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

Chapter 89 Imperial Edict Conferring the Title of Imperial Concubine!

Lou Suyi was not surprised by Empress Dowager Chen's answer.

Not everyone is as idle as her, so idle that she even became pregnant with the emperor's child.

She caught a glimpse of Jinshu out of the corner of her eye and, intending to send her away, immediately suggested to Empress Dowager Chen, "This humble nun has something she wishes to say to Your Majesty alone. Would Your Majesty please have the others leave?"

Empress Dowager Chen understood and dismissed everyone else, including Jinshu.

Before leaving, Jinshu kept looking back, hoping that Lou Suyi would keep her, but Lou Suyi pretended not to see her.

"I know that Your Majesty needs to manage the inner palace and cannot leave the palace easily. How about this, I will go out of the palace and search for some beautiful widows in towns outside the capital to bring into the palace for Your Majesty?" Lou Suyi suggested after everyone had left.

Empress Dowager Chen's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Your method is feasible."

Lou Suying was secretly delighted and continued to persuade him, "However, such a thing is not honorable after all. Why don't you, Your Majesty, quietly send this humble nun out of the palace? It would be best not to alarm His Majesty. Jinshu is His Majesty's person, so we can't let her know either, otherwise it will definitely reach His Majesty's ears. This humble nun is a nun, so it would be more convenient for her to do this, and no one would suspect anything. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Empress Dowager Chen hesitated again upon hearing this.

After all, Lou Suyi was a guest invited to the palace by the emperor. Although she secretly let Lou Suyi leave the palace for the emperor's sake, it would not be worth it if the emperor blamed her and it affected the relationship between mother and son.

The most suspicious thing is Lou Suyi's attitude. Could her real purpose be to leave the palace? If so, the nun can mention it to the emperor, unless the emperor forbids the nun from leaving the palace.

Thinking about this possibility, Empress Dowager Chen suddenly felt as if she had discovered something extraordinary.

"You are a guest invited to the palace by the emperor. If I were to allow you to leave the palace without my permission, the emperor would likely be displeased," Empress Dowager Chen subtly probed.

Lou Suyi was quite frank: "Today, this humble nun went to the Qianqing Palace first, intending to discuss with His Majesty the matter of returning to the Lotus Nunnery. However, His Majesty was busy and had no time to see this humble nun. In any case, this humble nun has not accomplished anything in the palace, so I thought it would be good to share the burdens of the Empress Dowager."

When Empress Dowager Chen heard that the emperor was unwilling to see Lou Suyi, she thought that perhaps she was just overthinking things.

The emperor had never liked Su Yi before, and he would always have a cold face whenever he saw her. Su Yi was clearly his savior, but people thought of her as his enemy.

Now that Murong is the emperor, he doesn't show his emotions as openly as before, but he doesn't seem to have much of a special feeling towards Su Yi either...

No, Su Yi moved into Xianfu Palace as soon as she entered the palace. Jin Shu and the others also served in the imperial court. Recently, they even sent Granny Fan to Xianfu Palace. All of this shows that the emperor treats Su Yi differently from others.

Sending Jinshu and the others to serve Suyi is understandable, but what about Granny Fan? She was the emperor's trusted wet nurse, yet she was also sent to Xianfu Palace, which shows that the emperor values ​​Suyi very much.

"Let me think about it. You should go back to Xianfu Palace first," Empress Dowager Chen said with a kind smile to Lou Suying.

Lou Suyi didn't want to say anything more, otherwise it would be too much.

After Lou Suyi and her servants had gone far away, Empress Dowager Chen told Fang Ruo about her suspicions.

Fangruo smiled upon hearing this, "His Majesty has always treated Miss Lou differently. Last time, Her Majesty sent Miss Lou to His Majesty's side to deal with Consort Liang. If it were anyone else, His Majesty would have driven them away long ago, but Miss Lou was allowed to stay and serve him. If Her Majesty hadn't asked Miss Lou to persuade His Majesty to treat everyone equally, Miss Lou might still be serving him now." "Then tell me, is the Emperor's different treatment of Suyi because of the life-saving grace, or because he has special feelings for Suyi?" Empress Dowager Chen asked excitedly.

"His Majesty initially entered the palace under the pretext of exorcising evil spirits, but we never saw her do it. Moreover, she stayed from March to July, and His Majesty still didn't let her leave. I suspect His Majesty has a certain possessiveness towards her. But whether it's romantic love or not is another matter." Fang Ruo said thoughtfully, "Isn't it because Your Highness values ​​Miss Lou's influence with His Majesty that you've repeatedly used her to restrain Consort Liang?"

Empress Dowager Chen listened and nodded, "What you say makes sense. Perhaps it's because Su Yi is a nun that the Emperor is hesitant to harm her, but he's also reluctant to send her out of the palace. Su Yi must have realized the problem and wants to leave the palace with my help." Excitement gleamed in Empress Dowager Chen's eyes, "I absolutely cannot let Su Yi escape!"

Su Yi wants to leave the palace? No way!
Fangruo coughed twice and whispered, "It wasn't just Your Majesty who noticed the difference in Su Yi; Consort Liang noticed it too. Otherwise, why would Consort Liang personally go to investigate when His Majesty spent more time at Xianfu Palace? Your Majesty only needs to win over Miss Lou, and Consort Liang will definitely be wary! If necessary, we can even send Miss Lou to His Majesty's bed."

She left the palace yesterday to look for the so-called beautiful widow, but it will be difficult to find a suitable candidate in the short term.

There's already Lou Suyi in the palace right now, so it's better to let Lou Suyi have the advantage of being close to the water and get the moon first.

"It's alright, Su Yi is in the palace, she can't escape. Now it depends on whether the emperor insists on making Liang a concubine!" Empress Dowager Chen said in a deep voice.

On the way back to Xianfu Palace, Jinshu asked Lou Suyi and Empress Dowager Chen what they had talked about more than once.

Lou Suyi said irritably, "Since these are private words, it's not appropriate to let a third party know them."

After returning to Xianfu Palace, Jinshu, to be on the safe side, asked Jili to go to Qianqing Palace and tell him about Lou Suyi's private conversation with Empress Dowager Chen.

Upon hearing this, Murong simply said in a low voice, "Keep a close eye on Su Yi and don't let her have a chance to escape from the palace!"

Perhaps because she couldn't exert her strength with him, Lou Suyi set her sights on her mother, hoping that her mother would send her out of the palace.

The little nun's thoughts are easy to guess.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Jili replied and withdrew.

Lou Suying waited for several days, but there was no further news from Empress Dowager Chen. She then realized that her hopes of leaving the palace had once again been dashed.

It was at this moment that Murong, disregarding Empress Dowager Chen's strong opposition, issued an imperial edict bestowing upon Liang Wanying the title of Consort Hui.

This imperial edict not only caused a great stir in the inner palace, but also had a tremendous impact on the court.

Although many concubines in the harem had made preparations in advance, the fact that this matter was implemented still left everyone feeling uneasy, with Consort De being the most uneasy.

She considered herself the most powerful woman in the harem, but ever since Liang Wanying entered the palace, she had been overshadowed by Liang Wanying. Liang Wanying was clearly the late emperor's woman, yet she managed to have Murong, disregarding the objections of everyone including Empress Dowager Chen, forcefully bestow upon her the title of Consort Hui, currently the highest-ranking woman in the harem.

If Liang Wanying hadn't been a concubine of the late emperor, Murong might have left the empress position to her.

(End of this chapter)