Chapter 226 The Actor's Self-Cultivation
Ji Yingying left the palace and went straight to the shop Xiangxiang had mentioned, only to find out upon entering that it was a teahouse.
When did this teahouse open? It looks like it's doing pretty well.
[It was opened by the Fifth Prince and Princess Jiahe.]
[Tsk tsk~ This young couple? Not bad, not bad, they know how to make money.]
Just as Ji Yingying was about to find a seat, the Fifth Prince and Princess Jiahe arrived.
"Yingying is here. Come upstairs and sit down. Today's play is about the domineering prince falling in love with me."
"What the heck?" Ji Yingying was shocked. There was actually such a thing. But then again, TV series and movies are all based on novel scripts.
This is not a big deal.
After watching it, Ji Yingying felt a headache coming on; the acting was just too bad.
[This was such a good book, but I can't even read it! The actors are terrible, it's not my script that's bad.]
[Tsk tsk~ It's only because people of this era haven't experienced stage plays before, otherwise it wouldn't be so lively.]
"Aren't you going to help him out? He's the Fifth Prince, after all, someone you know."
I'll ask around later what the benefits are. If there are benefits, I'll help; if not, I won't even glance at it.
[That's true, you only see the good points now.]
Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm the one who runs a shop that's expensive.
The Fifth Prince and Princess Jiahe were just waiting for her to say that. Before she could even come up with an excuse, they asked, "Yingying, you have so many ideas. Do you think our shop needs any renovations? Don't worry, you'll definitely get a big red envelope."
He then placed a purse in Ji Yingying's hand. Ji Yingying felt the weight of the purse and was satisfied!
He chuckled and said, "Training actors? How do you train them? You train their acting skills, you have to train them to bring out the details in life, that's the only way."
Ji Yingying exchanged two books on "An Actor's Self-Cultivation" for them to read, and even asked them to write down a set of rules after reading them.
In short, it was done quite well.
"Okay, okay, thank you Yingying. The next scene is about to start, let's see how it goes." After much persuasion, they managed to get her to stay.
However, Ji Yingying also plans to stay and watch. Sometimes she feels that the acting is not good, but after not watching for a long time, it feels fresh.
[Host, this really won't do. Stop watching and let's have some fun. There's a little juicy story out there, shall we have a piece?]
[Speak quickly!] Ji Yingying was eating tea and snacks while looking outside, feeling a little drowsy.
See that actress on stage? The female one.
[I saw it, what do you say?] Ji Yingying glanced at it twice, but wasn't interested. The makeup wasn't good either; it wasn't as good as the empresses in the palace, who all looked beautiful.
She was sold to a brothel, and then bought by a gentleman to be his concubine on the first night of the auction.
Oh, a concubine!
[Yes, yes, and she originally just wanted to live a peaceful life and didn't want to compete with the mistress for favor. But because she was pregnant, she angered the mistress and was then falsely accused of adultery.]
I guessed that was the case too.
The man didn't believe her and kicked her out. She thought she was going to die, but a passing opera troupe rescued her, and she began performing with them.
Are there any more?
[Yes, the troupe leader is quite good-looking, and he has an admirer. That admirer thinks she's trying to seduce the troupe leader, so he's been framing her. She wants to fight back, but she's still a bit too weak.]
This is her last performance; she will leave the opera troupe after this one.
How would you frame someone?
[It wasn't the kind of innocent-looking scheme where someone pretends to be pushed, falsely accuses her, and since no one saw it, she can't say anything. There were also things like pretending to be hit.]
Are we all blind?
[They're all siding with the person they admire. If you were her, what would you do?]
There are no "ifs," and I don't intend to make assumptions. I can tell you what I did.
How to do it?
[Fight back! She hurts herself once, I'll hurt her ten times over. She likes that troupe leader, right? I'll find a nice guy to seduce him. Men are all driven by their lower instincts. If he makes her suffer, and she wants to compete with me, then I'll make her suffer too. I'll make sure the one who competes gets yelled at and beaten.]
After all, that troupe leader is blind; we can't keep someone like that.
"Rong Er"
Rong Er appeared immediately, though he was almost too afraid to show himself, since he was the one who tricked Ji Yingying into returning to the capital.
Even if he didn't do that, he would still be punished, and it would be by Madam Fang, so Ji Yingying wouldn't be able to plead for him.
"Go pick up that woman later. I'm short-staffed at my estate, and she'll be fine."
"yes"
[Is this all the relief?]
"Yeah, it would be so wrong to just watch her die without trying to save her, even though it wasn't her fault."
[Yeah, still want to watch the drama unfold? There's another one, about the troupe leader.]
[Speak quickly.]
[I just have a penchant for homosexuality, you know what I mean.]
Wow, this is a really good piece of gossip! What do you mean?
[He's the class leader, so there are a lot of people trying to curry favor with him, and then... you know what kind of demands the people being flattered will make.]
[Just tell me if it's up or down!] This kind of melon isn't rare; it happens all the time.
【you guess……】
Tell me, are you going to guess or not? Tell me now, or don't blame me for being impolite.
Oh, it's that kind of... this kind... and that kind.
Ji Yingying pondered for a moment, then chuckled softly, "Is it the kind I'm thinking of, this kind?"
Ji Yingying had seen the fire-avoidance diagram, hehe, she had actually stolen her parents' fire-avoidance diagram to look at it.
She saw it by chance, stole it, and read it all that night.
Just as I was about to put it back, it was discovered! Discovered! Shocking, right?
She had been very careful, but she didn't know how her mother found out. Not only was she found out, but she was also forced to kneel for ten days—a full ten days!
If it weren't for the knee brace, her legs would be ruined.
[Yes, yes, yes?]
Can he handle it?
Good heavens, this isn't human!
Ji Yingying sighed. Any girl who marries a man like that can only...
[I won't interfere anymore, let's leave it at that and continue...]
"Cough cough..." Suddenly hearing her mother's voice, Ji Yingying secretly turned around and glanced back. The sneakiness was so strong that it made people think she was quite amusing.
"Mother, what brings you here?"
"I heard you came here after court, so I came here specifically to see you."
[Hehe, I feel like I'm being watched, but I have no proof.]
Fang Yulan: ...That's right, you've been monitored, so what?
"Mom, eat this, it's delicious, really." Ji Yingying put some dried meat on Fang Yulan's plate. This dried meat was obviously from her little shop. No, many of the snacks in the entire teahouse were from her little shop.
The Fifth Prince! He's a real talent, he knows his stuff!
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