[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress":3,"chapter-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1497":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Plagued by bad reviews, but the top actress!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1735424,2218,"Chapter 1496: 1496: Stirred by the Scenery, Hurt by Memories","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1497",1497,"\u003Cp>Capítulo 1496: Chapter 1496: Stirred by the Scenery, Hurt by Memories\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Han Luoqi, why is my husband pretending to be you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xia Weibao’s question, Han Luoqi’s face turned dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why he’s impersonating me, don’t you have a clue!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s more innocent than anyone else, okay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just planning to go to the set for the startup ceremony, and ended up getting knocked out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he woke up, he found himself kidnapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thinking about how to escape when a man walked in and handed him an agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recognized the man, Lu Hualiang’s special assistant named Yang Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of the agreement was for him to cooperate with Lu Hualiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so angry he almost spat blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being force-fed a mouthful of dog food was utterly excessive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao didn’t know the process, only thinking that Lu Hualiang and Han Luoqi settled it “peacefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she asked with great interest, “What terms did he offer you? You actually dared to trade your Best Actor reputation with him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang isn’t an actor, how dare Han Luoqi let him play with his Best Actor title?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t he worried Lu Hualiang would butcher the role?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, Lu Hualiang’s acting yesterday was even better than Han Luoqi’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was just natural acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, he’s a talented all-rounder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Luoqi kept a cold face, did he have a choice? He was kidnapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lu Hualiang’s promise to invest in three Hollywood blockbusters, letting him be the lead actor, was something he chose to overlook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After asking for half the day without getting an answer, Xia Weibao found it boring, so she went off to make a phone call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Luoqi glanced at her, then turned and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to be force-fed dog food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, husband, where are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At the company.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.” Xia Weibao felt a little down; she hoped to shoot this drama with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t say it too plainly, afraid she’d seem too clingy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our Empress does have a bit of femininity at times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she tentatively said, “Director Xu said they’re filming the wedding night scene today, with… kissing and bed scenes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the phone, she heard a man’s low laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His magnetic, teasing voice made Her Majesty the Empress’s face turn red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… I was just telling you, planning to discuss with Director Xu about stand-ins later…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need, there’s no lead actors’ scenes this morning. I’ll go back for a meeting and be there in the afternoon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great.” Xia Weibao said excitedly, then felt it was too unreserved, so she cleared her throat twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretended to be indifferent, “Alright then, I’ll discuss with Director Xu about how to act in the afternoon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wife, I’m your husband, you can miss me openly, I don’t mind you showing a little woman’s side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao flushed and quickly denied, “Who’s missing you, don’t be so self-indulgent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really not missing me? Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His low voice, like a bass, rang in her ear, making Xia Weibao not only blushing but also her heart raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A little bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, she quickly hung up the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Covering her burning face, her heart pounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nostalgia set in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wondered if Lu Hualiang had thought of the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, as she relived it, memories filled her mind; she wished she could cling to him all day long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning’s scene mainly involved the palace feast, coronation ceremony, becoming the Empress, with the palace hosting a grand banquet, celebrating everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, Xia Weibao, as a Jianghu heroine, naturally faced opposition to becoming the Empress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, she became Empress directly, breaking many rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the wedding banquet, officials opposed it, and Emperor Xia Liang was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, she had already been sent back to the bedchamber, with no scenes for her.\u003C\u002Fp>",642,"2026-06-06T16:22:23.467Z",1,"novelbin.me","67a32d8a0e69873b9ded74a300d1b23f44f091fd0f82bf7c187b7152b2afc03c","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1498","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1496",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]