That scene was different from the current one, so the emperor did not intuitively feel that it was the same scene, but the overall aura was very similar.
It touches upon the scene in the emperor's memories of his biological mother who died young.
At that time, the emperor's biological mother was out of favor and lived in a remote palace. Although it was not as good as the real cold palace of Fangfei Palace, it was not much better from the geographical location. When the emperor was a child, he often saw his mother watching the scenery in this pavilion, which constituted a deep memory in the emperor.
This was the scene that Wei Lan saw when he spent points to view the most missed scenes in the emperor's life.
So every month the emperor would come here for a visit, and no one else would know.
As a result, he saw here a scene that was extremely similar to the one in his memory, yet obviously different. Everything was arranged very cleverly. It was just similar in spirit, but not deliberately imitated to be too similar, not to the extent of arousing the emperor's suspicion.
The subsequent events were a natural outcome. After the two talked for a while and greeted each other, the emperor did not take the initiative to say anything to Sheng Baixuan, and the scene was silent for a while.
Wei Lan: 'Tell him you are leaving.'
Sheng Baixuan was shocked: "Don't you want to seize this opportunity?"
Wei Lan: "Trust me. Have you forgotten what I told you before, the attitude towards the emperor?"
Sheng Baixuan hesitated for a moment, looked at the emperor's profile, and decided to trust Wei Lan, because she could get to this point, relying entirely on this mysterious ghost, so she took the initiative to say to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first and will not disturb your Majesty from enjoying the scenery."
The emperor didn't expect her to react like this. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Sheng Baixuan deeply.
Sheng Baixuan, who was standing on her knees, felt her heart skip a beat and she couldn't help but get nervous.
Wei Lan's voice sounded at the right time: Imagine that the person standing in front of you is your stepmother.
When people are nervous, they will subconsciously listen to the only voice they can hear. Sheng Baixuan subconsciously did the same. If the person in front of her was her stepmother...
Sheng Baixuan was no longer so nervous and remained moderately respectful, but at the same time she didn't care.
The emperor took one look and thought: This concubine is different from others.
This is the attitude that is meant to be neither humble nor arrogant. The emperor once had the impression that Concubine Sheng was only thin and beautiful, but now she is different. The old impression has been replaced by a deeper and more vivid one.
"Okay, go ahead."
"Yes." Sheng Baixuan saluted respectfully, but in her heart she was panicking and looking for Wei Lan: "Director, His Majesty didn't keep me!"
Wei Lan said: "Don't worry, go ahead, your first scene is complete."
No matter how uneasy she felt, Sheng Baixuan did not dare to reveal her true thoughts, so she quickened her pace as she left.
The emperor looked at Sheng Baixuan's back as she left without any regrets. The doubts in his eyes faded a little, but he still reached out and called the eunuch Chang Ning next to him: "Check why Concubine Sheng is here."
"Yes." Chang Ning agreed respectfully, but he was thinking about how the emperor addressed Sheng Baixuan.
He knew that if this talented person who had been banished to the cold palace really appeared here by chance, she might be able to regain her position soon.
Even if it was the great eunuch Chang Ning, what could he find out?
"Fangfei Palace is nearby. Your Majesty has been feeling better lately and likes to go out and walk during the day. This habit has been in place for almost two months."
Chang Ning reported the results of the investigation to the emperor. There was no doubt about it. A concubine in the cold palace did not have the ability to spy on the emperor's whereabouts. This could be seen from the fact that other concubines in the harem did not know that the emperor would come here. In addition, Wei Lan's previous behavior of asking Sheng Baixuan to scout the area nearby confirmed that everything was just a coincidence.
Sheng Baixuan was feeling uneasy when she returned to Fangfei Palace. Wei Lan had already told her, "I will block you when you sleep with me tonight... I will leave your side, so you don't have to worry about your privacy being leaked."
"Director, how can you be sure that His Majesty will come? When I left today, he just told me to leave." Sheng Baixuan was full of regret and worry at this time, but things had come to this point, and there was no point in her making trouble with Wei Lan. She just couldn't help feeling a little annoyed in her heart, wondering if she had trusted this unknown ghost too much.
We have to say that Wei Lan was very clever. During the one month of 'early stage preparation for the film', she had been communicating and working with Sheng Baixuan, allowing the other party to develop a habit of following her instructions. Even though there were doubts, they still completed the first scene intact.
Wei Lan said in a leisurely tone: "Don't worry, trust me."
Sure enough, in the evening, Chang Ning came to Fangfei Palace in person and politely told Sheng Baixuan that the emperor wanted her to sleep with him tonight.
Sheng Baixuan widened her eyes. She didn't expect Wei Lan's prediction to come true.
"Director, you are truly a prophet! Why is this happening? His Majesty's reaction was apparently cold before..."
Wei Lan did not try to be mysterious. He explained to Sheng Baixuan in detail: "The problem that all superiors have is suspicion. No one else knows that the emperor will go to that place. He must first investigate whether you deliberately created the encounter. Even if the probability is very small, he must rule out this possibility. But of course, it is impossible for him to find anything unusual about us. So when the investigation finds that there is nothing wrong with us, he will completely believe that this is a coincidence. He will have a certain compensatory psychology for the suspicion he had about you before, and it is normal for him to directly summon you to his bedchamber..."
Sheng Baixuan chewed on Wei Lan's words carefully. As an ancient person, she still couldn't understand some of Wei Lan's terms, but she was sensitive and found that this would be of great use to her future life in the palace: "Director, you know a lot. I have read a lot of books since I was a child, but I haven't read what you said. I wonder which ancient sage wrote this?"
Wei Lan: "The Weakness of Human Nature, Behavioral Psychology...these books you don't have here, I will teach you slowly."
Although Wei Lan doesn't like to chat with others in her daily life, she is a person who makes her colleagues feel comfortable at work. She is called a tyrant on the set because she always has high demands, not because she is arbitrary.
When Wei Lan communicated with Sheng Baixuan, just like when she communicated with actors during filming, she always put herself in the perspective of a collaborator, working with the actors to deal with problems, rather than standing in a higher position to order others around and cause confrontation between people. Although in the end Wei Lan would use reasoning to make the actors obey her arrangements, the effect achieved was the same, but this attitude was obviously more motivating.
Now Wei Lan used the same method to turn his goal - to improve Sheng Baixuan's status and power in the palace - into a common goal for the two of them.
Under the same goal, Wei Lan's opinions are all based on this goal, and he will gain Sheng Baixuan's trust and recognition.
It seemed that after this experience, Sheng Baixuan's trust in Wei Lan had reached a new level.
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After serving the emperor for one night, Sheng Baixuan regained favor. It was as if her demotion to a talented lady had never happened. She became Concubine Sheng again and moved back to Cuiwei Pavilion where she had lived before.
When Sheng Baixuan regained her position as a concubine, the system informed Wei Lan that because of the improvement in his luck, he had gained 50,000 points this time.
At the same time, Wei Lan's original observation vision was almost a range of about 500 meters in diameter with Sheng Baixuan as the center. Now, with her status improvement, it has expanded to about 2,000 meters, and she can observe more places.
"There will be a war at the border. The emperor may not be in a good mood during this period. You must be careful not to show any utilitarianism."
Sheng Baixuan, who was putting on her makeup, paused when she heard this and said, "Director, do you have the ability of clairvoyance as described in the storybook?"
"No, I told you, I can only see things within a certain range around you."
"Then how did you know about this?" Although Sheng Baixuan knew that Wei Lan was very powerful, she did not expect that she knew about such important military and political affairs. Whether at home or when Sheng Baixuan was the most favored, these news were very far away from her. Besides the fact that men did not mention it, the rules such as 'a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent' and 'the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics' also limited her vision.
If we really break it down and explain the causes and consequences, who wouldn't understand?
Just like in the modern society of later generations where Wei Lan lived, some men of a certain age always acted profound and mysterious when talking about the international situation. If they said "what do you women know", they would instantly elevate themselves as if they were some kind of wise and talented minister waiting to be born.
Wei Lan: "I went to the imperial study when you were sleeping with me yesterday and read the confidential memorials inside."
Sheng Baixuan: “…”
Sometimes she would go to the emperor's bedroom, and sometimes she would go to the concubines. Apparently, the emperor of this world liked to visit his concubines in his own bedroom and send them away the next day. Wei Lan didn't need sleep in his current state, so when Sheng Baixuan was summoned to serve him, he explored some key buildings near the emperor's bedroom, including the imperial study.
With Wei Lan as a plug-in, after Sheng Baiwei regained favor, she naturally adopted the image of a sweet-talking woman who was indifferent to fame and fortune.
The emperor was surprised to find that he and Concubine Sheng had a special understanding with each other. When dealing with things, Sheng Baixuan's opinions were often the same as his.
Coupled with the previous encounter in the pavilion, the emperor felt more and more that he and Concubine Sheng were a match made in heaven, a marriage made in heaven, and the so-called soul mates were nothing more than this.
The once favored Concubine Hui was a woman of great eloquence, and now that she has met someone who is even more eloquent, Sheng Baixuan's status in the palace will naturally rise.
In just three months, she had been promoted to a higher position and was granted the title of second-rank Zhaoyi.
"Director, just now we were talking about the tribute from foreign countries in June. Why did you let me say that? You clearly told me that His Majesty wanted to not give a large amount of rewards this time..."
Wei Lan said: "Because if you know him too well, it will arouse his suspicion and fear. Everyone has a limit in their heart, and they hope that others will keep their understanding of themselves within a certain limit. Think about it yourself, if some of your secret thoughts deep in your heart are guessed by others, in the long run, will you not want to have more contact with this person?"
Sheng Baixuan seemed to be thinking about something.
Wei Lan continued, "Although the issue of foreign tribute is not an important government matter, it does involve state affairs. This is the first time the emperor has asked for your opinion on such a matter. He is very cautious in his heart. You can't act too smart."
"The other concubines are on the first floor, the emperor is on the third floor, and you are on the fourth floor. But you have to make the emperor think you are on the second floor. This way, you will be special in his eyes and he can control you." Wei Lan talked freely and felt that he had become a professional palace fighting plug-in during this period of time. If he wakes up from the dream in reality in the future, he will definitely be able to do palace fighting scenes with ease.
"Bai Xuan of the Sheng family is gentle and virtuous, and she serves me very attentively. She has won my heart... I hereby appoint her as Consort Sheng and grant her the residence in Yushu Palace."
When the eunuch came to deliver the imperial edict, Sheng Baixuan had not yet reacted. She had never expected that her status would be promoted so quickly one day. Not long after she became a Zhaoyi, she was granted the title of Concubine.
At the same time, the system also reminded Wei Lan that she had earned 100,000 points.
It seems that the weight of points increases at a certain rate as the status improves.
Sheng Baixuan, who received the imperial edict, was congratulated by the surrounding palace maids. She recalled the theory that Wei Lan had just said, and felt that it was awe-inspiring. She couldn't help but ask subconsciously, "Director, are you on the fifth floor?"
Wei Lan thought for a moment and said, "I'm in the atmosphere."
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