“What did you hope to receive from me? Love?”
In the book, the male lead was a loyal and gentle emperor.
The heroine, Ailie, lived a life of love and perfect happiness in the imperial palace.
But who on earth is the man standing before me, now possessing Ailie’s body?
“If wandering inside your delusions pleases you so much, why not bring another man into the palace yourself?”
He played the devoted lover in public, yet in truth he slept with other women.
She endured this absurdity for a whole year, only to meet a miserable, humiliating death.
“Why should I die before any of them?”
It was only at the very end that she realized how unjust it was.
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She returned to the day after she had witnessed the Emperor’s infidelity.
There was no sincerity left with which to beg for trust or love.
In this life, she would slowly break the ground beneath his feet.
“Not once have I ever lived a moment without loving you.”
No matter what reasons he might give.
