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

Chapter 459 Sit on My Lap
Murong, however, had his own thoughts: "Polo matches can be very dangerous during the confrontation. If you encounter a treacherous person who uses underhanded tactics, you can easily get injured. I think it would be best if you didn't learn it."

"I was just saying I'd learn it as a hobby, it doesn't necessarily mean I have to play polo," Lou Suyi said, not really trying to coax him.

Let's learn it first.

There are risks in everything you do, and sometimes unexpected disasters can happen. How can you not learn if there's danger? But he's a teacher, so it's always right to coax him.

"We'll see." Murong nudged Lou Suying towards her.

Lou Suyi didn't even want to talk about him anymore.

They could have sat on separate stools, but he insisted on squeezing into a double chair with her, and kept pushing himself closer to her. Was he trying to squeeze her into a paper doll before he was satisfied?
"How about I give the chair to His Majesty to sit on alone?" Lou Suying said with a forced smile, unable to push him away.

Looking at the beautiful empress, Murong suddenly had a good idea: "You can sit on my lap too."

Lou Suyi looked at Murong and met his serious expression, which proved that he was not joking.

She secretly pinched Murong, but he grabbed her hand.

Most people wouldn't dare to watch the interaction between the Emperor and Empress, but some people couldn't help but look at them.

Xie Zhijie stood in the crowd for a while. He also played polo and had thought of using this method to attract Lou Suyi's attention, but he felt it was unnecessary.

He knew that Murong doted on Lou Suyi, and he also knew that Lou Suyi trusted Murong, but seeing their intimate behavior as if no one else was around still made him insanely jealous.

Reason told him he shouldn't stare at Su Yi like that, but emotionally he couldn't control his gaze.

Lou Suyi hadn't noticed Xie Zhijie at first, but Xie Zhijie's gaze was so sticky and disgusting that she couldn't help but notice it.

She was more concerned about Murong, fearing that he would be unhappy if he knew that Xie Zhijie was spying on her. Fortunately, Murong did not seem to have noticed Xie Zhijie's presence.

Murong played with Lou Suyi's slender fingers, poking at the fleshy hole on the back of her hand, feeling that the Empress's delicate hands were very pleasing to his eye.

"What are you thinking about?" Noticing that the Empress was lost in thought, Murong suddenly used a little force.

Lou Suyi, of course, couldn't tell the truth, so she casually replied, "I was just thinking that Consort Ning would definitely lead the team to win the game later."

She didn't know Lou Suyue well, and they hadn't gotten along in the past, so she didn't know how good Lou Suyue was at polo.

"That's not necessarily true. Consort An plays polo quite well; she might have a chance to beat Consort Ning." Murong felt it was inappropriate to jump to conclusions too early.

Lou Suyi was a little surprised: "Is Consort An's polo playing quite well?"

She thought Chen Xing was a quiet person and didn't seem like the type to play polo, but it seems she was short-sighted.

"I heard it from the Empress Dowager." After a pause, Murong added, "I didn't see it with my own eyes."

Lou Suyi didn't understand why he said the second sentence at first, but after thinking about it for a while, she understood what he meant.

He was explaining that he didn't pay attention to Chen Xing and didn't know anything about him.

She couldn't help but laugh and replied, "Yes, yes, I understand."

How could she not understand him? He didn't need to explain himself at all; she could doubt anyone but him.

Murong really wanted to pull Lou Suyi onto his lap, but he knew they were in public, so he had to restrain himself.

Before long, the polo match officially began.

The ladies' match was scheduled first, and the two sides fought back and forth, making for a very exciting match.

However, Lou Suying wasn't particularly interested in the results of the noble ladies' competition. When she saw something exciting, she clapped and cheered enthusiastically. It was half an hour later when the results were announced.

Lou Suyi not only added to the winning team's good fortune, but also gave the losing team a consolation prize.

All the participants were overjoyed and thanked Lou Suyi for her kindness.

Next up was the polo match for the imperial concubines, and Lou Suyi immediately sat up straight.

Although this palace polo match was supposed to involve eight concubines, only six of them actually knew how to play polo.

To make up the number of participants, they dragged in two concubines who only knew how to ride horses, which made the onlookers cover their mouths and chuckle.

Consort Ning, dressed in a crimson riding outfit, stood tall and spirited as she reined in her horse. Beside her, Fang Cairen held a polo mallet, her beautiful eyes gleaming with eager anticipation.

The two quickly assigned roles, one as the main attacker and the other as the support, becoming the backbone of their team.

Because there were only eight concubines participating in this competition, and it was quite difficult to gather them all. Only six of them were truly skilled in polo; the other two concubines were just there to make up the numbers, so tactics were very important.

In the other team's camp, Chen Xing and Lou Suyue were discussing tactics in a low voice.

Lou Suyue, with her hair neatly styled in a single bun and holding a golf club, exuded a free and unrestrained charm.

She turned her gaze to look at Lou Suyi, who was sitting in the head seat.

Lou Suyi nodded slightly to her.

Judging from Lou Suyue's posture, she definitely knows polo.

In truth, Lou Suyue's thoughts were not hard to guess. The Lou family had fallen from grace, while Lou Suyue remained in the imperial harem. Within the harem, she held absolute power, and naturally, Lou Suyue did not want to offend her.

It can only be said that Lou Suyue has her own cleverness and saw through the discord between her and Consort Ning.

She was certain that Lou Suyue really wanted to win this match so that she could see that Lou Suyue was still useful.

When the referee waved the starting flag, the main players of both teams spurred their horses forward simultaneously.

Consort Ning's robes fluttered in the wind, while Lou Suyue's blue skirt was also eye-catching. Amidst the dust kicked up by the galloping horses, the contest, which appeared to be eight people but was actually six, officially began.

Consort Ning's steed shot off the starting line like an arrow. The moment she swung her mallet to strike the ball, Fang Cairen tacitly moved forward at an angle, and the mallet collided with the flying polo ball, making a crisp sound.

Suddenly, Lou Suyue across the street reined in her horse and blocked the way. Her dress billowed like waves as she came to a sudden stop, startling the rider who had just been riding so much that his horse reared up.

At this moment, Chen Xing suddenly appeared from the side, her dark riding attire making her gentle features appear slightly sharp.

Her bending down to catch the ball caused the jade pendant at her waist to jingle, and her golf club swept across the grass, lifting the ball that was about to go out of bounds into the air.

Upon seeing this, Consort Ning immediately turned her horse around, cracking her whip in the air as she passed by Lou Suyue.

When the two faced off, neither was willing to give in.

Everyone watching from the sidelines held their breath as they watched several fine horses twirling and leaping across the thirty-zhang (approximately 10 meters) field.

Suddenly, Chen Xing executed a beautiful back-to-the-basket shot, sending the polo ball soaring over the heads of the players and flying straight towards the goal.

At the critical moment, Consort Ning spurred her horse and leaped forward, intercepting the ball with her club at the last second and passing it back to Fang Cai, who was waiting for his chance. With a "thud," the ball went in, and the audience on the sidelines erupted in applause.

Lou Suyi couldn't help but clap and cheer, but Murong sat calmly on the ground, uninterested in the exciting game. He stared intently at his empress, captivated by her dazzling smile.