The two previously decapitated stars, one named Sun Mo and the other Tao Shaochen, had both investigated backgrounds showing they had played roles like male companions, performers, or courtesans, and had both experienced fires.
Xia Xianning wasn’t sure if these commonalities were related to their deaths, but he was disappointed to find that Ou Ziheng’s situation was different.
Ou Ziheng’s first drama was a light campus story where he played a rich second-generation male lead – the one who had caused trouble for Luo Mingbai. This second drama was a fictional historical palace drama. Ou Ziheng played the emperor, a very Mary Sue-like character who had nothing to do with male companions and even had his own male companion.
The scene for today’s shooting was already circled in red, featuring a confrontation between a male companion and a minister, with Ou Ziheng’s emperor character coming to resolve the situation.
As Xia Xianning was watching, Luo Mingbai suddenly squeezed over and pulled him, indicating he should look at the scene: “Look, something strange is happening.”
Xia Xianning followed his gaze. The director had finished explaining the scene, and the actors were on set. The actor playing the minister was one of the actors Ou Ziheng had invited home yesterday – Dai Weijie. The actor playing the male companion looked unfamiliar to him.
Xia Xianning checked the script. The male companion’s character name was Ling’anjun, played by an actor named Wei Le Yi. It was a complex character – a male who established himself in the inner palace, with good looks and skills, who entered the palace for revenge.
Facing others’ arrogance and viciousness, he was soft and respectful before the emperor – a typical scheming character.
But what caught Xia Xianning’s attention was the numerous ghosts surrounding Wei Le Yi at that moment.
He seemed like a honey pot attracting bees. During the performance, ghosts continuously approached him. When two female ghosts lifted Wei Le Yi’s robe and rubbed against his thigh with an intoxicated expression, Xia Xianning couldn’t bear to look.
He raised his hand to cast a spell to banish these spirits, but Luo Mingbai immediately stopped him.
