Ch35 - Will you go out with me? (1/2)

3.12 – Will you go out with me?

translator: xiin

editor: BlueBug & alamerysl

Director An’s recommendation was very successful. Xue Ling won the old director’s favor and got the role of Tuoba Xiu. Because they had now found an actor to fill the role of the main character, the shooting schedule for the movie could begin.

Xue Ling did not concern himself with the things that came after that. As far as he knew, the main investor of the play was White Light, and the primary reason the shooting had been put on hold was because the director had not been able to find a suitable actor for Tuoba Xiu. After Xue Ling returned home with the script in hand, he began to intensively study the male consort’s life, referencing many historical books, before finally waiting for the crew to start shooting.

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One morning, Xue Ling woke up earlier than usual and found a bouquet of red roses still stained with dew in the living room. Curious, he asked the housekeeper, “Housekeeper, where did these come from?”

“It’s been a while. Every morning, people from the florist’s shop send it over.” The housekeeper pointed to the bouquet. “The young delivery man who sends the flowers over won’t let me reject them. After bringing them in, the Young Master would dispose of it. It should be addressed to the Little Young Master.”

Xue Ling blinked and turned over the bouquet. Sure enough, there was a card. The flowers were sent by Lin Yi, and the card was handwritten, though the writing should have been done by the florist.

He found it a bit funny. “Does elder brother throw out these flowers every morning?”

“Yes. The Young Master directed me to bring it in, and then he would bring them away.”

Xue Ling was left speechless. Was that man so scared of him seeing these flowers?

He put the flowers back intact and pretended he had never seen them. After breakfast, he asked the driver to take him to the company.

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Bai Hao stayed up late last night because of work, and woke up a bit later today. When he got up, he found that his brother’s room door was open and no one was there. His face changed, but when he went downstairs and saw the roses still in the living room, he relaxed.

From the housekeeper, he learned that Xue Ling had already finished breakfast and went to the company. Bai Hao had no mind to eat breakfast. He changed his clothes, took the roses and left. After leaving the neighborhood, he left the roses in a garbage can outside.

It was better if this kind of thing never appeared in front of his younger brother, so as not to dirty his eyes.

Today, Xue Ling needed to go to White Light in order to have his costumes done and have photos taken of him as the male consort. Tomorrow, he would be joining the crew.

He was the last actor, and he was probably the only one in the group that had not yet had his photos taken yet, so it was a bit rushed.

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This film told the story of Tuoba Xiu’s life, so there were more costumes to try on, progressing from his youth and continuing on as he aged. So, the first costume that Xue Ling tried on was from the period when Tuoba Xiu was still a prince.

At that time, the future male consort was still a prince from Xiye Country that was enemies with Tianlan Country. He had been in poor health from childhood and had survived countless assassination attempts. Even if it was a westernized country, the aura of treachery within the royal ranks would not change.

He had always been patient, and later met a nobleman who brought him out of Xiye Country. He removed his surname, no longer using the word ‘Tuoba’.

Tuoba Xiu’s mother was a native from the Central Plains, and his position in Xiye Country was not low. Even though the noble implied that he wanted to help him get the throne, he refused and chose to leave Xiye Country.

During this period, Tuoba Xiu was weak and thin, burdened with a sickly body. If it hadn’t been for the nobleman, he would have died under his brothers’ malicious tricks long ago.

Xue Ling was of mixed race, and his situation was somewhat similar to Tuoba Xiu’s. In order to play the role well, he had recently been controlling his eating and drinking, and lost a lot of weight. Under the makeup artist’s skills and with the help of the ancient garb and hairdress, he completely looked like a weak teenager who was about to die.

The director was very satisfied with his choice, and the cameraman’s eyes were bright as he took many photos in succession.

Tuoba Xiu’s life was mainly divided into four parts. The first was the period when he was the prince; the second was when he went to the Central Plains for recuperation alone and came to be called the First Prince of the Jianhu by martial artists from the the Central Plains; the third covered the period when the emperor of Tianlan Country heard of his talent and he was appointed by the emperor as the prince’s grand advisor. It was said that the man who introduced him was the famous male concubine of the Royal Palace at the time, and they seemed to have a good relationship; the fourth period was when he became the male consort. He was over ten years older than the prince, and had developed deep feelings for the emperor. The emperor also had great trust in him. Although he was the male consort, he was also given the position of prime minister and did a lot of good deeds for Tianlan Country and its later generations. History books were full of praise for him.

The makeup and costumes for these four parts were all different. Xue Ling was tossed about all day long and really wanted to lie down, but was mocked by the system – who told him to be so lazy recently? Nobody will look after him after he leaves the house.

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He snorted coldly, packed up his things and went upstairs to find Bai Hao.

When he finished his makeup and costume photos, it was just at the same time that Bai Hao was off work. Xue Ling had already made an appointment with Bai Hao, but he did not expect to see a beautiful woman in red in Bai Hao’s office when he arrived upstairs. Looking closely, wasn’t this Feng Cheng, the little flower of the entertainment circle who could stand side by side with White Light Entertainment?

The system snorted from beside him: “Miss Feng was born into a family that has the same status as yours, and made a good reputation for herself in the entertainment circle based on her own ability. According to the original plot, this is your future sister-in-law.”

Xue Ling’s steps paused as he turned his head to ask the system with a smile: “What did you say just now?”

“According to the original plot, she got married to Bai Hao. Both families were great clans, and after their marriage White Light Entertainment developed outside of China and enjoyed worldwide fame.” The system did not seem to notice his dark tone and explained very conscientiously.

Xue Ling became really angry at this moment. How did he not know that there was such a thing in the plot before, and that Bai Hao could be considered as someone who was already taken? Then wasn’t he effectively wrecking someone’s marriage?