Although riding a tall horse and coolly killing everyone in one breath every day made for a pretty satisfying shoot—giving him a leisurely sense of finally returning to his area of expertise—it wasn't always completely smooth to make the horse cooperate at any time in chaotic scenes.

Thus, in his spare time from filming, Xiao He had to learn more from the breeder and spend more time getting closer to his "partner" to build a rapport.

A few days later, when this scene finally ended and Director Qiu confirmed it was correct, Xiao He wanted to get down and kowtow to the horse on the spot!

"Good horse, I'll give it an extra meal today! Definitely an extra meal!"

The first thing Xiao He did after dismounting wasn't taking off the armor already soaked in sweat, but taking the carrot handed over by his assistant and piously offering it to the warhorse in front of him.

During this period, he really had been tormented quite a bit.

It was indeed satisfying to kill everyone as a general, but under the scorching sun, wearing a suit of armor, and performing high-difficulty combat scenes on horseback, Xiao He felt somewhat physically and mentally exhausted.

Thinking about it, he almost shed the crocodile tears of a competitive king.

And that black horse, which could still "perform" methodically even in the midst of war, snorted happily, then trotted slowly to Xiao He, lowered its head with a high posture, bit the carrot he handed over, and began its post-performance extra meal.

"Brother Xiao, let me take off your helmet!"

Xiao Chen quickly took the helmet off Xiao He's head, while others came up to help disassemble his clothes. Xiao He also lowered his head, cooperating with everyone's movements, trying to free himself from this heavy silver armor.

When the heavy thing finally hit the ground, Xiao He sighed in relief, feeling as if he had just climbed out of water, completely soaked.

"Hard work, hard work."

When Xiao He looked up again, he saw Qiu Zhenlong with a smile on his face.

Qiu Zhenlong had been filming the military battlefield scenes during this time with great satisfaction and intoxication.

It wasn't until the big scenes here finally officially ended that he finally remembered his hardworking Male Protagonist and ran over to give a "warm" greeting: "Xiao Xiao has really worked hard filming during this time! How about we take a day off for May Day? Everyone has been working quite hard lately."

Hearing this, Xiao He immediately showed a polite yet lethal harmonious smile: "Hehe, Director Qiu has worked hard too."

He'd been busy as a dog lately, and he only gets one day off for May Day?

—And most likely, it's a shifted holiday.

The scenes for this one day off would have to be made up for with many days later; anyway, the filming progress of the Film Crew definitely couldn't be delayed.

Hehe, Xiao He's evaluation was that it was better not to have a holiday at all.

Don't say anything; just seeing Director Qiu's face now made his liver start to ache.

If Emperor Chen was an absolute autocratic tyrant in the imperial court, then Qiu Zhenlong was no less so in the the imperial cause Film Crew.

He had his own understanding of many things about Emperor Chen, but of course, this understanding was only about some small details, not the major plot lines. Perhaps everyone had slightly different understandings of these details. Just like whether a certain historical figure preferred sweet or spicy food; it wasn't recorded in history, and no one could give a definitive conclusion, so the matter itself was actually harmless.

But Director Qiu liked to repeatedly research these small details, and then grind out expressions and movements with Xiao He. It wasn't until five or six versions were filmed that he was finally satisfied.

Not to mention Xiao He, even everyone else in the Film Crew had a bitter face whenever they saw Director Qiu.

Now Xiao He finally understood why, when Director Qiu successfully retired and announced he would no longer return to the industry as a director, several other actors who had worked with him were so happy they posted on Weibo overnight to celebrate.

"—You think I'm celebrating your retirement?"

"Actually, I'm celebrating that you, this great demon king, are finally gone!"

In the end, he really didn't expect that after so many years, a new victim had appeared...

The victim, Xiao He, was very unsettled and could only try to calm his urge to put a sack over Director Qiu's head and beat him in the middle of the night. While wiping sweat with a tissue, he looked around.

"But speaking of which, where has Screenwriter Qin gone lately? For such an important scene, he hasn't even been on-site to watch these past few days."

Xiao He asked with some confusion and concern.

Qin Nianhuang, who was the screenwriter for the imperial cause Film Crew mentioned before.

As a die-hard fan of the historical character Emperor Chen, this man had almost never missed any of Xiao He's filming sessions. He insisted on watching on-site, and would even immediately point out if he saw Xiao He performing poorly anywhere, making Xiao He do it again to ensure he didn't defile his idol.

This time was truly strange.

The first major battle Emperor Chen Qin Zhuo participated in ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ when he was still a general was one of the reasons why future history books called Qin Zhuo a "young famous general." It not only successfully defeated the foreign enemy Yao Bo but also smoothly recaptured a city, laying a solid foundation for formally overthrowing the old dynasty later.

Logically, for such an important plot point, especially a very exciting fight scene, Screenwriter Qin definitely wouldn't miss it.

But it's been several days of filming, and they've even finished this scene, yet Screenwriter Qin is still nowhere to be found.

Even others in the Film Crew didn't know where Screenwriter Qin had gone lately.

Xiao He was a bit surprised, feeling that something was wrong.

Coincidentally, today's filming was completed early, and he had no work in the afternoon, so Xiao He casually asked about Screenwriter Qin's situation.

"Oh, him. He has urgent business and went back to Beijing."

Hearing Xiao He's question, for some reason, Qiu Zhenlong was actually a bit hesitant. Then he surprisingly smiled and brushed it off, moving past the topic. "Why? Now that he's not here, you're starting to miss his revised scripts? Then I'll have to tell him later to let him use his imagination and talent more to help you polish the script and character setting."

Xiao He immediately refused: "No need for that, I was just asking."

Although Xiao He had learned a lot during the filming of the imperial cause under the high demands of Director Qiu and Screenwriter Qin, if the script was changed again, he would really die for Director Qiu to see!

Right now!

Thinking about how historical dramas like this were always tedious and took a long time to film, Xiao He felt a bit hopeless, feeling that the end of his filming was still far away.

Meanwhile, Director Qiu walked away happily with his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed, but his legs seemed a bit too agile, as if he was afraid Xiao He would continue to ask him something.

Xiao He narrowed his eyes, becoming thoughtful.

"Xiao He!"

At this time, Shu Han also walked over.

"My last scene is finished this afternoon. Shall we have dinner together tonight?"

Originally, Shu Han's scenes were supposed to officially end tomorrow, but because Xiao He's scenes today were completed ahead of schedule, Shu Han's scenes for tomorrow were moved to this afternoon. He finished all his scenes at once, so he didn't have to waste another day in the imperial cause Film Crew.

Xiao He naturally nodded in agreement to the dinner invitation and felt envious at the same time: "Ah, you're finishing today! That's so lucky."

Everyone used to be so hardworking.

Now even Shu Han was finishing.

If even the fellow sufferer who accompanied him was gone, how could he survive?

"Sigh—"

Xiao He sighed deeply and said casually, "I really want to get off work too—"