pregnant. Is it not proper for me not to be by her side?" Jinli heard her master ask her again.

Koi instinctively looked at Jiqing beside her, asking him with her eyes what was going on.

His Majesty keeps mentioning the Empress; could it be that his insomnia is because of the Empress?

Ji Qing also found it unbelievable and suspected that His Majesty was actually unable to sleep because he was worried about the Empress.

Oops, I didn't even post this chapter! I just saw it now, I'm totally dumbfounded.