CHAPTER 779: CHAPTER 769: "EMPRESS YUANZHAO" BECOMES THE BIGGEST WINNER

Gotta say, the netizens hit the nail on the head this time.

Jiang Lingxi couldn’t be bothered to give the long-winded thanks that everyone was tired of hearing. She simply summed it up with, "Thank you to everyone who put in time and effort for the show ’Empress Yuan Zhao’."

She then briefly summed up her filming experience in a couple of sentences and concluded with, "Please continue to follow my upcoming works." With that, she walked off the stage with her trophy.

The host, still trying to mentally rehearse the closing statement for the award ceremony: "..."

Why the rush!

[Hahaha, I noticed the host’s stunned expression.]

[Guess they’ve never seen an award winner give a speech in less than a minute.]

[Unlike us, who had already anticipated this based on her usual style.]

[The host should have been warned during the previous interview; she’s not one to waste words!]

[I wonder if future award ceremonies will add a rule that speeches cannot be less than three minutes.]

[Jiang Lingxi, the actor single-handedly forcing award ceremonies to add rules 23333]

Zhou Lingyue instinctively stood up to leave when Jiang Lingxi was announced as the Best Actress, but doing so would make it obvious to anyone that she wasn’t pleased with the result.

She had to hold back and continue sitting, watching Jiang Lingxi interact with Yu Hua, who lost the Best Actress to her, and step onto the stage, receiving the award personally from the President of the Film and Television Association and being interviewed further by the host.

Such honor, in the spotlight of all!

It stoked a fire of jealousy in her heart.

A deep-seated fear spread in her heart that was burned by jealousy.

Her style was somewhat similar to Jiang Lingxi’s, and her signature works were all female-centric. Now that Jiang Lingxi was rising, she lacked outstanding works and popularity to hold her down.

Not long ago, she even missed the role of Queen Xiao!

Even though she tried to sabotage Dong Wei with press releases, it didn’t stop Dong Wei from joining the cast. She heard that the director of ’Queen Xiao’ was very satisfied with Dong Wei’s performance, and she completely lost her chance.

The entertainment industry has always been about ups and downs; if similar themes appear in the future, the producers would immediately think of Jiang Lingxi, who just won Best Actress, and maybe her after that.

How could she be willing to accept this result!

The last act of the award ceremony was Lin Yan singing the theme song of ’Empress Yuan Zhao.’

This year’s Mulan Flower Awards didn’t bring a sweep for ’Empress Yuan Zhao,’ but it did take home three major awards, making it undoubtedly the biggest winner.

However, Zhou Lingyue didn’t listen to a single lyric.

When her agent came over, she found Zhou Lingyue’s face pale, unable to be concealed even by heavy makeup, "Lingyue? Lingyue?"

After calling several times, Zhou Lingyue snapped out of her frightening thoughts, and with difficulty, she moved her lips and squeezed out, "I’m fine."

Agent: "..."

This doesn’t seem fine at all.

She was worried too.

If Jiang Lingxi hadn’t won Best Actress this time, it wouldn’t have been so bad. But now that she had, and as long as she kept her act together from now on, she’d be unstoppable!

Looking at her own artist, she didn’t even want to comment.

She was tired from advising, but if she doesn’t listen, what can she really do?

"Leaving?"

"Yes."

But before she left through the side door, she couldn’t help but glance back towards Jiang Lingxi.

The people in the venue had begun to leave one after another after the award ceremony, leaving plenty of empty seats, and the crew from ’Empress Yuan Zhao’ were all gathered around Jiang Lingxi now.

The center of attention!

Jiang Lingxi was saying goodbye to Pei Xinyuan and the others and detected the gaze from a distance and looked over.

Meeting a pair of bright, captivating eyes, Zhou Lingyue almost fled in panic, lifting her dress and hurrying away.

"Sister Xi?"

Jiang Lingxi watched Zhou Lingyue’s back as she disappeared from sight and drew her gaze back, "Nothing, be careful on your way back."

"Mhm, you too."

When everyone had gradually departed, Tong Yue came over with Lu Zhengzheng and Fang Yao grinning widely.

"Let me take a look."

Jiang Lingxi had no choice but to hand back the trophy that had just come into her hands, "Sister Tong, I’m heading back to Xiyuan tonight; I’ll come to the set tomorrow morning. Zhengzheng and Yaoyao can take the crew vehicle back."

Tong Yue, having just scrutinized the trophy closely and not having time to open the award certificate, looked up as she heard this and saw a silhouette walking towards them, and nodded immediately, "Sure, as long as you don’t be late for the set tomorrow."

She couldn’t possibly stop her artist from sharing her victory with Mr. Shen.

She wasn’t afraid to lose her life.

The three of them each took a moment with the trophy and certificate, greeted Shen Yunqing, who had come to pick Jiang Lingxi up, and wisely left.

Jiang Lingxi handed the recently returned trophy to Shen Yunqing, "Let’s go, I’m starving!"

Although she had snacked a bit before the award ceremony, it lasted three hours, with cameras focusing on her, requiring her to maintain poise, and her energy consumption wasn’t less than exercising.

Shen Yunqing held the trophy in one hand and her wrist in the other, "I’ve asked Xiazhi to prepare a late-night snack; we can eat once we’re back. There are some snacks in the car, too, if you want to nibble."

"Okay."

People in the venue who wanted to have a word could only stop as they watched Jiang Lingxi being led away.

"Didn’t this person not come?"

"Not didn’t come, but came and didn’t plan to show up."

"Definitely low-profile."

Speaking of low profile, those who paused and look at each other were reminded of Jiang Lingxi’s answer on the stage earlier.

"What do you think Mr. Shen’s identity is?"

"Who knows, but my instinct says not to provoke."

"... Me too. Now I figured it out; the more low-key someone is, the less you can provoke them."

"You got that right!"

Jiang Lingxi wasn’t aware that people had noticed Shen Yunqing coming to pick her up and couldn’t help discussing. She was currently munching on the soda crackers Shen Yunqing gave her.

Eating two herself and feeding one to Shen Yunqing.

Because he was driving, after all.

Upon arriving at Xiyuan, she immediately changed out of her complicated dress before sitting down to have a bowl of freshly cooked light broth wontons.

She looked up and saw Shen Yunqing, having filled only half a bowl, already finished, carefully wiping her trophy with a pale cloth.

When finished polishing the trophy to a spotless gleam without a fingerprint, he placed it with the award certificate into a rosewood cabinet already prepared.

Jiang Lingxi supported her chin, watching him finish and then walking to his side for a closer look, "It looks pretty nice."

The cabinet was rustic, the trophy exquisite, an unmatched aesthetic.

Her Prime Minister’s taste never left her doubting.

"This cabinet will be specifically for storing Your Majesty’s trophies in the future."

"Then let’s talk about it in the future. For now, shall we go to bed?"