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 37
If you don't hide,
with more rotten vegetables and worn-out shoes coming,
it's not so honorable, either.
So I'll dishonor
my country either way.
I just can't quell the public anger.
You're really good.
You misunderstood me.
Wait!
Gao.
There's a long roll of cloth on the carriage
which carries cargoes.
Bring it to me.
Yes, Your Excellency.
Your Excellency.
Wang, drive steadily.
I got it.
Everyone,
this is the battle flag of the seventh battalion of
our frontier forces.
For the border war,
this is the first flag
put on
your territory.
Your Excellency,
it's dangerous to incur the public anger.
If you do so, I can't help you.
Gao,
borrow me your sword.
OK.
Now,
this battle flag will also
be taken into your imperial palace.
This can make a much-told story.
Only the weak keep talking.
Whoever with courage and uprightness
should knock me down
and break the flagpole.
However,
I'm afraid there's no such man
in Beiqi anymore.
I'm Zhao Zhelin from Huxiao Battalion
of Palace Guards.
Next.
Your Majesty,
news comes from palace guards that
Fan Xian, the Nanqing envoy,
stands on the carriage roof
and provokes the public by putting on the battle flag.
He's so arrogant and rebellious!
Your Majesty, please issue
an imperial edict to reprimand him!
Your Majesty,
an urgent report from the border says that
all the divisions of Nanqing's border forces
have moved forward 15 km at the same time,
and stopped right on the border line.
Haven't we reached an agreement in the peace talk?
If the war is restarted, the common people will suffer.
Given that the state treasury is empty, we can't afford another war.
Your Majesty,
news comes from Ministry of War that
with the Nanqing frontier forces pressing on to the border,
Beiqi is thrown into a panic.
They avoid us most of the time.
There's no dispute so far.
Tell the frontier forces
to stay where they are.
Don't charge or retreat.
Then Beiqi will tremble with fear.
According to time,
Fan Xian should have arrived
in the capital of Beiqi.
He should if everything goes well.
Will he cause any trouble?
Your Majesty, are the frontier forces
pressing on to the border for Fan Xian?
He's the envoy of Nanqing.
Even if he causes any trouble,
there will be millions of frontier soldiers backing him up.
Well done! Good work!
Your Excellency, do you want a try?
Whoever is shameless
can make a sneak attack.
I'll take it.
Your Excellency, watch out!
=He Daoren, Ninth Dan martial arts master of Beiqi=
He Daoren.
The Investigator's Office has his records. He's a Ninth Dan martial arts master.
Even a Ninth Dan martial arts master dares to block my way.
Your Excellency,
that Chen Jushu you killed
is his apprentice.
Are you here to avenge your apprentice's death?
Your Excellency!
You have profound vitality Qi.
Next round, I'll kill you with my sword.
How can you point your sword at the envoy?
Where are your manners?
Your Excellency,
the imperial palace is right ahead.
By making such provocation,
do you want to restart the war?
Let's go.
I'm really scared.
Will anyone throw things at me again?
Your Excellency,
you may stay here for a moment.
I'll go ahead to get things ready.
Your Excellency, please go ahead.
Your Excellency, have you reached the Ninth Dan?
You are injured!
I'm fine.
So you're close to the Ninth Dan!
I've been practicing Overbearing Vitality Qi.
What a cool name!
It's special for its strong power.
By fighting with Shangshan Hu
and Haitang Duoduo along the way,
I've made a breakthrough.
Competing solely on the strength of vitality Qi,
I can fight a Ninth Dan martial arts master.
But I'm far behind in terms of subtle control.
Your Excellency, no wonder
you put the flag on the carriage roof.
Why?
I stood on the carriage roof
to avoid bodily movements.
If He Daoren
wanted to knock me down,
he had to go up.
Competing solely on the strength of vitality Qi,
it's to my advantage.
If He Daoren attacked me with his sword again,
I would have to step aside,
or I would be severely injured.
Then why did Shen Zhong
stop him just now?
I'm the envoy of Nanqing.
If anything bad happens to me, there'll be a war.
Now Beiqi can't afford
another war.
Shen Zhong uses Beiqi people to humiliate me
so as to undermine the morale of our mission.
But he dares not
hurt me.
At least,
I can't be hurt under his protection.
So we're
in an invincible position.
On this occasion,
I'm afraid it might be difficult
to fulfill our task this time.
It's so big here.
Well, guys,
what do you think?
It's solemn and magnificent.
Beiqi is the most orthodox of all countries.
Young and superficial as Nanqing is,
you even copied our imperial palace.
Though young and superficial, we actually won the war.
Your Excellency, you have a sharp tongue.
It's no worse than your martial arts skills.
Your Excellency, I've learned that from you.
Let's go.
His Majesty is waiting for us.
Let's go.
Your Excellency.
His Majesty only wants to see you.
Let's go.
The envoy of Nanqing is here.
Nanqing envoy Fan Xian
pays respects to Your Majesty of Beiqi.
I hereby present the credentials
personally drafted by His Majesty of Nanqing.
=Zhan Doudou, Emperor of Beiqi=
Mr. Fan, which chapter of your book
have you finished lately?
That's all for today.
Ministers, you may leave.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Mr. Fan,
you should stay
and talk with me.
You can come up.
Wang, it seems that the officials are all out.
Your Excellency!
Where's His Excellency?
What has he done?
Man and woman falling in love with each other,
it's human nature.
What are you talking about?
What are you asking about?
Why did His Majesty call him Mr. Fan?
Mr. Fan?
Does His Majesty of Beiqi
usually call his ministers that way?
Never.
Then why?
How could I know?
Neither could us!
Maybe, His Majesty of your country
is courteous to men of talents.
But he's too courteous.
Mother,
I'm so happy to see Fan Xian
that I forgot about diplomatic etiquette.
So happy?
Please forgive me.
=Empress Dowager of Beiqi=
=Haitang Duoduo, Saintess of Beiqi=
Are you the poetic genius of Nanqing?
I'm too embarrassed
to bear the title.
Fan Xian pays respects to Your Majesty the Empress Dowager.
Rise.
His Majesty loves your poems.
Your Majesty, what do you want to talk with him?
Just talk about poems casually.
Please allow us.
You're the emperor.
You can make the call.
If you want to talk poems with him,
just go ahead.
The hall is too majestic. It's not a place to talk.
I'd like to go out for a walk with Fan Xian.
Mother, you must be tired after handling all the political affairs.
You'd better go back to your palace for a rest.
Is the hall too majestic,
or am I too majestic?
Mother, it's known to the world that
you're elegant and kind.
Well then.
Let me walk
with you.
Mother, you must be tired. How dare I bother you?
That being said,
I might as well go back to my palace.
Your Auntie is here.
If you want to talk casually,
your Auntie can keep you company.
Mother, see you.
Auntie, when did you get back to Shangjing?
I got back yesterday.
My teacher is afraid there might be too many villains in the imperial palace,
so he sends me here.
Villains?
Yes, there are all kinds of villains in the world.
Some are cunning and deceitful,
some are shameless and insidious,
and some may even drug others.
It's impossible to guard against them.
Let's have a rest here.
Holding on to the balustrade clean,
I feel the chill of the wind blowing watery smoke onto my face.
Good!
I sing aloud dispersing the fleeting clouds apace.
Excellent! Wonderful!
There are many people trying to flatter me.
But Fan Xian, you're the first one
to flatter me in a careless way.
I'm really sorry.
Auntie, you're seldom here.
Now that you're here,
you can appreciate the scenery.
The imperial palace is so beautiful
that I never thought of
taking a walk outside the palace walls.
Mr. Fan,
how do you like the scenery here?
Good.
What is good?
There are trees.
You're so good at making compliments.
Mr. Fan, do you know
why I ask you to stay?
Your Majesty, please tell me.
There're two reasons.
Firstly,
I love your talent in literature.
I can hardly bear to put down the Red Mansions
written by you under a pseudonym.
However, it does take a long time
for you to release the new chapter.
I'll try my best to finish it.
Secondly, it's your poem collection.
You actually composed so many marvelous poems overnight.
Once it's released,
even I dare not compose any poems.
I'm so flattered,
but your Majesty's poem is really good.
Take a seat.
Actually, there's another reason.
Mr. Fan, you went all the way up north.
How do you like the scenery in Beiqi?
The scenery is picturesque and the land is endowed with nature's treasures.
How is it compared to Nanqing?
It's far better.
The palace walls of Nanqing
are much lower
and closer to ditches,
which smell like horse urine.
When Auntie said you're a rascal,
I didn't believe her.
Today by meeting you in person, I think she's right about you.
It should be the first time
for me to meet your Auntie.
How could she make such a comment?
You really haven't met her before?
No.
She's Haitang. Do you remember?
So she's Miss Haitang,
the Beiqi Saintess.
I've heard so much of you!
In my opinion, Mr. Fan,
you must have a poor memory.
It really is my first time
to meet her.
How could you forget your recent fight in the stone forest?
You drugged her, remember?
How do you...
You also told her that
you would help her and my mother
take over power from me.
To help you and the Empress Dowager
take over power from your little emperor.
Who told you I'm with the Empress Dowager.
Your teacher Ku He is the Imperial Tutor.
He certainly has to take side.
One force is led by the little emperor. One force is led by the Empress Dowager.
And the other is led by Shangshan Hu,
which remains neutral.
Shangshan Hu wants to save Xiao En,
while you want to kill him.
You're certainly not on the same side.
I could also be a follower of His Majesty.
You thought I wouldn't order Auntie
to attack in Nanqing,
so you believed she's with my mother.
I cry, "Can't you see? Can't you see?
The green leaves are fresh but the red flowers are fading!"
What a wonderful poem!
So you're not...
You actually guessed wrong.
You seem to serve the Empress Dowager, but...
But she's actually on my side.
Does anyone else know about this?
In the imperial palace,
no one knows but the three of us.
His Majesty only loves
Fan Xian's literary talent,
so he keeps Fan Xian for a casual talk.
No need to be worried.
But Fan Xian is also
the Director-General of the Investigator's Office.
He's very resourceful.
If he meets alone with His Majesty,
I'm afraid...
I asked Haitang to keep them company.
If the Saintess is with them,
it should be fine.
With Haitang by their side,
His Majesty won't be able
to tell Fan Xian any secret.
Mr. Fan, are you nervous?
By telling me such an important secret,
I'm afraid Your Majesty might kill me next.
If I kill you,
who can finish writing the Red Mansions?
If you have any question, just feel free to ask.
Your Majesty, did you give the order
to kill Xiao En?
What about Si Lili then?
I didn't give the order.
That's an order from my teacher.
His Majesty has nothing to do with it.
Your relationship network in Beiqi is really complicated.
Indeed!
Your Majesty, you told me
the secret,
yet you spare my life.
What are you up to?
Don't you want to find an ally?
You can help anyone.
Why not help me?
Your Majesty, what can I do for you?
Shen Zhong
enjoys great power and has followers everywhere.
Yet he's extremely loyal to my mother.
I remember that Shen Zhong
killed a mammy from the imperial palace
at the border.
She was an old servant of the Empress Dowager of your country.
How can he be called loyal?
I've figured it out.
The family of the mammy
have received a large sum of money recently.
Tracing the source, it was paid
by Ceremonial Propriety Division.
His Majesty bought her over?
We should get rid of her.
Though His Majesty is young,
he's really shrewd and deep.
Why can't he see that
everything I've done
is for protecting Beiqi?
Your Majesty, you're definitely doing everything for the country.
By killing her,
His Majesty won't be happy.
I can't help with that.
I only want to clean up
the traitors around Your Majesty.
Then why not
dismiss him from his post?
By dismissing him, the whole situation will be affected.
Shen Zhong has many connections,
and he is shielded by my mother.
It's by no means easy.
Then how will I be able to help?
Mr. Fan, you protected the battle flag
all the way into the imperial palace with only one sword.
You also killed Cheng Jushu
in the capital city of Nanqing.
Skilled as you are, it won't be difficult
for you to kill Shen Zhong, right?
Miss Haitang is exceptionally good at martial arts.
She is a better killer than I am.
If Auntie kills him,
will my mother still believe her?
Your Majesty, don't you have
other martial arts masters at your command?
Shen Zhong is thoroughly
familiar with my men.
Whenever they move, he'll be vigilant right away.
I see.
So I'm the best choice.
I'm from Nanqing.
If Shen Zhong is killed by me,
no one will suspect Your Majesty.
That's right.
Then by cutting off my head in public,
Your Majesty can draw people over to your side,
and I will die in a strange land.
What a good story of
helping each other!
Mr. Fan, are you refusing my offer?
Why should I take the risk?
Why do you come to Beiqi?
To return Xiao En and take Yan Bingyun back.
Yan Bingyun is in Shen Zhong's hands.
But he will release Yan Bingyun sooner or later.
Even the Empress Dowager of your country
does not want another war, right?
Yan Bingyun will be released,
but it's hard to tell when.
Then how could he
keep me in Shangjing?
You should ask him about that.
Fine, I'll leave and ask him now.
Your Majesty, if you don't want to kill me,
I'll leave now.
Auntie,
escort Mr. Fan out for me.
Your Majesty, I bid you farewell.
We'll meet again.
What's so funny?
I remember that
when country women feel lazy,
they may walk like this.
I'm also lazy. Is that funny?
I love your posture.
If I'm not honest, I'll be condemned by the God.
I thought Your Majesty
wouldn't let me leave.
Why?
Because I've known your secret.
He loves your book,
so he won't kill you.
Isn't that an excuse?
No.
You talk less than before.
Weren't it for the same walking posture,
I wouldn't recognize you.
I'm the Saintess.
How could I be saint if I talk too much?
Do you care about others' opinions?
My teacher asks me to behave like
a Saintess in the imperial palace,
so I don't like to come here.
When you're with me,
you don't have to restrain yourself.
Are we friends?
You even drugged me!
If you really mind it so much,
you can also drug me.
Yes, I can.
There aren't many drugs in the world
which can affect me.
Just wait. I'll have a try.
Then you should hurry up.
I'll go back to Nanqing
right after getting Yan Bingyun.
His Majesty said
you won't be able to go back for the moment.
Shen Zhong won't give Yan Bingyun
to you easily.
Your Majesty is too young
to understand political affairs.
If he wants to keep me in Shangjing,
he has to find an excuse.
He can't keep me by force.
That excuse should be sensible
and acceptable to both our countries.
It's not easy
to find such an excuse.
What did you say?
Our Empress Dowager's birthday is around the corner.
Your Excellency, you can take the chance and stay a little longer
to congratulate Her Majesty,
thus promoting the friendship between our courtiers.
I'm here with a task.
It's approved by your country.
By whom?
Wait a moment.
Officials,
you can go back to your residence first
with other mission members.
I'll take a walk with His Excellency.
Your Majesty, Minister Fan is here.
Let him in.
What's up, Head Chen?
Did you know in advance that I would come and visit?
How could I know that?
It's prepared by me.
Your Majesty,
Beiqi wants to keep Fan Xian there.
They're obviously up to something.
The longer he stays in the capital of
the enemy country, the more risky it'll be.
How could you grant their request?
Sit down and fish with me.
To keep the mission,
we certainly have to gain approval
from your emperor.
Your Excellency, do you want to defy the imperial order?
If so, you won't be able to
stay in Nanqing anymore,
please feel free to
join us in Beiqi anytime.
You're welcome to forsake darkness for light.
I can stay for the birthday,
but you should let me
take back Yan Bingyun first.
Let's talk about hostage exchange till
you're heading back to Nanqing.
Your Excellency, do you want to detain him?
I still have some questions for him.
Your Excellency, please wait a little longer.
Then let me see him first.
Fine.
I'll arrange it for you gradually.
When can I see him?
No hurry. The procedures are complicated.
Your Excellency, you should wait patiently.
What if I want to see him now?
Then Your Excellency,
you'd better look for him yourself.
Don't push! Don't push! Listen to me!
His Excellency is not here.
He's really not here!
Your Excellency, what does that mean?
Throwing a sword at someone's feet
is a custom of Beiqi.
It means challenging the mission for a fight.
Your Excellency, word has spread so fast
that you protected the battle flag with only one sword.
Now those who want to challenge you
are coming one after another.
Your Excellency, take care. See you.
So you're Fan Xian.
I want to challenge you.
Your Excellency, if we don't fight,
we'll be regarded as admitting defeat.
Then we'll be utterly discredited.
Gao.
Yes.
Dare you fight them?
Fine!
Mom! Mom!
What are they doing?
Let's go! Come on!
It's over there! Right ahead!
Good! Good! Good!
Thank you!
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We want to fight Fan Xian!
Beat me first,
and then you can make requests.
Who's next?
If you don't calm down,
fish won't bite.
It's been quite a while,
but Your Majesty, you haven't got a fish, either.
There's no fish in the lake.
Then what are we
fishing for here?
Our past.
You can have that.
I don't want that.
I've got a fish!
You're so clumsy!
You don't know how to fish!
I want one, too!
Give me another!
Have you forgotten?
We used to fish here
together.
Just like old times,
it's still the three of us.
It's different.
Except Your Majesty, we're all old.
What do you mean?
Do you mean that I'm an evil spirit that doesn't age?
Your Majesty, as the son of Heaven,
you're exceptionally good at handling things and making decisions.
How can we be the same?
He's complaining.
I just don't get it.
Why don't you let Fan Xian
come back earlier?
Do you want Fan Xian
to take over the Neiku?
After all, it's the property of his mom.
Chen Pingping,
do you want Fan Xian
to take over the Investigator's Office?
I'm old.
He's perfect for the post.
He's good,
but he's far from
perfect.
Do you know
what his biggest problem is?
His casual personality.
He's too emotional.
Neither.
His life is too smooth.
Overprotected by you, he has sailed through life
without ever hitting the rough waters.
Without facing mortal danger,
how can he become
the most powerful minister in the world?
Your Majesty, you leave him in Beiqi
so that he can improve himself
through conspiracies and plots of the enemy country.
What if something bad happens to him?
Beiqi is weak after losing the war.
Under this circumstance,
he might go through hardships,
but he won't die.
Your Majesty,
it's your last test for him.
It's too risky after all.
Learn from Chen Pingping.
You have to be hard-hearted to make achievements.
There's really fish here.
Shen Zhong wants to hold me
with the "attrition warfare" approach.
Luckily, Gao can fight them
on your behalf.
By refusing to release Yan Bingyun,
Shen Zhong surely wants to interrogate him
and get information about our intelligent network in Shangjing Town.
I'm afraid Mr. Yan will have to suffer.
So we must save him
as soon as possible.
But Shangjing Town is so big.
How can we find out
where Embroidered Uniform Guards keep him?
We should wait for help?
From whom?
How do you like it here?
Cut the crap!
Shangjing Town is the base camp
of Embroidered Uniform Guards.
It's inconvenient for Wang Qinian and I to appear in public.
Now you're the only one
remaining hidden.
We have to count on you.
What do you want me to do?
Chat with people on the street,
trying to find out the location
of Embroidered Uniform Guards Prison.
Prison?
I need to find Yan Bingyun.
You promised me that
you'll save my dad after completing your task.
Yes.
Follow him.
I'll watch here.
Prison.
Embroidered Uniform Guards Prison.
Your Excellency.
How's it going?
Fan Xian and Wang Qinian sneaked to
Tiaowang Inn south of the Town.
When entering the town,
the man slipped away from the Nanqing mission
is hiding in that inn, right?
Exactly.
Now Fan Xian and Wang Qinian
are hiding in the room,
while that man hidden in advance
sneaked out of the inn secretly.
He's smart to plan in advance.
But Shangjing Town
is controlled by us.
Follow the man who sneaked out of the Inn.
Yes.
Haven't you finished the alteration?
Your Excellency, please give me more days.
I still need to alter some parts.
Fine, as you wish.
Yes.
Your Excellency, it's not right.
What's wrong?
They're watching us outside.
According to years of experience
in tracking and sneaking,
I can't be wrong.
It's the Shangjing Town of Beiqi.
It's their job
to watch us.
Your Excellency,
Guo Baokun was followed
when he left just now.
I'm afraid Guo Baokun
is exposed.
Of course he is.
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.