Chapter 439: The Witch of Sun and Moon

Early the next morning, Mo Li received a wake-up call from Nie Li. “Has your second brother been possessed?”

Mo Li sat up in her bed. Before she could figure out what had happened, Nie Li rambled on. “Your second brother just invested in Huan Yu, he wanted to start a project for a new year drama.”

Mo Li woke up right after she heard that. What is happening?

Mo Li hurried to Huan Yu and she saw the script in Nie Li’s hands.

“Your brother has spared no expenses to help you! You now have 2 big productions fighting for you. Honestly, this new script, the Witch of Sun and Moon is not worse than Han Xu’s script.”

Mo Li read through the script. The story was based on an alternate Chinese dynasty. The imperial witch was detained because she said the emperor would fall ill in her premonition. When she was in prison, she was rescued by the chancellor’s wife. When the witch touched the wife, she saw into the future. She knew that the child in the woman’s stomach was going to be the future empress. However, the child was not meant to be empress for long. Once she became the empress, her family would be vanquished.

To repay the chancellor’s wife, the witch told the premonition to her disciple. When the chancellor’s wife gave birth to the girl, the girl was named Huai Yan. 14 years later, Huai Yan found her way to the crown prince, Di Xuan and the two fell in love at first sight.

Di Xuan was still young. Other than Huai Yan, there was another character who he adored and that was his older stepbrother, Di Xu.

However, Di Xu understood the problem. He saw Di Xuan as a challenge to the future throne. Life in the imperial court changed the fate of the 3 characters. The prediction of the witch was coming true. Huai Yan was caught in the power struggle of the two potential kings.

Mo Xiao demanded that Mo Li play Huai Yan. Mo Li had to admit Mo Xiao did know how to trick her. Huai Yan, the daughter of the chancellor, Emperor Xuan’s first and true love. Huai Yan’s personality was like heavy rain in the first autumn, it was refreshing, yet overwhelming.

Huai Yan was the chancellor’s daughter so she and her brother had scholarly influence since they were born. Huai Yan was knowledgeable and could recite poetry at a whim. Even when compared to her brother who was the Zhuang Yuan (No1 scholar), Huai Yan could stand her ground. She was well-loved by her family. When her brother was summoned to the imperial court, Huai Yan followed behind him. It was how she managed to encounter Di Xuan. After multiple twists, the two fell in love. Huai Yan was selected as the crown prince’s consort.

At this point, Mo Li still hadn’t found anything interesting about the plot. Compared to Di Xuan, Mo Li favored the second male lead.

Mo Li continued to read. Without even realizing it, Mo Li had gotten invested in Huai Yan’s story. This was the biggest difference this story had with Han Xu’s story. Han Xu relied a lot on cliffs and dramas but Mo Xiao’s script relied on a strong script.

Huai Yan received the doting love from Di Xuan, they assumed they would be happy together after Huai Yan was selected as the crown prince’s consort. However, Di Xuan’s stepmother, or Di Xu’s mother, the empress dowager had someone curse and poison Huai Yan. Huai Yan fell severely ill. She was sent out of the palace because the empress dowager said Huai Yan’s illness was contagious.

Huai Yan was about to die when the witch’s spirit returned. She protected Huai Yan. But when Huai Yan woke up, she had forgotten everything. Perhaps due to the lingering presence of the witch, Huai Yan thought she was a witch. She started to practice witchery and impressed the nearby villagers.

6 years after that, Huai Yan ran into Di Xu who was on a hunting trip around the witch’s forest. Huai Yan saved Di Xu from danger with her prediction. Impressed by Huai Yan, Di Xu brought her back to the palace as the new imperial witch. Back in the familiar environment, Huai Yan slowly recovered her memory and everything she shared with Di Xuan.

“I don’t think you can reject a script your brother has prepared personally for you!” Nie Li looked at Mo Li. Honestly, Nie Li had no idea if Mo Li would take the script or not. If Mo Li still rejected it, Nie Li had to find a good explanation for Mo Xiao.

So he was thinking about this yesterday. Mo Li smiled and shook her head. “If I have to release a movie during the new year, it might as well be this. Nie Li, I’ll have you trouble you some more in the future as I’ll be planning Mo Zheng’s comeback too.” Mo Li returned the script to Nie Li. Mo Li had accepted the role.

Nie Li sighed. This had saved her a lot of trouble. Three days later, the news that Mo Li would star in both Like A Willow and The Witch of Sun and Moon spread on the internet. Everyone was speculating that she was about to become Huanyu’s new top star.

“As expected of someone of her background, but can she really carry these roles?”

“I’m looking forward to the new drama. Where are the people who said Mo Li was trying to steal the role from Song Xin?”

“She’ll be playing Liu Rushi?”

“Is Huan Yu crazy? Sister Zhou Bao should have these roles!”

“I’ll be supporting Witch of Sun and Moon! It sounds interesting.”