I Want to be Alone, Beautifully

Director Zhen added an additional question to the audition for the role of "Concubine Rong".

Compared with the usual requirement of only trying one of the clips and shots, he also temporarily added a free play part, allowing the actors to perform the part that was not written in the script after performing the previous clip.

In the story, Concubine Rong's full name is Rong Qing, and the Rong family has been in business for generations, and in Rong Qing's generation, her elder brother was even recruited as an imperial merchant, and even Yan Guo's three-year-old Xiaoer knew that the Rong family was rich.

She and Empress Qi Yunshang entered the palace in the same year.

The four generations of loyal officials of the Qi family, whose ancestors ruled the world with the Tai-zu, were named generals of the country, and later generations were stationed in the wild north of the desert, guarding the gate of the country for Dayan, and holding the military power in the northwest, which can be regarded as power.

At that time, the new emperor ascended the throne. In order to gain the support of his courtiers, he opened up the harem widely. Regardless of the civil and military aristocratic families, all daughters were sent to the palace. Among them, Empress Qi and Concubine Rong were the two most honored.

Since Qi Yunshang and Rong Qing entered the palace, within three months, everyone in the harem knew that the queen was weak, with a gentle and kind temper. She Changle Palace is happy.

In contrast, Rong Qing's domineering—

Because the imperial concubine was not canonized during the pilgrimage, in this harem, Rong Qing was regarded as inferior to Qi Yunshang and above the concubines of the other six palaces. Even because the empress was weak, she was often unable to handle the affairs of the harem, so she got it from the emperor. The decree is to act as the palm of the Phoenix seal.

All the concubines in the harem have seen Rong Qing's surly behavior. The empress is in poor health, so the concubine's greetings were changed to once every half-ten days. The nodding was perfunctory, even for the queen, but for other low-ranking concubines, he was even more arrogant.

If something doesn't go her way, the maids around her will step forward and bully you in a pretentious manner. If she finds out that you are pregnant, this vicious woman is even worse. She can use thousands of methods to make your stomach lose its movement.

In the harem, even the sweepers of the cold palace know Concubine Rong's notorious reputation, and even the queen can't do anything about her, so whenever the queen is ill, everyone is in danger, for fear that when the queen leaves, this demon girl will rise to the sky in one step, and from then on Yan There is no peace in the harem.

In front of people, Qi Yunshang and Rong Qingguang are standing together, they are incompatible scenery.

But few people in this palace know——

After being married, the two of them did all the lingering things.

……

The scene where Xu Jiao was going to audition today took place outside the imperial garden.

At that time, the spring was just right, and the spring was in harmony. The sun shone on the sparkling lake in front of it, and the ripples made people feel very comfortable. In the lake, red and black koi swayed and swam leisurely.

But the atmosphere on the bank was not so pleasant, because Concubine Rong was about to kill a palace official.

Halfway through the execution, the eunuch's shrill voice suddenly came from behind: "The empress is here—"

When Rong Qing heard the announcement, she was helped by the maid beside her, and immediately turned her head to look.

The script stops here.

The rest is for the auditioners to figure out and play. Director Zhen asked them to continue this part of the plot and act freely for 5 minutes.

There are quite a few people who compete with Xu Jiao for this role. There is a third-tier floret recently promoted by Xia Tian Entertainment. Her facial features fit the character of Rong Qing very well. Her lips are thin and cold, her eyebrows are slender, and she has a kind of mean acting. The natural temperament of an arrogant villain.

In addition, there is an actor with a professional background. After all, the hero and heroine of the drama "Willow on the Palace Wall" are all first-line celebrities, and many of the characters are veteran actors. Even Feng Qingyu is just an important supporting role in this drama. , coupled with the fact that this show has invested a lot, and Xia Tian Entertainment is the best at publicizing——

With Director Zhen's reputation at the top, even if it wasn't a big hit, the results should not be too bad, so the actors naturally sharpened their heads and wanted to join this crew.

In addition, there are several vase-related households like Xu Jiao, and the financial masters behind them are not small, including Xiao Qinger, the director of Summer Entertainment, and their friends who are directors of the crew.

Zhen Tiao has his own set of standards when it comes to selecting candidates. He never cares about the people around him not shying away from relatives. No matter who comes to audition for his role, he welcomes it very much. He is willing to give it to him. Who is selected and who loses is not a matter of relationship.

There were five people in total, and Xu Jiao was ranked last.

As we all know, the people who are drawn at the beginning and the end of the lottery are generally not lucky. The first one has no reference to the results of the predecessors. No one knows whether the performance is good or not. If you play well, there are very few mediocre ones in front of you, and no one will remember them.

And the last one...

If she can't show her strength in the finale, the directors who have watched many performances will definitely feel tired, and they may even give her a big cross in their hearts before she finishes the performance.

That means, she has to be more special than everyone else.

Thinking of this, Xu Jiao sat quietly in the corner of the waiting room, slowly closed her eyes, and it seemed that the sunlight in the clip appeared in front of her eyes, covering her eyelids warmly.

The relatives who were holding the script and racking their brains for a while to think about how to perform for a while looked back at her, and there was a different kind of envy and admiration in their eyes——

Is this going to be a formality and give up the treatment?

……

"Please wait for the notification from the crew."

The assistant next to Shangguan Yan had a temporary part-time job. After arranging the numbers for the actors outside, he thoughtfully sent them off one by one, and politely welcomed the next one in. The little eunuch said "the queen is here".

The first few were all related households. After watching their performance, Zhen Tiao gripped the script tightly and clenched the paper. He frowned, as if he was about to say something straight, and glanced to the side. Shangguan Yan held back again.

After holding back for a while, he suddenly turned around and asked Feng Qingyu next to him:

"What do you think of the three performances just now?"

Feng Qingyu knew that he didn't want to offend people by saying too nasty words. After all, Feng Qingyu had worked with him before and knew how poisonous his tongue was when he was filming. Now she thought about it for a while and expressed her evaluation in a compromise:

"The body movements of the first one are a bit too much, which makes people feel a little exaggerated, and it is easy for people to lose the focus of her performance in front of the camera."

"The second one went a little too far in the free play part. The relationship between Rong Qing and the queen is a forbidden love that is not allowed to be discovered, but she keeps her eyes on the queen, for fear that people will not see her. mind."

"The third one is quite satisfactory," Feng Qingyu paused at this point. This is someone from Shangguanyan's company. She recalled the acting skills of that one just now, and said a little more:

"The expressions and performances are very good. After the empress came, they also maintained the conflict between the two of them in front of people. The empress has a gentle personality. She definitely couldn't bear to watch the palace maid get killed in front of her. No matter how good the empress's personality is, She has always been No.1 in this harem, and the noble concubine Suo Rong will definitely not be able to kill this court lady again, so it is reasonable for her to let go of the situation."

Hearing this, Shangguan Yan didn't show any emotion on his face, but there was a bit of satisfaction in his eyes.

In his opinion, Xiaohua's biggest competitor in his company should be the fourth professional actor to come in, and the role of Concubine Rong should be settled between these two.

as predicted--

After the fourth person came in, he greeted Director Zhen and the others. As soon as they entered the scene, people could feel the difference. Feng Qingyu could even guess based on her expression and position where the camera lens in her imagination was. where.

This actor should have quite a lot of experience in costume dramas. Just by raising her hands to the side and standing there, people can tell at a glance that she is in a high position, and she is clearly wearing modern attire. People think of her appearance in brocade clothes.

Suddenly, she raised her hand and gently pressed her forehead, and said to the empty place beside her:

"Gag her mouth."

The tone was unhurried, with a different kind of attention. Director Zhen relaxed his brows a little and leaned back in the chair. Obviously, this met the passing requirements for Rong Qing in his mind.

This person is proud and stern, and if she dies with the stick, it should be silent, because those lowly maids are not worthy to dirty her ears with the wailing of death.

At this moment, the assistant seized the time and called out at the right time: "The queen is here—"

The person in the play looked back, raised his hand suddenly, stopped the execution of the palace servants around him, and raised his eyebrows, making it difficult for anyone to find any clues. He turned around and looked where he came from, smiling. He nodded slightly, only said:

"I have seen the queen empress, my empress is blessed and safe."

"What kind of wind is blowing in this imperial garden today, so that you are expected to come here?"

Her play easily put people into the environment of that ancient costume, no matter Feng Qingyu, Shangguan Yan or Zhen Yu, all three looked very serious for a while.

When the "Rong Qing" in front of her followed the queen's wishes, she reluctantly waved away the palace attendants. The performance was almost at the end of the performance. Just when Feng Qingyu and the others thought it was about to end, suddenly——

"Rong Qing" in front of her changed her expression, all the arrogance in her expression was gone, she smiled sweetly and called out to the person next to her:

"elder sister."

She said: "Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday is approaching. Everyone in this palace is going to Yanxi Palace to join in the fun. I will be very careful when I come here today, so I won't be found out. Don't worry."

At this moment, Director Zhen clasped his hands together, clapped his hands gently, and announced, "Stop."

The actor smiled at several people, Shangguan Yan's assistant came up in time, and handed her a bottle of mineral water, Director Zhen smiled and said: "Thank you for coming to my audition, we still need to discuss the specific result I'll let you know soon."

"I know, thank you Director Zhen for giving me this opportunity, and thank you President Yan and Sister Yu."

Because Feng Qingyu was also popular in ancient costume dramas before, and because of her clean and pure temperament, she was called "Jade Girl". It also reminds people of her previous roles.

After the actor left, Director Zhen rubbed his chin, this time to ask Shangguan Yan next to him: "What do you think of the scene she added just now?"

Shangguan Yan pretended to be very casual and said: "I'm not an expert, just watch the fun, I feel that she should have a lot of experience in costume dramas, and she can bring people into the scene at once, but I feel that the turning point in the back is a bit Suddenly, is she trying to show both sides of this character in one scene?"

"It is to reflect the tit-for-tat confrontation between her and the queen in front of people, and the unique look of a lover in front of the queen. Such a contrast can make the image of this character more three-dimensional, right?"

Zhen Tiao let out a "huh". Obviously, he also knew what he wanted to express in the performance just now. In the absence of an opponent to play, this person's performance is already sufficient, no more, no less, and after all, there is no After reading the script, this is not a story adapted from a novel, and there is no original work to refer to, so the free play will inevitably be limited.

Shangguan Yan stopped talking when he heard his utterance, looked at his expression, and smiled immediately: "They said before that you were picky in your selection, I still didn't believe it, but now it seems to be true—"

"I remember that there are not many plots between Rong Qing and the queen. The label should be regarded as a 'vicious female supporting role'. Why do you have such high requirements for this role? I heard that you have rejected a lot of auditions before." , this is the second batch, what kind of concubine Rong do you want?"

Hearing him making fun of himself like this, Zhen Yu couldn't describe the feeling he wanted in words, so he turned his head and brought the topic to Feng Qingyu: "Of course I want a Concubine Rong who is the best match for our queen. .”

Before Feng Qingyu and Shangguan Yan could understand anything from his words, Director Zhen had already raised his head to look in the direction of the door again. Shangguan Yan's assistant saw his eyes and led Xu Jiao who was waiting at the door in time. .

Feng Qingyu brought her here today. On the way, she briefly mentioned the people who would come to the audition. Director Zhen came to be responsible for her own work, so the casting was all done by herself.

In addition, she also talked about the screenwriter, assistant director, etc., but she didn't expect to see Shangguan Yan today.

Thinking of what I promised Shi Weiya last night, seeing Xu Jiao now, Feng Qingyu was afraid that she would make a joke by admitting the wrong person, so she reminded her in time: "This is Director Zhen, you know, the chief director of "Willow on the Palace Wall". One is the producer and investor of the work, the president of Summer Entertainment, Shangguan Yan."

Xu Jiao accepted her favor, called the two of them politely, and said a few polite words.

Feng Qingyu hadn't seen her at work much before, and she hadn't been to the crew to watch her filming, so she didn't know how she got along with others on weekdays. She only occasionally saw content that Xu Jiao bought for herself on Hot Search. I clicked in and watched a few episodes of variety shows, and experienced her flamboyant performance.

now.

Seeing the well-behaved appearance of the person standing in front of her, she felt a little strange for a while, and her first reaction was:

How many masks does this person have that he has never seen before?

……

Xu Jiao's appearance when she entered the play pulled Feng Qingyu back from her distracted state.

She saw that Xu Jiao asked Director Zhen specifically, and wanted to move a toffee chair to the side. The assistant who had been working as the background board hurried over to help. The concubine chair is used as a palanquin, on which she lies gracefully.

Director Zhen seemed to have never seen someone who was so arrogant and particular, and a smile appeared in his eyes. He sat up straight from the back of the chair, and even leaned forward a little, as if he really wanted to know that Feng Qingyu was opened by Xu Jiao. What a small stove.

Xu Jiaozhen closed her eyes slightly as if on a spring outing, as if the palace maid who was killed by the staff in the scene did not exist at all.

After such a long time, Shangguanyan's assistant saw that she had nothing more to show, so he dutifully called out his tool lines: "The queen is here——"

The eyelashes of the person on the recliner trembled.

She slowly opened her eyes, and stretched out her hand subconsciously, as if a palace man beside her helped her in time, Xu Jiao sat up naturally, leaning on the chair with one hand, her eyes turned to the side and rear, Her eyes were slightly bent, as if the person bathed in the sunlight was too dazzling, making her unable to tell the truth from reality for a while.

Just when the corners of her lips were about to curl up, she seemed to suddenly realize what was going on, and the corners of her lips pressed down, Xu Jiao casually glanced to the side:

"Why did it stop?"

She said unhurriedly: "Before I give the order, anyone who dares to stop will be dealt with together with her."

Mingming's voice is gentle, but the words he speaks are terrifying at the same time. Even though Feng Qingyu and the director didn't see the specific scene that happened around her, they can guess from Xu Jiao's words that the palace people are now putting more effort into it. Beating people screaming again and again.

But the expression on Xu Jiao's face was still so calm.

Even the comfort has not faded.

With such a bright and positive expression, she reminds people of the invisible darkness and ruthlessness, the bones and skeleton hell hidden in the beautiful scene like flowers in a mirror and moon in water.

Xu Jiao's play hasn't stopped yet——

She didn't even get up from the reclining chair, and said softly and lazily to the direction of the assistant: "I pay my respects to the empress."

"As the empress saw, there are always some people in this palace who don't follow the rules. They don't make people worry at all. The empress is weak, so how can she always be disturbed by such trivial matters, so the concubine boldly made a proposal and gave the palace Some people are sober, some rules cannot be broken, such people who cheated on the emperor's personal guards and have impure minds, death is not enough to apologize."

She was the only voice in the scene, but everyone knew that she was talking to the queen at the moment, and she didn't mean to stop for a while.

Seeing her resolute expression, Zhen Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Are you planning to let this person go?

Are you really going to kill someone in front of the queen?

Feng Qingyu's expression is also a bit dignified, at this point in the play, Xu Jiao has completely reflected Rong Qing's arrogance and publicity to the fullest, if she really killed someone in front of the queen, it would be too much.

Because it doesn't talk about the rules of respect and inferiority.

at this time.

Xu Jiao's eyes suddenly froze, and the smile on her face stopped. She asked: "It seems that the empress is determined to be right with the concubine today? I don't know when this palace maid came from a lifetime of cultivation, but she actually It will make the queen look at her differently."

"Forget it, since the empress has ordered, we dare not disobey, so we all stop—"

"Your Majesty, since you have such leisure time to visit the Imperial Garden today, you must not let these pickled things dirty your eyes and spoil your interest. It's just... the concubine thinks that the sun is good here, and the scenery is beautiful." That's not bad, I think the empress will not take away people's love, let the concubine give up this good scene, and accompany you to visit the small garden?"

After finishing speaking, Xu Jiao stopped for a while.

Her gaze was a little faint, she stared at a place not far away without taking it back, as if she was watching the queen go away, maybe those restrained emotions were hidden too deep in her eyes, coupled with her expressionless face at the moment, only It will make people think that she is looking at her own mortal enemy.

At this time, Director Zhen took out his phone and looked at the time, and found that the countdown was only half a minute left.

Just when he raised his head, Xu Jiao in front of him laughed again, turned his face sideways, his eyes hadn't retracted from a distance, but his face was already slightly tilted to the position of the maidservant beside him, and whispered as if discussing:

"Since the queen doesn't like this person being executed with a stick—"

"I think the fish in this lake are not being fed every day, so they must be starving. Why don't you... I'm here to do a good deed today. What do you think?"

Feng Qingyu opened her eyes slightly.

Xu Jiao actually played a game of obedience and obedience!

She still wanted the palace maid to die, and changed to throwing herself into the lake, why?

Zhen Yu and Shangguan Yan were also aroused by this turn of events. Xu Jiao in the scene was helped up and looked at her feet when she stood up. sighed softly:

"It's a pity that my mandarin duck embroidered, the blue forged face I just put on today..."

Her shoes were stained with blood from the court lady.

Xu Jiao showed a bit of distaste, and was helped back to the palace by the people around her, and she stopped looking at the things behind her. After walking for some distance, she tilted her head, as if the palace people around her were asking her something.

"Why did you disobey the queen's will?"

She repeated the question, looked around casually, until she stepped into the threshold one after another, letting people know that she had returned to her Splendid Palace.

Xu Jiaozhong was half leaning on the floor again, her feet were lifted slightly, as if someone had taken off the shoes, and looking ahead, it was where Zhen Dao and the three of them were, she pursed her lips, the emotion in her eyes Bottomless, he said slowly:

"The guard is the person next to the emperor. He has always been close to protecting the emperor and never leaves him. Who knows whose seed is in the belly of the slave just now?"

"I'm not going to risk a cent," she said.

"In this palace, no one is allowed to sneak away until the queen hears the movement in her stomach. I want my sister's child to enter the East Palace in a legitimate way, and then become the most honorable lord of the country in this world. No one is allowed to pass by. Let's go to the humble."

"My sister is kind-hearted and doesn't want to make things difficult for others. Her hands are clean, so these things... I will do it."

"As long as I stay in this palace for a day, no one will be presumptuous."

……

Feng Qingyu met Xu Jiao's eyes.

Hearing her word for word, uttering those lines that were not in the script, they were obviously cruel words, but she could hear the deep love from them, almost persistent.

Between the lines, there is not a word of love, but it is full of affection, which is unforgettable enough.

It's easy to understand that Rong Qing is loving Empress Qi in her own way.

"Snapped--"

Director Zhen clapped his hands and pulled Feng Qingyu out of the scene. She heard Director Zhen say "stop", and felt her heart skip a beat.

The face of Shangguan Yan next to him turned dark inexplicably, but no one noticed it. Director Zhen was recalling Xu Jiao's performance, and Feng Qingyu...

She watched Xu Jiao come out of the play, bowed politely to thank them, and a strange thought came to her mind, "It would be great if I could play with her".

She wanted to act in such a play with Xu Jiao's Rong Qing as Qi Yunshang.

As soon as the idea came out, Feng Qingyu was stunned, she didn't have time to think about how Xu Jiao's acting skills had suddenly improved so far, and she was reminded by the eyes of Director Zhen beside her that she remembered that she should go.

She was only bringing Xu Jiao here for an audition today, but now that Xu Jiao's role is over, even if she wants to catch up with Zhen Tiao and Shangguan Yan, logically, she should go and give it away.

Feng Qingyu greeted Zhen Tiao and Shangguan Yan, and walked outside.

When she got to the corridor, she was blown by the draft, and she felt a bit of coolness on her body.

Feng Qingyu was stunned.

She just found out...

I don't know when I was sweating from the heat, obviously there is air conditioning in the room.

Feng Qingyu spread out her palms and put them in front of her. With excellent eyesight, she saw the invisible layer of crystal and moisture in her palm lines. After staring at it for a few seconds, she lowered her hands and headed towards the lounge.

Thoughts popped up in my mind again——

Assuming Xu Jiao really got the role...

If I remember correctly, the scale of this scene is not small. Many of the scenes between Empress Qi and Concubine Rong are restricted-level scenes.

inexplicably.

Feng Qingyu's throat moved, making a swallowing motion.

The sweat in the palm of the hand oozed more for no reason.