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

Chapter 448 A scandalous scene unfolded ahead.

Every time Consort Ning rode past Lou Suyi, she saw Murong closely following beside her.

The frustration in her heart was not relieved by the exhilarating gallop of the horse; instead, the flames of jealousy in her heart burned even brighter, as if they wanted to consume her completely.

Her horsemanship was clearly a hundred or a thousand times better than Lou Suyi's, but Murong's gaze never lingered on her for even a moment.

Despite being one of Murong's concubines, Murong treated her like air and never paid her any attention.

She had endured for so many years, all she wanted was his body and his heart, but in the end Lou Suyi beat her to it. How could she be willing to accept that?

He has never cared about women, so why is Lou Suyi able to win his heart?

When Consort Ning rode past them again, Murong simply said to Lou Suyi, "Suyi, I will teach you archery."

The couple rarely had such leisure time and didn't want to be disturbed by unnecessary people.

Lou Suying had no objection. She felt that Consort Ning seemed to be deliberately showing off her superb horse-riding skills in front of her, but she didn't care at all.

Afterwards, she and Murong went to the shooting range.

Murong was clearly happy to teach Lou Suyi, pulling her into his arms and teaching her step by step.

Lou Suyi asked, puzzled, "Does archery have to be taught like this?"

She leaned completely against him, his hand occasionally brushing against her chest. If they weren't an old married couple, he would have suspected he was deliberately taking liberties with her in this way.

"I said I would teach you personally. If I don't teach you this way, then it's not personal teaching," Murong said seriously.

Lou Suyi was speechless.

Alright, whatever His Majesty the Emperor says is right anyway, she just needs to follow his orders.

The Emperor is never wrong.

But if you're going to teach archery, why all this sticky stuff?

Seeing that everyone in the distance had turned their backs, Lou Suying gave Murong a push in annoyance: "With Your Majesty's teaching method, I don't know when I'll ever learn. Why don't Your Majesty go and attend to state affairs first, and teach me when you have time?"

Murong disagreed: "It's rare for me to spend time with you, and it's rare for you to be so eager to learn. I'll teach you myself."

He pulled Lou Suyi into his arms again. Lou Suyi looked up at the sky speechlessly, but could only let His Majesty the Emperor do as he pleased.

Anyway, as long as His Majesty the Emperor is happy, it doesn't really matter whether she learns archery or not.

So, one teacher was having a great time teaching, while the other was learning in a state of utter frustration...

When Consort Ning returned after running a lap, she did not see the Emperor and Empress.

However, the imperial procession was large and easily recognizable; it turned out they had gone to the shooting range.

For some unknown masochistic reason, she went to a crowded place. She saw that everyone else was far away, and she also witnessed the scene of Murong embracing Lou Suying.

This wasn't an archery lesson at all; it was clearly Murong taking the opportunity to flirt with Lou Suyi.

Seeing that her mistress was practically grinding her teeth to powder, Linglong whispered, "Your Highness, shall we go back?"

Upon hearing this, Consort Ning glanced at Linglong, her feet firmly planted on the ground, her eyes fixed on the indecent scene before her. Looking at Lou Suying's disgusting attempt to seduce Murong, she clenched her fists.

Before things got out of control, she turned and left.

Lou Suying actually sensed Consort Ning's gaze. She turned around and only saw Consort Ning's angry back as she turned away. It seemed that Consort Ning had been provoked by her relationship with Murong. Even the desireless Consort Ning had moments when she lost control of her emotions.

"I am teaching you seriously, but you are distracted?" Murong followed Lou Suyi's gaze, but saw nothing.

"Your Majesty has the nerve to say you're teaching me seriously? Aren't you ashamed when you say that?" Lou Suyi said irritably.

Murong felt that the Empress had wronged him.

"It's not that I didn't teach diligently, but that the Empress easily distracted me. It's all the Empress's fault." Murong naturally shifted the blame onto Lou Suyi.

Lou Suyi was also impressed.

How could Murong, a grown man, have the nerve to shift the blame onto her?
She snorted coldly, but couldn't be bothered to argue with him.

As it turned out, Murong's archery skills were very poor.

In the end, Lou Suyi got hungry, so Murong finally let her go and took her back to Xianfu Palace for lunch.

Murong wanted to spend another afternoon with the Empress, but Jiqing kept coughing beside her, and Lou Suyi could tell at a glance that the Emperor was wasting his time on her.

"Your Majesty should hurry back to your business and not let me delay the affairs of state." Lou Suyi said, pulling Murong toward the palace gate. "The spring hunt is in ten days, and Your Majesty will have more time to spend with me then."

Murong glanced at the Empress, who was in a hurry to send him away, and felt a pang of sadness: "You won't miss me?"

Lou Suying readily agreed: "How could that be? I'm the one who misses His Majesty the most, but there's nothing I can do. His Majesty is the monarch, and the important matters he has to deal with are far more important than a mere girl like me. His Majesty belongs to all the people of the world, how can I force His Majesty to stay for my own selfish reasons?"

Murong thought the Empress's words were deceitful.

She might care about him, but she cares about many other people and things, and her husband might not be that important to her.

Seeing that Murong remained silent, Lou Suyi continued to coax him, "If Your Majesty is finished with your work, you must come to find me. I'm waiting for Your Majesty. Please don't keep me waiting too long."

Murong chuckled upon hearing her words: "Alright, I'm not that petty."

She wasn't sincere at all when she was trying to coax him, but she could still make him genuinely happy.

"Your Majesty is handsome at all times, but it is when you smile that my heart is most captivated," Lou Suyi continued her sweet talk.

Murong stopped and looked at Lou Suyi with deep eyes: "If you continue to be so glib, I may take you to the Qianqing Palace and keep you under my watchful eye at all times."

Lou Suyi immediately shut her mouth, made a gesture of invitation, and indicated that Murong should get lost... and leave.

When Murong saw that she had revealed her true colors, he pinched her cheek and boarded the imperial carriage.

Lou Suyi watched the imperial procession disappear into the distance, then sighed softly, "Being an empress is quite tiring, especially with His Majesty the Emperor being so clingy. It's really not easy being an empress."

Jinshu and Yanhui looked at each other and smiled.

Yan Hui said excitedly, "Back then, when I said I hoped His Majesty and the Empress would be together forever, the Empress and Jinshu laughed at me."

Isn't this the path we're heading down now?

Lou Suyi thought to herself that this wasn't a matter of one man and one woman for life. There were so many concubines in the harem, and who could predict what would happen in the future? Who knew when Murong might meet another woman who would capture his heart.

But subconsciously, she felt that Murong wasn't the kind of man who would change his mind easily. If he liked someone, he would like them for a lifetime.

She had that kind of confidence in him.

As for the other concubines in the harem, he never touched them; they were all just decorations. If they could remain husband and wife like this until old age, wouldn't that be considered a lifelong commitment to one another?
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