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

Chapter 73 Slapped in her face
Lou Suyue's expression remained unchanged after reading the so-called family letter.

Everything was as she had expected. Aunt Ke's favorite person was the Earl of Suning, and because of this love, Aunt Ke also loved the Earl of Suning's several legitimate daughters.

As for her biological daughter, she has always been the least important person.

She even wondered if Aunt Ke had been there when she was kidnapped five years ago. Aunt Ke would have saved Lou Suya, and she would still have been the one abandoned.

She remembered that after seeing Xie Zhijie and Lou Suya kissing that year, she was distraught for several days.

That day, she was sitting in the courtyard in a daze when Aunt Ke suddenly rushed in and slapped her without saying a word.

She was completely bewildered by the beating, not understanding what had happened, until Aunt Ke yelled at her hoarsely, "How dare you steal a man from a young lady?"

She wanted to point out that she was the one who took a liking to Xie Zhijie first. When she started seeing Xie Zhijie, Lou Suya hadn't even appeared yet. Lou Suya was the one who was stealing her man, so how did it become her fault?

But Aunt Ke didn't give her a chance to explain. Without saying a word, she locked her in the woodshed and made her reflect on her mistakes, saying that she would only let her out after she realized her errors.

She didn't think she had done anything wrong, so of course she wouldn't admit it, and was subsequently locked up for half a month.

Until one day, Lou Suya came, unlocked the door, and led her out of the woodshed with a look of sympathy: "Aunt Ke is really something. Why can't you talk things out properly? Why do you have to use such an unacceptable method? I just told Aunt Ke that you seemed to have taken a fancy to Zhijie, and Aunt Ke locked you up."

She remained expressionless and ignored him, then heard Lou Suya boast to her, "By the way, Zhijie and I are engaged. He'll soon be your brother-in-law. He also said he fell in love with me at first sight and wants to give me everything in the world. He also said that your persistence is bothering him a lot..."

Lou Suyi still remembers the pitying look on Lou Suya's face when she looked at her.

In reality, if Lou Suya hadn't come to provoke her, she wouldn't have been able to see Xie Zhijie again.

After that, the Lou family suddenly became kind to her, and it was around that time that Qi Yan frequently appeared in front of her.

When she was at her lowest point, Qi Yan gave her hope of escaping the Lou family. At that time, she truly had feelings for Qi Yan.

Because she had never met anyone who treated her so well, the light in Qi Yan's eyes when he said he would marry no one but her ignited her heart.

If she hadn't been kidnapped, if she hadn't died a violent death...

But how many assumptions or "what ifs" are there in this world?

Even the only person who truly loved her eventually married someone else.

"Suyi, you and Suyue are both in the palace; the two sisters should support each other—"

Lou Suying broke free from the unbearable past. She looked at Lou Suya and, under Lou Suya's watchful gaze, slowly and meticulously tore up the letter.

"What does the Lou family have to do with this poor nun?" Lou Suyi said, throwing the torn letter at Lou Suya's face.

Lou Suya's expression was as ugly as it could possibly be. She laughed angrily, "Lou Suyi, how dare you disrespect me?!"

"Indeed, the wife of Grand Secretary Xie is usually treated with respect, so why would she come to beg a nun like me? Isn't the Lou family very noble? Wasn't the eldest daughter of the Lou family once arrogant and disdainful of everyone?" Lou Suyi said sarcastically.

Seeing the ferocious expression on the dignified and noble Lou Suya's face, Lou Suyi smiled and said, "If Madam Xie has nothing else to say, this humble nun will take her leave."

"Lou Suying, what are you so smug about?! You're still disliked by His Majesty! You're just a nun, yet you think you're so capable? Do you believe I can say a word to my husband and make your harem a living hell?" Lou Suying said fiercely. Lou Suying turned to look at the stern-faced Lou Suying, and said with a half-smile, "So Lord Xie's influence extends into the harem? Then this humble nun must remind His Majesty to be careful, Lord Xie's reach might be too far."

Lou Suya gave a cold laugh: "You think too highly of yourself."

Lou Suying looked down at her belly and thought to herself that she would never have had this realization before, but now that she might be carrying the imperial heir, she felt that she had a great chance of gaining status through her son.

However, entering Murong's harem would be too troublesome. So many women would be vying for one man; she would be crazy to enter the emperor's harem.

Lou Suyi didn't want to get entangled with Lou Suya anymore. Lou Suya was annoyed by Lou Suyi's nonchalant attitude, as if Lou Suyi didn't even bother to argue with her.

"If you don't help Suyue, Aunt Ke can forget about having a good life in the Lou family!" she threatened cruelly.

Lou Suyi turned around and glanced at Lou Suya indifferently: "Aunt Ke is a member of your Lou family. Whether she lives a good life or not has nothing to do with this humble nun."

She had stopped regarding Aunt Ke as her own mother long ago, after seeing Aunt Ke repeatedly favor the eldest daughter of the Lou family. Aunt Ke, who abandoned her time and time again, was unworthy of being a mother.

Lou Suya watched Lou Suyi walk away, her eyes dark and gloomy.

She really didn't expect that Lou Suyi could survive under such circumstances and even enter the palace again.

Despite being rejected by the new emperor, she is now able to serve him again on this day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

This vixen, she's been seducing men for five years now, and Xie Zhijie and Qi Yan still can't forget her. Now that she's a nun, she still wants to seduce the new emperor and steal a man from Su Yue.

Unfortunately, Su Yue had just entered the palace and held a low rank, so she had no opportunity to accompany the emperor, and she didn't even have the chance to see Su Yue.

Her only worry was that Suyue would suffer at the hands of Lou Suyi, that cunning nun.

Even after walking a long way, Lou Suyi could still sense Lou Suya's resentful gaze fixed behind her.

She couldn't understand why Lou Suya hated her so much. Lou Suya had gotten everything she wanted, so how could she blame Lou Suya for not being able to have children?

She glanced down at her still flat stomach and wondered if Lou Suya would hate her even more if she knew she was pregnant with the emperor's child.
The thought of this possibility made her steps lighter.

She had just stood behind Murong when he suddenly turned around and looked at her, giving her a strange look.

Lou Suyi felt that his gaze was strange, but she couldn't understand what it meant.

At this moment, Consort Liang followed Murong's gaze and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with Abbess Kongchen?"

What was the meaning behind his staring at the nun? Could it be that he suddenly discovered she was incredibly beautiful?
Murong's gaze lingered on Lou Suyi's face, and he calmly said, "You've gotten stronger."

The word "Emperor" drew everyone's attention to Lou Suying's face. Empress Dowager Chen couldn't help but chuckle, "It seems serving the Emperor is a tough job. Suying gets so relaxed and plump as soon as she leaves the Emperor's side."

Lou Suyi didn't know how to control her facial expressions.

Is it polite to describe her as "sturdy"?
(End of this chapter)