And she fell heavily to the floor, just as Emperor Xiang Long Wei was about to leave.
"Long'er, don't you have a heart?" she cried out, her voice trembling. "I have loved you for the past seven years! I even betrayed my friend because of you. You know I met you before she ever came to the palace!"
Her voice cracked, filled with desperation as she clutched at the hem of her robe.
"Why don't you just love me back? I saw you when I was fifteen — at that time, you were just an unloved prince, taken in by a childless concubine to raise. You were dressed in white and saved me from the hands of a thief. That day, I said to myself, I will make sure you have me in your heart."
Her breathing grew ragged, her eyes wild with emotion.
"It has been seven years! Why don't you just love me back? She's already dead, and she won't come back!"
De Fei shouted, her eyes filled with madness — even daring to call the emperor by his childhood nickname.
