"You vile woman! How dare you covet the Empress's position?"
"Slap—" In the back garden, Emperor Jingyuan's crisp palm landed squarely on General Yang Zhi's face.
Yang Zhi, who was kneeling on his right knee with his fists clasped, didn't utter a sound. He spat out a mouthful of blood and shakily straightened up.
Before him stood Yang Zhi, clad in black armor and draped in a bright red cloak, his cheeks flushed even more intensely.
The back garden was unusually lively today, with ministers allowed to gather there and concubines laughing and joking nearby.
The day the Emperor was supposed to personally send off General Yang Zhi as he led his troops to attack Liao was instead turned into a spectacle.
"Why aren't you going to attack Liao at once? If you fail this time, bring me your head!" Emperor Jingyuan left with his hands behind his back, his right hand, hidden under his sleeve, trembling uncontrollably, almost exposed to everyone.
He had to endure it. No matter how much he felt sorry for Yang Zhi, he had to endure it, because the Empress Dowager's people were still watching.
For Yang Zhi's safety, he had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure and stage the scene of slapping Yang Zhi.
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"Take a look. This is a slapping scene that the screenwriter added based on the plot. Do you think there's anything wrong with it?" The night before filming resumed, Zheng Linzhou sent Lin Yang a newly revised excerpt from the script.
"That's great, Director Zheng. Is this the first scene you've arranged for when filming resumes tomorrow?" Lin Yang said politely, holding her phone in one hand while applying an ice pack to her neck with the other.
After resting for two days, the red spots on her neck had almost disappeared.
"Yes, we'll be filming this scene as our first scene tomorrow."
"Thank you, Director Zheng, hehe." Lin Yang was pleased and watched the scene several times, quite satisfied.
Excellent, excellent, the revisions are truly outstanding. It was well worth the 300,000 yuan she spent from her secret stash to bribe the screenwriter.
If Xu Chengzhi had filmed the scene as she requested, it would have been incredibly successful, perfectly portraying him as a scumbag who beat up the female lead.
He's a scumbag both on and off screen; Xu Chengzhi is definitely playing himself.
Zheng Linzhou: "Don't thank me, thank the screenwriter. I casually mentioned adding a scene before, and she immediately refused, saying that adding such a romantic scene was impossible. But today, out of the blue, she sent me the revised script. Isn't that strange?"
"Ah, that's quite strange." Lin Yang tried hard to suppress the corners of her mouth from turning up, and her words of agreement were very emotional.
Just kidding, the script was able to be revised because she used her own savings to bribe the screenwriter yesterday.
It would be truly strange if she could find it odd.
"Oh, by the way, whether this film can be shot smoothly depends on Xu Chengzhi. I just sent him the revised script, but there's been no response. I don't know if he didn't see it or if he doesn't want to act in it," Zheng Linzhou reminded Lin Yang.
There's only a 50/50 chance of this happening, so Lin Yang dealt with the screenwriter's side first.
The most difficult problem to solve is Xu Chengzhi's side.
But who cares? Even if it's just a staged moment, I have to make sure this slap incident is real in order to complete the task and earn points.
"Okay, thank you, Director Zheng. I won't let you down in tomorrow's film."
After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Yang hung up the phone with Zheng Linzhou.
She opened her contacts, found a number, and dialed it immediately. "Remember to take pictures of us from every angle tomorrow. It has to be the headline for me and him."
Everything is ready now, except for the final push.
This time, she won't be soft-hearted towards that scumbag again!
She wasn't even interested in his body!
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