Happy life in the world of film and television

Chapter 1609 "A Smile Follows the Song" - Fu Yixiao

Soon, Jiang Chen returned to the courtyard where Zhuang Hanyan was.

"Young Master, who is she?" Zhuang Hanyan was quite surprised to see Ruan Xiwen, whom Jiang Chen had brought back.

“She is your mother,” Jiang Chen said.

"What..." Zhuang Hanyan looked at Jiang Chen in shock.

“She…” Jiang Chen recounted the feud between Ruan Xiwen and Zhuang Shiyang, as well as why Ruan Xiwen’s legs were broken and why Zhuang Shiyang refused to provide treatment.

"Is this true?" Zhuang Hanyan looked at Jiang Chen in shock.

“Of course it’s true. Do you think I would lie to you? If your mother hadn’t sent you to Danzhou, you probably would have died long ago in the Zhuang family,” Jiang Chen said.

“I have no doubts.” Zhuang Hanyan quickly shook her head.

In Zhuang Hanyan's eyes, Jiang Chen was a god-like figure, how could he possibly lie to her?

“You can investigate this matter yourself later,” Jiang Chen said.

Zhuang Hanyan nodded.

"I'll put your mother on the bed first, then you go and prepare the meal. Let's eat first," Jiang Chen said.

"Okay," Zhuang Hanyan replied.

After placing Ruan Xiwen in a room, we went to the living room.

"Young master, dinner is ready," Zhuang Hanyan said.

"Ah."

After Jiang Chen sat down, he said to Zhuang Hanyan, "Sit down and eat with us."

“This…” Zhuang Hanyan hesitated.

“In the Jiang family, my word is law,” Jiang Chen said.

"Yes," Zhuang Hanyan replied, and found a seat.

"Eat up." As he spoke, Jiang Chen picked up his bowl and chopsticks and began to eat.

"Yes." Zhuang Hanyan was also hungry, so she picked up her bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

After dinner, Jiang Chen led Zhuang Hanyan to Ruan Xiwen's room.

Ruan Xiwen had already woken up, but she didn't make any move.

“Ruan Xiwen.” Jiang Chen walked towards Ruan Xiwen.

Ruan Xiwen did not go to see Jiang Chen.

“Ruan Xiwen, this is Zhuang Hanyan, your daughter.” Jiang Chen pointed to Zhuang Hanyan.

A flicker of emotion crossed Ruan Xiwen's eyes.

“Zhuang Hanyan.” Jiang Chen looked at Zhuang Hanyan.

"Mother," Zhuang Hanyan called out after a moment's hesitation.

Ruan Xiwen looked at Zhuang Hanyan.

“I’ve already told Zhuang Hanyan everything about you and Zhuang Shiyang. This isn’t the Zhuang family home, so you don’t need to pretend to dislike Zhuang Hanyan,” Jiang Chen said.

"..." Ruan Xiwen.

"You two chat first, I'll come over to treat you in a bit." Jiang Chen glanced at Ruan Xiwen's legs, then turned and left.

“Mother…” Zhuang Hanyan knelt down in front of Ruan Xiwen’s bed with a thud.

Ruan Xiwen looked at Zhuang Hanyan.

……

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen left the courtyard and arrived at the palace.

Having arrived in the New World, it's natural to want to understand its situation.

Soon, Jiang Chen arrived at the Imperial Study in the palace.

"The emperor is not here?"

Jiang Chen was a bit of a pity.

This new continent has already merged "The Best Son-in-Law," "The Feast in Yong'an," and "When the Geese Return." All three dramas feature an emperor, so he also wants to know which drama's emperor represents the Great An Dynasty.

However, he didn't mind not seeing the emperor.

"The Kingdom of Brocade and the Kingdom of Susa?"

"This is a country in the western part of the Da'an Dynasty."

"It seems this new continent is quite large."

As Jiang Chen looked at the documents, he sketched out a map of the Da'an Dynasty and its surrounding areas in his mind.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen left the palace and returned to the Jiang residence.

"How did the chat go?"

Jiang Chen entered Ruan Xiwen's room.

Inside the room, Ruan Xiwen and Zhuang Hanyan were talking, but they stopped when they heard Jiang Chen's voice.

"It seems you two are having a good chat." Jiang Chen walked over and said, "Ruan Xiwen, let me treat your leg now."

"This..." Ruan Xiwen was somewhat suspicious.

Jiang Chen is too young; how could he possibly cure her leg?

“There’s nothing wrong with your leg.” Jiang Chen took out the Huayang needle and said, “As long as you trust me, I will definitely cure you.”

"Mother, please listen to the young master," Zhuang Hanyan said quickly.

Ruan Xiwen hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

At that moment, Jiang Chen stepped forward to treat Ruan Xiwen.

Jiang Chen was telling the truth, because treating Ruan Xiwen's leg was not difficult. In "When the Wild Geese Return," all the doctors in the drama could treat it, let alone someone like him who possesses the Huayang acupuncture technique.

Jiang Chen used his Qi to guide the needles and was generous with the medicine. After just one treatment, Ruan Xiwen had recovered most of her health.

More importantly, the pills Jiang Chen gave Ruan Xiwen improved her complexion considerably, making her look several years younger.

"Thank you, young master." Ruan Xiwen felt the changes in her body.

“Ruan Xiwen, I didn’t save you because of Zhuang Hanyan. There’s a price to pay for saving you,” Jiang Chen said.

"What does the young master want me to do?" Ruan Xiwen asked.

"It's simple, just like Zhuang Hanyan, work for me." Jiang Chen didn't think Zhuang Hanyan hadn't mentioned his situation earlier. After all, he had already explained the grudges between Ruan Xiwen, Zhuang Shiyang, and Zhuang Hanyan. And since Ruan Xiwen had her legs broken to protect Zhuang Hanyan, and now that she knew she was no longer in the Zhuang family, there was naturally no resentment.

“This…” Ruan Xiwen was slightly taken aback.

"Mother, please agree!" In Zhuang Hanyan's eyes, Jiang Chen was like a god.

“Ruan Xiwen, our agreement is limited to our Jiang family. In the Da’an Dynasty, you are still the noble lady you were before.” Jiang Chen understood the pride of a noble lady.

What is a noblewoman?

Noble ladies refer to women from aristocratic or official families. Their "nobility" stems from their illustrious family background, rigorous education, and social privileges. The core criteria for a noble lady is pure aristocratic blood or a distinguished family background. They are the hub of the family's power network, responsible for managing clan affairs, maintaining intermarriages, and cultivating heirs. They also possess legal stewardship rights (such as controlling dowry land).

Although Zhuang Hanyan redefined the concept of a noblewoman in "When the Wild Geese Return," Jiang Chen believes that a noblewoman is someone of high social standing who has received education in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, etiquette, and other related fields from a young age.

To be precise, she was a noblewoman who received an excellent education.

Ruan Xiwen looked at Jiang Chen with a puzzled expression upon hearing this.

Jiang Chen recounted some events concerning the Jiang family.

Finally, Jiang Chen said, "Once you recover and Zhuang Hanyan has gained strength, you can return to the Zhuang family and even take over the family business."

Although Zhuang Shiyang is in charge, the Zhuang family's resources are still considerable. If Ruan Xiwen and Zhuang Hanyan are capable, they can completely sideline the Zhuang family.

"..." Ruan Xiwen.

“Ruan Xiwen, you can think about it and tell me tomorrow,” Jiang Chen said.

“Okay.” Ruan Xiwen did not refuse.

"You should get some rest," Jiang Chen said before leaving the room.

“Mother, you…” Zhuang Hanyan came to Ruan Xiwen’s side.

“We don’t know who this Jiang Chen is, so we must be careful,” Ruan Xiwen said, patting Zhuang Hanyan’s hand.

"But do we even have a choice? I already agreed, there's no going back." Zhuang Hanyan thought of the spatial bag. That spatial bag was a treasure; now that they had it, how could Jiang Chen possibly let her reveal it?

“This…” Ruan Xiwen’s face darkened.

……

On the other side, Jiang Chen set up the family teleportation talisman and then arrived at White Feather Island.

"This time, I'm heading west from the Central Continent in search of a new continent..." Jiang Chen recounted the process of finding the new continent: "Because the first country I encountered on the new continent was the Great An Dynasty, I plan to name the new continent the Great An Continent."

"Is the Great An Continent so far from the Central Continent?" The women were quite surprised.

“Yes, this time I plan to send Tang Lili, Tian Ye, Liu Yin, Jian Anjie, and Guo Qingyi to the capital of Da'an Dynasty on the Da'an Continent,” Jiang Chen said.

"Us?" Tang Lili and the others were quite surprised.

"Correct."

Jiang Chen nodded.

Among Tang Lili, Tian Ye, and others, only Guo Qingyi is capable of managing the family business in the Second World. Tang Lili, Liu Yin, and Jian Anjie are visiting the Second World for the first time and are somewhat inadequate in managing the business.

Although Tianye had previously gone to the Third World, he first cultivated in the capital city of the Ming Dynasty and then in the Bianjing Imperial Palace of the Tianqiong Continent, without doing anything else.

Guo Qingyi, on the other hand, is capable of managing the business.

However, they will be able to leave the Second World soon. Tang Lili and the others are just going there now to get used to it.

"This trip will help me get used to things and buy some servants. In Jiangning, Da'an Dynasty, I'm doing a gold jewelry business with the Jian family..." Jiang Chen explained his cooperation with Jian Jinhai.

"So, in the Great An Dynasty, we run a family business? And it doesn't involve the court?" Tianye asked.

“Let’s focus on the family business first. We can talk about the rest later,” Jiang Chen said. “Shall we go now?” Guo Qingyi asked.

"We can go and take a look in the next couple of days," Jiang Chen said with a smile. "After all, we're about to leave the Second World."

"That's true." The women nodded.

Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Chen arrived at Huang Beishuang's room.

"Husband?"

When Jiang Chen arrived at Baiyu Island, Huang Beishuang was taking a bath, so she didn't go to the living room.

"I just came from the New World, the Great An Continent." Jiang Chen briefly recounted his experiences on the Great An Continent.

"I never imagined that the new continent of the Second World would become so far away," Huang Beishuang said.

"It was a bit unexpected."

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "However, this is a good thing for us. There are many islands between the Central Continent and the Da'an Continent. As long as we have enough strength, we can fully develop these islands and oceans."

“That will take a long time,” Huang Beishuang said.

"Ah."

Jiang Chen nodded: "However, as long as we improve our strength, it won't be difficult to develop it."

Jiang Chen didn't believe that the continents of the Second World would be more than 10,000 kilometers apart for no reason.

In Jiang Chen's view, the fact that these continents are so far apart suggests that there might be some secrets between them.

“That’s true.” Huang Beishuang was unaware of Jiang Chen’s thoughts, but even if she had, she wouldn’t have expressed her opinion.

"Just finished showering?" Jiang Chen approached Huang Beishuang and put his arm around her waist.

"Just finished washing." As she spoke, Huang Beishuang untied Jiang Chen's belt.

"It smells so good." Jiang Chen took off his clothes with Huang Beishuang's help, and then picked her up in his arms.

"Husband..." Huang Beishuang hugged Jiang Chen's neck.

Jiang Chen chuckled and carried Huang Beishuang onto the bed.

……

The next day, Jiang Chen brought Tang Lili and the others to the capital city of the Great An Dynasty on the Great An Continent.

"Zhuang Hanyan, these are my wives, Tang Lili, Tian Ye, Liu Yin, Jian Anjie, and Guo Qingyi." Jiang Chen introduced Zhuang Hanyan and the others: "This is Zhuang Hanyan, a ninth-rank steward of our Jiang family."

"Greetings, ladies." Zhuang Hanyan bowed.

Tang Lili and the others' gazes fell on Zhuang Hanyan.

Zhuang Hanyan is very beautiful.

This is probably one of the reasons why Jiang Chen chose her, right?
However, they dared not say much about it.

"Zhuang Hanyan, there's no need for such formalities." Guo Qingyi, as expected of an empress, exuded an astonishing aura.

"Thank you, Madam." Zhuang Hanyan sensed a stronger aura from Guo Qingyi than from Ruan Xiwen.

"Zhuang Hanyan, you will now assist the ladies in handling matters here," Jiang Chen said.

"Yes," Zhuang Hanyan replied.

After exchanging a few words with Guo Qingyi and the others, Jiang Chen left.

A moment later, Jiang Chen arrived at the Jian residence in Jiangning.

“Master Jian, Miss Jian, these are gold ornaments,” Jiang Chen said, pointing to the two large boxes he had brought in.

"These……"

Jian Jinhai and Jian Mingshu exchanged a glance, and Jian Mingshu stepped forward to examine the situation.

After a while.

Jian Mingshu nodded to Jian Jinhai.

“Master Jiang is a straightforward man.” Jian Jinhai waved his hand, and a servant brought over the silver: “Master Jiang, this is 30% of the payment.”

“Then it’s a pleasure to cooperate.” Jiang Chen smiled and said, “Patriarch Jian, I will come here at this time every month from now on. You just need to prepare the money then.”

“Okay.” Jian Jinhai nodded.

"Then I'll tell you now." Jiang Chen didn't want to stay any longer and left with several hundred thousand taels of silver.

"Mingshu, did we invest too much this time?" Jian Jinhai asked Jian Mingshu after Jiang Chen left.

"Father, things have come to this point, we can only sell the goods as quickly as possible." Jian Mingshu didn't share Jian Jinhai's worries, because the styles Jiang Chen brought out were all ones that Da'an Dynasty didn't have.

“Jiangning alone is probably not enough to sell all these gold ornaments; we must sell them towards the capital,” Jian Jinhai said.

"The capital?" Jian Mingshu's hand tightened slightly.

“Yes.” A glint of ambition flashed in Jian Jinhai’s eyes.

……

On the other side, after leaving the Jian residence, Jiang Chen flew westward.

Soon, Jiang Chen arrived in the Kingdom of Splendor.

"The Kingdom of Splendor?"

"Don't you know about the Brocade Kingdom in the drama?"

Jiang Chen flew slowly through the air.

Just then, Jiang Chen's gaze fell on the northwest.

"Is there a war going on over there?"

Jiang Chen frowned.

It's January now, is the Kingdom of Brocade still at war?

Soon, Jiang Chen arrived above a city.

Pingling City?

Jiang Chen looked closely and saw the words on the city gate.

"interesting……"

Jiang Chen surveyed the battle below.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were fighting.

Jiang Chen glanced at it, and a thought struck him.

next moment.

Jiang Chen's figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.

Soon, Jiang Chen appeared in a mountain forest.

A quick glance revealed a woman being attacked by a group of masked assassins in the woods.

Almost simultaneously, a system notification sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen silently recited in his heart.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in and received 10,000 Wild Goose Feather Waist Knives.]

"Ten thousand wild goose feather waist knives?"

"A third-grade weapon, the Goose Feather Waist Saber?"

"This is the fourteenth time I've checked in."

According to the system introduction, this third-rank weapon, the Goose Feather Waist Knife, is made based on the Goose Feather Waist Knife from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in history.

The blade of the wild goose feather waist knife is relatively straight, with a slightly upturned arc at the tip. It is 70-80cm long and 3.5-4cm wide. There are four blood grooves on both sides of the blade. The blade is sharpened from the tip to the back of the blade, about 15-20cm from the tip, which is generally called the reverse edge.

The blade of the goose-feather waist knife is engraved with star patterns, and the scabbard is made of wood, covered with golden peach bark arranged in a "人" (human) shape. Golden peach bark is the bark of a type of peach tree found in southern China; its color is golden, like gold lacquer. Folklore says that golden peach bark can ward off evil spirits, so using it for the waist knife and scabbard serves both a decorative purpose and symbolizes the enduring stability of the empire and the awe-inspiring power of the people.

"This sign-in reward is great!"

"The Star Riders and Eagle Armor Guards are required to be equipped with goose feather waist sabers."

"When the Eagle Armor Guards expand in the future, the demand for Goose Feather Waist Knives will definitely increase."

"If possible, the regular Jiang family army can also be equipped with this."

Jiang Chen looked at the female lead who had signed in.

Fu Yixiao is a character in the novel "A Smile Follows a Song".

In the drama, she is the most renowned archer in the entire kingdom, as calm and decisive as an arrow released from a bow. She has strong likes and dislikes, outwardly arrogant and sharp, but at her core warm and sincere. Betrayed by her beloved and falling off a cliff, she survives by chance but suffers memory loss and a severely injured left hand, unable to draw her bow. Her glory is shattered, but the crisis continues; she will never yield. Even with a broken arm, she will draw her bow and fight against the wind, determined to settle scores and protect those who truly love her. She shatters the long night with her mortal body, ultimately ensuring the eternal brightness of the starry sky.

"Fu Yixiao from 'A Smile Follows a Song'?"

Fu Yixiao, born into a commoner family, is appreciated by Prince Xia Jingshi of Zhennan for her outstanding archery skills and grows into the chief archer of Jinxiu Kingdom. Equipped with a black iron bow and a specially made quiver, she has a clear sense of right and wrong, and her red dress and tied-up hair style showcases both her proud and sharp, yet warm and sincere, qualities.

Fu Yixiao accurately wounded the enemy commander Feng Suige in the Battle of Pingling, earning the title of "Number One Archer in the World" for this achievement. After being betrayed by his beloved and falling off a cliff, he suffered amnesia and his left hand was severely injured, making it impossible for him to draw his bow. However, he continued to fight with his remaining arm. He met the severely injured Feng Suige by the Medicine Spring and returned to Su Sha Kingdom with her.

The two join hands to expose the conspiracy of false intelligence created by the powerful groups of the two countries. After experiencing assassination and betrayal, they finally uncover the political conspiracy behind the Pingling Campaign.

In the finale, Fu Yixiao and Feng Suige choose to live in seclusion at Wutong Courtyard, far from the court's turmoil. Feng Suige presents her with the Chasing Clouds Bow, symbolizing the world's greatest bow, and promises to hold a wedding ceremony after the three-year mourning period. The scene of the two testing the bow on the mountaintop ends with a dazzling display of fireworks, signifying rebirth. In the final battle, Fu Yixiao misses Xia Jingshi's crossbow bolt, helping Feng Suige to kill him.

"I didn't expect it to be Fu Yixiao..."

"Is this when the story begins?"

"It seems that in this world where film and television are integrated, the start time of the story has changed somewhat."

"After all, it's January now, but that won't have much of an impact."

Jiang Chen remembered.

This is what happened in the first episode of "A Smile Follows the Song".

"Looks like we're in luck; we arrived just in time."

Jiang Chen stood on a large tree, watching the battle in the distance.