Chapter 77

The new emperor Zhao Yinting originally had a stern face, but seeing the empress like this, he couldn't blame her anymore.

Coincidentally, this actor is the one who acted with Ji Xue in "Old Love Letters". He has been acting for several years, but only recently did the audience know his name, Chu Zhen.

His face is indeed not the most outstanding in the entertainment industry, but his acting skills are indeed good. After entering the room and seeing his queen in such a state and still trying to preserve the overall situation, Guo Baomu deliberately cut to a close-up to capture his complex expression changes at that moment.

When the empress, who was frail but still tried her best to remain dignified, had finished arranging the banquet, Zhao Yinting felt relieved. He then went up to her, held her hand, and asked, "Why did the empress suddenly fall into the water?"

But Xiahou Jin just shook his head and said nothing.

At this time, the personal maid beside her could not help it, she knelt down and cried, saying that this matter was strange, the boat that the empress was riding to the pavilion in the center of the lake was tampered with, and suddenly began to leak water. Everyone was in a hurry to change boats, and in this chaos, the empress was pushed into the water. But before she could finish her words, she was stopped by Xiahou Jin and was not allowed to say any more.

In fact, Zhao Yinting had roughly guessed it before he came.

He knew that the concubines under the empress were not easy to get along with, but because most of them came from aristocratic families, he had just ascended the throne and turned a blind eye to all matters in the harem. Not long ago, he also married a few new people in order to maintain the relationship in the court. In his heart, he also felt that this was also because the empress was too gentle and could not control them.

But these people are getting more and more excessive. Although he doesn't have many feelings for Xiahou Jin, he can't help but feel sorry for her when he sees the current situation.

Especially since Xiahou Jin had always been so sensible, he had never complained to him and had not pursued the matter. He just said that it was his own carelessness and advised him to be careful about the palace banquet.

Even though she was still cold after falling into the water, she still dressed up and forced herself to go with him.

Most of the guests invited to this palace banquet were from aristocratic families. The new emperor had just ascended the throne and his foundation was not stable. The original intention was to win over the hearts of the people, but it did not go as smoothly as the emperor had expected.

From the beginning, some concubines took this opportunity to satirize the empress. Even though the empress tolerated it, there were still ministers at the banquet who spoke rudely and showed no respect at all. After the banquet, Zhao Yinting did not show any sign of disrespect on his face, but when he returned to the palace, he could not help but get furious.

At this time, Xiahou Jin was with him.

She came down from the banquet. Although she drank the medicine, her body was still weak. After wiping off her rouge, her lips became even paler and her face was almost as white as paper. She tried to comfort him at first, and Zhao Yinting gradually calmed down and started to express his concern for her.

Ji Xue is not so similar to Xiahou Jin in the original novel. Xiahou Jin in the original novel only has a pretty face, but Xiahou Jin in the drama is very beautiful. She looks even more beautiful when she is without makeup and with her hair loose, looking fragile. Especially at this moment, she sighed, and her eyes were slightly moist, as if they were shining with water.

She shook her head slightly and said, "It is because I am incompetent that I cannot help Your Majesty, and I have to make Your Majesty worry about me."

As the empress, she was framed and fell into the water, but she still insisted on attending the palace banquet for the sake of the royal family's reputation. Zhao Yinting held her hand, but he felt that it was icy to the touch. Her words made him feel even more distressed.

"I know that Your Majesty has a harder time than I do," Xiahou Jin said, "but Your Majesty, the overall situation is more important. These are just small matters. Let's wait for later."

Zhao Yinting nodded, and only then did he look at her carefully.

Among the many concubines, Xiahou Jin was the first to enter the East Palace. He had never paid much attention to this previously silent concubine, who is now his wife who has suffered all kinds of grievances but endures them silently.

But now, at that moment, he and the queen who had been married to him for several years suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.

As the former crown prince and now emperor, he has suffered a lot of grievances along the way.

In the past, I thought her only advantage was that she was dignified and virtuous, and her personality was somewhat similar to the white moonlight in Zhao Yinting's heart. However, the white moonlight has become the current empress dowager Luo Suyan, who is ambitious and wants to interfere in the previous dynasty.

None of the people in the harem and the former court were easy to get along with, except her, who seemed to have never changed.

But Xiahou Jinsheng's victory lies in her simplicity and ordinary background. The people in her family are mediocre and cautious. Even after her daughter became the queen, she did not seek high position or wealth, but became more low-key. This family is much better than those aggressive ones.

So for the first time, he took the initiative to reach out and hug his queen with emotion.

"I treated you badly before," he said, "Ah Jin, don't worry, I will definitely treat you well."

When the two of them hugged each other, he did not see Xiahou Jin's expression at that moment.

Her eyes moved, and she seemed a little bit unbelievable at first, then she smiled, as if she had waited for her prey to be caught, and she reached out and hugged the emperor tightly.

This was the first time she had ever plotted against someone.

Xiahou Jin knew that someone wanted to harm her today, and she even knew that the boat had been tampered with. It was easy to imagine that after she took this position, she would be in constant turmoil.

If you don't fight back, there will be no trace left of your body.

The palace banquet was so important, how could those people let her go, so she simply played along and retreated to advance. She showed weakness at the right time, and the dignity and magnanimity she displayed as the queen was the best sword.

Xiahou Jin is set to like Zhao Yinting very much. He has been liking him silently before, and now he finally has the feeling of "getting" him.

Zhao Yinting also began to pay attention to her.

That night, Xiahou Jin still fell ill due to the cold and had a constant fever. Soon there was another sacrificial ceremony, and the empress was ill and could not go. The emperor, who had not cared much about her before, did not choose any concubine to replace her, but went alone.

This seemed to begin to show everyone that this queen was different in his mind, and Xiahou Jin finally had some foothold in the palace.

Su Ning watched this scene behind the monitor.

Ji Xue’s face is so pretty. In fact, “Old Love Letters” didn’t show her acting skills much, and she became famous mostly because of her face.

But Xiahou Jin is a person who has a lot of inner drama. Sometimes she doesn't even have lines, and needs to rely on her actions and subtle expressions to show her thoughts.

He knew why Ji Xue chose this role. Zhen Yue's character was more straightforward, and many things were pointed out directly by her. There were relatively few inner dramas, and her performance was far less complicated than Xia Hou Jin's. The only flaw was her character setting.

Shu Miao, who played Zhao Zhenyue, was also watching on the set.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she was indeed resentful towards Ji Xue in her heart. Moreover, when she first joined the group, she really didn't think clearly why Ji Xue gave up Zhao Zhenyue, and she still didn't understand it until now.

Even though she now knows that Jixue plays the role well, she still feels that she is not as good as Zhenyue in the role of Xiahou Jin.

Zhu Lan is not stupid. After reading the script, she has made a judgment on this.

Xiahou Jin is a person who is still trapped in the palace fighting, and even has a love-brain in love with the emperor. The current love-brain personality is the most annoying. Maybe she has many skills in palace fighting and has some highlights, but she has neither Zhao Zhenyue's lofty spirit for the country and the people, nor Luo Suyan's step-by-step strategy to gain power.

All her efforts were but a vine clinging to the emperor or the imperial power.

Moreover, many of her methods were not acceptable. For example, in order to attract the emperor, she even went to learn the zither that Luo Suyan was good at. Another example was that she killed the offspring of other concubines, and her actions were cruel.

No matter how hard he tried to act, the character's personality was not right, so he was placed at a low point in the play, and thus he was trapped in his own web, with a tragic ending.

Shu Miao glanced at Su Ning again.

This CEO really didn't change the script and just let Ji Xue act like this. It seems that he doesn't care much about his artists.

But Shu Miao didn't have time to think about it at this moment, because the next scene would be a competition between her and Ji Xue.

The queen was seriously ill after falling into the water and couldn't even go to the ceremony. The heroine would not just sit back and do nothing about such a big thing.

Although she is now the empress dowager, the old emperor died at the wrong time and too early. The child in her belly has not been born yet. At that time, she could not compete with the Crown Prince Zhao Yinting who was taking advantage of the situation. Fortunately, the Crown Prince ascended the throne in a hurry, and she had many loopholes to exploit.

The Luo family has its own power in the court. Her child was born safely not long ago. He is of real royal blood. The prince has no children yet.

So she chose Xiahou Jin as the Empress Dowager, who was much easier to control than the others. The Xiahou family also had a distant family relationship with the Luo family. Luo Suyan had often protected her before, and the two of them also had a deep friendship, but the heroine was about to give birth, and there were always times when she made mistakes, so as the Empress Dowager, she planned to investigate the matter thoroughly, as a way to vent Xiahou Jin's anger and establish his authority, and to warn the harem.

This was done by Zhao Zhenyue.

There was nothing in the palace that she couldn't find out. It didn't take long for the whole matter to be uncovered. A group of people knelt in the yard. She stood there with a fierce look in her eyes. When she heard someone was still making excuses, she said, "How dare you lie!"

But she filmed this scene several times, and Guo Baomu was not very satisfied.

This part requires momentum, and he felt that Shu Miao's momentum was not enough. This is actually a point that young actors often lack, too much anger but not enough momentum.

"Your segment isn't very good," Guo Baomu said, "Come over and take a look at it yourself, make some adjustments, and we'll shoot it again."

Shu Miao's acting skills are not bad. She is also a professional actor and has a noble face. The drama that made her famous was the one in which she played a rich lady who was arrogant and straightforward. She acted vividly and lovably.

But after watching the surveillance footage, she realized that Director Guo was right. She was supposed to be the one in control of the whole situation, but her performance did not act like that.

She went back and performed a few more shows, but her mood was still not right. She kept trying to improve herself, but she couldn't.

The heroine Ye Qiuxin had a scene like this before, and she had also watched it on the side and was deeply shocked by it. The first step for young actors is to imitate, and she was learning from the female lead, but it was not right, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't learn it right.

Shu Miao didn't want to get away with this matter, so she held her breath and was determined to act well.

And she especially didn't want to embarrass herself in front of the snow.

The scene was snowy right next to it.

When Ji Xue was acting before, Director Guo wouldn't have so many problems. Even Ye Qiuxin liked her. Chu Zhen would give her gifts from time to time. Don't think you can't see it! The audience also likes her... Why does everyone like her!

I was not very good at competing to begin with, and now I was about to embarrass myself in front of her!

She was a little panicked, but after trying hard for a few scenes, it still didn't work. There was no way to sharpen the lens over and over again when shooting a TV series, and time was limited. Guo Baomu looked at the sky and decided that if it really didn't work, he would just pick the best one from the previous ones.

This is not really a major highlight, that's how TV dramas are, if you really can't make it, you can just cut some of it out and just briefly mention this part.

But Shu Miao was unwilling to do so, and tried hard to get another scene from the director to ensure that she would not delay everyone's time. However, when she went back to adjust her state, she heard Ji Xue say, "You should try another way. I actually think Zhen Yue might not be angry at this moment."

And you don't have to be angry to show overwhelming power, you can play this part lightly.

The model Ye Qiuxin can't even imitate the accumulated snow. Her aura cannot be generated in a short time.

"Take a close look at Zhenyue's state of mind. She has seen so much, why would she still be angry?" Jixue said, "You are impatient in this situation, even accustomed to it, so watching their self-righteous arguments is just a poor performance in front of you."

Princess Zhenyue knew everything.

This is a kind of cognitive repression.

"Well, don't stand," Jixue said, "sit down and act. Find a chair and bring it over."

Shu Miao's height was not enough to begin with, and if she stood the view would look even worse, so it would be better for her to sit.

Her comprehension and ability are good, and Guo Baomu would not have let her join the group if he hadn't let her. It's just that sometimes her thinking goes into a dead end and she can't adjust immediately, and sometimes she needs someone to remind her.

Ji Xue is a bystander and has a clearer view of the situation. She has also thought about the role of Zhao Zhenyue.

After hearing this, Shu Miao understood.

She immediately sat down on the chair and calmed down. She looked around and no longer spoke in the angry tone as before. Instead, she said calmly, "Go ahead."

When she presented the evidence later, she did not interrupt others to show off her superiority, but waited quietly for the other party to finish speaking, and even smiled with her head down before throwing the evidence in front.

Those people were trembling with fear. She just sighed, turned to Xiahou Jin, and said, "Sister-in-law, I think we have found out everything."

Shu Miao felt it herself without Guo Baomu saying anything, and it was much better this time.

She passed.

Shu Miao breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help turning around to look at the accumulated snow.

She is right.

And she even reminded herself!

After this shot is over, the extras need to make adjustments and the next shot has not been shot immediately.

Jixue saw her looking at him and said, "Why are you looking at me? It's all for the sake of the show. I have no problem with you."

She sat there, blinked her eyes, and looked a little lazy. The sun was shining brightly today, and she was really beautiful, with her hair seeming to be glowing.

Shu Miao: ...

Soon the director was about to shoot the next take, and she saw Jixue raise his eyes, his expression changed, and he became the somewhat weak Xiahou Jin again.

This Xiahou Jin was still looking up at her.