Chapter 512 The popularity of 'The Legend of Zhen Huan'
Zhen Huan's entry into the palace is not the highlight of the third episode. The biggest highlight of the third episode is Concubine Hua going berserk.
The daughter of the general mentioned earlier was named a noblewoman like Zhen Huan. After entering the palace, she happened to live in the same palace as An Lingrong.
Because of the grudge before the palace election, the general's daughter was very insulting to An Lingrong. An Lingrong had a low status and no family background to rely on, so she could only swallow her anger.
Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang learned about this from An Lingrong, but they had just entered the palace and could not figure out the situation and did not dare to interfere. They only saw from it how difficult life in the palace was.
Therefore, the three sisters agreed to support each other and stick together to avoid being alone.
According to the rules, three days after the beautiful woman enters the palace, she will come to see the queen. The concubines will appear, and several bigwigs from the harem will also appear one by one.
The first is the empress. This is not the emperor's original wife, but his successor. The emperor's first empress was her sister-in-law. She later died of a serious illness and was posthumously named Empress Chunyuan.
After the death of Empress Chunyuan, the empress who was a concubine at that time was conferred the title of concubine by the emperor and became the second empress.
This is also the reason why the emperor is not close to the queen. To put it bluntly, the queen is a substitute and has no heirs, so she naturally does not receive the attention of the emperor.
Under the Queen, there are three concubines, namely Concubine Hua, Concubine Duan and Concubine Jing.
Needless to say, Concubine Hua was favored by the emperor and had a powerful brother, Zhenbeihou, who was the number one concubine in the harem. Even the empress had to avoid his sharp edges when confronting her.
Concubine Duan was a former concubine of the emperor, and was also the emperor's first famous woman. She was older than Concubine Hua and the empress, but she often did not show up due to her frailty and illness.
Concubine Hua had a hard time dealing with this person, and she became very angry when they met.
First, he said that Sister Duan Fei has gained a lot of weight recently, and the emperor would definitely like it if she saw it.
Before Concubine Duan could smile, Concubine Hua immediately followed her with the next sentence - I almost forgot that the emperor has not been to my sister's palace for a long time. I have a poor memory, so don't blame my sister.
In these words, Concubine Hua pointed at Concubine Duan's nose and said that she was old and frail and had been abandoned by the emperor.
The poison of the meaning made even the experienced Concubine Duan almost stop, and it also allowed novices like Zhen Huan to witness Concubine Hua's turbulent flames with their own eyes.
In front of the queen, he quarrels with the concubine Duan, who is also a concubine, and is worthy of the name of the sixth palace...
The remaining three concubines are Jingfei, and she is also the most insignificant among the three concubines. She has an ordinary appearance and a chaste personality. She can be named a concubine because she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son.
It was a pity that the emperor's eldest son could not keep him and died at a young age. After that, although the imperial concubine was not demoted, she was not liked by the emperor and remained unfavored for many years.
At present, the situation in the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty is that the queen is reticent, Concubine Duan is weak and weak, and Concubine Jing is low-key and unfavored.
Within the inner courtyard of the palace wall, Concubine Hua's family is almost the only one.
The remaining concubines either follow Concubine Hua or hide and become transparent people with no sense of existence.
Of course, times are not static.
The entry of new people like Zhen Huan into the palace is likely to break the deadlock of the concubine Hua's monopoly in the harem.
The queen looked forward to this and even silently promoted the newcomer to the throne. Concubine Jing Duan watched the show silently, while Concubine Hua, who faced the challenge head-on, was very vigilant.
This time when the newcomers meet the queen, she plans to scare the monkeys and let the newcomers know who is the real boss in the harem.
Originally, Concubine Hua's target was Zhen Huan. During the palace selection, Zhen Huan was favored by the emperor, and her appearance was similar to that of Empress Chunyuan, which made her jealous.
However, Zhen Huan was smart and knew that she would be in the spotlight from the moment she entered the palace. She was afraid of being targeted, so she deliberately kept a low profile.
In addition, the queen had a selfish intention to train Zhen Huan and Concubine Hua to fight in the ring, and deliberately protected Zhen Huan. She took the opportunity to escape.
Zhen Huan is fine, but the general's daughter is in bad luck.
The general's woman was domineering and conceited. She couldn't see clearly the situation in the palace. She wanted to please the queen, but she didn't expect that Concubine Hua would see her.
So, on the way back, the general's daughter blocked Zhen Huan and the others to make trouble, and she happened to be bumped into by Concubine Hua.
They were both female generals, with strong and arrogant personalities, and disliked each other of the same sex. In addition, the general's daughter was trying to please the queen, so Concubine Hua simply found an excuse and gave her a one-foot-long red.
The so-called "Yizhanghong" is a kind of punishment in the palace. A two-inch-thick, five-foot-long board is used to hit the area below the buttocks. Countless people are beaten until the muscles and bones are broken and the flesh and blood are blurred. From a distance, it looks bright red.
One piece, hence the name Yi Zhang Hong.
If this "reward" of one foot of red is given, the general's daughter's legs will be gone.
It also means that she has just entered the palace competition, and then she is out...
The fate of the general's daughter frightened Zhen Huan and the others, and even Cheng Ji, who was outside the TV, was also shocked.
With the character of the general's daughter and her complete cannon fodder appearance, it was not surprising that she would end up with a box lunch, but he didn't expect that it would happen so quickly.
This is only the third episode that has not been aired yet, and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has seventy-six episodes. How many people will die...
Cheng Ji felt more and more that the drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was more complicated than he imagined. Memorizing it in a small book was probably not enough. He might have to make a special form to record it for future reference when writing a manuscript.
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The general's daughter went offline, which frightened Zhen Huan. In addition, her previous strong words against Concubine Duan made her understand that Concubine Hua was more domineering and cruel than she thought.
As a result, his situation becomes more dangerous.
In the fourth episode, Zhen Huan accidentally discovered a large amount of musk buried under a crabapple tree where she lived.
Musk is extremely harmful to the fetus. There is a large amount of musk somewhere in the harem, and the meaning behind it can send chills down your spine.
When Zhen Huan learned from Jin Xi that there was a nobleman who lived here before her and died of miscarriage for no reason, she became even more frightened.
There was the vicious concubine Hua in the past, and there was the mastermind secretly burying the musk in the past. If I were to be favored, I might die without knowing how.
The smart Zhen Huan knows that she must avoid the limelight.
She used the excuse of being ill and asked Huanbi to invite Wen Shichu from Tai Hospital to ask for help when facing this man who liked her.
As an excellent backup dog, Wen Shichu prescribed medicine for Zhen Huan without saying anything. After Zhen Huan took it, her condition immediately worsened.
Zhen Huan was ill and could not sleep with her. Even if the emperor was still itchy, he could not force her to come, so he ordered Shenmeizhuang.
Shenmeizhuang was gentle and generous, which made her very popular with the emperor. She stayed with her many times. Not only did the emperor often reward her, he also hoped that she could help Concubine Hua share some of the palace power.
The emperor's words were not unreasonable, but the queen was quietly pushing behind his back.
As I said before, Concubine Hua is very powerful, and the Queen has always wanted to support the newcomers to compete with Concubine Hua in order to profit from it. She originally set her sights on Zhen Huan, but Zhen Huan failed to live up to her expectations.
Later, when I saw that Shen Meizhuang was very popular with the emperor, I immediately changed my goal.
Earlier, Concubine Hua killed the maid given to her by the queen, and then attacked the general's daughter. Although she shocked the newcomers, she also left some clues.
The queen found an opportunity to expose these matters to the emperor. The emperor was dissatisfied, but he still relied on the Marquis of Zhenbei to quell the rebellion, so he could not punish Concubine Hua openly.
So the matter of dividing the palace power in Shenmeizhuang came about, and the emperor used this to beat Concubine Hua.
Shen Meizhuang was favored and came to power. Concubine Hua did not dare to do anything for the time being because of the emperor's affairs. The harem fell into peace for the time being, while Zhen Huan was "sick" for more than a month.
After more than a month, most of the new batch of beautiful ladies who entered the palace have gone to bed, and the scene of Zhen Huan's blockbuster election has gradually been forgotten.
Zhen Huan got the low profile she wanted, and at the same time, she saw the character of the people around her and eliminated some disloyal people.
This is very important, and can even be said to be the biggest achievement Zhen Huan achieved during this low-key period.
Although you can't see it now, when Zhen Huan is in trouble in the future, you will see the importance of this step. The palace people left behind after this test are extremely loyal.
Many people say that Zhen Huan is the halo of the heroine. The palace servants and eunuchs around her are all loyal and capable, and their overall quality is better than that of other female supporting characters.
In fact, this was the foreshadowing.
Those who were disloyal to Zhen Huan had long since left when she was at her lowest point. The character of those who remained was guaranteed, and those who could climb up in the palace were all smart and capable.
After escaping the crisis of entering the palace for the first time and purifying her subordinates, Zhen Huan's first hurdle in the palace has passed, and the fourth episode has come to an end.
Compared with the first and second episodes, Cheng Ji felt that the amount of information in these two episodes was not only greater, but most importantly, the plot rhythm was very stable.
The heroine enters the palace - a brief introduction to the background of the forces in the palace - the villain shows his fangs for the first time - cannon fodder ends up - the heroine realizes the danger - begins to make plans - teammates come up to support - accumulate strength.
The plot of just two episodes can be compared to five or six episodes in an ordinary palace-fighting idol drama. More importantly, the IQ of each important character does not drop.
Including Concubine Hua, who seems to be domineering and reckless, actually has her own plans, and all her actions have hidden purposes.
The plot is substantial, the rhythm is steady and lively, the characters' IQs are online, the lines are not out of place, and the service is exquisite.
The quality shown in the first four episodes of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has undoubtedly captured the hearts of many viewers.
This drama can be followed!
This is also reflected in the performance data of "The Legend of Zhen Huan". The ratings have reached 2.4, the number of views on Penguin Video has also approached 200 million, and Douhua's ratings have not dropped but have risen.
Everything shows that "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is on the normal track.
There are still few episodes now, and once the plot is fully developed, the popularity will begin to explode.
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Thanks to the popularity of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Cheng Ji's self-media career has been going smoothly.
In just a few days, the number of fans of Bibo increased to 500,000, and other self-media accounts also continued to perform well.
The ID of "Chengzi who loves to write reviews" has now become the top self-media related to "The Legend of Zhen Huan". Many businesses have come to discuss cooperation, and the rewards given are very considerable.
For this reason, Zhou Yue has suspended the operation of her own self-media account and came to help Cheng Ji manage the account, while Cheng Ji concentrated on studying and creating "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
In addition to analyzing the plots of new episodes of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" every day, Cheng Ji also plans to write high-quality manuscripts focusing on some events or characters in "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Later, I even started thinking about editing and recording videos. After all, in self-media, the influence of video communication may be much greater than that of articles.
Cheng Ji is very dynamic. Although the plot of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is still in the early stages, he has already selected several characters and is collecting and analyzing data.
As soon as the characters appear, you can sort out the script and find someone to record and edit the video.
It is precisely because of this that Cheng Ji himself watches the drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan" more and more, and the more he watches it, the more classic it becomes.
In the fifth and sixth episodes of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Zhen Huan avoided the palace banquet due to illness and came to the Plum Garden to enjoy the scenery.
Here the emperor saw a plum vase during the banquet, and thought of the late Queen Chunyuan, so he came to the plum garden to see things and think about people.
While admiring the scenery, Zhen Huan recited a poem, which alerted the emperor. Zhen Huan did not know who it was and was afraid of exposing her identity and causing trouble, so she pretended to be a palace maid and escaped, but she successfully aroused the emperor's attention.
At the same time, Nanjun Wang, the younger brother of the second male emperor in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", also came online, witnessed what happened, and also had a good impression of the woman who read the poem.
As expected, they are the type of father who likes educated girls...
After that, there was the "Dazhou Crystal Slipper Incident" mentioned earlier. The emperor used poems to search for people and found an impostor.
This counterfeit was no ordinary palace maid. She was good at Kun Opera and was named Lady Miaoyin by the emperor, making her even more favored.
It is rare to cross the dragon gate. If you maintain it well, you will not waste this good opportunity. Unfortunately, the counterfeit has a shallow background, has no vision, and is arrogant.
After taking refuge with Concubine Hua, she became even more arrogant and rude, repeatedly contradicting and offending concubines with higher status than her, and finally alarmed the Sixth Palace, making the Queen Mother furious, and she was deprived of her title.
But here, the emperor finally met Zhen Huan. Seeing that she didn't recognize him, he put on his vest and talked with her about poetry, flowers and music, and he fell in love with Zhen Huan even more.
Zhen Huan admired the emperor's talent very much, but at the same time she was afraid that their identities would be inappropriate, which was very contradictory.
In the seventh and eighth episodes, the emperor lost his horse, his identity was exposed, and Lady Miaoyin was slapped in the face on the spot.
The emperor liked Zhen Huan very much. Even though Zhen Huan was still ill and could not sleep with her, he made an exception and promoted her to the rank of concubine of the fifth rank. The sixth palace was shaken.
The emperor's favor moved Zhen Huan, who was in her prime of life, and took the initiative to contact Wen Shichu to stop taking the medicine, and she slowly recovered.
On the night of her bedtime, Zhen Huan used a pair of red candles to pray for a long life, which moved the emperor, an old scumbag, to marry Zhen Huan according to folk customs. The relationship between the two became even deeper.
After that, Zhen Huan was favored for seven days in a row and dominated the harem. Concubine Hua felt like she was facing a formidable enemy and couldn't help but target Zhen Huan and prepare to kill her.
Unexpectedly, the empress saw that Zhen Huan was gaining the upper hand, so she revived the idea of supporting her in her fight with Concubine Hua, and took the initiative to help Zhen Huan rescue her.
In addition, when she first entered the palace last time, the Queen had already helped Zhen Huan twice, and Zhen Huan was very grateful to her.
After eight consecutive episodes, the heroine Zhen Huan began to officially join the palace fighting competition, and the popularity of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" also began to skyrocket.
By the end of the eighth episode, the average ratings had reached 2.55, and the number of views on Penguin Video was as high as 500 million.
Other TV dramas of the same period, bundled together, are not enough to beat "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
With the popularity of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", a new popular trend has also arisen on the Internet, that is, "Zhen Huan style"...
