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<b>Showbiz* Sexy Queen (XIII)</b>
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After Mei Mu Lan had finished the task at hand, it was time for the crew to start filming.
When she arrived at the set, she met Ling Yi Yao in the dressing room, whom she had not seen for a long time. Because she was in a hurry to solve Bai Jieying’s matter these days, she did not have time to go back to her villa in Jiangnan Town to look for Ling Yi Yao, and when she saw her again this time, she was actually in a bit of a trance, and thinking of the demented acts she was going to do, she immediately bear-hugged her.
She said with delight,
“It’s been a long time, I missed you, didn’t you miss me? Ah, no wonder I always feel that something is missing these days, so it is not absorbing your breath, O, instantly feel bad ……”
Ling Yi Yao listened silently to her exaggerated expressions, yet this time, instead of just tossing her aside as she had done in the past, she allowed her to hug her and then said,
“Have you had enough hugs?”
Seeing that Mei Mu Lan was a little dazed, she took the initiative and pushed her away, saying,
“We’re going to start shooting the first scene in a few minutes, so go to the dressing room now and get ready.”
With that, she turned and walked away.
Mei Mu Lan looked at her back in confusion, she always felt that there was something wrong with Ling Yi Yao today, or had she been abused too much and become a M, she was not used to it when people were slightly nicer to her?!
Tremble……
She was busy shaking off this frightening thought and went to the dressing room and changed into her costume. By the time she put on a red costume and walked out, she saw that, at this moment, Ling Yi Yao had already started filming.
At this moment, she was sitting in a furnished room, sitting upright in front of a mirror, letting a lovely, round-looking maid, brush her makeup,
“That is Ling Yi Yao’s hair, it’s my hair, none of you should touch it.”
But her sanity stopped her and she thought to herself: It’s over, demented people have become the norm, how can I be normal now?
The first shot of the first scene of the 《Love in a Fallen City》is of the Major’s wife, brushing her makeup in the mirror.
At this moment, Ling Yi Yao, who has become the wife of the Major in the center, is wearing a fitted and exquisite Republican costume, the maids are helping her to pull up her hair, she is sitting motionlessly on a stool, her face is delicate and numb, her eyes are hollow, the whole person looks beautiful, but just like a delicate doll, from her, no semblance of life and vitality can be seen.
As the most popular film queen in China, Ling Yi Yao’s acting skills, surely, go without saying.
She got into her stride well and performed the Major’s wife beautifully, acting very well, and after her it was time to change scenes and it was time for Mei Mu Lan, as the opera singer, to take the stage.
Mei Mu Lan went to another room that was set up, then started to pick up her ink brush and trace her make-up in the mirror.
She originally had the memory of the original owner’s own make-up for more than ten years, so she became very familiar with it and began to apply it to herself according to the make-up strokes of the Peking Opera.
In that moment, she thought of herself as that opera singer in the novel.
Both Mei Mu Lan and Ling Yi Yao’s acting is superb and each scene is shot through with no jams at all.
So it was soon time for the second act of the day’s filming, this time outdoors. The plot mentions that this is a grand birthday party, and as a warlord in the south-east, Xiao Shi Yan has three legitimate sons, the eldest, the second and the fourth, all born to his main wife.
This was a sign of respect for a lady in such a large family, and many of the ladies envied the lady of the Xiao Sheng Banquet because she was respected by her husband, who gave him three sons, and at the same time, her three sons, all of whom were competitive, had now entered the army and enjoyed high official positions.
But, in fact, in addition to his three sons, Xiao Shi Yan also had a dozen sons with seven beautiful concubines. Every year, when he returned from war, he would bring home a few beautiful concubines, which were then secretly disposed of by his main wife, if they did not look good, to maintain the balance of numbers in the house.
And the thing, to outsiders, is that this warlord’s wife, with her tact and scheming, is a model for everyone.
And, this time, it was his eldest son’s wife’s birthday party.
The warlord Xiao Da Shao, the strongest and best looking, has inherited the trait of Xiao’s father, that is, he is good at beauty and cannot walk away when he sees a beautiful woman.
Fortunately, this current lady of his was not of low status, so although he did not see eye to eye with her, the respect that should be given was still given.
So, on his wife’s birthday, Young Master Xiao invited guests and opened a grand birthday party.
And it was at such a grand banquet that the Second Young Lady, one of the female leads of this story, first met one of the other female leads, the opera singer of the troupe.
For this shoot, Miss S. had the whim to replace the names of the characters in the novel with pseudonyms for the actors’ names, because in the novel, there are basically only codenames like “Lady” and “Opera Singer”, with the madam’s name mentioned once and the opera singer’s, from the beginning to the end, was never mentioned by name.
And so, Miss S, set the lady, named Ling Yao; and the opera singer, named Mei Lan.
At this birthday banquet held in the morning, Ling Yao sat beside the Eldest Young Lady and watched a woman in red on the stage, who was performing a play by Ying Ying, her singing voice was melodious, her body was dancing, her movements were inexpressibly beautiful and moving.
Ling Yao is a person who likes literature and arts, she had also heard this play, and heard it many times, but this was the first time she saw such a good singer, she couldn’t help but look at it a few more times, and it was these few glances that made the First Young Lady see it, so she said,
“What is the reason why my sister is looking at this opera singer so much?”
Ling Yao and this young lady were not on good terms, and she did not know why this person was asking her such a question, but she still answered honestly,
“I’ve seen this play many times in Shu, but I’ve never seen it sung so well, it’s really a rare person, sister.”
The First Young Lady smiled, a look flickered in her eyes, as if she had not expected her concern to be so, and she said again,
“This is the pillar of the Lin Lang troupe, who has just come over from the North for a few days, but her reputation is very strong, and it is said that she has had as many as five guests.”
When the other ladies heard what was said over here, their hearts had long been filled with discontent with this opera singer, whom they had actually known for a long time, as their own husbands had spent much less time resting at home these days.
They had thought that their husbands were busy with military affairs, but at one point they felt something was wrong and asked the other underlings, only to learn that they had all run off to this new opera singer’s side.
The women were not angry, but their husbands were in the mood for it, so they could not persuade them directly, lest they hurt the relationship between them.
At this time, seeing that the Second Young Lady Xiao, who seldom spoke out, had spoken up, and that she had the highest origin among all the ladies, they all looked at each other for a few moments, intending to put the matter on this lady and let her take the blame.
So, these ladies changed their posture from today’s idle talk and began to chatter and sing about this woman’s evil deeds, their words were so unpleasantly tight that Ling Yao’s brow furrowed as she listened to their words.
Seeing her like this, the young lady thought her words had worked and smiled at the maid beside her, saying,
“Go and summon the opera singer who has just stepped down.”
The tone, disdainful and malicious, was like ordering a dog around.
Ling Yao was not clear about these ladies’ intentions at the moment. She had just frowned because their words were too unpleasant for her, a woman who had been educated as a traditional woman since childhood, to bear.
She watched in a daze as these ladies sang and sang, then called for the opera singer.
Ling Yao looked at the woman who had taken off her makeup, and in keeping with the posture of a woman of the family, she didn’t look at her face in depth and carefully, but only stared at her body seriously, thinking that this woman had a really good figure, and that a casual stand here made the heart feel tingly.
She was dumbfounded, while the other ladies, who had intended to watch the show, were not so happy.
How come Ling Yao is still on the outside looking in when all the people are there and the audience is here?
The eldest young lady still knows a few things about this sister-in-law; to put it bluntly, she is sour and has a bad brain.
Seeing that there was no point in standing around like this, she instructed Mei Lan,
“Raise your head.”
Mei Lan’s body trembled at the words, and she looked up softly, with a look of fear and dread in her eyes, and although that face was certainly attractive, with such an expression, even the greatest interest was gone.
She was about to wave her hand to signal the person to stand down when Ling Yao spoke up. The ladies’ spirits were shaken and they thought: Here it comes, here it comes, the good show is about to start, so this Xiao Er Shao is not brain-damaged, but just rather slow to react now.
As soon as Ling Yao’s words hit the ground, Mei Lan’s body trembled and she carefully raised her head to look at her, mumbling her lips as she asked,
“Lady, you called me, what do you want.”
Seeing her tender face, Ling Yao couldn’t help but ask,
“I wonder how old you are now?”
Mei Lan lowered her eyebrows and eyes and whispered,
“I am a young woman of sixteen years of age.”
Ah, sixteen years old, how young, to be so well practiced in opera at such a young age is considered talented.
With this in mind, the Lady took off the turquoise bracelet on her wrist and handed it to the maid at her side, her chin gesturing to her, and looked at Mei Lan.
Her maid had been by her side for many years and had grown up together, so naturally the relationship was not ordinary, and after all these years as master and servant, there was a certain tacit understanding.
When the maid saw this look on her face, she smiled and answered in the affirmative, walked down the steps and bestowed the jade bracelet on Mei Lan, saying with a smile on her face,
“Here, this is our lady’s reward for you, take it.”
Mei Lan was puzzled, she was ready to be beaten, how could this lady not follow the usual rules, and gave her such a nice jade bracelet, it looked like it cost several thousand taels, enough to feed and drink for the rest of her life.
The other ladies, who had originally planned to watch a good show, almost fainted from anger at Ling Yao when they saw the situation.
The young lady’s face stiffened as she said with a fake smile,
“What does this mean, sister?”
Ling Yao smiled gently and said,
“This opera singer is a good performer, the best I’ve ever seen. She is a talented girl, she is so young and has achieved so much, her future success will not be underestimated.”
The Eldest Lady: “……”
All the ladies: “……”
Mei Lan: “……”
Mei Lan stepped backwards and backed away with a mocking smile on her face, it was a scene that she had faced many times in the years since she had become famous, but this time, it came as a big surprise to her, a wicked grin on her lips.
She thought: This lady is really interesting, the wife of the second young master Xiao, the golden master who throws money around, they are similar as a couple, they are not stingy in mixing, It was so …… irritating to watch, I wanted to take the warm expression on her face and break it to see how much more interesting it must be then.
“Cut,” the director shouted, and the second act of the day was over. The crowd breathed a sigh of relief, as it was still very difficult to shoot in such a hot day, and when they saw the interval, they immediately retreated to the side, drinking water and fanning themselves.
Mei Mu Lan walked to the dressing room. Because of her friendship with Miss S, she was assigned a separate dressing room by the crew, but after considering the filming expenses, this dressing room, at the same time, was occupied by Ling Yi Yao, who is the most famous.
In a nutshell: they both share the same dressing room.
When Mei Mu Lan entered the room, Ling Yi Yao was wearing a white loincloth, tilting her head back and drinking mineral water.
Perhaps it was because of the haste with which she drank, the mellow droplets of water fell down her neck and into her clothes.
Thus, in the dressing room, in addition to a sound of drinking water, there was another sound of swallowing.
Ling Yi Yao gave Mei Mu Lan a lazy, seductive look with her eyes half-opened.
When she saw Mei Mu Lan’s eyes glowing at her at this moment, she did not petrify herself as she had done before, but curled her lips into a light smile, and immediately after seeing this smile, as if she had received instructions, Mei Mu Lan pounced on her as soon as she could.
As a result, Ling Yiyao skillfully carried her in her hand and brought her down to stand by the corner.
Mei Mu Lan closed her eyes tightly, covered her chest with her hands and said,
“Come on, I knew this day would come sooner or later.”
As soon as she said that, she undid her top drawstring.
Ling Yi Yao: “……”
The pace stumbled, and it was true that she was still underestimated.