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

Chapter 98 The Little Nun and Her Three Men
Liang Wanying watched the commotion from the sidelines, but she felt that Lou Suying's attitude was a bit suspicious.

Logically speaking, having the imperial physician take Lou Suyi's pulse is not a big deal, so why is Lou Suyi so nervous?

Unless Lou Suyi has something to hide.

Liang Wanying kept staring at Lou Suyi, trying to glean some clues from her expression.

Lou Suying sensed Liang Wanying's intense gaze, but she pretended to be calm and acted as if she didn't know that Liang Wanying was looking at her.

She's over four months pregnant, and the announcement is just around the corner. She's prepared for whatever might happen next.

Because she was carrying the emperor's child, she thought that even if her pregnancy was revealed, her life would not be in danger.

However, her peaceful life would definitely be completely disrupted, and she did not want to enter Murong's harem unless absolutely necessary.

She also worried that her child would be influenced by her as a mother.

Public opinion is a fearsome thing. She had clearly become a nun, yet she became pregnant with the emperor's child. If this got out, people would definitely think that she was still restless after becoming a nun and had climbed into the emperor's bed.

She herself was fine, having survived a bloody and turbulent life, but she was afraid that her child would be affected by gossip and rumors after birth.

If the child is born safely, she hopes it will be a son, with a heart strong enough to withstand all the gossip and rumors.

After that, Lou Suyi tried her best to minimize her presence, hoping to delay as long as possible, and then she accepted it calmly.

Liang Wanying and Consort De focused their attention on Lou Suyi and Murong. Both of them harbored deep hostility towards Lou Suyi and even thought that Lou Suyi was a nun who was restless and unfit for confinement.

But after observing for a long time, it was discovered that Lou Suyi never looked at Murong directly, and Murong chatted with Empress Dowager Chen the whole time, occasionally admiring the flowers, seemingly having no interest in Lou Suyi whatsoever.

Could it be that they're overthinking things, and there's no romantic relationship between Lou Suyi and Murong?
After carefully recalling what happened after Lou Suyi entered the palace, Consort De still felt that Murong treated Lou Suyi differently from others.

There's plenty of time; there's no need to rush to a conclusion.

Murong stayed in the Chrysanthemum Garden for about half an hour before leaving. Once he was gone, the concubines in the harem and the noble ladies who hoped to be loved by the emperor at first sight lost their interest in appreciating the flowers.

Lou Suyi was the happiest when Murong left.

She stayed by Empress Dowager Chen's side the whole time. Although the Yin sisters and Lou Suya wanted to get closer to her, Empress Dowager Chen didn't have the opportunity to get too close to her, which saved her a lot of trouble.

In the evening, a moon-worshiping ceremony was held at the Qianqing Palace.

Murong wore a moon-white sacrificial robe, adorned with turquoise court beads, and a white jade court belt.

The moon worship ceremony begins as the moon rises in the east, with mooncakes weighing about seven or eight pounds placed on the Eight Immortals table.

After the moon-worshiping ceremony ended, everyone shared the mooncakes.

After the moon worship ceremony, Murong led his key ministers to the Moon Gazing Tower to admire the moon.

Empress Dowager Chen led a group of noblewomen from both inside and outside the court to Wangyue Tower, and Lou Suyi was among them.

Qi Yan and Xie Zhijie both knew that tonight was a rare opportunity to see Lou Suyi, and they had been eagerly anticipating it. When Lou Suyi appeared, their eyes both fell on her.

Both of them were ministers favored by the new emperor. They were good-looking and talented young men, and their every move attracted attention.

At this moment, their gazes were fixed on Lou Suyi, a fact that everyone could see.

When Consort De saw Xie Zhijie, her expression froze for a moment.

She had expected to meet Xie Zhijie tonight and was mentally prepared, but when she actually saw him face to face, she still felt a little lost. She had once thought that she would only love Xie Zhijie in her life, but who would have thought that one day she would be completely captivated by Murong.

When she first traveled to the Xia Dynasty, she met Xie Zhijie by chance and fell in love with him at first sight.

At that time, Xie Zhijie was entangled with the Lou sisters. On the one hand, she hated his fickleness, but on the other hand, she was infatuated with him.

She tried every means to get close to Xie Zhijie, but Xie Zhijie remained indifferent to her.

Later, Lou Suyi died a violent death, and Xie Zhijie married Lou Suya as he wished.

The day before Xie Zhijie's wedding, she went to see him and asked him why she couldn't be with him.

Xie Zhijie only replied with one sentence, saying that it wasn't that she was bad, but that she wasn't the legitimate daughter of the Chi family.

That's when she realized that she hadn't lost to Lou Suya, but to the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children.

She felt that Lou Suyi lost to Lou Suya for the same reason.

Xie Zhijie made no attempt to hide his lust for power or his worst side from her. She felt that she was special in Xie Zhijie's eyes, and even believed that if she accumulated enough wealth, she would still have a chance to marry him.

But the Chi family betrothed her to Murong, and she, an illegitimate daughter, became Murong's concubine, extinguishing her last hope.

Seeing Xie Zhijie again at this moment, she saw that Xie Zhijie's heart and eyes were full of Lou Suyi, and he even dared to be so presumptuous in front of Murong, which was simply absurd.

She had also heard that Xie Zhijie had not stayed overnight in Lou Suya's room for two years, and she had presumptuously assumed that Xie Zhijie was keeping his chastity for her.

It turns out that the person he couldn't let go of in the end was Lou Suyi.

If he hadn't left her with a glimmer of hope, how could she have been so cold to Murong in the early years of their relationship, pushing him away so many times?

At this moment, she had no outlet for her anger and couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Why is Master Xie staring at Abbess Kongchen?"

The room fell silent as soon as Consort De uttered these words.

Empress Dowager Chen wasn't blind; she could see that Qi Yan and Xie Zhijie's gazes were glued to Lou Suyi.

She had never realized before that Su Yi was so popular with men.

However, since both Qi and Xie are already married, what's the point of looking at Su Yi like this?

Determined to protect Su Yi, she pulled her to her side, glanced coldly at Consort De, and warned her to stop talking nonsense.

"Suyi, you and the Emperor enjoy the moon together." Empress Dowager Chen said, pushing Lou Suyi toward Murong.

With the emperor present, Xie and Qi wouldn't go too far.

Murong glanced at Lou Suyi, but didn't chase her away.

Lou Suyi felt like she was caught in the middle, and that she shouldn't have shown up at a place like tonight, otherwise she wouldn't have become the target of everyone's criticism.

Xie Zhijie then realized his lapse in composure, but he did not regret it. He simply stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have not seen Abbess Kongchen for some time, and I have something I would like to say to her..."

"If Lord Xie is still holding a grudge about the death of this humble nun five years ago, this humble nun has nothing to say to Lord Xie. It is a fact that this humble nun almost died back then, and this humble nun does not wish to bring up the unpleasant past again." Lou Suyi naturally knew Xie Zhijie's dark thoughts.

He simply wanted to burn his bridges and completely ruin her reputation so he could force her to become his concubine.

But if all the men in the world were dead, she could no longer have any entanglement with Xie Zhijie.