Have you ever heard about that
the cliff of a snow mountain
once fascinated numerous people?
Legend has it that,
there were treasures at the peak
but also there was a bottomless chasm hidden over there.
The smart, the fool
and the kind people,
all are familiar to you.
On the mountainside, on the cliff,
on the cloud,
and in the human world,
snowflakes are drifting profusely and disorderly.
Joy of Life Season 1
Episode 19
I have nothing to do with Lin Gong's death.
Why do they want to see me?
I'm afraid
you'll figure that out after seeing them.
Then who should I see first?
Prime Minister Lin Ruofu
and the Crown Prince are not on the same side.
Whoever you choose to see first,
you'll offend the other one.
Young Master Fan Xian,
the imperial guards are here.
His Majesty ordered to see you through a verbal instruction.
Now you don't have to choose.
Hurry up! Don't keep His Majesty waiting.
They have to meet after all.
Mr. Fan, come with me.
His Majesty is waiting for you.
It's you again.
It must be fate.
Please.
Eunuch Hou and I
are somewhat connected.
For my trial of beating Guo Baokun,
you came to my rescue in the court of
the Prefecture of Capital City.
When I first arrived in the capital city,
you were the one who drove my carriage.
That is to say,
you sent me to the Qing Temple
on purpose.
Mr. Fan,
I've no idea
what you're talking about.
That's fine. I'll remember everything in heart.
Eunuch Hou, this is for you to buy some tea.
No! No!
What are you doing?
Madam Liu Ruyu of your family
is a descendant of the Duke,
and she used to visit the imperial palace frequently.
I kind of watched her grow up.
We are kind of related.
How can I exploit a younger member of the family?
I didn't know you're so connected
with my family.
Then as a younger member,
I definitely should pay my respect.
Well...
It's not much.
No.
Well...
I'm so flattered.
Paying respect to rites and carrying forward illustrious virtues,
plus outstanding poetry talents,
no wonder His Majesty often mentions you.
Really?
His Majesty really likes
your seven-syllable poem with the line
“A thousand miles from home, I'm grieved at autumn's plight.”
May I ask
when His Majesty asked about me today,
was he happy or angry?
He looked calm
with no sign of anger.
Thanks for telling me.
In that case,
I'll tell you something else.
His Majesty loves to make bows and arrows.
Never touch
those stuff.
How come there's someone
walking the high walls in the imperial palace?
No one here dares do that
for sure.
Eunuch, I've seen that.
He might be an assassinator.
Please.
Assassinator?
Who will he assassinate?
His Majesty, of course.
Then should we call out for help?
No need to worry.
It's improper to call out loud.
Then won't His Majesty be in danger?
Don't worry. He won't be able to touch him.
You look so composed.
Assassination happens occasionally these years.
I'm used to it.
Occasionally?
Now Nanqing is the most powerful.
Beiqi and Dongyi Town
fear His Majesty deeply.
It's common for them to send assassinators.
It's you!
You really don't know who I am?
Whoever you are,
don't step into
the main hall.
His Majesty is in the Imperial Study.
So His Majesty was the one who worshipped in the Qing Temple.
The man just died is the assassinator.
I told you
no need to make a fuss.
Eunuch Hou,
who's that man in armor?
That is Gong Dian,
Deputy Director of
Imperial Guards
and Imperial Bodyguard.
Have you met him before?
I hit him by palm at the Qing Temple.
Gong Dian is a martial arts master well above the Eighth Dan.
Mr. Fan, you're really outstanding at such a young age.
Eunuch Hou,
does Gong Dian
have any friends?
Of course he does.
What's wrong?
Then don't they all have to
call him Laogong? (Laogong is homophone for husband in Chinese.)
He's really good at taking advantage of others!
Mr. Fan, when you go inside,
do remember to keep you head down.
Don't look straight at His Majesty.
Do feel relieved. I understand it all.
Look, you're wrong again.
=Imperial Study=
Mr. Fan, please go inside.
Mr. Fan,
His Majesty asks you to wait here.
OK.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I'm waiting outside.
Your Majesty.
Kneel down.
Where should I kneel?
Your Majesty, should I kneel down?
Do you want to kneel down?
Not really.
Then you don't have to.
Thanks, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I wonder
why you ordered to see me today.
Have you seen the assassinator
at the door?
Yes, I have.
But I don't know him.
I have nothing to do with him.
Eunuch Hou, tell him.
The assassinator was from Beiqi.
The first day he arrived in the capital city,
the Investigator's Office reported his name
to His Majesty.
He formed the idea of assassination
in last October.
In the following months,
six people consecutively beat around the bush
and strengthened his conviction.
Finally, he made up his mind
to come to the capital city for assassination.
How can you figure out that?
The six people are secret agents of Nanqing.
Then who sent them?
I gave the order.
The Investigator's Office sent them.
So
Your Majesty planned the assassination yourself.
I've planned to start the war against Beiqi for a long time.
There must be a reason.
So the assassinator
is the reason for sending troops.
It's just too obvious.
However, the assassination on the Niulan Street just happened.
You killed Cheng Jushu,
and interrogated Si Lili at night.
Beiqi's secret agent lurking in the capital city,
that is a better reason to start war against Beiqi.
By killing the murderer and capturing the secret agent alive,
you've rendered great service to the country.
I'll make you the Chief Musician of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.
Which rank?
The eighth rank.
It's not high.
Thank His Majesty for his kindness.
Your Majesty, I should kneel down to thank you.
But you just allowed me
to stand on my feet.
Since it was said by Your Majesty,
I can't disobey it.
So I can't kneel down.
How did Lin Gong die?
I really don't know.
You have the reason to kill him.
I had no enmity against him.
Why should I kill him?
Lin Gong planned the assassination on the Niulan Street.
It was him!
You interrogated Si Lili at night,
but you didn't
even get the name?!
She really said nothing,
Your Majesty!
The Crown Prince has known about this.
He demands to see you.
I'm wronged.
Your Majesty, the Crown Prince requests to see you.
Do you want to see him?
Whatever Your Majesty decides.
Your Highness,
His Majesty is meeting the Chief Musician.
He won't see you today.
The Chief Musician?
His Majesty just made Fan Xian
the Chief Musician of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.
Thank you, Eunuch Hou.
Your Highness, I'm really flattered.
Your Majesty, I'm leaving.
You Majesty,
the Crown Prince paid the highest respect by kowtowing.
He's always respectful.
Mr. Fan!
Your Majesty, you don't want the Crown Prince to see me?
I don't want to ruin the peace.
When you get out later,
the Crown Prince will ask to see you.
I won't stop him.
You have to deal with him yourself.
Well, Your Majesty,
the Prime Minister also wanted to see me this morning.
Is he also going to blame me?
The Prime Minister originally
disagreed with your marriage to Wan'er.
Now, he might have changed his mind.
Why?
You'll know it
when you see him.
Doesn't the Prime Minister suspect that
I'm related to the death of his second son?
It was a top secret of
the Investigator's Office to capture Si Lili.
Would the Investigator's Office tell it
to the Crown Prince?
No.
Then how did the Crown Prince get the information?
What do you think?
Can it be that someone of the Investigator's Office
had pledged allegiance to the Crown Prince?
Your Majesty, do you want me to investigate it for you
by telling me this implicitly.
You mean
I'm suspecting my own son?
Your Majesty, he's not only your son,
but the Crown Prince.
Escort the Chief Musician out.
Yes.
Chief Musician, this way, please.
Fan Xian.
Since you entered the imperial palace,
you seemed honest and frank,
but every word you said meant something.
Do you want to impress me
as an outspoken official?
Just leave.
His Majesty is really hard to predict.
To be honest,
I wet my back out of fear
for what His Majesty said last.
Mr. Fan,
I just couldn't stop sweating
out of fear
since you
started talking.
In the future,
just mind your words.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I really should. Let's go.
So in your opinion, who is tipping
the Crown Prince off from the Investigator's Office?
Oh my god.
How dare I
talk about
the Crown Prince?
Just tell me secretly.
I won't tell others.
Then I might as well kneel down.
-Just now... -Fine. Fine. Fine.
I won't ask.
Just stand up!
You're scaring me to death.
What's up?
I want to see His Excellency Zhu Ge, the Director of the First Division.
Tell me your name.
=Yuan Hongdao, Adviser of Prime Minister Lin Ruofu=
Yuan Hongdao.
Wait!
Can I wait inside?
Then I'll have to examine
your personal belongings first.
What are these?
Please tell His Excellency Zhu Ge that
I'm waiting for him here.
Tell me why do you want to
see him first.
If I tell you,
I'm afraid you might lose your life.
You even dare to threaten me!
How dare you!
Don't move.
I won't leave.
Please ask His Excellency Zhu Ge out.
Did you kill Lin Gong?
I didn't.
My tracer friend
and I started off on
the wrong foot.
We wasted so much time that
we didn't even leave the capital city.
You know our family is in charge of garrisoning the capital city.
It's easy for me to figure out
whether you left the capital city or not.
Go ahead, please.
Luckily, it's not you.
Or I'll also
be responsible
for Wan'er's brother's death.
You don't usually
wear plain clothes.
Where have you been?
The Lin mansion.
I'm checking things out for Wan'er.
It's a pity that Lin Gong's body
is still kept in the Investigator's Office.
I hope the Investigator's Office
can find the really killer.
Why are you here?
Lady Ruoruo was worried at home.
She sent me here to wait for you.
So good you're here.
I'm going to the Prime Minister's mansion.
Please send a word to Ruoruo for me.
What should I tell her?
Ask her to visit the Crown Prince
in the Eastern Palace.
Tell him I'm going to visit the Prime Minister.
Why?
If the Crown Prince really
instigates Lin Gong to kill me,
he surely doesn't want me to
reconcile with the Prime Minister.
He might even come to stop me.
But even if he does come to stop you,
how can it do us good?
If he really comes,
then he's overly concerned about this.
Cunning as the Prime Minister,
he will definitely be suspicious.
Your Excellency, you can also make a cunning fox.
Stop it!
I'm a big-tailed wolf.
What is that?
A mystical creature of ancient times.
How come it's you?
Your Excellency!
Excuse me, may I help you?
I'm Fan Xian.
Earlier today,
the Prime Minister asked to see me.
Brother asked you to tell me this?
Yes.
He went to
the Prime Minister's mansion alone.
According to time, he must have arrived.
OK, Let's go.
Please wait a moment.
=Lin Dabao, eldest Son of Nanqing Prime Minister Lin Ruofu=
Who are you?
Your Highness,
Lady Ruoruo is here.
Fan Ruoruo
pays respects to Your Highness.
Why are you here?
You Highness,
my brother has left the imperial palace.
Now he's in the Prime Minister's mansion.
Go on.
He asked Wang Qinian to pass on the word
that he intended to avoid Your Highness.
And he asked us to cover for him.
If Your Highness leaves now,
you might be able to stop him just in time.
I see.
Your Highness, won't you go to stop him?
No need.
I've told the Prime Minister
everything I know.
Fan Qing is walking right
into the trap.
What will the Prime Minister do?
The Prime Minister
will surely figure out
whether Lin Gong's death is related to Fan Xian or not.
Miss Lili,
it won't take long.
I only need to ask you
one question about Lin Gong.
How was Lin Gong related to me?
No need to cover that up.
Second Young Master Lin Gong planned
the assassination on the Niulan Street.
I've known it all.
Now listen carefully.
My question is
did you tell Fan Xian that
Lin Gong is the real killer
during the night interrogation?
Who are you?
Yuan Hongdao, the adviser of the Prime Minister.
Lin Ruofu sent you to ask me, right?
Please answer me.
No. I didn't tell Fan Xian.
Good.
Next,
I'll test you to see
whether you told the truth or not.
How?
One by one.
At last,
if your answer
remains the same,
then you've told the truth.
Miss Lili, which one do you want to start from?
I told you the truth.
I didn't tell him about Lin Gong.
I can swear.
Be patient. Be patient.
It will only take a while.
It's a bloodstain left years ago. It can't be wiped clean.
No. I really didn't tell him.
No!
This one! This one!
The one below
is Hong.
This one. This one.
This is Fu Ling.
There is another one.
Jin Xiu! Jin Xiu!
Stop feeding it.
It eats the most every time.
-Jin Xiu. -I see.
Stop eating.
What's your name?
I'm Fan Xian.
Fan Xian?
Are you here to see someone?
What's your name?
My dad said
I should be careful with strangers.
I shouldn't tell them easily that
my name is Dabao.
We've talked
for so long.
I'm no stranger to you.
That makes sense.
Then I'll tell you.
My name is Dabao.
What a good name!
Right! Right!
My name is good.
But,
Erbao doesn't like it.
He doesn't like it when I call him Erbao.
Is Erbao your younger brother?
Yes.
How do you know that?
Have you seen him recently?
He hasn't been home all the time.
I miss him.
Does Erbao have another name?
Yes.
He's called Lin Gong.
But, I still feel that
Erbao is better.
Right?
Do you know
when he will come home?
I have so many questions to ask him.
What do you want to ask him?
I'll answer them instead.
Really?
Yes!
I want to ask Erbao
Jin Xiu...
What do I want to ask him?
I want to...
No hurry! No hurry!
Take your time.
I want to ask...
I want to ask him...
Miss Lili, please answer me again.
No.
I didn't tell Fan Xian
about Lin Gong.
Good.
Let's insert the remaining needles
one by one.
Then we'll add something else.
No!
Excuse me.
Mr. Yuan?
Yes, I am.
She's a prison of the Investigator's Office.
Didn't His Excellency Zhu Ge
tell you?
I did.
The Prime Minister has obtained
His Majesty's verbal instruction to ask Si Lili some questions.
Your Excellency, don't you believe me?
I believe you.
But according to the verbal instruction,
you're supposed to ask her
instead of torturing her.
You've made a point.
Mr. Yuan, have you finished asking?
Sort of.
Then, I'll see you out.
Fine.
Mister,
you stuff.
Miss, you can keep it as a souvenir.
No, thanks.
Your Highness, you don't have to.
The tea is good.
It was a gift from Lin Gong.
He used to talk to me
about everything.
I had long heard that the Second Young Master
was a follower of Your Highness.
In your opinion,
should I figure out
how he was killed?
Your Highness, who do you suspect?
That morning when Lin Gong left the capital city,
he had visited me.
We talked about what happened in the capital city those days.
I mentioned that
Fan Xian had captured Si Lili in person
and interrogated Si Lili at night
in order to mislead the real killer.
And then?
Then he changed color
and told me
he was the one who planned the assassination on the Niulan Street.
He wanted to kill my brother?
Why?
I don't know, either.
He was worried that Fan Xian might found out
his relationship with Si Lili,
so he decided to leave the capital city on the very day
and came back when the whole thing is over.
I just didn't know that
it might be the last time I saw him.
Your Highness,
do you suspect that my brother killed him?
If confirmed that Si Lili
ratted out Lin Gong's name to Fan Xian,
Fan Xian has the motive to kill him.
Your Highness, why don't you ask
Si Lili in person?
I've told all my doubts
to the Prime Minister.
As Lin Gong's father,
it's more appropriate for him
to ask Si Lili.
We can just wait for the news.
The tea is really good!
I know you want to protect the Fan family.
If Fan Xian really did it,
I'll only kill him.
The Fan family won't be involved.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Your Excellency.
Have you seen Si Lili?
Yes, I've seen her and asked her.
She didn't tell Fan Xian that
the Second Young Master
planned the assassination.
Did she tell the truth?
I used some tricks,
and she didn't change her words.
In your opinion,
why didn't she tell Fan Xian?
A lot of people are involved.
She might want to
trade the secret for her life.
Moreover, when Fan Xian interrogated her,
he was not a government official.
It makes sense that she didn't tell him.
If Fan Xian didn't know about this,
then he has no motive to kill Gong'er.
Exactly.
Mr. Yuan, please go to the Eastern Palace
and inform the Crown Prince of the result.
It's my duty.
Moreover,
as to Fan Xian,
please send a word
to the Crown Prince for me.
Your Excellency, I'm listening.
Why is the sky blue?
Because the ocean is blue.
Why is the ocean blue?
The sun shines into the ocean,
so the ocean becomes blue.
Then tell me.
Why isn't the water
in the pond blue?
Because the pond water is too shallow.
So it is!
Shallow water doesn't appear to be blue.
Mr. Yuan, good day.
Good day, Dabao.
Mr. Fan, you're really learned.
So admirable!
I'm just talking nonsense.
Please don't take it seriously.
The Prime Minister is waiting for you in the study.
Where's the study?
I know.
I'll take you there. Let's go.
Dad!
I've brought Fan Xian to you.
=Lin Ruofu, Prime Minister of Nanqing=
Dabao,
play outside for a while.
I need a word with him.
Dad,
when will Erbao come home?
Dad, then Dabao will go out.
Dabao had a disease when he was little.
He turned into this after he was recovered.
Having grown up physically,
he's still a kid mentally.
Wan'er can't go back home all the time,
and she's sick with tuberculosis.
Thanks for your treatment,
she is recovering day by day.
It's what I should do.
The future of the Lin family
lied entirely on
Gong'er before.
Shouldering the responsibility of
inheriting the Lin family
since childhood,
he never felt happy,
=All the birds will go to the forest= but he never complained
the hardship or suffering.
This was written by him when he was little.
Back then,
I often told him that
the civil and military officials of the Six Ministries
are like flocks of birds,
clamoring and quarreling without a stop.
In order to ensure
continuous family inheritance,
we must stick to our roots
among the chaotic birds.
All the birds will go to the forest (Lins).
The Second Young Master wanted to make a permanent place for the Lin family
in the imperial court.
Though the handwriting is poor,
it shows ambition.
But it sounds arrogant and conceited.
It's common for young people.
These are also written by him when he was little.
Even his handwriting in childhood
is much better than mine.
Since I became an official,
I've gone through three ups and three downs.
Even when I was locked in the death row,
I never felt desperate.
Until I heard of his death
last night.
Gong'er is the one who planned the assassination on Niulan Street.
How could it be him?
Prime Minister, you want to kill me!
I don't know
how I offended you!
It seems you really don't know this.
It's not me who wants to kill you.
He kept the whole thing
from me.
Well.
Then why did the Second Young Master
want to kill me?
I didn't know anything about it
until the Crown Prince sent someone
to tell me this morning.
Is the Crown Prince...
It doesn't matter anymore.
You should marry Wan'er
as soon as possible.
In the future, I'll try my best
to promote you in the officialdom.
The Guo family hates you
for beating Guo Baokun.
I'll protect you from them.
It doesn't matter you're not recorded
in the genealogy of the Fan family.
In the future, all the properties
and connections of the Lin family will be handed over to you.
Your Excellency, I still don't get it.
All these are based on
one condition.
Please tell me.
After I die,
you must protect Wan'er and Dabao,
and protect the Lin family
from political enemies.
Give me your promise,
and the Lin family
will be the strongest support for you
in the capital city.
It's not for trade.
You actually refused me!
I didn't refuse you. It's just not for trade.
Wan'er and I fell in love at first sight.
After meeting and talking with her over and over again,
I've already put her in my heart.
If I marry her,
it's my responsibility
to love her and protect her.
If I marry her,
I'm related to the Lin family by blood.
It's my duty to protect the Lin family
and take care of Dabao.
If I marry her,
it's because she wants to marry me for love,
not for a trade.
Your Excellency, I'm willing to do
everything you've said just now,
only because I have her in my heart.
So you met and talked with my daughter
over and over again?
When did you meet?
How did you meet?
Your Excellency,
that's not
the point.
Then I'll see myself out.
Your Highness,
Yuan Hongdao from the Prime Minister's mansion
requests to see you.
He's come at the right moment. Here comes the news.
Yuan Hongdao pays respects to Your Highness.
Did the Prime Minister send you here?
The Prime Minister had me interrogate Si Lili
in the Investigator's Office.
What's the result?
Si Lili didn't tell Fan Xian
about the Second Young Master.
Your Highness,
the Prime Minister asked me to send a message.
From today on,
Fan Xian shall be regarded as the son-in-law of the Lin family.
Let bygones be bygones.
In the future, he hopes that
Your Highness can pardon Fan Xian
for being rude for his sake.
Does the Prime Minister think I'm the one who wants to kill Fan Xian?
I don't know what the Prime Minister thinks.
In the river of history,
time goes round and round.
Memories about the former and present lives
join each other in an endless way.
In the long drunken Milky Way,
one season follows another in a flash,
and the wild geese are flying south.
I just can't give up
to be with you for my whole life.
I have been hovering in the dreams for hundreds and thousands of times.
I can't even say a word when I watch the flowers falling.
Year after year in the wandering,
I count the remaining years.
Even though we can't meet each other anymore,
even though we have ended up the destiny,
I never feel regretful.
In such a chaotic world,
I still miss you as ever.
I can't fall asleep under the moon.
With a gentle heart,
I cherish our remaining years.
Even though we have to go through
all the hardships along the journey,
you always stay by my side,
watching the falling flowers, speechlessly.
Year after year in the wandering,
I count the remaining years.
Even though we can't meet each other anymore,
even though we end up the destiny,
I never feel regretful.
In such a chaotic world,
I still miss you as ever.
I can't fall asleep under the moon.
With a gentle heart,
I cherish our remaining years.
Even though we have to go through
all the hardships along the journey,
you always stay by my side...