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

Chapter 473 Xie Zhijie, you deserve to die!
Murong remained unperturbed, staring directly at her indifferently: "Whether she is human or ghost, I do not care. I love her, and only her. On the contrary, you watched her die back then, how dare you still entangle yourself with her afterward? Of course, I should thank you, if it weren't for your entanglement with her, I would not have had the opportunity to trick her into entering the palace and becoming my person."

Seeing the emperor's undisguised arrogance, Xie Zhijie said sarcastically, "Did Su Yi know that His Majesty is this kind of person?"

"Whether she knows or not is unimportant; what matters is that she loves me. Therefore, no matter what kind of person I am, she will love me." Murong did not want to say more to Xie Zhijie and turned to leave.

Xie Zhijie still had many things he wanted to know, so he raised his voice and asked, "Your Majesty has wanted to get rid of me for a long time, hasn't he? I suppose it's not just me you want to get rid of him, but that Your Majesty also can't tolerate Qi Yan, right? If it weren't for that kidnapping, Su Yi would have married him long ago, so how could it be Your Majesty's turn to marry her!"

"The Marquis of Dingyuan is a capable man. He has a beautiful wife and a harmonious family. Most importantly, he understands shame better than you; he would consider Su Yi's feelings. Yet, for your own selfish desires, you disregarded her life years ago. Later, when she became Empress, you still wanted to pull her down from her position." Finally, Murong added, "Xie Zhijie, you deserve to die!"

Xie Zhijie slumped his shoulders in dejection.

"So, the kidnapping of Lou Suya was His Majesty's doing, wasn't it?" Xie Zhijie said in a hoarse voice.

He used to think that a big shot like Murong wouldn't do such a thing, but now he realizes he was shortsighted.

Murong will not let any of those who have wronged Su Yi go unpunished.

For example, the Lou family, for example, Lou Suya...

Murong did not deny it: "It was indeed I who fueled the flames. There was no need for me to personally intervene in such a trivial matter."

Xie Zhijie had inquired and learned that Lou Suya had lived a miserable life after being abducted, similar to that of a military prostitute. Later, she broke her leg and became unable to take care of herself.

Of course, such sordid matters could not possibly reach Lou Suyi's ears.

He had to admit that Murong had indeed done a very good job for Suyi.

"I would like to ask Your Majesty one last question: When did Your Majesty fall in love with Su Yi? Why did Your Majesty suddenly allow Su Yi to enter the palace? When Your Majesty allowed Su Yi to enter the palace that day, was it really just to help Su Yi avoid my entanglement with Qi Yan?" Xie Zhijie expressed his confusion.

When Murong first ascended the throne that year, he had many beauties in his harem, but he didn't favor any of them. Instead, he took a fancy to Su Yi.

Moreover, judging from the time of the birth of the young prince, it is known that Su Yi had been favored by the emperor only a few days after entering the palace. At that time, Su Yi had clearly shaved her head and become a nun. Why did Murong target Su Yi?

As an emperor, he could have any woman he wanted if he so desired.
Murong glanced at Xie Zhijie, then left the prison without giving an answer.

On the way back to the palace, Murong was also thinking about Xie Zhijie's problem.

Why plain clothes in particular?

He always believed he was lustful at first sight, but there were plenty of young and beautiful women in his harem. Besides, Su Yi had already become a nun; yet he only had eyes for her…

Lou Suyi was originally handling palace affairs, but later found it tedious and boring. She thought of Murong and began to paint Murong's portrait, becoming completely absorbed in it.

"Well drawn."

Murong's voice suddenly rang out beside her.

Lou Suying looked up at Murong: "When did Your Majesty arrive?"

Murong smiled and said, "I just arrived a little while ago."

Yes, why did he insist on wearing plain clothes back then? Simply because she was plain-clothed, and not anyone else. Perhaps he fell in love with her earlier than he imagined.

Lou Suyi got goosebumps from Murong's nauseating gaze: "Your Majesty, please don't look at me like that, it's scary."

That lewd look in his eyes, like he wanted to devour her, and it was broad daylight!

The next moment, Murong swept her up in his arms, and Lou Suying struggled immediately: "No, I still have so many things to do..."

"Whenever I have free time, you must keep me company."

"No, it's daytime now—"

Murong chuckled in a deep voice: "Does the Empress want my body?" Lou Suying was taken aback. Had she misunderstood?

"I originally wanted to take you horseback riding, but since you want to ride me, it's not impossible..."

Lou Suying quickly said, "Let's go horseback riding!"

She had no interest in riding him.

"it's a pity."

Even so, Murong still led her to the horse farm.

Murong seemed very happy today, although she didn't know why he was happy. But seeing him happy made her happy too.

Murong spent the whole day with Lou Suyi, and then ravaged her again that night, leaving Lou Suyi with no desire to see the emperor for several days.

Strangely enough, Murong became elusive again for some time afterward.

When asked, the answer was always that they were busy.

Lou Suyi had no idea what he was busy with, as he hadn't appeared at Xianfu Palace for half a month.

She even began to suspect that Murong might have found a new love and forgotten about her, his old flame.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, His Majesty will definitely not change his mind." Jinshu was both amused and exasperated upon hearing her mistress's guess.

Lou Suyi was just saying it casually; she actually trusted Murong quite a bit.

Just as she and Jinshu were criticizing Murong, Jili hurriedly entered and reported: "Consort Kang and a group of noble ladies request an audience with Her Majesty the Empress."

Lou Suyi found it strange.

Why would Liang Wanying and the others come at this time? Today isn't the day to pay their respects to her.

Filled with questions, Lou Suying went to the hall and found that quite a few people had arrived. To be precise, every woman in the harem whose name she could recall had come.

"What happened?" Lou Suyi asked after taking her seat at the head of the table.

These people all suddenly appeared; something must have happened that she doesn't know about.

Consort De looked quite happy, and Chen Xing's expression was also relatively normal, but the others did not look good.

Liang Wanying's face was extremely pale as she questioned, "Is it true that His Majesty intends to disband the harem?!"

Lou Suyi was taken aback, not expecting Liang Wanying to ask such a question.

Why is this matter being brought up again? Could it be that Consort De gave everyone such a wrong message?

At this moment, everyone realized that Lou Suying was unaware of this matter.

"Consort De, what's going on?" Lou Suyi simply called out Consort De's name.

Consort De thought to herself that this matter had been circulating for several days. At first, it was only circulating in a small circle in the inner palace, but it gradually escalated until today when the emperor and his ministers had a fierce argument in the court.

It is said that Murong publicly announced his intention to dissolve the harem, which was met with opposition from all the ministers, and the meeting ended in discord between the emperor and his ministers.

This news naturally spread throughout the entire palace, which is why everyone rushed to Xianfu Palace to ask Lou Suying what had happened.

It now seems that everyone in Xianfu Palace kept this matter a secret from Lou Suyi, and she was not informed at all. This must have been Murong's doing.