He and Lu Shen met during their university years.
At that time, Lu Shen was a prominent figure at the school, while he was just a well-known design student in the design department.
He appeared before him one afternoon.
He admired his talent, and without resorting to monetary negotiation, he listened attentively to his ideas.
They discussed it for a long time, and he acknowledged respect for his ideas without offering any flattery.
They sat together like old friends.
This friendship has lasted to this day.
"I heard you're filming a period drama. I've designed a lot of jewelry for you. Take it to the set and take a look."
Yu Qi took out a pile of antique-style ornaments, and Jian Ruoxi's eyes lit up immediately.
"Yu Qi, you're amazing. It's a masterpiece, absolutely exquisite."
She touched the jewelry with obvious affection, her eyes sparkling.
Girls have never been able to resist beautiful accessories.
When Jian Ruoxi presented these to the crew, all the actresses were thrilled.
"Jian Ruoxi, Yu Qi is a treasure trove of Chinese culture. With everyone changing their outfits, the whole show feels much more upscale."
Lu Jin couldn't stop smiling as he looked at everyone dressed up.
Jian Ruoxi walked out slowly, her feet shod in flowerpot-shaped shoes, dressed in a phoenix robe with graceful bearing. Her long black hair was adorned with pearls and jade, and a beautiful phoenix hairpin was inserted diagonally at her temple, dangling with specks of purple jade. The exquisite beads hung down gently, swaying in her hair.
Her slender waist was tied with a ribbon inlaid with jade.
A necklace made of jade and agate sparkles like stars around the neck, making it impossible to look away.
With her deliberate styling, her beauty was amplified, her skin appearing even whiter, and her charm and elegance unparalleled.
She was like a beautiful pearl with a halo, a jade with a luminous glow; in the presence of her beauty, everything else paled in comparison.
"Beautiful! So beautiful!"
Lu Jin circled around Jian Ruoxi, praising her with admiration.
Jian Ruoxi felt a little shy under everyone's gaze.
"Stop staring at me, Mingyi hasn't come out yet. With this outfit, she's naturally alluring."
Han Mingyi responded and slowly walked out, lifting the curtain.
Emerald green and bluish-green, a pale pink floral dress, and a thin veil of golden smoke and emerald green.
Her gentle demeanor, captivating speech, and delicate, graceful manner made her breathtakingly beautiful.
The gemstone hanging between her brows was exceptionally beautiful, sparkling brilliantly. Her forehead ornament appeared lifelike in the candlelight.
Her beauty was not diminished in the slightest by the diamond between her eyebrows; on the contrary, it made her even more mysterious and charming.
The slightly exposed breasts added a touch of sensual beauty.
"What? Lost your soul from being stared at?"
She hooked Lu Jin's chin and gently blew on it, which made Lu Jin blush.
"Alright, my Empress and my beloved concubine, let's go film the movie."
Su Ziyu promptly came to the director's rescue, smiling as he pulled Han Mingyi away from teasing Lu Jin.
"What a devil! What a devil! This woman, Han Mingyi, actually made me blush."
Lu Jin shivered, took a few steps back, and moved away from the battlefield.
The empress, played by Jian Ruoxi, emerges from her despondency and becomes more domineering in her eyes.
"I have been practicing vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures for a long time, but I never expected to run into an old friend when I came out."
Jian Ruoxi's eyes were filled with anger and resentment at being deceived. She stared intently at the woman in front of her who should have died long ago, her whole body trembling.
“Sister, it would be a great loss to ruin your health. The Emperor couldn’t bear to see me in this state, leaving me to live on in this state. In the past few years since you sincerely repented, I have spent every lonely night with His Majesty.”
Han Mingyi, who plays the Imperial Concubine, has a sinister coldness in her eyes. She gently waves the fan in her hand and bows slightly to the Empress.
"Good! Very good! Your two skills in deceiving everyone are getting better and better. You just wait and see, I will take your life sooner or later."
The Empress, enraged, laughed instead, gently brushed aside the palace maids supporting her, and looked down at the Imperial Concubine who was bowing.
She pulled a hairpin from the concubine's temple and threw it into the water.
"This hairpin that I lost was a gift from me when you married into the Prince's household. Now it is no longer worthy of your status, sister. From now on, there is no connection between us. It would be best for you to keep a low profile, sister."
The Empress glanced disdainfully at the Consort lying on the ground, wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, and threw it to a servant with disgust.
After the Empress walked away, the Imperial Concubine slowly stood up, fiercely dusted off the dust on her body, and slapped a servant across the face.
"Are you all blind? You didn't even help me up. Call a few people and fish the hairpin out of the lake for me."
The maid trembled as she knelt on the ground, apologizing repeatedly.
"This servant deserves to die! Your Highness, the Empress has already thrown away the hairpin, why are we picking it up again?"
The imperial concubine stomped hard on the maid's fingers, twisting them several times until a crisp snapping sound was heard before she stopped.
"Fool! How could I let something bestowed by the Empress sink to the bottom of the lake? If she reports me to the Emperor, I'll be left speechless. I'll retrieve it and return it properly, saying that I thank the Empress for her teachings and will reflect on my mistakes in seclusion."
The imperial concubine lifted her foot in satisfaction, ignoring her bloodied and mangled fingers, and asked a servant to help her away from the pond.
"Click!"
After Lu Jin called a halt, he sent someone to check the maid's fingers.
The girl playing the maid was lying on the ground, covered in cold sweat from the pain, and all ten of her fingers were swollen and red.
Lu Jin hurriedly asked someone to apply medicine to relieve the pain.
"Han Mingyi, you can just step on it symbolically. Look at that little actress's hand, it's swollen like a carrot, she's sweating from the pain."
Lu Jin looked at Han Mingyi, who was resting and drinking tea, with dissatisfaction.
"Director, I'm innocent! You saw it yourself, I could barely stand up in these platform shoes. I had to consider my emotions while also controlling my strength, it was really difficult. I didn't even use any force, that little girl was exaggerating."
Han Mingyi glared at her assistant with displeasure, and the assistant quickly stepped forward to check on the girl who had been stepped on.
The assistant secretly slipped a large red envelope to the girl and whispered something in her ear.
Lu Jin glanced at the situation over there but didn't say much, so he shook his head and walked away.
When Lu Shen rushed to the theater, Jian Ruoxi was touching up her makeup.
He took the eyebrow pencil from the makeup artist and gently drew his lover's eyebrows.
Jian Ruoxi felt a tingling sensation and slightly opened her eyes, only to see Lu Shen drawing eyebrows with a brush.
As their eyes met, a sense of peace and tranquility filled the air.
"Why are you here? Have you taken care of everything?"
She smiled, took his hand, and asked him with concern.
"Everything is fine. I missed you so much that I rushed over as soon as I finished work. I'm so glad I came. My Ruoxi looks so beautiful today."
He stared at her, and sweet words slipped out of his mouth.
He wanted to block everyone's view and possess her beauty all to himself.
Her Ruoxi has become radiant; she is no longer the little woman waiting for him to come home.
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