Chapter 588 Wedding Night
In the next few days, the crew's filming entered a critical plot.
Minglan and Gu Tingye get married.
From proposing marriage, picking up the bride, to entertaining guests on the wedding day, and even the wedding night, this part of the story lasts for several days.
"How is it? Does it look good?" After putting on makeup and changing into costume, Zhao Liying, dressed in luxurious ancient bridal attire, raised her hands and turned around in front of Gu Wei.
"Beautiful, really beautiful." Gu Wei praised with a smile.
"Our outfits perfectly match the title of the play, Green, Fat, Red, Thin."
Although [The Story of Minglan] is a fictional story, the dynasty background is the Northern Song Dynasty.
According to the customs at that time, the most popular wedding dress for women was green, or more specifically, blue. There is a beautiful poem that describes it as "flowery hairpins, light skirt, blue dress, leather belt and sandals", which perfectly describes the wedding attire of that time.
The groom's clothes are usually bright red, because in that era, men were superior to women, and women who married into their husband's family were supposed to take care of their husbands and children, and help their husbands take care of the backyard and house. There is a kind of green leaves against red flowers in the clothes.
The costume that Gu Wei wore today was a red groom's suit.
"In traditional aesthetics, red and green always look tacky together, but after our show airs, everyone will see that red and green can actually look so good together."
"How can you praise yourself like that?" Zhao Liying was also very satisfied with her look and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Is your phoenix crown very heavy?" Gu Wei looked at the luxurious phoenix crown on Zhao Liying's head, which was longer than her head, and felt a little worried.
"A little bit, but it's okay. The next shots of me will either be in a sedan chair or on the bed, so I can stick to it." As she said this, she shook her head slightly, and the tassels hanging from the phoenix crown swayed left and right. Zhao Liying smiled as if she had discovered a new toy.
The scenes of welcoming the bride and getting married in the hall were finished during the day, and at night, the crew took advantage of the darkness to continue filming several scenes of Minglan and Gu Tingye’s wedding night.
Gu Wei was outside filming a scene at the wedding banquet at the Marquis' Mansion, while Zhao Liying was in the room with the young actress who played Gu Tingye's daughter "Rong Jie'er".
Afterwards, the two began filming the last scene of the day.
Gu Tingye took out a large box half a person's height, which was full of properties under his name, including farms, salt shops, stores, etc. He entrusted all these things to Minglan.
From then on, all the financial power of the family was handed over to his wife, whom he married in a formal ceremony.
Minglan was naturally very touched by Gu Tingye's actions, but at the same time she felt a little uneasy, fearing that she could not manage such a large family business.
Gu Tingye naturally comforted Minglan in a gentle voice, hugged her and said some heartfelt words.
“…I, Gu Tingye, swear to heaven, if I ever fail Minglan in this life, I will be stripped of my official position and title and never be able to stand up again!” After the two of them told each other about their tragic life stories, Gu Wei raised one hand and swore to heaven.
"I don't know what oath I should swear to live up to your trust." Zhao Liying looked at Gu Wei with a solemn expression, her big eyes slightly red, and she was moved and a little at a loss.
"You don't have to swear anything. If you leave me in the future, it will be because I have let you down and hurt your heart." Gu Wei gently hugged Zhao Liying and let her lean on his arms, saying the sweetest love words in a normal tone.
Zhao Liying leaned on Gu Wei's broad arms, with the corners of her mouth raised high, and looked at the big box beside her and reacted.
"Put this away first."
"What's there to collect? The bed is so big, isn't it big enough for the two of us to roll around?"
Gu Wei smiled, stood up and put the box on the ground, then turned around and said seriously: "Tonight, the most important thing has not been done yet. If it is not done well, it will be unlucky!"
Then he climbed onto the bed nimbly, holding Zhao Liying's shoulders with both hands.
The two looked at each other without saying a word.
Zhao Liying looked at Gu Wei who was getting closer and closer to her, swallowed unconsciously, and then a strange yet familiar lip kissed her.
After a light kiss, Gu Wei separated again and put his forehead against Zhao Liying's. They could both feel each other's breathing.
Then, Gu Wei put his arm around Zhao Liying and kissed her again. After kissing gently for a few seconds, the two slowly lay down.
In this kissing scene before entering the bridal chamber, Zhao Liying should be passive throughout. Minglan is a lady from a noble family, so the man must take the initiative.
Zhao Liying did a really good job. She seemed to be completely immersed in the role of Minglan, and she fully expressed that somewhat shy yet eager feeling.
The moment Gu Wei kissed her, she was completely immersed in it.
"Cut! Very good performance, passed!" After kissing passionately for a while, the director's voice came, pulling the two out of the play.
Gu Wei slowly raised his body. Zhao Liying, who was still lying on the bed, was gasping for breath.
"Are you okay?"
"Oh, it's okay, what can happen to me?"
This scene takes place on the wedding night. The lights in the room were dim, and no one noticed that Zhao Liying's face and ears were red.
She raised her hand and touched her face, feeling a little hot.
After the last scene of the day was finished, the staff began to pack up, and the actors also removed their makeup, changed their clothes and prepared to go back to the hotel to rest.
"Tonight's scene will be filmed a little late, so you and Liying won't be scheduled for scenes tomorrow morning. The crew will film other people's scenes first." Director Zhang directed the staff to move things, and then said to Gu Wei.
“Thank you, Director.”
"Tell Liying about this."
"OK."
Zhao Liying still couldn't calm down when she returned to her room at night.
More than a month of focused filming allowed her to devote herself to the TV series, and she almost became one with "Sheng Minglan".
And Gu Wei and "Gu Tingye" seemed to overlap in her eyes.
It’s not that I can’t distinguish between reality and fantasy, but for an actor, if you want to perform well, it’s very important to get into the role.
The more deeply you immerse yourself in the situation, the better your performance will be.
Besides, Zhao Liying already had different feelings for Gu Wei.
She had been moved when they were filming "Come On, My Love" together four years ago, but she knew that due to their different personalities, they would never be together, so after "Come On, My Love" ended, she buried all her feelings deep in her heart.
She regarded the madness of that night as a beautiful memory and never planned to tell Gu Wei about it.
The two have always maintained a good friendship.
However, this time the two of them worked together again, and this feeling was completely unearthed again.
Just imagine, a handsome guy whom you already like, who spends every day with you and says sweet words to you from time to time. Which girl would not be moved in this situation? How can she resist?
After washing up, Zhao Liying lay on the bed, her mind constantly flashing back to the wedding scene during the day and the intimate contact on her wedding night.
After more than ten minutes, not only did she no longer feel sleepy, but her fair little face turned red again.
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Liying got up from the bed.
As for Gu Wei, he returned to his room, took a shower, changed his clothes, turned on his laptop and placed it on the table.
After working for a while, the doorbell rang.
Gu Wei went to open the door in slippers. Zhao Liying was wearing a silk purple pajamas, with her long, soft hair draped over her shoulders. Her fair face was slightly flushed, and she was standing outside the door with a bottle of red wine in her hand.
"The show ended so late today, I thought you couldn't come," Gu Wei was a little surprised.
"I'm not working anymore. I can take a half-day off tomorrow. I'd like to have a drink with you and have a good sleep." Zhao Liying smiled and shook the red wine in her hand.
"It's a bit strange. I remember you don't drink much." Gu Wei didn't care too much. After saying this, he turned around and went back to the room.
"A small drink will help me sleep." Zhao Liying made an excuse for herself.
"Are you working?" As she followed Gu Wei in, she saw the laptop on the table.
"The director asked me if I could write a theme song for [The Story of Minglan], and I just had some inspiration."
Gu Wei's musical talent is recognized by everyone. Not counting the songs that have been popular on the Spring Festival Gala in the past two years, the song "Liang Liang" that he wrote at the beginning of this year made a great contribution to the popularity of "Eternal Love".
So Zhao Liying was not surprised at all by the director's request to him.
Zhao Liying sat cross-legged on the sofa without any unfamiliarity and looked at the music score on the computer curiously.
Gu Wei took the red wine from her, found a corkscrew to open it, and then poured it into two transparent glasses.
"I won't disturb you, will I?"
"The song is in my head, I just need to write the last bit down."
As he said that, Gu Wei sat down and skillfully tapped the keyboard with his hands to add the last bit of lyrics.
"This is [Ru Meng Ling]." Zhao Liying leaned against Gu Wei and looked at the laptop screen.
"Yes, since it's the theme song for "The Story of Minglan", it naturally has to match our drama. There's no better song for the lyrics than "Ru Meng Ling." As he spoke, he typed the last word.
“It’s done!
I'll just take the time to record a demo later."
"Congratulations. Although I can't understand the music score, your lyrics are so beautiful." Zhao Liying raised the wine glass in her hand with a smile on her face.
The two of them clinked their glasses and took a sip.
"Of course it's beautiful. After all, it was written by Li Qingzhao."
"I'm talking about the ones you adapted."
Gu Wei raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
Zhao Liying blinked her big eyes, looking at the screen and then at Gu Wei.
"How about you sing it for me and I can help you listen to what needs to be improved."
Gu Wei couldn't help laughing when he heard her words.
"What can you hear? I can't even understand the music."
“Even though viewers who follow dramas don’t know how to film, they can still comment on whether the drama is good or bad.
Even though I can't write songs, does that mean I can't have my own appreciation for music?" Zhao Liying pouted, a little angrily.
"Okay, okay, I'll sing for you."
Gu Wei cleared his throat and straightened up.
The room was quiet. Zhao Liying looked at his face and waited seriously.
"When flowers bloom beside willows
Searching for fragrance and mistakenly finding Ting Hou
Drinking the morning glow and half-day sunshine
The wind and rain cannot penetrate
”
The beginning of the song is a bit bland, but the lyrics are beautiful, with an ancient style and charm, and the artistic conception is indeed very suitable for the drama "The Story of Minglan".
As soon as Gu Wei's magnetic voice started to sing, Zhao Liying next to him felt as if she was back in the play, and she couldn't help but immerse herself in it.
“.
Rainy and windy last night
Deep sleep can't wash off the hangover
Ask the curtain-roller, and he will say the crabapple blossoms remain the same.
Do You Know?
It should be green, fat, red and thin
”
Soon, the climax came. Listening to Gu Wei's singing, scenes from the play flashed through Zhao Liying's mind.
Thinking of the riverside, Gu Wei proposed to her in brocade clothes.
The words "I am willing to marry you, entrust you with the household chores, have children with you, and spend the rest of my life with you!" echoed over and over in her mind.
Thinking of getting married, her gorgeous emerald green wedding dress, and the intricate and beautiful phoenix coronet and bridal bridal robe.
Dressed together with Gu Wei's red groom, isn't it just green, fat, red and thin?
Soon, the lyrics were sung for the second time, the climax ended, and the song was over.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" After Gu Wei finished singing, he noticed that Zhao Liying's eyes were a little straight, so he raised his hand and waved it in front of her.
"Ah, nothing." Zhao Liying came back to her senses.
"He said he wanted to review my song, but I ended up getting distracted while listening to it."
"No, I just think your song is a perfect match for our drama. I was immersed in it unconsciously while listening to it, and thought of some things that happened during the previous filming." Zhao Liying explained.
“Do you think there’s anything that needs improvement?”
"Well, it's already perfect. Gu Wei, your talent in music is no less than your acting.
It’s really, really amazing,” Zhao Liying shook her head and said with admiration.
"Are you planning to sing this OST yourself?"
"I think so. But the song I wrote, 'Do You Know?', is actually a male and female chorus. I guess the director will ask you to sing with me."
"Me? No, no." Zhao Liying quickly waved her hands and said, "I'm just a KTV singer. I can't sing well."
Gu Wei smiled.
"Didn't you sing the theme song 'Hope' for Princess Agents? Why are you being so modest now?"
"That was Zhang Bichen singing with me. She was the one who led me."
“This is also a chorus, I can also lead you
Okay, I'll teach you first, and whether it will work or not depends on what the director says." Gu Wei advised.
"Okay then." Zhao Liying did not insist.
Afterwards, Gu Wei began to teach her to sing "Do You Know?" sentence by sentence.
During the performance, Zhao Liying would occasionally sing out of tune, which not only made Gu Wei laugh, but she herself couldn't help laughing as well.
If she sang well, Gu Wei would praise and encourage her, and they would clink glasses and drink together to celebrate.
The room was filled with singing, laughter and the sound of clinking glasses, and it was very lively for a while.
In this way, in about an hour, Zhao Liying was able to sing the entire song with Gu Wei very well, and they were hardly out of tune.
"Very good. All you need to do now is sing it more often to get more familiar with the song. Then, with the help of post-production tuning, the result will be perfect."
After the two finished singing together, Gu Wei clapped his hands and looked at Zhao Liying with a smile on his face.
Before she knew it, she had already drunk most of the red wine that Zhao Liying brought, and she drank even more herself.
Now her little face has turned red and her eyes are a little blurry.
Of course she wasn't drunk, that wasn't a big deal to her, but the atmosphere was so good that she was intoxicated by it herself.
The two of them sat side by side on the sofa. Because Zhao Liying was not familiar with the lyrics and had to look at the laptop from time to time, she was almost sitting next to Gu Wei.
They were both wearing thin pajamas, and the occasional physical contact made the atmosphere between them increasingly ambiguous.
After the successful chorus, Gu Wei encouraged with a smile. Zhao Liying looked at his handsome face and slowly moved forward.
"Does it really sound good?"
“Of course, I never tell lies.”
The two looked into each other's eyes, their faces less than 20 centimeters apart, and they could feel each other's breathing.
Suddenly, Zhao Liying stretched her head forward again, just in time to kiss Gu Wei's lips, and left as soon as she touched him.
"You kissed me during filming today, I'm going to kiss you back now"
Gu Wei blinked and looked at his good friend's fair and cute face.
“You are playing with fire.”
"Haha. You're always like this. You're such a scumbag, but you always act so serious.
Strange."
"What's strange?" Gu Wei also leaned over and kissed her.
"It's quite attractive." Zhao Liying swallowed and looked at Gu Wei.
At this time, Gu Wei had already put his arms around Zhao Liying's slender waist.
“I feel like there’s something I didn’t finish filming today, and I may have to continue now.
It seems that what I said at that time was right. This matter must be done well tonight. If it is not done well, it will be unlucky."
As he said this, he leaned over and kissed her.
Zhao Liying also closed her eyes and slowly fell onto the sofa.
Perhaps it was destined by God, Minglan and Gu Tingye finally completed their wedding night on their wedding day.
Rainy and windy last night
Deep sleep can't wash off the hangover
Ask the curtain-roller, and he will say the crabapple blossoms remain the same.
Do You Know?
It should be green, fat, red and thin
(End of this chapter)
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