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

Chapter 60 The Emperor Loses Control

After seeing the handprint on Consort De's face, Murong's handsome face darkened as he looked at Lou Suyi: "Kongchen, was it you who slapped Consort De?"

Lou Suying couldn't imitate Consort De's affected manner, but she was unwilling to suffer in silence. She hid behind Jinshu, her eyes reddening, and looked pitifully at Murong: "This humble nun dares not."

Murong seemed to only then notice the handprint on Lou Suyi's face. He beckoned to Lou Suyi, "Come here."

Lou Suyi shrank back and subconsciously looked at Consort De.

Consort De was so angry at Lou Suyi's series of petty actions that she almost laughed.

She thought she was skilled enough to handle Lou Suyi, but who knew that this damned nun was even more skilled than her? Wasn't this obviously making Murong think that she was bullying this damned nun?
Murong's face darkened further, but his tone softened: "Kong Chen, come here. I won't eat you."

When Lou Suyi heard the words "eat you", she suddenly remembered the scene of him eating her in bed. Could this be what she was thinking?

She hesitated for a moment before walking up to Murong. When he saw the handprint on her face, an unreadable emotion flashed in his eyes.

"What happened?" Murong's voice was low and slightly gentle.

Jinshu could tell that His Majesty was unhappy because he was upset that Miss Lou had been beaten.

Lou Suyi glanced quickly at Consort De, then silently lowered her head: "No, it's nothing."

The way she looked, she didn't say anything, yet it seemed like she said everything.

Consort De was so angry that her throat was parched. She had really underestimated this nun; she was actually quite skilled.

"Speak, this is my decree!" Murong said in a deep voice.

Lou Suying had been waiting for him to say this, so she murmured, "Consort De seems to like His Majesty very much and wants this humble nun to help her. This humble nun is a nun and it is really inappropriate for her to interfere in the affairs of the inner palace, so Consort De... so..."

As she spoke, she crept closer to Murong, as if that would allow her to escape Consort De's venomous gaze.

Upon hearing this, Murong looked at Consort De, her voice turning cold: "Consort De, is what Kong Chen said true?"

Consort De inwardly groaned and knelt before the Emperor: "It is because I love Your Majesty so much that I wish the Abbess could speak a few words for me before Your Majesty. Even if I am wrong, it is only because I love Your Majesty too much..."

At this point, she crawled to Murong's feet, looked at him with deep affection, and suddenly grabbed his hand, slapping it against her own face: "Your Majesty, please hit me hard, just to avenge the Abbess. I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have dared to try to befriend the Abbess and get close to Your Majesty, knowing that the Abbess was Your Majesty's savior..."

Murong withdrew his hand, his handsome face slightly darkening: "I have no penchant for hitting women! But Kong Chen is a benefactor in my life; without her, I wouldn't be sitting here. She is also a guest I invited to the palace. For my beloved concubine to lay a hand on her is to slap me in the face!"

Consort De had never seen Murong speak to her so harshly before. She sobbed uncontrollably, "Your Majesty, I truly know my mistake. Please punish me..."

"You are indeed wrong! Since Kong Chen has been slapped twice, my beloved consort shall repay him tenfold." Murong Xu issued a decree.

Consort De was shocked that Murong would publicly order her to be punished for the sake of a frivolous nun. She felt a lump in her throat, but dared not disobey the imperial decree.

She slapped herself repeatedly across the face, crying as she said, "It's my fault, I deserve to die! I shouldn't have loved His Majesty so much! It's my fault, I shouldn't have extended my love to everything he does, and shouldn't have dared to dream of befriending Abbess Kongchen..."

While she appeared to be admitting her own faults, every word she uttered was actually a condemnation of the new emperor's ruthlessness, and a declaration of her feelings for Murong.

Lou Suyi watched this unfold and secretly clicked her tongue in amazement.

Consort De must have lost her mind to debase herself so much for a man who has three thousand concubines and is about to hold another imperial concubine selection.

This man could change his attitude so easily, treating her so cruelly. It was only then that she realized that Emperor Murong was indeed cold-hearted and ruthless.

Everyone said that Consort De was his most beloved concubine, but he turned around and forcibly took Consort Liang into the harem, while also targeting her, a nun.

Now that Consort De has made a mistake, he punishes her without hesitation, showing no regard for past feelings. This is a full twenty slaps.

If one day she angers him too, and given that they only have that thin physical relationship, who knows how he will deal with her then.

After Consort De finished slapping her twenty times, her face was already red and swollen, and she looked pitiful.

Murong seemed to have softened his tone and said, "Jiqing, take the bruise-removing ointment to Consort De."

Ji Qing quickly brought over the bruise-removing ointment. After Consort De thanked her and accepted it, she left Qianqing Palace with Yunmei's help.

Ji Qing was quite perceptive; he led everyone else out of the West Warm Pavilion, leaving Murong and Lou Suyi alone.

With no one else around, Murong stepped forward and pulled Lou Suyi to her side: "When Consort De hit you, didn't you dodge? I don't think you're stupid, yet you just stood there and let Consort De hit you?"

Lou Suyi thought to herself that it wasn't Consort De who did it; it was she who took the initiative to break Consort De's scheme.

But she dared not tell the truth, and only said in a muffled voice: "Consort De is His Majesty's favorite concubine. If she were to lay a hand on me, how could I, a mere nun, dare to hide?"

"You usually seem quite clever, so why don't you know how to protect yourself in a critical moment?" Murong said, kissing her on both cheeks, as if to comfort her in this way.

Lou Suyi just wanted to slap him twice, as if his kisses were some kind of magic weapon; she was speechless.

"In the end, I was the one who started this mess. Fine, serve me tonight, and consider it my compensation." Murong's tone was natural.

Lou Suyi's teeth ached when she heard this.

Look at this, is this even human language? Making her serve him in bed is his way of compensating her, but she's the one who suffers the hardship at night.

Could she refuse?
"Still not happy?" Murong straightened her chin and kissed Lou Suyi's pouting pink lips.

Lou Suyi was so frightened that she struggled against his lips.

This is in the West Warm Pavilion, and in broad daylight at that. It's one thing for him to do those shameful things with her at night, but how dare he be so brazen during the day?

The scariest thing was that he seemed to get more and more passionate with each kiss, and she shrank into his arms like a quail, as if that would help her avoid his fiery kiss. But instead, it only made him kiss her even more tenderly...

Just as Murong's hand slipped inside her black robe, a joyful announcement rang out from outside: "The Empress Dowager Liang has arrived!"

Lou Suyi was so frightened that she immediately jumped off Murong's lap and moved far away from him.

Murong, unusually, lost control. He quickly calmed his disordered breathing and looked at Lou Suyi, who was tidying her clothes not far away, with a dark look in his eyes.

Lou Suying's hands trembled as she straightened her clothes. Her legs went weak when she saw Murong's eyes, which seemed to want to devour her.

What the hell? Isn't Mu supposed to be the most unmoved person when a woman is in his lap? He almost made a move on her right here.

Ha, this chapter is actually risky? Can't even get past this level? Aaaaaah!

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