Chapter 124

The Eighth Prince's idea was to make the old man happy, but in the eyes of the emperor and other ministers, this pair of dying falcons was a mockery of his old father being as old as the falcons.

Simply put, I'm dying!

The moment they understood this meaning, all the court officials changed their expressions. Their first thought was whether the Eighth Prince had gone crazy.

They still wanted to force the emperor to abdicate. Some of them even looked around in an unruly manner, wondering if the army had already surrounded the palace. However, the ministers of the Eighth Prince's faction next to them also had innocent looks on their faces, and only turned their attention to the Eighth Prince, who was the backbone of the family.

The Eighth Prince was even more surprised than them. The usually calm and gentle Eighth Prince also changed his expression at this moment and knelt down immediately to explain.

If he could tolerate this, he would not be Emperor Kangxi. Moreover, the emperor also has to save face in front of so many people.

Kangxi was unwilling to listen to the Eighth Prince's explanation and angrily rebuked him:

"I am fully aware of his unfilial and unrighteous behavior. From now on, I have broken off relations with Yinsi and his son."

Now that his father had said so much, Yinsi knew that he was out.

Although the Eighth Prince was out, his influence remained, so the Eighth Prince's party planned to support Yinzhen to take the throne.

[Hmm, huh? Why did you change people?]

【A roundabout way to save the country, let’s learn more.】

At this point, the battle for the throne among the nine princes entered its final stage. At this stage, there were only three candidates left. The first was the third prince Yinzhi, who concentrated on compiling books; the second was the fourth prince Yinzhen, who delved into Buddhism; and the third was Yinzhi, who came from behind and inherited Yinsi's network of connections.

Relatively speaking, Yinzhen has the greatest power. After all, the entire Eighth Prince's party is behind him. Although the fourth prince Yinzhen does not form cliques on the surface, he is not without allies in secret, such as the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang.

The movie also gives an explanation as to why Yinxiang did not fight for it himself and supported the fourth prince. On the one hand, it was because Yinxiang was close to Yinreng, and Yinzhen and Yinreng had a good relationship before. After Yinreng was eliminated, the fourth prince took over part of the power of the prince's party, and Yinxiang switched to the fourth prince's side during this period.

On the other hand, it was also because Yinxiang was ill at the time. He had a poisonous sore on his leg that often oozed pus. He visited many famous doctors, but no one could cure him. In this situation, the impression of poor health doomed him to have no chance of becoming the crown prince, so he could only fully support the forces to which Yinzhen belonged.

Only the third prince Yinzhi was still alone. Gradually, he could no longer sit still and began to send people to travel around and make friends with ministers from all over the country.

[Old Three: You all have your own friends. I'm sorry, Father Emperor, but I'm also going to form a clique for personal gain!]

At that time, the third prince did have some ideas.

However, Meng Guangzu, who was chosen by the third prince to lobby, not only failed to complete the task assigned to him by the third prince, but was greedy and extorted money everywhere under the banner of the third prince.

Soon, Meng Guangzu was reported. Although the old father only executed Meng Guangzu, perhaps for the sake of the royal family's reputation, he did not implicate the third prince Yinzhi. However, although there was no punishment, everyone understood, and the old father still had some thoughts in his mind.

There is no harm without comparison. The third and fourth sons are usually low-key, which makes their father have a good impression of them. However, being an emperor still requires ability. Obviously, you, the third son, do not know how to judge people. If you really inherit the throne in the future, I am afraid you will be deceived by some officials.

Although the Third Prince's action was unsuccessful, with Meng Guangzu's exposure, his intentions were noticed by the Fourth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince, which also made them wary of him.

On the one hand, he lacked the power of his own, and on the other hand, the two sides were eyeing him covetously. In addition, the Third Prince himself discovered that the court was too complicated due to some of his personality traits. With so many conditions, the Third Prince finally withdrew from the fight half actively and half passively.

【Forehead……】

[No wonder the third brother is the weakest. Look at all the monsters and demons in his camp.]

[Meng Guangzu, a truly brilliant portrayal of a bad teammate.]

[Fourth Master, I haven't even made a move yet, and Third Brother is already giving himself away? Ah this this.]

[Hahahaha, sorry, I just wanted to laugh. What's wrong? Even though it's a serious drama, Director Huan made it so interesting. I'm worthy of being Director Huan. It's good and I love watching it!]

The Fourth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince, who was supported by the Eighth Prince's party, learned from the lessons of their predecessors. Both sides controlled their tempers and waited for the opportunity to make things worse. In order to avoid a good situation, they sent themselves away before the enemy even made a move.

This wait lasted until the 57th year of the Kangxi reign.

An alarm came from the border that the Dzungars had invaded Tibet. In order to fight against the Dzungars, Kangxi appointed Yinzhen as the General of Fuyuan to lead an army of 100,000 in person with the emperor's specifications.

【Ugh! 】

Apparently, the old foxes in officialdom were more perceptive than the audience in front of the screen. Seeing this, their minds began to move. Yinzhen went on the expedition with the standard of an emperor, and everyone visited and entertained each other privately. They came to the conclusion through eye contact that the emperor intended to make the fourteenth prince the crown prince!

Moreover, this time, going on an expedition to gain experience will not only earn me reputation, but most importantly, I will have military power and the whole world will be mine!

There is the great general Wang outside, and the eighth, ninth and tenth brothers are stationed in the capital to coordinate internal and external forces.

To put it bluntly, if something really happened to my old father, wouldn't the Eighth Prince's party be in power? Now that the emperor is older, things are not looking good.

However, the audience knew that the Fourth Prince was not unprepared. He had already secretly made his move when no one was paying attention.

Control the situation through secret planning.

The fourth prince Yinzhen first established a cooperative relationship with Nian Gengyao, the then governor of Sichuan. Nian Gengyao's sister was Yinzhen's concubine. With this old relationship, Nian Gengyao naturally became a member of the Fourth Prince's party.

In May of the 60th year of the Kangxi reign, Kangxi promoted Nian Gengyao to Governor-General of Sichuan and Shaanxi. In ancient times, there was an old saying that "food and fodder must be sent before troops move", which shows the importance of support from the rear.

Nian Gengyao's presence in Sichuan and Shaanxi was equivalent to helping the fourth prince penetrate Yinzhen's vital point, directly eliminating the advantage of the fourteenth prince as a general who had military power.

In the 60th year of Kangxi's reign, Yinzhen returned to the court victoriously, but a few days after returning to Beijing, he was sent to the front line by Kangxi to deal with an emergency, which made him away from the core circle at a critical moment.

On November 13, the 61st year of the Kangxi reign, Emperor Kangxi passed away in Yuanqingxi Study in Changchun at the age of 69. That night, Longkodo, who was in charge of the security of Changchun Garden, took out the imperial edict and announced that the fourth prince Yinzhen would ascend the throne. Later, the reign was changed to Yongzheng. Thus, the battle for the throne among the nine princes that lasted for twenty years finally came to an end.

【End of the celebration.】

[Huh, this big workplace drama isn't right. The Emperor's Rise doesn't seem quite right either. Regardless, it got my blood boiling and I benefited a lot from it.]

【Benefited a lot, plus one. 】

[In fact, the secret struggle had already begun at the beginning of the movie, and the reason why Emperor Kangxi dealt with Suo Etu with thunderous means was probably because he felt the threat from the prince's party.]

[I've learned a lot about business warfare, and also a lot about how ancient emperors used insults. Therefore, this film, also known as the Emperor, teaches you step-by-step how to scold your son.]

[Not only did I curse, I also learned a lot of compliments. For details, see the corny rainbow farts that the Fourth Master wrote when he was flattering his father. Whoever said that the ancients were subtle is a fool.]

After the film was released, the discussion about the Nine Princes' Struggle for the Throne was still heated on the Internet. In addition to some famous scenes and classic lines that went viral, as well as everyone's in-depth analysis of the princes and the old father, the audience did not expect that although the Nine Princes' Struggle for the Throne was adapted from history, the film and television work could actually reflect reality.

A week later, a big piece of news in the economic sector became a hot topic.

The old man of the Pei family, a large family business that researches optical computer chips, is getting old and is about to step down, but he has not yet decided on the next successor to the company.

The old man has four children, two sons and two daughters. It is said that they have been fighting over the inheritance rights recently.

This time, the big news about the Pei family revealed by the reporters was in great connection with the Nine Princes' fight for the throne.

I don’t know if he was inspired by the plot of the movie, but under the camera of the reporter, in the middle of the night, Pei Da sneaked to the outside of Pei Ermei’s villa, and climbed into Pei Ermei’s house through the window left for him by the gardener he bribed.

Little did he know that Pei Ermei had done the gardener a favor and the gardener was only pretending to agree. Pei Da had just sneaked into Pei Ermei's house when the lights suddenly came on and he caught him in the act.

As Pei Ermei made the call to kill her own relatives for the sake of justice, sirens soon sounded and Uncle Hat came to arrest Pei Da who broke into a private house.

I thought that some dangerous goods could be found on Pei Da. Even some interstellar viewers became confused after seeing this in the news. Pei Da was a person of status after all. Even if he wanted to find a way to prevent Pei Ermei from continuing to fight with him, he would not do it himself.

Continuing to read, they soon found out why Pei Da had to take action himself.

Because the relationship between the siblings had long been broken and they had never spoken to each other, Pei Ermei would never invite Pei Da to her home, so Pei Da had no choice but to resort to this last resort. After all, the cursed doll would be most effective only if the wisher personally placed it in the cursed person's home.

That's right, after Uncle Hat searched Pei Da, he found that he didn't have the murder weapon that everyone imagined, nor did he have any messy drugs. He was not here to kill or burn people.

The only physical evidence was a rag doll made of straw, with many needles stuck in it and Pei Ermei's name written in chicken blood on the back.

Even the uncle in the hat looked speechless in the video.

The interstellar audience who watched the video also fell into silence: ...

【I really didn’t expect that.】

[Although, it is still quite vicious.]

[Suddenly, I felt like I was the eldest prince. ]

[The real business war is somewhat different from what I imagined.]

The most bizarre thing was that during the interrogation of the criminal suspect, Pei Da confessed that he was instigated by someone.

Who was the man who was sowing discord? It was his good third brother. It was only then that Pei Da realized something was amiss. He had thought his third brother was a member of his faction, a person who supported him silently without fighting or competing. But it turned out that this guy also had evil intentions and had secretly coveted their throne.

The interrogating hat uncles: ...

This metaphor is quite apt.

As for Pei San, when Uncle Hat came to ask about him, he was fighting with Pei Simei.

Today, I try to kill the money tree in your office, and tomorrow I find out that someone has dug a hole under the Pixiu in my own office. Now it only takes in but not out, and now it takes out more than it takes in...

The "Four Princes Fighting for the Succession" of the Pei family amazed the audience. It seemed like they were replaying the fight for the succession of the nine princes.

The interstellar audience who like to watch the fun also did not forget to tag Xinghuo Entertainment and Director Huan, asking them, the main creators, to come out and appreciate it together.

Huan Xu and Spark Entertainment were not expecting this development, and they immediately issued a statement: "Don't imitate, trust science!"

Audience: [Haha, hahaha.]

[It can be seen that Director Huan and Xinghuo have a strong desire to survive.]

I don't care, I just want to believe it.

[Enter my gate, believe in my guidance, and you will have eternal life! Amen.]

Huan Xu: ...

This audience is just naughty.

In a blink of an eye, the carnival night of heaven has arrived.

Huan Xu and the people from Xinghuo Entertainment were filled with emotion when they received the familiar invitation letter again.

The old people of Xinghuo still remember the difficulties Xinghuo faced a year ago when it was on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, Director Huan stepped forward at the most difficult time, and in the blink of an eye, their Xiaohuo has surpassed a medium-sized entertainment company and is striding towards a large entertainment company.

Everything is thriving and getting better.

Being in such a big family, the old people of Xinghuo were very glad that they did not leave. Later, the new members who joined Xinghuo also smiled, fortunately they joined not too late.

Stepping onto the red carpet again, not to mention Huan Xu who was already experienced before the time travel, even the artists from Xinghuo were familiar with it the first time, and the third time was like being at home.

Just kidding, it would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous. If I made a fool of myself on the red carpet, it wouldn't be broadcast live in front of a one-star audience, but would leave an indelible black history in front of a multi-star audience.

In the car, Wu Qianying and Qin Dongxiao partnered up again, mainly to feel the emotions and recall the nervousness when they walked the red carpet for the first time last year.

Qin Dongxiao smiled and said, "Last year, we were still worried in the car whether this would be our only chance to enter the Carnival Night Hall and leave a highlight. In the blink of an eye, the Nine Stars merged, and we even walked the red carpet several times."

Wu Qianying also recalled: "Not to mention the red carpet and the qualification to enter the carnival night, if it weren't for Director Huan, you, Lao Qin, might have returned home to inherit the family business, and I would have returned home to inherit the mountain of my hometown and become a fruit beauty."

"Yes, thanks to Director Huan." Qin Dongxiao looked outside the car, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the crowd surging outside the Carnival Night Awards Hall. Those were the fans and audiences who saw Xinghuo's hover car about to arrive, and they gave a warm welcome and cheers.

Qin Dongxiao's eyes were filled with love and pride for his profession. He was honored to be able to stand here and be loved by so many people. He couldn't help but smile and joked with Wu Qianying:

"I saw a joke online a while ago. Last year, Director Huan became famous in his debut performance, winning several trophies including the Best New Director award. This year, if Director Huan doesn't win the ultimate award at the carnival night in his hometown, I'll be embarrassed to say that Director Huan is unlucky."

Wu Qianying also tucked her hair and said with a smile, "Even if it doesn't work out this year, Director Huan will definitely be there next year or the year after."

In order to prove to the audiences of other stars that Director Huan is their Heaven, the people of Heaven put all their efforts into canvassing votes for Director Huan on the Blue Carnival Night. Not even ten thousand, not even one in ten thousand, the grand prize must go to Director Huan.

Although with the merger of the Nine Stars, in the past year, among the films shot by Director Huan, only the recently released "Butterfly Lovers" is the real and complete taste of Cang Tian.

But the same thing goes, as long as it is a drama directed by Director Huan, even if it is not to the taste of the star, there is nothing bad that everyone dislikes.

It was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

As the host spoke passionately, awards were handed out one after another, and Xinghuo Entertainment became the biggest winner of the night. Inspired by the urgent desire of the people of Cangtian Star to prove themselves, Xinghuo Entertainment relied on the audience's love to compete with the three major Cangtian stars, and won the trophy in a surprising and powerful manner.

Prove with strength that even capital must give way in the face of true talent.

This year, Qin Dongxiao also received his first nomination for Best Actor - Shen Haoran, the male lead in "Red and White Happiness".

Unfortunately, I missed the award by a small margin.

However, for Qin Dongxiao himself, the nomination is already a recognition of him.

He is still young and he believes that he still has room for improvement.

So even though he didn't win the award, Qin Dongxiao's mentality was still good. The most important thing was that the Best Director Award and Best Actor Award would be presented next. Compared to his own Best Actor trophy, Qin Dongxiao cared more about whether Director Huan could win the award.

Not only Qin Dongxiao, but everyone in Xinghuo Entertainment, the guests in the entire Carnival Night Hall, and even the countless fans and audiences in front of the screen were waiting for the final moment to come.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, host Liu Tan stood on the podium.

Last year, he stood here and read out Huan Xu's award for Best New Director.

And this year he will also open the curtain of this historic moment.

After a brief opening speech, Liu Tan paused, then looked towards where Huan Xu was and said with a smile, "I'm honored to present this award to Director Huan again."

"Let's give Director Huan a big round of applause and congratulate him! He truly deserves the title of Best Director of the Year at Cang Tian Xing."

Amidst thunderous applause, Huan Xu stood up, walked towards the podium with a smile, and received his third heavyweight trophy.

The third stop of the Star Guide Journey is the Cang Tian Xing certification, get it!

The person who presented the trophy to Huan Xu was none other than Anxi, the youngest star guide of Cang Tianxing.

Anxi even smiled and joked in front of the camera, "I'll hand this trophy over to Director Huan on behalf of everyone. I believe that it won't be long before Director Huan slaps me on the beach and sets a new record for the oldest director on the star director list. Please keep up the good work!"

"Thank you, thank you everyone. I will continue to work hard."

After Huan Xu finished his acceptance speech and thanked everyone, host Liu Tan asked questions of concern to all the audience in front of the screen before Huan Xu left the stage.

"After the awards ceremony, will Director Huan have any new works to give back to the fans this time?"

You should know that Huan Xu still owes a work debt. However, in response to Liu Tan's question, Huan Xu looked at the camera without hesitation, smiled and nodded in the affirmative answer, and said with a relaxed tone: "Everyone, please remember this. I will add one more to my debt."

Barrages of comments flashed across the screens of each live broadcast room.

【Director Huan is so generous! 】

Thank you, Director Huan.

[As expected of the man I fell in love with, he pointed at those works, waved his hand and said to me: Look, this is the kingdom I built for you, how happy!]

[Hahahaha! What do you call this? The harder you work, the more debt you get?]

After the Blue Sky Carnival Night, can the Carnival Nights of Flame Sky Star and Bian Tian Star be far behind? As usual, it's not just a star-level reward video, but also a rewarding video. Tun Tun Rat's spring, there's food for the rest of the year!

[Director Huan: My life has been like walking on thin ice. Why is this debt piling up?]

[Oh my god, I never thought such usury still existed in the interstellar age. However, I like it. Director Huan's little spinning top started spinning hard, and he laughed arrogantly.]

[Ahem, I feel sorry for Huan for three seconds. Family members, please restrain yourself and don't scare Huan away. Let's boil the frog in warm water, bit by bit. After all, it's ours and it can't escape, dog head.]

Amid the fans' ecstasy and prayers for a better future, the Heavenly Carnival Night came to a successful conclusion. Burdened with huge debts, Huan Xu did not rest for a few days but returned to work again.

Just before the merger of Bian Tianxing, a movie called "Nine Princes Fighting for the Throne" was released. The mergers of other planets all started with two works. The audiences on Bian Tianxing were certainly not unfavored "children". Huan Xu started filming the second work.

When designing the script, Huan Xu suddenly had an idea that all the actors were familiar faces who had worked with Huan Xu before.

As for who will be the protagonist and who will be the supporting role, the people of Xinghuo don’t really care. They are all family, so what is there to worry about? They just have to listen to Director Huan’s arrangements.

As for the question of whether Qin Dongxiao, Wu Qianying, and others would feel wronged if they were asked to play supporting roles given their current status? What a joke! One should never forget their roots. They know very well that it was Director Huan who single-handedly helped them rise to prominence. To be frank, as long as Director Huan is willing to help, even a pig can be promoted to the position of Best Actor.

Not to mention, the atmosphere in Starfire is very good now, and most of the actors in it are concentrating on studying their acting skills, just to not fall behind the main group.

How many eyes are staring at them now, and how many people are scrambling to join Director Huan's "harem". They don't even have time to protect their own feathers, and they really have no time to act like big shots and cause trouble.

As for the selection of the leading role, Huan Xu's requirements this time are relatively loose. For Huan Xu, his own actors are also his family members. In addition, with the improvement of their acting skills, their acting styles and plasticity are no longer the same as they were a year ago.

Since anyone could be chosen, it was impossible to just draw lots to decide who would be the protagonist. After thinking about it, Huan Xu simply held a small internal audition.

Fair competition, whoever is most suitable under the camera will be chosen.

As for the content of the audition, it is also different from the usual online auditions.

In the old kitchen box, everyone from Xinghuo sat around the table, trying to find just one word: eat!