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

Chapter 372 Causes a Difficult Birth
Lou Suyi, being one of the parties involved, had naturally heard about her impeachment again.

She knew that the political situation in the court was constantly changing. Even if she was the empress, if someone really wanted to remove her from her position, it must be because she had harmed the interests of certain people.

Otherwise, how could a king's private affairs cause such a huge uproar in the court?
It doesn't seem like a coincidence that Lord Liu was thrown into prison at this time.

“I told you, with His Majesty here, no one can do anything to Your Highness,” Jinshu said with a smile.

The fact that Lord Liu was thrown into prison must be due to His Majesty's doing.

Knowing that the Empress was pregnant with her second child, Lord Liu impeached her at this critical juncture, just because she had gained the Emperor's favor. He wanted to force the Emperor to depose the Empress. Does the Emperor look like an emperor who is easily swayed?

It is unusual for Lord Liu to confront the Empress at this time.

Yan Hui, however, disagreed: "You think too highly of His Majesty. Since the Empress impeached him, His Majesty has not visited Xianfu Palace even once..."

"His Majesty's decision not to come to Xianfu Palace at this time is for my own good," Lou Suyi interrupted Yan Hui.

If Murong Zhen continues to come to Xianfu Palace to find her, under the current circumstances, it will only become more and more disadvantageous for her.

Jinshu poked Yan Hui's forehead: "You only see love and romance. Do you think His Majesty is an ordinary citizen? You need to know that His Majesty is the ruler of a country, and he has many things to consider. Love and romance are the least important."

Lou Suying wholeheartedly agreed. Yan Hui didn't understand this principle, but she did know Murong to some extent.

He was calm and composed, and not one to act on emotion, but she knew he cared about his child. Even if Murong didn't have romantic feelings for her, he would still protect her out of a sense of duty as husband and wife.

What she shouldn't worry about most is that Murong will depose the empress due to pressure from the court officials.

Even if she were deposed, she wouldn't find it hard to accept. She was just picked up as empress, so losing her position would simply mean returning to square one.

She wasn't the kind of person who cared about power. Her only worry was that her child would suffer because of her, or that her child would be implicated by her.

By the time everything calmed down, it was already May.

Lord Liu's case is still under trial, and because of Lord Liu's bribery case, no one is paying attention to the matter of deposing the empress anymore.

This year's Dragon Boat Festival was not celebrated in a grand manner due to Lord Liu's case; instead, there was only a small gathering in the palace.

On this day, Murong arrived at Xianfu Palace after more than a month.

Lou Suyi had changed into a thin summer dress, and her pregnant belly was already showing.

Murong stared at Lou Suyi's pregnant belly for a long while before stepping forward to help her up: "Was the Empress's belly this big when she was pregnant with Chen'er?"

Lou Suyi looked down at her pregnant belly and felt a deep sense of sympathy: "This pregnancy is quite big, and Granny Fan is already monitoring my diet."

The concern is simply that the fetus will grow too large, making delivery difficult.

Murong glanced at Lou Suyi's pregnant belly again and suddenly wondered, "Could she be carrying twins?"

Lou Suyi chuckled and said, "That's unlikely. If she were carrying twins, Imperial Physician Liu would have said so long ago, he wouldn't have waited until now."

Murong was still worried, so he asked Jiqing to bring over Imperial Physician Liu.

In his view, the Empress's safety was of utmost importance and could not be compromised in the slightest.

Imperial Physician Liu arrived quickly. After taking Lou Suying's pulse, he found that both Lou Suying and the baby were healthy. Perhaps it was because Lou Suying was eating and sleeping well that her pregnant belly had grown so much.

From now on, Lou Suyi must control her diet and not indulge herself.

Lou Suyi felt it necessary to clarify: "I just get hungry easily. Even three meals a day aren't enough. I feel full, but I get hungry again very quickly."

Upon hearing this, Imperial Physician Liu turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, please explain in detail." "Take yesterday for example, I ate six meals a day! But I got hungry very quickly, and I wanted to eat as soon as I got hungry," Lou Suyi added.

Murong sensed something was amiss: "Was this also the case when the Empress was pregnant with Chen'er?"

“No. Back then, I ate three normal meals a day, unlike this pregnancy where I get hungry so easily.” Lou Suyi said, noticing that Physician Liu’s expression was a little off.

Surely there's something wrong with her pregnancy?

Murong also sensed that Physician Liu's expression was not quite right, and he said seriously, "If there is a problem with the Empress's pregnancy, Physician Liu may speak frankly."

Imperial Physician Liu quickly replied, "Your Majesty's pulse is very good, and the fetus is healthy. However, Your Majesty's diet is not quite normal. I need to examine her carefully to find out the specific situation."

Even if there are doubts, one should not draw conclusions without evidence.

Murong sensed a hidden meaning in Imperial Physician Liu's words.

At the very least, Imperial Physician Liu became suspicious, feeling that the Empress's overeating was a cause for concern. Therefore, a more in-depth investigation was necessary.

Everyone was a smart person, so they didn't disturb anyone, but instead called Granny Fan over for questioning.

Granny Fan was Murong's wet nurse, so she was trustworthy.

Granny Fan knew that this was a big deal, so she made a list of Lou Suyi's usual menu.

After reviewing the menu, Physician Liu found it acceptable, but he was worried that someone might tamper with it midway through the process.

At Murong's instruction, the group present did not alert Lou Suying and planned to secretly observe whether her food had been tampered with.

When it was time for dinner, Granny Fan served the prepared dishes to the table as usual.

Murong ordered that only the emperor and empress's trusted confidants remain, dismissing everyone else, so that Imperial Physician Liu could begin to examine each dish on the table.

The inspection did indeed uncover a problem: an appetite-enhancing drug was found in all the dishes served.

Appetizing powders are generally given to people with poor appetites. They have no toxic side effects and simply enhance appetite; taking them occasionally is harmless. However, excessive consumption can lead to overeating.

Even if someone were to test the food for poison, they wouldn't be able to detect anything wrong with it.

The other party's purpose was obvious: to make Lou Suyi's pregnancy too large, which would cause a difficult birth.

If it hadn't been discovered in time, Lou Suyi would have found out about the problem two months later, by which time the fetus might have grown to the point where delivery would have been difficult.

“The meat and vegetables in the small kitchen are specially supplied, and they still need to be washed after being received by Granny Fan, so the person who poisoned the food is very likely working in Xianfu Palace.” Lou Suyi’s expression was solemn.

After recalling Cui's capture, she thought there were no more traitors in Xianfu Palace, but perhaps the real traitor was still lurking there from the beginning. It's just that the person was well hidden and didn't leave any trace.

"Don't alert them. Observe secretly who administered the appetite-stimulating drug. This time, I will find out who is behind it." Murong's expression was cold.

This time, the murderer's real goal was to kill the empress, and he did it all without anyone noticing.

Murong left Xianfu Palace after having dinner.

After seeing Murong off, Lou Suyi soon complained of being hungry and ordered people to prepare food.

Granny Fan went all out with her act, telling Lou Suyi to eat less. Lou Suyi cooperated with Granny Fan's act, ordering Granny Fan to bring the food into her bedroom.

Of course, all these delicacies ended up in Yan Hui's stomach.