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

Chapter 414 Oh no, the Empress is troubled by love.

"I have nothing to say to Lord Xie." Lou Suyi was too lazy to pay attention to Xie Zhijie and didn't even look at him properly before ordering her people to continue walking forward.

Xie Zhijie desperately wanted to stop Lou Suyi, but he also knew that this was the palace and he couldn't act rashly.

Su Yi is now the Empress, with a noble status. He cannot even get close to her, let alone stop the imperial carriage.
He often thought that if he hadn't been so impatient and pushed Su Yi too hard, she might not have entered the palace, much less become the Empress of the Murong clan.

Unfortunately, he was blinded by greed and thought that with his position as a powerful minister, getting a woman was just a matter of a word.

It was precisely because he was too certain that he ultimately missed out on the white dress.

Lou Suying had walked quite a distance when she could still feel Xie Zhijie's gaze fixed on her. She hated the sticky feeling Xie Zhijie gave her when he looked at her; it was like a venomous snake.

What annoyed her most was that Xie Zhijie dared to stop her in broad daylight; it wouldn't be good if word got out.

If someone were to take advantage of the situation and deliberately go to the emperor to file a complaint, would Murong suspect that she and Xie Zhijie had an affair?

But then he thought, he still has portraits of other women hidden away. She only said one sentence to Xie Zhijie. What face does he have to cause trouble for her?

With that thought in mind, she put the matter aside.

Upon seeing Xie Zhijie, that disgusting person, Lou Suying's previous discomfort vanished completely.

But even after returning to Xianfu Palace, she still couldn't muster the energy to do anything.

Not only Jinshu noticed that her master was in a bad mood, but even Yan Hui felt that her master had become quite listless after going to Qianqing Palace.

She didn't follow, so she didn't know what had happened.

So they asked Jinshu, but Jinshu hadn't seen clearly either, only that His Majesty had entered Hanzhang Room and gestured for her to leave. Could it be that His Majesty was displeased that the Empress had gone through his things, and that the Empress had been wronged as a result?
But she thought that the Empress was never a petty person and wouldn't bother with such a trivial matter.

Moreover, the Empress's purpose in coming here was to appease His Majesty, but it seems she didn't succeed in appeasing him in the end, and the Empress returned.

When it was time for dinner, Lou Suying didn't eat much, and Jinshu couldn't help but ask, "Is something on your mind, Your Highness?"

Lou Suyi was in a daze and shook her head, saying, "No."

She wasn't really in the mood; she just felt listless. Maybe it was because she was about to give birth and was under pressure.

Jinshu felt that her master didn't seem to be lying, so she didn't press the matter further.

When it was time to sleep, Lou Suyi, unusually, couldn't fall asleep, so she started chatting with Jinshu.

As she spoke, Lou Suyi remembered the letters in Murong's drawer.

Seeing that Lou Suyi had suddenly fallen silent, Jinshu asked, "Is Your Highness tired?"

Lou Suyi yawned: "Okay, you should go to sleep too."

Jinshu helped Lou Suyi lie down, but still couldn't resist saying, "If Your Highness has anything on your mind, you can tell me."

Lou Suyi wanted to say that she didn't have anything on her mind, but she just kept thinking that Murong might have someone he liked. She used to think that Murong liked her, but now that she knew that he might like someone else, she realized that she had been delusional and just felt embarrassed.

"I don't have anything on my mind." Lou Suyi snuggled into the warm quilt, her eyes squinting with happiness. "Sleeping is the most comfortable thing to do in winter."

Jinshu smiled gently.

Upon hearing her master's steady breathing, she thought she might be overthinking things.

The next day, Lou Suying returned to normal, though she would occasionally think of the portraits of the women she had seen the day before, and the thought would make her uncomfortable. She vaguely felt that it might be a lingering effect of her own wishful thinking; that Murong had given her the illusion that he liked her and that he didn't touch other women because he cared about her.

But in reality, he liked someone else, and the reason she felt uncomfortable was simply because she was caught off guard; she did not like Murong.

She didn't even know what it was like to like someone, and her feelings for Murong were merely respect, not romantic love. She had simply been momentarily confused, which was why she felt a little disappointed, and she convinced herself of this.

Two days later, Yan Hui whispered to Jin Shu, "Don't you think Her Majesty doesn't smile as much as before?"

Their master used to be cheerful all the time, carefree and never seemed to have any worries.

I haven't been smiling much these past few days, and sometimes I even sigh.

Jinshu also sensed it: "Your Majesty seems to have something on your mind."

But every time I asked the Empress, she said no, which seemed a bit like she was trying to cover something up.

"Do you think Her Majesty might be troubled by love?" Yan Hui asked in a low voice.

Jinshu glared at her: "All you care about is love and romance."

Yan Hui thought to herself, "That's not necessarily true. Most of the time, she's not really into romantic relationships."

Jinshu looked at her mistress not far away, and saw that she was fine. Suddenly, she looked at the little prince and sighed again.

I must say, it really does have that feeling of being tormented by love.

"Look, Her Majesty is sighing again. Her Majesty is not usually one to wallow in melancholy, but these past two days, every time she sighs, it makes my heart pound."

Yan Hui's words made Jin Shu chuckle: "Even if Your Majesty is truly troubled by love, what's there to panic about?"

“I’m just worried that Your Highness might really be captivated by His Majesty. His Majesty hasn’t fallen in love with Your Highness yet, but Your Highness is falling for him first. Wouldn’t Your Highness be at a disadvantage?” Yan Hui said logically.

Jinshu: ...

She quickly realized something was amiss: "If Your Majesty were truly troubled by love and had fallen for His Majesty, you would simply go to him directly. But when you met with the Emperor the other day, Your Majesty seemed utterly despondent, which doesn't seem like you've fallen for His Majesty."

"If that's the case, it will be even worse."

Yan Hui's words made Jin Shu look at him sideways: "Why?"

"That means the man Her Majesty has fallen for isn't His Majesty. Isn't that terrible?" Yan Hui gave Jin Shu a mysterious look.

Jinshu was speechless for a moment, and actually felt that Yan Hui's words made a lot of sense.

Just as the two palace maids were whispering to each other, Murong arrived.

Everyone came to pay their respects to Murong. Lou Suying, who was not far away, saw Murong and instinctively hid inside the house.

She didn't want to see Murong at all right now. She was already in a state of turmoil, and she hadn't figured out what her feelings for Murong were. She didn't want to see him.

Murong frowned slightly when he saw Lou Suying turn and leave. He excused himself from the formalities and headed towards his bedroom.

When Lou Suyi saw Murong following her, she immediately pretended to pick up a book and start reading.

Murong looked at the book cover with curiosity and saw the four big characters "The Charming Nun and the Handsome Scholar" written on it.

His expression was indescribable: "Even the Empress enjoys reading these low-class novels?"

Lou Suyi was about to argue about what was so lowbrow about it when she saw the large characters "The Charming Nun and the Handsome Scholar," and her expression momentarily went out of control.

The word "nun" in particular is quite jarring.

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