The mole under Yao Shen's eye is redone, and he's ushered into the dressing room.
Yan Shuyi's usually wears the white robes of a Daoist, with wide trailing sleeves and embroidered flower and leaf patterns on the chest.
His only accessories are silver crowns and the occasional jade hairpin and cuff, for more important events.
There are several layers to the heavy costume, and Yao Shen dreads having to wear it during the upcoming summer months in Hengdian.
Filming will start in spring, but it will stretch out all through summer and finish around the end of August.
If Yao Shen is already sweating under the artificial lighting of the studio, he can only imagine how much worse it will be under the scorching summer sun while filming outdoors scenes.
