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

Chapter 475 Ending (Part )

Liang Wanying was unwilling to leave like this: "Your Majesty cannot treat me like this, I will not leave the palace..."

Ji Qing gave someone a wink, and Liang Wanying was dragged away.

Hearing Liang Wanying's voice fade into the distance, Lou Suying looked at Murong and asked, "Has His Majesty been busy with the matter of disbanding the harem lately?"

"Of course not. The impeachment case will take a lot of effort to wrap up, and disbanding the harem is just a side effect." Murong said casually.

Lou Suyi didn't believe his nonsense.

Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, there has never been such a precedent. Such a major matter as dissolving the harem should at least require persuading Empress Dowager Chen first.

However, when she went to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Chen, Empress Dowager Chen did not reveal a single word to her.

Seeing her suddenly quiet down, Murong found it amusing: "Why are you acting like this?"

“I don’t think Your Majesty needs to go to such lengths for me. But, it would be good to give them their freedom.” Lou Suyi expressed her inner conflict.

She was very happy, but the women in the harem were not.

Actually, it would be better to disband the harem. Everyone is still young, and it would be a good thing for them to leave the palace.

"I also think it's better to let them leave the palace. I don't care whether they are free or not, but at least it will reduce the troubles in the harem. As for how to arrange things for them after they leave the palace, you are in charge of that. Those like Consort Kang who do not obey arrangements can be sent to a nunnery." At this point, Murong added, "You don't need to have any concerns."

Lou Suyi knew that Murong was backing her up.

In other words, dissolving the harem is an inevitable step and will not be changed by anyone's will.

When Murong was sleeping that night, he noticed that Lou Suyi was staring at him, so he simply kissed her.

Lou Suyi dodged left and right, finally managing to push his face away: "If we really disband the harem, will Your Majesty regret it in the future?"

She almost asked him, "As the emperor, doesn't he find it boring to only have one woman like her?"
Murong was too lazy to answer her pointless question. Instead, he quickly undressed her and examined her body from head to toe...

As it turns out, dissolving the harem was not such an easy task.

The officials jointly submitted a memorial, hoping to force Murong to retract his decision.

But what Murong is determined to do, is it impossible? He was able to turn the tide when everyone forced him to depose the empress, let alone abolish the harem.

After a month-long stalemate, the matter of disbanding the harem was finally settled.

The rest was left to Empress Lou Suyi to handle.

She summoned all the concubines to her side and asked them what they most wanted to do. As long as it was within reasonable limits, she would grant their requests. Liang Wanying, who had previously threatened to die rather than leave the palace, was lifeless today. Hearing Lou Suying's words, she curled her lips in a mocking smile: "Does Your Majesty think this can make up for our losses?"

Lou Suyi looked at Liang Wanying upon hearing this and asked in a low voice, "I would like to ask you, what have you lost? Since the day you entered His Majesty's harem, has His Majesty ever treated you badly? Now His Majesty wants to disband the harem, and this matter is a foregone conclusion. If you feel wronged, you can go and appeal to His Majesty and see if His Majesty will listen to you."

Leung Wan-ying clearly takes herself too seriously.

She was a favored concubine during the late emperor's reign, but to Murong, she was nothing. Now that the harem is to be disbanded, Liang Wanying still can't accept the reality and feels that the whole world has wronged her.

Liang Wanying's face flushed red and then turned pale. After a long while, she managed to choke out, "If it weren't for Her Majesty the Empress's appearance, we wouldn't have ended up being expelled from the palace."

Lou Suyi's face darkened: "Since you think it's my fault, then I will arrange for you to enter a nunnery and be ordained as a nun. Only then will your claim be confirmed."

Liang Wanying's face drained of color, and she couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Lou Suying ignored Liang Wanying and looked at the others: "Your decision to enter the palace was a decision made by your families and yourselves. From the moment you entered the palace, you should have expected the consequences of not being favored. It has been proven that you were indeed not valued by His Majesty and never received his favor. But His Majesty still gave you the opportunity to leave the palace, allowing you a chance to live again. His Majesty has been lenient enough. I advise some people not to be ungrateful! His Majesty could have disregarded your lives and simply expelled you from the palace. But His Majesty still instructed me to arrange your whereabouts; this is His Majesty's mercy towards you."

In fact, Murong left all the work to her, seemingly not worried at all that she would not handle the matter impartially.

Seeing this, Consort De smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Her Majesty the Empress's kindness and compassion that she helped us clean up the mess. Actually, I'd like Her Majesty to give me more gold and silver jewelry. Also, it's not safe for women to be out in the world, so it would be even better if you could arrange some guards for me. In addition, I'd like to establish a women's household..."

She knew she was asking for too much, but now was the best time to make her request. She didn't know if Lou Suying would agree, but she figured she'd bring it up anyway.

Lou Suyi looked at Consort De and thought that this woman was also a strange one. It was Consort De who brought up this matter in the first place, but unexpectedly, Murong really disbanded the harem.

"Consort De, don't you think you're asking for too much?!" Lou Suyi said leisurely.

"Am I not just a weak woman? Anyway, I can't go back to the Chi family, and I can't bear to leave the prosperous capital. Although I still want to travel around the Great Xia, the premise is that it is safe enough." Saying this, Consort De knelt down in front of Lou Suyi, "I beg Your Majesty to grant my request. I will definitely be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness in the future!"

Upon hearing Consort De's words, the others suddenly understood.

Exactly! Leaving the palace is such a good way out. If you have money, you can start your own household and have someone to protect you. Even if you don't get married for the rest of your life, you will live a smooth life. Isn't that a thousand times better than being in the harem?
Once everyone understood this, they all knelt down before Lou Suyi, gazing expectantly at the Empress.

Lou Suyi was only thankful that Murong's harem wasn't too large; otherwise, even with all her money, she would have gone bankrupt.

After thinking for a moment, she made a decision and said to Jinshu, "Go to the storeroom and bring over two chests of gold and silver jewelry."

The girls' eyes lit up when they heard this.

His Majesty bestowed many treasures upon Lou Suyi, yet Lou Suyi was willing to take them out.

Before long, several nannies carried over two chests full of treasures.

"I didn't want to touch His Majesty's private treasury, so I took out my own private storehouse. Consider this a reward from your sisterhood. In addition, I will give each of you a bodyguard; I will speak with Ji Qing and have him arrange it. If you feel that you don't have enough protectors, you have the money, so why worry about not being able to buy skilled servants to keep you safe? As for the matter of establishing female households, I will instruct the Ministry of Revenue to handle it for you in a short time." Lou Suyi explained in detail.