"Disciple greets Master." Zhixi knelt down and accepted the sword bestowed upon her by Master Yunqing.
"Get up."
"yes."
She stepped aside, standing on either side of Master Yunqing with Zhiheng, facing the elders and numerous disciples of His Highness.
Master Yunqing spoke: "Three days ago, the task of mending the heavens was completed, and all living beings were saved, which is truly a great blessing. However, my disciple Zhilian did not survive. Before we set off that day, she mentioned that she hoped I could take her disciple Zhixi as my personal disciple. Now I am fulfilling my promise. Does anyone here have any objections?"
"We disciples have no objection."
"If that's the case, then each of us should perform our duties."
"yes."
The crowd dispersed, leaving only Zhixi and Zhiheng in the hall.
Zhixi, sword in hand, suddenly knelt down.
"Master! Please hear what your disciple has to say." Her cheeks were still wet with tears, and her face was as pale as paper. There was no trace of the joy of being accepted as a personal disciple by the sect leader.
"you say."
"Before Zhilian left, she told her disciple to make sure to tell her master not to drink too much alcohol." As soon as she said this, even Zhiheng knelt down. He knew what she meant. His junior sister had been prepared to die from the very beginning.
"Your master... understands." Master Yunqing swayed, as if he were about to lose his balance: "You may all step back."
In the end, only Yun Qing remained in the main hall. He stood quietly in place for a long time before flying to the deserted courtyard.
The peach tree in the courtyard, which had been withered just a few days ago, has now come back to life. He took a small hoe and dug in the soil next to the tree for a while before taking out the jar of peach blossom wine.
"Master!" He turned around, still holding the wine jar, and saw that nimble figure approaching. Her voice, though tinged with a hint of playful anger, called out to him: "You've been secretly drinking again!"
He froze, releasing his grip on the jar, which shattered on the ground. The aroma of wine filled the air, and the figure appeared before him: "No more drinking!" She reached out to snatch the jar, but it was nowhere to be found in her empty hands.
When Master Yunqing looked again, there was no trace of that figure left.
"Okay, cut!" At the director's command, everyone gathered around Ye Chu.
Congratulations on wrapping up filming!
Congratulations on wrapping up filming!
Congratulations on wrapping up filming!
"..."
Ye Chu smiled and accepted the red envelopes they offered to calm her nerves; her role in the story ended there.
"Are you happy?" Changji asked, noticing her constant smile, as they drove to another film set.
"Yes!" Ye Chu nodded: "I think I did it, Zhi Lian."
"That's really good." Changji looked at her and encouraged her, "Yu Ji, keep up the good work."
Yes, it will!
Seeing her confidence, Changji added, "By the way, I haven't had a chance to show you the casting for 'Chu Han' yet." With that, she handed the materials to Ye Chu: "Take a look."
Ye Chu took it, and the first line that caught her eye was: Gu Yu as Xiang Yu.
"...Sister Ji?"
"Huh? You read that right. I didn't expect Gu Da Male God to actually participate. After all, the production quality of this drama is much worse than his previous ones."
Ye Chu glanced at her thoughtfully, then continued to look at the casting list. The actor playing Liu Bang was a veteran, as was the actor playing Empress Lü. Surprisingly, Ye Chu was the youngest among the cast.
That makes sense, given the combined forces of Chu and Han; that's how it should be arranged.
"Scared?" Changji raised an eyebrow, joking.
"I'm not afraid." Ye Chu looked at the names on the file and repeated, "I'm not afraid!"
Although they are veteran actors, they are not the kind of vicious monsters who would devour people; they are all very good seniors. Ye Chu sat next to Gu Yu, unable to get a word in edgewise during their conversation. Fortunately, Gu Yu was there, so she wasn't too uneasy.
She quietly asked Gu Yu while the seniors were catching up, "Actor Gu, what brings you here too?"
Gu Yu turned her head and said, "I haven't tried the Chu-Han theme before, and the director personally approached me, so I'll naturally give him face. I think the script is also well written."
The script was alright, but it was still a bit worse than the scripts Gu Yu had encountered before. She hadn't expected that this person was so easily swayed by emotions.
"What are those two young people whispering about behind our backs?" the actress playing Empress Lü asked jokingly, noticing the two of them.
Caught whispering, Ye Chu blushed with embarrassment. Gu Yu, however, replied casually, "Isn't this just to build up our relationship first? After all, we'll be together every day later."
The other actors nodded: "It's good to build rapport, it'll make it easier to get into character."
They managed to get away with it just like that.
While "Chu Han" is said to be a historical adaptation, the overall historical plot remains unchanged; it simply freely depicts some unrecorded content in certain details.
For example, in history, Yu Ji was said to have the surname Yu, but no one knew her given name. However, in the drama, her surname was Yu and her given name was Xi, which is the same as Xi.
The drama added a story about Yu Xi and Xiang Yu's first meeting. It was written that Xiang Yu met Yu Xi when he passed through a village. At that time, Yu Xi's only relative, her father, had passed away.
Xiang Yu rode his horse through this place and let his horse drink water by the river. He saw Yu Xi kneeling on the ground, crying as he painstakingly carved words on a wooden sign with a knife.
Xiang Yu saw her beautiful face from afar, and seeing such a beauty shedding tears, he felt a pang of pity.
He helped Yu Xi bury her father and told her that if she had nowhere to go, she could come with him. Yu Xi, who was all alone, was very grateful for Xiang Yu's help. Seeing his extraordinary demeanor, she inquired and learned that he was the grandson of the legendary General Xiang Yan of Chu, the great hero who broke the cauldrons and sank the boats at Julu and defeated the Qin army.
Yu Xi admired this legendary, heroic man and expressed her willingness to follow Xiang Yu. During the time she followed Xiang Yu, the beauty and the hero developed feelings for each other, and everything that followed was a natural progression.
Yu Xi was skilled in singing and dancing, but having followed Xiang Yu in battles for many years, she was too proud to be a burden to him. So, at her request, the scene of Xiang Yu teaching the beauty to dance with a sword under the moon came about.
Unfortunately, Xiang Yu's advisor, Fan Zeng, disliked her intensely. Fan Zeng believed that her presence would negatively impact Xiang Yu, so he naturally treated her poorly. Her existence also created a slight rift between Fan Zeng and Xiang Yu.
What followed was the four-year-long Chu-Han Contention, the most exciting phase of the entire drama. Yu Ji didn't have many scenes, but when she reappeared, it was the most classic scene in history—Farewell My Concubine.
Xiang Yu retreated to Gaixia, where he had few soldiers and insufficient supplies. He was also surrounded by Liu Bang's hundreds of thousands of troops. In his tent, he lamented, "My strength could uproot mountains, my spirit could cover the world, but the times are against me, and my steed will not go. My steed will not go, what can I do? Yu, my Yu, what will become of you?"
Yu Ji rose from his side, drew the sword from his waist, and sang and danced with the sword for her King: "The Han army has conquered the land, and the songs of Chu are heard on all sides; Your Majesty's spirit is exhausted, what reason do I have to live?"
After singing, he committed suicide.
With this, Yu Ji's role ends. However, perhaps to emphasize and celebrate the love between the Hegemon-King and the beauty, the screenwriter added an extra line for Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu fled all the way to Wujiang, where he met the ferryman of Wujiang. The ferryman advised Xiang Yu to return to Jiangdong to make a comeback, but Xiang Yu refused, saying that he had no face to see the elders of Jiangdong.
Xiang Yu dismounted and fought on foot, killing several hundred Han soldiers in one go, but he himself was wounded in more than a dozen places. Then he drew his sword and committed suicide. At that time, he said, "I will go with the beauty."
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