As can be seen from the current situation, Sheng Baixuan was a concubine who was banished to the cold palace. She was quite favored when she first entered the palace. In addition, she had a good family background and was previously granted the title of Jieyi, enjoying great glory.

However, three months ago, she accidentally knocked down the emperor's favorite concubine Hui, causing her to be unconscious for a whole day and night before waking up. The emperor was so angry that he demoted her to a talented person and sent her to the Fangfei Palace, which was known as the cold palace.

Such a simple cause and effect relationship is easy to imagine. Sheng Baixuan was naturally framed.

No matter how arrogant she was, she would not dare to challenge the position of a second-rank concubine with the status of a third-rank concubine.

Another point that can be used as evidence is that when Wei Lan checked Sheng Baixuan's memory, he learned that the most frustrating moment in her life was when she chose to take that road while visiting the Imperial Garden and ran into Concubine Hui.

However, in the end, this kind of dispute all depends on who the emperor trusts. It is obvious that Sheng Baixuan lost.

After reviewing Sheng Baixuan's profound positive and negative memories of life, Wei Lan also had a long conversation with her, focusing on understanding what kind of person Sheng Baixuan was through previous memories.

The most important point is whether you have a love affair with the emperor.

Although palace dramas always have love scenes as the protagonists of the emperor and his concubines, from the perspective of Wei Lan as a director and screenwriter, if he really shoots palace dramas in the direction of love and uses love clues to drive the plot, then the logic is doomed to fail, which is the first step towards making a bad movie.

There can be love in the deep palace, but love cannot be used as an important clue. Power, struggle, balance... are the themes that fit the background of the deep palace.

Choosing the background theme and the theme to be expressed are the first steps in constructing a story. If the foundation is laid wrongly, the buildings erected later will be nothing but castles in the air, which will not stand up to scrutiny and will fall apart at the slightest touch.

This is actually in line with the actual situation.

As a native of ancient times, Sheng Baixuan naturally cannot view things from the perspective of a modern woman due to the information and education she received since childhood. However, according to Wei Lan's analysis, as long as she does not fall in love with the emperor, there will be no problem.

Because if it is other demands, they can be satisfied in this deep palace as long as one steps into a high position of power, and it does not conflict with Wei Lan's goals.

If it was Concubine Sheng from a few months ago, Wei Lan's appearance at this time might not have had much effect. However, the suffering he had experienced in the cold palace was enough for Sheng Baixuan to calm down and realize how vain and fleeting the emperor's favor was.

Life in the cold palace was not easy. The Sheng family was considered a big family, and Sheng Baixuan had asked for help from her family, hoping that they could plead for her and let her move out of the cold palace. At the very least, they could send some money to the palace every month to improve her life. However, the way her family handled the situation disappointed Sheng Baixuan. They said that they were powerless to help her with her current situation, and were even planning to send her younger sister to the palace.

In short, Sheng Baixuan became an abandoned child. She would have spent her life in resentment and misery, but the appearance of Wei Lan aroused her hope and stimulated her ambition.

Wei Lan learned this from subsequent communications. Sheng Baixuan was not only the heroine of the play, but also the only actor that Wei Lan could influence at this time.

I'm not afraid that she has no ambition, I'm just afraid that she will just muddle through. Wei Lan admires such motivated young people very much. This means that the actor really wants to perform well. In this case, the other party's execution ability will be higher.

After Wei Lan gave the girl a political lesson for an entire night, the two established a basic cooperative relationship.

The 'movie' has officially entered the early preparation stage.

…

"Xian... Director, I can't go any further. If I go any further, there will be eunuchs on duty. If they see me wandering around, I'll be in trouble."

Sheng Baixuan stopped at a corner of the palace wall and communicated with Wei Lan in her heart.

Wei Lan replied: "Okay, stand here and don't move. I'll take a look. There seems to be someone over there..."

Lvliu, Sheng Baixuan's loyal maid, was not surprised by her master's behavior, because her daily routine in the past few days was to walk around the neighborhood during the day, occasionally stop to rest, and return to the palace at mealtime.

Lvliu just thought that her master wanted to come out for some fresh air. Compared to before, Sheng Baixuan now felt more energetic and rejuvenated, and Lvliu was happy to see this.

In fact, Sheng Baixuan did this because of Wei Lan.

Because Wei Lan's observation vision radiates from Sheng Baixuan as the center, so if she wants to observe more situations, she naturally needs Sheng Baixuan to act as the moving bsp; Previously, someone had put drugs in Sheng Baixuan's food. Frequent consumption would make people weak and gradually die of kidney failure. This move could also allow the other party to exercise and improve their physical fitness.

During these few days, Sheng Baixuan walked through many areas she could go to, and Wei Lan learned about the various situations around Fangfei Palace just like turning on the fog of war in a game - of course, after all, it was around the cold palace, mostly garden pavilions, and he didn't get in touch with the core of power to get key information.

However, during today's routine exploration of an unknown area, Wei Lan hit the jackpot. She saw a bright yellow figure on a pavilion corridor near an artificial lake.

Isn't this a coincidence?

If Wei Lan was not unable to wear the lucky halo in this state, she would have suspected whether the lucky halo was working.

The emperor was a man in his thirties with a beard. He lived a life of luxury and looked like a handsome uncle. However, his appearance was naturally incomparable to the celebrity actors that Wei Lan often came into contact with. Although Sheng Baixuan's beauty was not that of a super beauty, she was definitely a star-level beauty that surpassed passers-by on the street.

After sighing that the emperor was so cool, Wei Lan decisively and quickly spent his points to read the key memories about the emperor.

The points are shared. Wei Lan in the real world continues to receive points from feedback from her works, which can maintain the necessary expenses for her activities in the dream world.

"Director, did you find anything?"

Sheng Baixuan couldn't help but ask in her heart. Wei Lan's previous observations always made her change places very quickly, but this time it lasted a little longer.

"I saw the Emperor."

When Sheng Baixuan heard this, her eyes lit up: "Where is he?"

Then she subconsciously lowered her head to check her outfit today: "I have been walking around a lot these past two days, and I look pretty good, but I haven't used any makeup. But should I look a little sicker to get the emperor's pity..."

The unshielded psychological activity was directly transmitted to Wei Lan, who chuckled and said, "Don't worry, go see him next time."

It’s not Sheng Baixuan’s fault. For these young girls who had basically no emotional experience before entering the palace, the way they won the favor of the opposite sex seemed simple and clumsy to modern people.

"But..." Sheng Baixuan was a little anxious: "The emperor's whereabouts are uncertain, what if we don't meet him again next time?"

Wei Lan said: "Don't worry, he goes there at this time every month, and no one else knows. We have just started filming our first scene, so you must have a first meeting that will leave a deep impression on him..."

For any form of story content, the first impression is crucial. The importance of the first three chapters of a novel and the first few minutes of a film or TV show has always been emphasized by industry insiders because these will affect the audience's perception and evaluation.

Wei Lan had to prepare a profound first act to firmly grasp the attention of the most important "audience" - the emperor.

…

Early in the morning, Sheng Baixuan sat in front of the mirror and followed Wei Lan's instructions in her mind. She asked Lvliu to give her a flowing bun, and then she started to draw her eyebrows and eyes herself.

"The tail of the eye droops a little to reduce the aggressiveness..."

"For rouge, mix the two colors from the third square on top and the fifth square on the bottom..."

Fortunately, enough time was reserved and after working for half a day, I finally achieved the makeup effect that Wei Lan wanted.

Wei Lan was also helpless at this time. If she was in the director's machine, she could style Sheng Baixuan with just a thought. But now she was experiencing the filming situation on the set, which was restricted by various practical conditions.

After changing clothes, under Wei Lan's guidance, Sheng Baixuan went to the pavilion in the lake where Wei Lan had observed that the emperor would go.

This place is remote and not many people come here, let alone anyone thinking that the emperor would come. It is a place where Sheng Baixuan can wander around and be unattended, thus avoiding the emperor's suspicion.

It was an autumn afternoon. The weather was not sunny, but it was not raining either. There was a strong wind on the lake. Sheng Baixuan was standing in the pavilion wearing a white palace dress.

This skirt was also one of Wei Lan's "early film preparation" props. After returning to Fangfei Palace a month ago, she asked Sheng Baixuan to make a wide-sleeved robe. Now, when the wind blows, the whole visual effect is maximized. It feels light and airy, but also has a unique sense of coolness and desolation.

"Stand here and don't move. I'll go check the camera position."

Wei Lan moved his perspective to the corridor leading to the pavilion, and asked Sheng Baixuan to adjust her position and standing and sitting posture from time to time.

Just then, at the edge of Wei Lan's senses, she discovered that the emperor was coming.

"Hey! Don't move, just stand there, the emperor is coming."

Wei Lan finalized the plan, notified Sheng Baixuan, and switched directly to the emperor's perspective at the moment, looking for the best composition from the audience's perspective under the emperor's gaze in the holographic movie mode.

Wei Lan: "Turn your head a little to the left."

Although Sheng Baixuan had been prepared, she became very nervous when she heard that the emperor was coming, and subconsciously asked, "What?"

Then he quickly realized what was happening and turned his head to the left.

"More."

Sheng Baixuan controlled her stiff muscles and turned her head back a little.

“It’s missing…”

At this time, the emperor had already seen a woman's figure in the pavilion from afar. He stretched out his hand to silently stop the eunuch from wanting to drive her away, walked up the corridor, and approached Sheng Baixuan.

Wei Lan: "See that goose on the lake? Stare at it."

Sheng Baixuan did as she was told subconsciously, looking intently at the white goose swimming across the lake.

It was at this moment that the emperor, standing in the corridor, finally saw clearly the woman in the pavilion.

She was standing in the pavilion in a white dress, gazing into the distance. Even though only half of her face was exposed, one could still feel her cold temperament and her independence from the world under her empty expression.

The emperor was stunned.

This suddenly touched upon a scene which was deeply engraved in his memory.

Wei Lan, who was also from the same perspective as the emperor at this moment, was very satisfied with the effect of this scene.

From an all-round observation angle, posture and expression can all be trained. She even managed to train Su Yining to be like this, so can't she train a Sheng Baixuan to play herself?