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Chapter 8 Are You Coaxing A Child

"Why are you here so early today?" Liu Yuan was surprised to see Muyin in her dressing room. Her earliest scene today was approaching noon, so there was really no need to come so early.

Muyin sat on a chair and looked at Liu Yuan in the mirror. She pointed at the bag on the table with her chin.

"Aren't you bribing senior with a gift?"

"Then there's no need to come right now." Liu Yuan did not stand on ceremony with her and went straight to open the bag. She thought there was only one thing, but unexpectedly the bag was filled with scattered items.

She flipped through them and found that they were all expensive. These were not things that a B-list actress could afford.

"Thank you." She took out a bag of beef jerky and handed it to her assistant. "Tiantian, take it. I'll eat it when I'm resting."

"Alright."

"I brought Tiantian too." Muyin pointed to the table next to her.

Tiantian thanked her with a sweet smile.

"People usually want everyone in the crew to know when they give gifts, but you, on the other hand, do it secretly." Liu Yuan sat down and waited for the makeup artist to do her makeup.

"Apart from you, I also gave gifts to the makeup artist and a few staff members who often work together. I just gave them gifts to thank them for taking care of me. Making a big fuss about it would make it seem insincere."

Liu Yuan nodded in agreement with Muyin.

Muyin's part was late tonight, so she had to wait for the others to put on makeup. Since she had already sat down, she couldn't be bothered to move. She kept chatting with Liu Yuan in the dressing room.

Although Liu Yuan had been reading the script the whole time and occasionally chatted with Muyin, she noticed that Muyin was behaving abnormally today.

"Why are you constantly looking at your phone today? Are you waiting for a message?"

"Ah? Is that so?"

Liu Yuan pursed her lips. "Stop pretending. Your phone is locked and unlocked alternately. How can it escape my ears?"

"That's true. Nothing can escape your eyes."

"Hmph." Forget it if she didn't want to say it. Anyway, she was just asking casually.

Muyin was not embarrassed at all because she was really anxious.

He had not replied to the message she had sent before going to bed last night. How could she continue her divorce plan?

Now she had no intersection with Shen Huai. Apart from the title of husband and wife, there was no other difference between being single. It seemed that it was good for them to live separately and peacefully like this.

But what if?

If one day Shen Huai came back with a beautiful woman and asked her to leave, would she leave in disgrace or denounce him for breaking the promise of marriage?

Muyin did not want either of them to happen.

Therefore, it was better to get a divorce as soon as possible!

Thinking of this, Muyin sent another message to Shen Huai.

I don't care if you reply or not. I'm going to send it anyway!

On the day when she finished her role as the ugly servant, Muyin had two scenes.

One was the ugly servant to commit suicide, and the other was she to kill Beauty Jiang.

One was during the day, and the other was at night.

The ugly servant accidentally left evidence of her killing Beauty Jiang. In order to distance herself from Princess Xuan, the ugly servant carefully planned an assassination.

On this day, the imperial concubines gathered in the Empress's palace to pay their respects to the Empress. On the way, the emperor came in.

Although the emperor was furious at the death of Beauty Jiang and ordered a thorough investigation, he only felt sad for few days. The struggle within the harem was normal, either you die or I live. What's more, the emperor had never lacked concubines.

However, Beauty Jiang drowned. The maid beside her fell not far away from the lake with a dagger on her back. Such an arrogant murder in the palace was not concealed at all, which made the emperor feel that his majesty had been offended. He asked people to investigate to the end.

He had been busy with national affairs in recent days, so he came to the imperial harem to relax today.

Unexpectedly, he didn't relax. Instead, his mood became gloomier.

After meeting Beauty Jiang in the Royal Garden, the ugly servant was no longer allowed to walk around. The ugly servant who was supposed to be in the palace of Princess Xuan had fainted the palace maid of the Empress and appeared in front of others when she served tea.

The ugly servant held the tray and did not put the tea on the emperor's table. Instead, while everyone was talking and laughing, she took out a dagger and made a turn to stab Princess Rou.

The ugly servant stabbed her in the heart with a blow and twisted it to vent her anger. The blood soon dyed the dress of Princess Rou red. At this time, under the emperor's order, the guards rushed in and caught the ugly servant.

The ugly servant put her hands behind her back and knelt on the ground. Instead of panicking, she laughed and said, "Ha-ha-ha, Princess Rou, you didn't expect that you would die in my hands in the end. This is retribution!"

"Ugly servant, what are you doing!" Princess Xuan stood up and shouted harshly.

At this time, the ugly servant was not as respectful as before. She ignored what Princess Xuan said and looked at Princess Rou with her eyes wide open. "Your own elder brother, because of having a sister like you who is a concubine, has been committing all sorts of evil deeds among the common people! Whoever he sets his eyes on, that person has to obediently come to him. If anyone refuses, they will be forcefully taken into the mansion!"

"Sil... Shut up...Kill her!" Princess Rou said weakly.

At first, she thought that the ugly servant did it for Princess Xuan, but she didn't expect that it was a disaster left by her brother.

Now that things had come to this point, the ugly servant would naturally not succumb. She still had a mission to complete. What's more, she was not lying.

"Are you afraid? Hahaha, why are you afraid? You know everything your brother has done, and you even gave him advice! My sister was forced to die by your brother! In order to avoid future troubles, you let your brother burn all of us down! God has eyes and let me live. I took advantage of Princess Xuan to enter the palace to kill you!"

"Kill her!" Princess Rou covered her chest and said with difficulty.

But the guards only acted as the emperor said. They didn't dare to move without the emperor's permission.

Everyone was in shock. No one dared to make a sound. Even the emperor was watching to see if the ugly servant could say anything about Princess Rou.

The ugly servant knelt on the ground and listened to Princess Rou repeating "kill her". She laughed more and more crazily, and blood kept flowing out of her mouth.

"Not only you, but also Beauty Jiang. That woman dared to laugh at my ugly face. She deserved to die! But you, who disfigured me, deserve to die!"

"Hahaha... The women in the harem are really stupid. They put in a lot of effort to invite the emperor's favor. They thought that they had the power to kill because of the emperor's favor, but in the end, they were killed by a maid like me! The emperor is also stupid. He thought that he was giving charity to women, but he didn't know that these women didn't really love him. They were just using him."

"Kill her!"

It was forgivable to curse others, but she actually dared to curse the exalted emperor. As soon as the emperor gave the order, the imperial army pulled out their swords and stabbed the ugly servant through. But she didn't seem to feel the pain and continued to say, "The most stupid... is... Princess Xuan. She thought that I was loyal to her, so she let me enter the palace in exchange. It's ridiculous... I just regarded her... as a stepping stone... for my revenge."

The ugly servant slowly turned her head and looked at Princess Xuan with ridicule in her eyes.

Your Grace, ugly servant will accompany you here. I wish you a happy life from now on.

The ugly servant drew out her knife and fell to the ground. It didn't take long for her to stop breathing.

Princess Xuan clenched her fists tightly and kept trembling. At the moment when the ugly servant fell, two lines of clear tears flowed out of her eyes.

The emperor looked at the ugly servant on the ground and remembered what he had said just now. He waved his hand irritably and asked someone to drag the body of the ugly servant out.

Suddenly, he saw the absent-minded Princess Xuan and sympathized with her for a moment. After all, she had been scolded by a servant. He softened his tone and asked someone to help Princess Xuan to rest.

Princess Xuan was stunned. She turned around stiffly and staggered out.

"Cut!" The camera was fixed on the embarrassed back of Princess Xuan.

As soon as the camera was turned off, Muyin immediately ran to Liu Yuan and teased, "Your Grace, the road has been paved for you. You should fight in the palace yourself in the future!"

"Ah! My ugly servant is gone!" Liu Yuan hugged Muyin, tears dripping down her cheeks and onto her clothes.

Muyin was stunned. The little peacock couldn't get out of the role and cried so sadly. Compared to what she looked like just now, Muyin looked a little heartless. Sure enough, she had not become a professional actress yet.

She patted Liu Yuan on the back and comforted her, "Good girl, don't cry. I'll treat you to a delicious meal, okay?"

"Pfft! Are you coaxing a child!" Liu Yuan released her and wiped her tears. Although Princess Xuan often beat and scolded the ugly servant, the ugly servant had accompanied her for a long time, so Princess Xuan felt sad for her death. In the drama, the ugly servant paved the way for her with her life. All her emotions had to be restrained to make the emperor sympathize with her. As soon as she got out of the set, she couldn't help letting out her pent-up emotions. Now that she was done crying, she felt much more relaxed.

"All right, I'm fine now. Go change your clothes and get ready to kill Beauty Jiang tonight." She said, not even sparing a glance for Muyin, and walked away with her head held high.

Tsk, I'm sorry. I'm starting to feel awkward.

If she hadn't suddenly come over, the little peacock would have hidden in a corner with fewer people and then released her emotions silently.

After Liu Yuan left, Muyin went to get her last meal box and changed her clothes, waiting for the scene tonight.

There were only a few scenes, not even lines. The initial step was to incapacitate the maid, followed by stabbing her. Subsequently, Beauty Jiang needed to be subdued and pushed into the lake.

Before the start of filming, Li Ge warned Muyin fiercely, "You are not allowed to settle personal grievances by intentionally making me fail in the lake. I will jump on my own. If I find out, hmph, I will make you understand the consequences of a newcomer offending a senior."

Muyin sneered coldly, now she knew to be fearful. When she took action, she never thought that there would be such a day. She probably didn't even bother to read the script carefully.

When it came to business, she had her own responsible attitude, so she couldn't deliberately make mistakes. As for whether it was true or false, if Li Ge could do it perfectly, she had no objection.

She had already avenged Li Ge for hitting her. As long as she met Li Ge on the set, she would let her fall once until she got slapped again. Later, she and Liu Yuan accidentally overheard Li Ge asking her assistant if she really had flat feet, and they laughed about it for a long time.

"It's getting late, let's all work efficiently and finish early!" Seeing that everyone was a bit tired, the director used a megaphone to wake everyone up. After they regained their energy, he shouted, "Okay, 3, 2, 1, action!"

The ugly servant quickly put down Beauty Jiang's personal maid, approached Beauty Jiang quietly, and then covered the mouth and nose of Beauty Jiang.

Beauty Jiang had inhaled a lot of knockout drops in a panic and soon fainted.

She gently pushed Beauty Jiang. Before she could touch Beauty Jiang, Beauty Jiang fell forward and then stopped.

"Cut! Li Ge, what are you hiding from?! You haven't been hit yet, why are you moving forward? Don't make any moves, the ugly servant will push you in!" He thought the scene would finish smoothly, but Li Ge unexpectedly ruined it. The director immediately got angry and spoke impolitely.

Fortunately, Li Ge did not jump into the lake, and her clothes were still dry.

"Again!"

The scene continued with the ugly servant pushing Beauty Jiang.

The ugly servant gently pushed...

"Cut! Li Ge, you are unconscious. What are you doing standing so straight and stiff?"

"Again!"

The ugly servant gently pushed her. This time, Li Ge did not resist and went into the water smoothly, but...

"Cut! Li Ge, the unconscious person was pushed into the water, and her hands are still struggling in the water. Do you think it makes sense?"

After being scolded again and again, Li Ge couldn't help defending herself. "Director, I am afraid that she won't be able to grasp the measure when Muyin pushes me, and it will be inconvenient to continue my part if there are any mistakes."

However, her explanation did not make her feel better. Instead, the director scolded her harshly.

"She knows what she's doing better than you. I think you're the one who doesn't! She pushed you so hard that you could just sink into the water quietly. Why did you have to move around? Haven't you ever filmed a scene of falling into the water? Now that your clothes are wet, how do you think you should continue? Do you want the whole crew to wait for your clothes and hair to dry, or do you want to do it tomorrow?"

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