novelraw Chapter 290 - 130: Hua Mulan Travels Through as Empress Xing
Chapter 290 - 130: Hua Mulan Travels Through as Empress Xing
Lan Yiyi showed a slightly embarrassed expression when she mentioned this, hesitated for a moment, and then shyly said, "I have a dream of being a female general..."
"A kind of heroine among women..."
She sneaked a glance at Li Younan, wondering if he would laugh at her upon hearing this idea.
However, Li Younan’s expression was only a bit surprised, then became somewhat serious.
Lan Yiyi felt inexplicably happy, bowed her head, and continued, "When I was young, I watched a TV show called ’The Female Generals of the Yang Family,’ and thought the female generals in it were so cool..."
"And what they could do, actually, I can too. I can ride horses, I can shoot arrows, although not very accurately..."
"When I was little, whenever I rode on horseback, I would take a wooden stick and wave it around, pretending to be a female general. Anyway..."
Lan Yiyi scratched her head in embarrassment, "I, I’m not very good at expressing, not very good at describing that feeling, can you understand? It’s just, it’s just... that kind of feeling."
Li Younan blinked and smiled, "Oh, I kind of understand..."
Lan Yiyi sighed softly and said, "But my favorite is still Hua Mulan. It’s because of this reason that I started getting involved in the film industry."
Saying this, she exhaled deeply, "But being an actress is too difficult, wanting to play Hua Mulan is even harder. The closest I got was when the United States was casting Hua Mulan globally and lost out narrowly to Liu Yifei... what a pity."
Chen Rui and Li Younan’s expressions became somewhat complex upon hearing this.
Lan Yiyi chuckled, "Just joking! Either way, I no longer have such a strong obsession now, wanting to play Hua Mulan isn’t easy, and without resources in this circle, it’s difficult even to play a palace maid..."
"The last role was from the encounter we had previously, it was already the closest role, although there was only a small piece of plot, there was a horseback scene, I was a female supporting character who didn’t last long, but it kind of fulfilled half a dream."
"Acting costs me too much money, others earn money, I lose money... I can’t waste my father’s money like this anymore, people say entering this field, one must rely on oneself to struggle, I’m lazy, don’t know how to socialize, can’t humble myself, my father’s not in this circle either, connections are just fake connections..."
"I want to take a break, and if I’m tired or weary, just quit."
Chen Rui thought for a while and said, "But you haven’t played Hua Mulan yet, aren’t you regretful?"
Lan Yiyi replied nonchalantly, "Life always needs a few regrets to be complete, doesn’t it... Being too perfect itself is a kind of regret."
Suddenly, Chen Rui said, "But there’s a problem."
"What problem?"
"Whether you want to play Hua Mulan or some cool female general, does it have to be in a TV series or movie?"
Lan Yiyi froze for a moment and instinctively asked, "Otherwise?"
Chen Rui glanced oddly at Li Younan beside her and smiled, "Short dramas."
"Short dramas?"
"Of course, what era is this!"
"Look at you, you have horses at home, and so many people can be pulled in to be extras, you can ride horses yourself and have acting experience, you can say you have most of the hardware conditions, now you just need a script tailored for the drama, a suitable director, and a set of filming equipment to realize your dream... where’s the need for such complexity?"
Li Younan raised an eyebrow and looked at Lan Yiyi again; she was in a daze, "Ah?"
Li Younan looked at Lan Yiyi with interest, seeing she was lost in thought, felt somewhat amused and surprisingly glanced at Chen Rui next to him, he didn’t expect that just a few words from Chen Rui could give Lan Yiyi such an inspiration.
Lan Yiyi’s silence continued until they were near the horse farm, her eyes gradually brightened and began building her beautiful dream, "You’re right, if it’s a short drama, even if it’s 8 episodes or 10, it takes just seventy or eighty minutes. I, well, will play Hua Mulan, or, let me think, Hua Mulan is already a protagonist of a cool novel, but for web dramas... simply like this, Hua Mulan transmigrates as Consort Hua, how about this setting?"
Chen Rui’s expression also froze, touching her chin thoughtfully, "The transmigration setting is quite interesting, but who is Consort Hua?"
"You don’t know Consort Hua? Consort Hua is... Consort Hua is Jiang Xin! Haven’t you watched ’The Legend of Zhen Huan’?"
"When ’The Legend of Zhen Huan’ was on TV, I was still little..."
Listening to their conversation, Li Younan found it amusing.
He looked at the lonely grassland around the horse farm, and his expression suddenly became serious, after contemplating for a while, he suddenly blurted out, "Hua Mulan reincarnates as... Empress Xing!"
The two girls turned their heads together, "Who is Xing Bingyi?"
Li Younan wasn’t surprised at all that the two girls didn’t know Empress Xing, even most boys who aren’t particularly interested in Song Dynasty history probably haven’t heard of this name.
He touched his chin and said, "You know Zhao Gou, right?"
"Know, know, the protagonist of ’Shao Song’..."
"Uh..."
Chen Rui seriously continued, "Zhao Gou of the Southern Song, the humiliating Jingkang Incident..."
Li Younan nodded, "Everyone knows about the Jingkang Incident."
"The Jin army broke through Northern Song’s Tokyo, took Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzhong, as well as a large number of royal members, palace maids, ministers, craftsmen, and thousands of people captive, and looted a huge amount of gold and silver treasures, ceremonial vessels, books..."