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"However, there was no thought of leaving him, nor the pain of soon losing freedom.

But when you told me to enter the palace and become your empress, my first thought was to love the vast world outside and never let the palace limit my freedom.

That’s the difference.

You wanted me to enter the palace, I thought of myself, unwilling to give up my original life.

He wanted me to enter the palace, I thought of whether I could be a good wife to him, whether I would be worthy of him.

Indeed, life within the palace wasn’t as colorful as outside, however, for him, I was willing to stay.

You said he clipped my wings and trapped me within the palace, but with my ability, can a two-meter-high palace wall stop me? If I insisted on leaving, no one could stop me.

Yet, I didn’t leave.

Each time I see an eagle soaring in the sky, I indeed feel quite lost, longing for life outside.

But when I think of leaving him, the longing remains just longing.

Without him, what significance does the exciting world outside hold?

Perhaps you are right as well, he does confine my freedom, but the way he confines me, is himself.

Because I love him, I willingly stay for him, being by his side is true freedom.

Long Xuanye, people change, you think you know me well, but what you know is the me from two thousand years ago, before I met Lu Hualiang.

I love freedom, and even now, I love it very much, this wildness is in my bones, and even becoming the mother of a nation doesn’t change that, yet, because of him, I can forgo freedom.

I don’t like having children, but because of him, I was willing to give birth to one after another, these are the crystallization of our love.

Before, I loved going to the grasslands, not knowing why myself, and insisted Lu Hualiang take me there, but gradually I lost interest, not wanting to go anymore, and now that I think back on all those memories, I finally know why.

Because, it was you who took me to the grasslands, and now, I only wish to accompany him to enjoy the flowers, snow, and moon, traversing the world’s splendor.

I am not a lady, but I always wanted to be one, the reason was puzzling to me, but now I understand.

Because when I was empress a thousand years ago, many people said I wasn’t virtuous enough, unfit to be the mother of a nation, demanded he dethrone the empress.

I didn’t want him to be troubled, so I wished to become a lady, even after a thousand years, even if I had lost my memory, the wish to change for him never changed.

This is love."

These words were long and to Long Xuanye, they were nothing short of lingchi, the death by a thousand cuts!

He couldn’t accept that the one she loved was another man, having never loved him.

The pain was so intense, his voice became hoarse, "I met you first, he’s just the third party interfering between us!"

Xia Weibao shook her head, "No, he’s not the third party, nor are you. In my world of emotions, it’s only ever been him, there’s never been a third party.

In love, there is no precedence."

How hurtful could such words be.

Long Xuanye only felt a bitter taste rising up his throat, blood threads spilling from the corners of his mouth.

Yet, he persistently gazed at Xia Weibao, stubbornly believing she was seeking revenge, purposefully saying these words!

Their companionship since childhood, she personally promised to marry him, how could that not be love!

Long Xuanye clenched his teeth, refusing to let the blood spill, his eyes bloodshot.

With one hand clutching his chest, unable to stand, he fell on one knee to the ground.

If she wanted revenge, to make him suffer, then she succeeded!