Chapter 77
The new emperor Zhao Yinting originally had a stern face, but seeing the queen like this, he couldn't blame her anymore.
Coincidentally, this actor is the same actor who acted with Ji Xue in "Old Love Letters". He has been acting for several years, and 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, he saw his queen in such a state and still trying to preserve the overall situation. Guo Baomu deliberately cut a close-up to capture his complex expression changes at that moment.
When the queen, who looked embarrassed but still tried to remain dignified, finished arranging the banquet, Zhao Yinting felt relieved. He went up to her, held her hand, and asked, "Why did the queen 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 queen 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. In this chaos, the queen 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 Queen were not easy to get along with, but because most of them came from aristocratic families, he turned a blind eye to all the affairs in the harem shortly after he ascended the throne. Not long ago, he also married a few new people in order to maintain the relationship in the court. He also felt that this was also because the Queen was too gentle and could not control them.
But these people are becoming more and more excessive. Although he doesn't have many feelings for Xia Houjin, he can't help but feel sorry for her when he sees the current situation.
Especially since Xiahou Jin had always been so sensible and had never complained to him, nor did he pursue the matter. He just said that it was his own carelessness and advised him that the palace banquet was more important.
Even though she was still cold after falling into the water, she still dressed and dressed again, and forced herself to accompany 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 was not as smooth as the emperor had expected.
From the very beginning, some palace concubines took this opportunity to ridicule the queen. Even though the queen tolerated it, there were still ministers at the banquet who spoke rudely and showed no respect at all. After the banquet, Zhao Yinting didn't show any expression, but when he returned to the palace, he couldn't help but get furious.
At this time, Xiahou Jin was with him.
She came down from the banquet. Although she had taken the medicine, she 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 her at first, and Zhao Yinting slowly calmed down and started to express his concern for her.
The accumulated snow is not so close to Xiahou Jin in the original novel. Xiahou Jin in the original novel is just pretty, 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 when 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 and cannot help Your Majesty, and I have to make Your Majesty worry about me."
As the queen, 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 cold to the touch. Her words made him feel even more distressed.
"I know that Your Majesty has had a harder time than I do," Xiahou Jin said, "but Your Majesty, the overall situation is more important. These are all minor matters at the moment and will be dealt with later."
Zhao Yinting nodded, and then looked at her carefully.
Among the many concubines, Xiahou Jin was the first to enter the Eastern 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 endured 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 prince and now the emperor, he has suffered a lot of grievances along the way.
In the past, it was believed that her only advantage was her dignified and virtuous character, and her personality was somewhat similar to the white moonlight in Zhao Yinting's heart, but 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 previous dynasty were easy to get along with, except her, who seemed to have never changed.
But Xiahou Jinsheng's advantage 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 and wealth, but became more low-key. This kind of 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, "Ajin, don't worry, I will definitely treat you well."
When the two of them hugged, he didn't see Xiahou Jin's expression at the moment.
Her eyes moved, and at first she seemed a little bit unbelievable, then she smiled, as if she was waiting for her prey to be put into a cage, 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, there would be constant attacks.
If you don't fight back, there will be no trace of your body left.
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 a queen was the best sword.
According to the setting, Xiahou Jin likes Zhao Yinting very much. He has always liked 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 fell ill due to catching a 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 at this time, but went alone.
This seemed to begin to show everyone that the queen was different in his mind, and Xiahou Jin finally had some foothold in the palace.
Su Ning watched the scene behind the monitor.
Ji Xue’s face is so beautiful. “Old Love Letters” didn’t really showcase her acting skills, and she became famous mostly because of her face.
But Xiahou Jin is a person with a lot of inner drama. Sometimes she doesn't even have any lines, and she needs to rely on her actions and subtle expressions to show what she is thinking.
He knew why Ji Xue chose this role. Zhen Yue's character was more straightforward. She pointed out many things directly. There was relatively little inner drama, which was far less complicated than Xia Hou Jin's performance. The only flaw was this 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 Jixue in her heart. Moreover, when she first joined the group, she really didn't think clearly about why Jixue 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-brained crush on the emperor. Nowadays, the love-brained character is the most annoying. Maybe she has many skills in palace fighting and has some highlights, but she has neither Zhao Zhenyue's lofty ideals for the country and the people, nor Luo Suyan's step-by-step planning towards holding 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. She also killed the offspring of other concubines with cruel actions.
No matter how hard he tried to act, the character's personality was not right, and his focus in the play was relatively low, so he was trapped in his own web, and the ending was also very tragic.
Shu Miao glanced at Su Ning again.
This Mr. Su really didn't change the script and just let Ji Xue act like this. It seems that he doesn't treat his artists that well.
But Shu Miao didn't have time to think about it at this time, because the next scene would be her rivalry with Ji Xue.
The queen is seriously ill after falling into the water and can't even go to the ceremony. The heroine will 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, too early, and the child in her belly had not yet been born. At that time, she could not compete with the prince Zhao Yinting who took advantage of the opportunity. But fortunately, the 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 picked Xiahou Jin as the Empress of the Central Palace, who was much easier to control than the others. The Xiahou family also had a distant relationship with the Luo family. Luo Suyan had often protected her before, and the two of them had a deep friendship. However, the heroine was about to give birth, and there were always omissions. So as the Empress Dowager, she planned to thoroughly investigate the matter, which was considered 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 incident to be fully investigated. Everyone knelt in the yard. She stood there with a sharp look in her eyes. When she heard someone was still trying to argue, she said, "How dare you lie!"
But she shot 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 part isn't very good," Guo Baomu said, "Come 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 graduate of a professional school and has a noble face. The drama that made her famous was the one in which she played a domineering and straightforward rich lady. Her performance was vivid and lovely.
But after watching the footage from the surveillance camera, she realized that Director Guo was right. She was supposed to be the one in control of the whole place, but her performance did not look that way.
She went back and performed a few more shows, but her emotions were still not right. She tried to lift them up, but failed.
The heroine Ye Qiuxin had acted in a scene like this before, and she had also watched it on the side and was deeply shocked by it. The first step for a young actor is to imitate, and she was imitating the leading actress, but it was not right, no matter how hard she tried, it was not 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 snow was right next to this scene.
When Ji Xue was acting before, Director Guo wouldn't have so many problems. Even Ye Qiuxin liked her, and Chu Zhen gave 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 with her to begin with, and now I was about to embarrass myself in front of her!
She was a little panicked, but after trying several times, it still didn't work. There was no way to polish the shots over and over again when shooting a TV series, and time was limited. Guo Baomu looked at the sky and thought that if nothing worked, he would just pick the best one from the previous ones.
This is not really a highlight. TV dramas are like this. If it doesn't work, you can just cut some of it out and just briefly mention this part.
But Shu Miao didn't want to, and tried hard to get another take from the director to ensure that she wouldn't waste everyone's time. But when she went back to adjust her state, she heard Ji Xue say, "Change your approach. I don't think Zhen Yue is necessarily angry at this time."
And you don't have to be angry to show overwhelming momentum, you can restrain your performance in this part.
The model Ye Qiuxin is so beautiful that even the accumulated snow cannot imitate her. Her aura cannot be accumulated in a short time.
"Try to understand Zhenyue's state of mind. She has seen so much, how could she still be angry?" Jixue said, "You are impatient in this situation, even commonplace, so watching their self-righteous arguments is just a poor performance in front of you."
Princess Zhenyue knew everything.
This is a form of cognitive suppression.
"Well, don't stand," Jixue said, "sit down and act. Find an armchair."
Shu Miao was not tall enough to begin with, and standing would make the view even more awkward, 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.
A bystander can see things more clearly, and she has thought about the role of Zhao Zhenyue.
After hearing this, Shu Miao understood.
She immediately sat down on the chair, and her whole body calmed down. She looked around and no longer used 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 power, but waited quietly for them to finish speaking, and even smiled before throwing the evidence in front of her.
Those people were trembling, she just sighed, turned to Xia Houjin, and said: "Imperial sister-in-law, I think I have found out everything."
Shu Miao had her own feelings without Guo Baomu saying anything, and this time it was much better.
She passed.
Shu Miao breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help but turn around to look at the snow.
She is right.
And she actually reminded herself!
After this shot, the extras needed to make adjustments and the next shot was not shot immediately.
Jixue saw her looking over and said, "Why are you looking at me? It's all for the good of the show. I have no problem with you."
She sat there, blinking her eyes, looking 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 shot, and she saw Jixue raise his eyes and his expression changed, becoming the somewhat weak Xiahou Jin again.
This Xiahou Jin was still looking up at her.
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