Shu Mei followed Yun Liuyu's gaze towards the set and saw several actresses who were filming the Imperial Garden play. They were all wearing heavy palace costumes, working diligently under the scorching sun, performing the open and secret struggles in the palace.
This scene was so familiar that Shu Mei felt dazed.
Shu Mei still remembers that she was also an actress during her lifetime. Like the supporting actress Meng Shu Mei, she grew up in a wealthy family. Her father was a professor at a prestigious university, her mother was a famous artist, and her parents had been in love since they got married, which allowed her to live in a comfortable and happy family environment since she was a child.
Her life in school is also rich and colorful. She is outgoing and likes to communicate with others, and she has many friends around her.
Under such circumstances, she went smoothly all the way to her senior year of high school. Although she had excellent results in the college entrance examination, she did not choose a well-known domestic university, but instead applied for the Beijing Film Academy, which her family and relatives did not think highly of. This was because she wanted to be an actor on impulse at the time and would not turn back until she hit the wall. Even though her father and mother told her a lot of dark secrets of the entertainment industry, she still did not change her ambition.
Life in university was not as simple as she had expected. She was not a natural actress so her acting skills were not outstanding, but her appearance was too bright, which made her vase-like temperament particularly prominent. Shu Mei worked in the entertainment industry without distraction for nearly six years before she achieved the position of Best Supporting Actress and honed her acting skills. It can be said that she has always been on a steady and solid path.
If she hadn't had an accident at her 25th birthday party, she would have gotten married and had children, but in the end she inexplicably lost her life, and her soul was extracted by the system, becoming a program with autonomous consciousness in a virtual space and time - the system host.
Shu Mei sighed in her heart. After traveling through nearly a hundred virtual time and space, her memories of her previous life should have been blurred, but this time she encountered a familiar background environment, which made her unconsciously recall the past.
Shu Mei shook his head and turned his attention to the heroine Yun Liuyu beside him.
Yun Liuyu was looking at the set lazily at this moment, her slender and graceful fingers slowly stroking one cheek, looking particularly relaxed and comfortable.
Shu Mei suddenly felt that the heroine in front of him was somewhat inconsistent with the image of the heroine described in the novel.
When she saw the heroine for the first time, she realized that something was wrong. Logically speaking, the heroine in the novel had always regarded Meng Shumei as a stepping stone to fame, so she was very caring and friendly to Meng Shumei on the set, just like a caring older sister.
However, Yun Liuyu in front of him seemed too cold and tough. The way he took the drink from his hand and handed over the milk tea, coupled with the fact that he ignored him at the moment, did not seem like he was trying to please the female supporting character.
Moreover, the heroine at this moment had just been reborn not long ago, and her fighting spirit and hostility should not be concealed. Why is the woman in front of him so... lazy? !
Shu Mei frowned. Could it be that he had misunderstood the heroine's personality, which led to this role illusion?
"Shu Mei, why are you staring at me?" A smooth female voice came over. Shu Mei looked into Yun Liuyu's lazy eyes, but for some reason his heart suddenly shuddered.
Shu Mei licked his lips and was about to say something when a man's voice suddenly interrupted him, saying in a flattering tone, "Shu Mei, it's time to film the rivalry between you and Yun Liuyu. Are you ready?"
Shu Mei knew that the reason why the director treated him so well was because he was one of the few people in the entire crew who knew the true identity of his body. As a subordinate of Tianyu Entertainment Company, he naturally had to serve his boss's sister well.
Shu Mei smiled and nodded, and said with a smile: "Director Zhang, I'm ready, Sister Yun, how about you?"
Yun Liuyu smiled gently and said, "I'm ready too, Director. Let's go on stage now."
"Okay," the director immediately arranged for people to take care of the set, and Shu Mei stood up and walked to the edge of the garden with Yun Liuyu. Several other palace maids and extras also followed. The two forces each occupied one side and got ready to start the performance.
Shu Mei was recalling this part of the plot in his mind. Shu Zhaorong, played by Shu Mei, and Concubine Zhuang, played by Yun Liuyu, met by chance in the Imperial Garden and started to mock and ridicule the fact that the female protagonist Liu Yinge had slept with him a few days ago.
Shu Mei quickly recited his lines silently, and when the director shouted "!", he quickly got into the state.
She walked over from the imperial garden, one hand slowly and gracefully placed on the blooming peonies in the garden. Although there was a smile on her face, her eyes and mouth revealed a melancholy emotion. After all, Shu Zhaorong was also the emperor's woman. Even though Liu Yinge was her best friend, after learning about the emperor's favor to her, she couldn't help feeling jealous and sad.
Shu Mei is not unfamiliar with this type of role, but considering that she is not playing Shu Zhaorong at the moment, but Meng Shu Mei who plays Shu Zhaorong, her expression has a bit of the sluggishness of a newcomer with poor acting skills, and her eyes are a little panicked. Meng Shu Mei is a new actor, and her acting skills are not that good. Such a performance is just on the passing line, which will neither make the director unable to tolerate it nor be too prominent to arouse suspicion.
Shu Mei picked the peony and crushed the delicate petals with her fingers. Her movements were filled with displeasure. Her personal maid carefully advised: "Miss, Concubine Liu entered the palace for a year before she was favored by the emperor. This matter was originally proposed by you, and it will be of great benefit to you. After all, Concubine Liu was originally from our Yurong Palace. If Concubine Liu has a high position, your position in the palace will be secure. As for His Majesty the Emperor, he is devoted to the country and has no perseverance in love. Madam also said that men's hearts are unreliable. As long as the Emperor is on our side, you and Madam will..."
The personal maid didn't finish her words, but her meaning was clear. Shu Mei nodded slightly and threw the peony flowers on the ground. When she was about to move forward, she saw Concubine Zhuang and others coming towards her.
Concubine Zhuang was one of the four concubines in the harem and had a high status. Because her family was extremely powerful, she was favored by the emperor as soon as she entered the palace and was named Concubine Zhuang.
And she was indeed beautiful. The makeup artist took Concubine Zhuang's personality into consideration and put on heavy colorful makeup for her, which made her look imposing, youthful and charming. She really looked like a favored concubine.
Shu Mei looked at Concubine Zhuang approaching, and her expression was stunned for a moment, as if she had forgotten her lines and didn't know what to do, so Concubine Zhuang spoke first: "Sister Shu, how come you have the leisure to come to the Imperial Garden to appreciate the flowers today? In such hot weather, aren't you afraid of getting your icy skin sunburned?"
Shu Mei immediately puffed up her lips, as if she had thought of something. She regained her composure, raised her chin proudly, and said, "Sister, you too, are still out in the sun at such an old age. You are already old and ugly. If you get darker, I'm afraid the emperor won't be willing to come to your bedroom to see you."
Concubine Zhuang raised her eyebrows upon hearing this, and looked like she was about to get angry, but then her eyes fell on the withered flowers at Shu Mei's feet and her fingers stained red by the flower juice. She chuckled triumphantly, and her ostentatious attitude was extremely annoying. Shu Mei tried to hold back, but finally couldn't stand it anymore and roared: "What are you laughing at? What's so funny?"
Concubine Zhuang raised her eyebrows, instantly becoming charming and said proudly, "I am laughing at you. You are the funniest person I have ever seen in the harem!"
Shu Mei was so angry that he didn't rush out to beat her. Concubine Zhuang saw her anger and instead of retreating, she advanced, raised her chin and said, "Which woman in the harem doesn't want to monopolize the emperor's favor? Only you would repeatedly arrange your sleeping time for that bitch Liu Yinge. Do you think it would be so easy for her, a concubine's daughter, to defeat a dozen women from the Liu family and get the chance to enter the palace? Can such a woman be a naive and kind person? You have been a matchmaker for her in vain. In the end, don't be like the farmer in the story of the farmer and the snake, who died without knowing how. Ridiculous! Too ridiculous!"
Shu Mei's face flushed with anger, and she was speechless for a long time. But after she finished speaking, Concubine Zhuang turned around and looked at her with contempt, saying, "Cousin Shu, I look down on you. You are not worthy of competing with me!"
After saying that, she left with the palace maids, while Shu Mei yelled in anger and stomped her feet to crush the peony flowers. The camera focused on the petals mixed with mud, and then the director shouted "Cut".
Shu Mei came out of the play, still pouting in displeasure. The sun was glaring in the hot weather, and just this one scene had made her sweat all over. Fortunately, the supporting actress Meng Shu Mei didn't have many scenes in this play, so she only needed to shoot two more scenes and today's task would be completed.
Thinking of this, Shu Mei went to the dressing room to change her clothes. What followed were the scenes with the male lead, the emperor. She quickly finished her part. Her performance was just passable and her acting was a little stiff. Fortunately, she had a relatively outstanding face and the director did not want to make things difficult for her, so after filming, she changed her clothes and returned to the hotel where the actors were resting.
In order to conceal her identity, Shu Mei had been staying in an ordinary guest room. She took out the room card from her bag, swiped it and walked in. After closing the door, she took off her high heels and walked to the bathroom barefoot, while quickly taking off her clothes.
She had been sweating all over today, and when the warm water flowed over her body, it instantly soothed her whole body. She slowly applied shower gel on her body, observing this new body at the same time.
The supporting actress Meng Shumei is only eighteen years old this year, so her figure still has the immaturity of a girl. Fortunately, her height of 1.65 meters has reached the standard in Shumei's mind. However, this is also because of the increase in the points of her system host, which makes the body she traveled through barely meet her expectations. After all, when she first entered the virtual space-time mission, because the points for each project were very low, the body she possessed was either weak and sickly or disabled and ugly, which brought considerable difficulty to her mission.
If it weren't for the simplicity of the task, she would have been destroyed by the main system long ago.
Shu Mei finished her shower leisurely, picked up the clean bathrobe hanging on the wall and put it on, then casually put her still wet long hair behind her head.
She took out her cell phone from her bag, called the hotel room to order a meal, and then lay down on the bed with her eyes closed to rest. However, the fatigue brought by the time travel surged up in such an environment, and soon she squinted her eyes sleepily.
Just when she was about to fall asleep, the cell phone beside her suddenly rang with a pleasant tone.
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