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 31
Do you want to see me?
What's up?
What is Lin Wan'er
to you?
A wife-to-be.
Do you want to marry her
for Neiku
or for herself?
Even if she's a maidservant
or a slave girl,
I'll marry nobody but her.
So you really fall in love with her.
Are you holding the program
of "Agony Father"
in the middle of the night?
The Princess Royal
has been kneeling outside the Imperial Study
for quite a while.
How do you know about
what's happening in the palace?
That's not the point.
The point is what you should do.
I'd make it up with a kick.
Since the result is already clear,
why don't you be generous
and intercede for her?
Intercede for her?
We should have mercy.
Don't be too ruthless.
Don't drive her too hard.
Insidious as she is,
Li Yunrui has a lot of loyal followers as well.
If you shall have a foothold on the imperial court,
you must learn
the tactic of hardness and softness to turn enemies into friends.
She tried to kill me!
Fan Xian,
have you ever considered
how Lin Wan'er will feel?
Don't forget
Li Yunrui is her biological mother after all.
You beat Li Yunrui in this round.
What next?
You want to drive her up to the wall.
How would Lin Wan'er think about it?!
If you plan
to get married in future,
will you get estranged because of this?
Fan Xian,
if you're sincere to her,
why can't you yield for her?
Allow me to think about it.
Tonight is the only chance
to intercede if you want.
Auntie,
it's wide spread that
you are on my side.
I am!
If really so,
why don't I have visibility
when you bribed Zhu Ge and contacted Zhuang Mohan?!
If you know all these,
it would be two people
kneeling here now.
Now I have to kneel anyhow!
Please allow me to meet His Majesty!
Your Highness,
it's not good for you
to kneel with me now.
Your Highness,
His Majesty asks you to come in.
Auntie is physically weak.
Please have mercy on her, Your Majesty!
No one else dares to
intercede for her other than you.
Do you know why?
They are afraid to get implicated.
Aren't you afraid?
I can't bear to see her get punished.
Softhearted princes in history
came to no good end.
Your Majesty,
please have mercy on Auntie.
Let's wait a bit more.
For what?
Let's see
if anyone else will intercede for her.
Possibly nobody dares to
as it has come to this point.
Not necessarily.
Your Majesty,
Fan Xian, Chief Musician of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices,
requests for a meeting.
Let him in.
It's such a surprise that
you are here.
Are you here to intercede?
If it weren't for someone else's reminder,
I'd almost forget how Wan'er feels.
They are after all mother and daughter
no matter how much hostility
between them.
So...
To be honest,
it's a bit dis-organized in my mind.
So I found a place
and spent some time sitting there
to straighten it out.
Then I rushed here.
It's not too late anyway.
You are here to intercede for her?
I, Fan Xian,
sincerely beg Your Majesty not to have mercy
and punish Li Yunrui by the most severe means!
Rise!
You don't enjoy kneeling.
If you are really here to intercede,
I'd be very disappointed.
The Investigator's Office
and the power of the Neiku
can only be handed over to someone who can hold their ground however much pressure they have.
I didn't think that much.
I'm curious about
how you changed your mind.
As I said,
I found a place
and spent some time straightening it out.
Where is the place?
=Tomb of my deceased husband, Teng Zijing=
Now I'm leaving.
Thank you for helping me in the cooperation.
No need to thank me.
Someone wanted to get rid of you
by using the Investigator's Office.
Who?
We're still investigating.
When I arrive in the capital city,
I can figure it out for sure.
The one behind the assassination attempt is extremely powerful
now that it even dared to do it in public.
If you stay,
this is just the beginning.
The road ahead
will be full of hazards.
In this case,
I'd never leave you alone in the capital city
where you may encounter
both open and covert attacks.
I stay
because I want to.
I won't regret
even if I have to undergo the most severe trials
and lose my life.
If Li Yunrui
only works against me,
I'd yield for Wan'er.
It's not easy to meet someone you truly love
in a life time.
But that's not the only point to consider.
She killed Teng Zijing.
There is no reason for me
to let her go!
If I'd interceded for her,
how selfish will I be!
All for a house guard?
No, it's for a human life.
You're not completely polished.
No one should be polished with their judgement of right or wrong.
I'm afraid
no one will come to intercede for her.
Let her go!
Thank you, Your Majesty!
Send her far away.
Your Majesty, where shall she go?
She's been in the capital city for so many years.
Xinyang is her fief.
She can go back there.
Your Majesty!
His Majesty wants you to leave the capital city
for Xinyang.
Did Fan Xian come to intercede?
He came to throw a stone.
Fantastic!
I thought he came to intercede.
I was quite worried about that.
Too much luggage.
We should start packing up.
Auntie,
maybe I can try it again.
His Majesty's mind is like an abyss.
It can't be persuaded or guessed.
Whatever happened, she is the Princess Royal.
She can't be sent to the Ministry of Penalty.
Sending her to Xinyang
is already the most severe penalty.
She doesn't deserve to die.
Get out of the way!
Princess, please return!
Her Highness said she doesn't want to see you.
I'll just wait here.
No matter how long you wait, Her Highness won't see you.
She doesn't want to leave.
Shall you meet her?
Given her physical condition,
she will be seriously ill if she stands there for a night.
She will leave if she can't persist.
Her Highness might be weak physically,
but her temper
is just like that of Your Highness.
She won't leave
if she says so.
Come in!
There is freshly made ginseng tea.
Take some to warm up.
Are the maids in the palace all gone?
They are seeking other means of living,
thinking that by changing new hosts,
they can stay in the capital city.
It's not an easy thing.
It is far better than following me.
It is only too indifferent.
Kind-hearted people
have been devoured in the palace.
This is not right!
I shouldn't meet you now.
But since we have met,
I will leave a few words to you.
Now that I have lost,
you still come to see me.
That's a leap into the abyss.
In biological sense,
we are mother and daughter.
It justifies it.
After tonight,
you should pretend that we don't know each other.
Don't come to see me off tomorrow.
Have you betrayed Nanqing?
Does it really matter at this moment?
If you're wronged,
I'll intercede with His Majesty.
Don't you understand the words
I just said?
So,
have you betrayed Nanqing?
I have!
What else do you want to ask?
Did you attempt to hurt Fan Xian?
I did!
You clearly know
he is my fiancé.
Why?
Are you here to question me
before I leave?
You came to see me
just a few times
ever since I was born.
I thought it must be very difficult for you
and things would become better after I grow up.
Later, I was taken out of the imperial harem
and suffered from severe illness.
You never ever came to see me
in the imperial residence.
When I was seriously ill,
I always wondered
whether you would come
before I died.
Do you even
have me as a daughter
in your heart?
You sabotaged Fan Xian without hesitation
for your fighting of power
because you never cared
and will never care
how I feel.
Why would I care
how you feel?!
Happiness, suffering,
loneliness and sadness.
Who doesn't have these feelings
as long as living in this world?!
But you can only feel them
when you are alive.
Lin Wan'er,
I just want you to stay alive.
I don't care about anything else.
Do you think
what I did is just as simple as
colluding with Beiqi and betraying Nanqing?
Why wouldn't I see you?
Why would I hide from you
and the far, the better?
Because only by doing so,
can you stay out
when it breaks out
and stay alive
while I'm punished by hacking process.
What else have you done?
Stop asking!
You don't need to know.
Live your own life
in future
and take me as a vicious monster.
Stay away from me.
What about Fan Xian?
I told you I like him.
Killing him is also for my good?
If it's not because you like him,
I would not necessarily need to take his life.
Why is that?
As a woman,
you must not only rely on yourself
but also choose the right man.
Choosing the right man is critically important
to the rest of your life.
I've chosen him.
People like Fan Xian
won't end up good.
Why?
Why does His Majesty
get him in the capital city?
To take over Neiku
and the imperial financial power?
What else?
It's very clear that
Fan Xian is very close
to the Investigator's Office now.
Yes!
A lot of people will say he has enjoyed success when he was young
and has a great future.
But have you noticed that
the Neiku and Investigator's Office
are the forefront for the fighting of power
between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.
These are the position stared by all eyes.
Fan Xian will become
the most hated person
after he steps on there.
What lurk
in the imperial court
are dreadful monsters.
And Fan Xian
is a bait in the trap.
However glorious he is now,
he will be equally tragic in future.
Under the attacks of dreadful monsters,
what else ending will he have
other than being smashed into pieces?!
If it is merely a marriage contract,
I'd help you cancel it.
But you told me
you like him.
What else can I do?!
If I don't kill him,
I'm sending you onto an unreturnable path.
The good thing is
your sickness is getting better anyway.
After I leave,
find an excuse
and break up with Fan Xian.
I'll think of a way
to cancel the marriage contract for you.
I like him.
Then forget about him.
You like him,
but it doesn't mean you need to die with him.
Do you know
my favorite food?
What do I love to eat most?
Do you know what I like most
in my heart?
I only know staying alive
is the premise of like.
I like eating drumsticks.
You don't know it, but Fan Xian does.
I was stealing drumstick
when he first met me.
I liked the starry sky
at the beginning
because that's the most beautiful scenery
I had ever seen
as I grew up alone.
You don't know it, but Fan Xian does.
I've given him
the deepest loneliness
in my heart.
Once he knows,
I'm no longer alone.
He is what I like most now
in my heart.
If he is stepping onto a path to death,
I'd follow him.
Life is a long journey.
There are more and better things and better people
waiting for you in the future.
If I find a person
to entrust my loneliness,
my life becomes meaningful
no matter it's long or short.
But you don't even have a life,
how come it becomes meaningful?
Didn't you just say
you'll stay away from me
to keep me uninvolved?
Why didn't you
stop doing those dangerous things
for me?
You've chosen your way,
so have I.
You also said
choosing the right man
is the way to survive.
So the man chosen by you
and relied by you
must not be my father, is it?
Who is he?
Who is it
that made you pay so much?
Just one last reminder!
Don't come to see me when I leave the capital city tomorrow.
Her temper
really resembles mine.
=Capital City=
Be safe on the way.
I'll visit you whenever I get free.
If you leave the capital city,
Chengze must launch an attack.
Farewell for now!
Go back!
Greetings, Your Highness!
She's already gone.
You don't have to drive her this hard, do you?!
Your Highness,
I'm seeing her off
on behalf of Wan'er.
I don't know anything about what Auntie did.
Of course!
Let him through.
I'm humbly seeing Your Highness off
on behalf of Wan'er.
Thank goodness that
you didn't come to intercede for me.
It seems that Your Highness don't want me
to intercede for you.
No!
If you intercede for me,
I will have no excuse to revenge you.
It's all good now.
I can make some efforts
and prepare something
as a surprise for you.
Save it!
I'm most happy already.
Really?
Yeah!
I once said that
I'll drive Your Highness out of the capital city.
Now it came true.
The happiness in my heart is beyond my description
and I'm in an ever-higher spirit.
To be very honest, Your Highness,
I had half a bowl more of rice
for today's breakfast.
That's good!
Keep a good appetite and take care of your body.
Wait for my return.
If Your Highness returns again,
you may not leave necessarily.
Living in the capital city forever is my wish.
Driving Your Highness out of the capital city
is also my wish.
Please set off, Your Highness!
By the way, Fan Xian,
I prepared a gift for you.
Off we go!
Teng Zijing is probably watching!
It must be so.
It's a pity to just drive her away
and let her live.
Your Excellency, please mind your words.
I didn't say it's her!
Just now I heard
Her Highness said
she prepared a gift for you.
You must be careful!
Let's go!
Your Excellency!
Young Master Guo!
Have you had breakfast?
I won't let you go!
Let's go!
Your Excellency, are we gonna notify the imperial court?
Forget about it!
Is Guo Baokun
the trap she set up
for us?
Li Yunrui's trap
won't be this easy.
Wait!
Why are you here?
She is my mother after all.
I'm sorry!
She wanted to hurt you and you just tried to protect yourself.
I understand.
You are still willing to see her off
at this time point.
I'm the one who should be thankful.
She said the path you've chosen
will turn yourself into the target of public criticism
which is therefore a dead end.
What I want to tell you is
whichever road you take is fine
as long as you like it.
I'll keep you company.
=Imperial Study=
If it is still about
Fan Xian's leakage of information
that led the seizure of Yan Bingyun,
you don't need to meet His Majesty.
Just give me
your memorials.
Uncle! Master Yuan!
Take a seat!
Master Yuan,
this round of play doesn't hold any promise.
Not good! Not good! Not good!
This move is not good!
You can retract a move?!
His Excellency has retracted dozens of moves
in today's game.
How do you play like that?
Playing the game of Go is like fighting in the battlefield.
Its tricks are exquisite and extraordinary which are beyond prediction.
That's also the principle of conducting ourselves.
You are still young
and should learn about it from life.
May I ask
whether Master Yuan can retract his moves or not?
Of course not!
Your Excellency is indeed very smart.
Your self-conduct is admiring.
I also want to remind you the fact that
there is not so much fairness in the world.
Sometimes,
it takes a lot of means
to start well and end well.
So Your Excellency's game today
is meant to remind Mr. Fan.
But I don't understand
why you retracted your moves
in the past.
I invite you here
to discuss something.
Li Yunrui lost and left the capital city.
So logically,
it's time to prepare for the wedding
between you and Wan'er.
There is change to the marriage contract?
It's not related to the marriage contract.
A lot of officers from the Six Ministries
submitted memorials to the throne
the other day in the Imperial Study
about your leakage of information
that led to the seizure of Yan Bingyun.
They all required it to be thoroughly investigated.
But it was leaked
by the Princess Royal.
Li Yunrui only admits colluding with Zhu Ge
to gang up for personal interest.
She never admits
giving away Yan Bingyun.
That's her trap.
What did His Majesty say?
He didn't say anything
other than watching the mounting public indignation.
Uncle,
I didn't do anything.
I am wronged.
The truth is not important.
Then what is important?
Your attitude.
I don't understand.
I know a little bit
about His Majesty.
If I don't make it wrong,
he will reach out to you very soon.
Reach out to me? For what?
Whatever he asks you to do,
don't promise him.
He is the emperor.
How can I deny his requirement?!
He didn't make the decision on court.
Naturally it will be determined in private.
Fan Xian,
your wedding with Wan'er
is under preparation.
Once you're married,
I'll transfer you to the Ministry of Personnel.
So don't create any trouble
at this important point.
If it's not a distinct order,
don't promise.
If there should be any trouble,
put it on me.
Is that even possible?
The emperor and the officer are not like the master and the servant.
They are more like two chess players.
You can lose any chess piece,
but you also need to fight for the necessary.
You didn't do anything wrong in this.
Besides,
in view of your title as the Poetic Genius Fan,
even His Majesty
doesn't have any way
to force you on the court.
But how do you tell
His Majesty will find me in private
to allow me to justify myself.
His Majesty is most interested
in the fight between people
and can handle like nothing.
In his view, you still need more testing.
And now is better than never.
Your Excellency,
Mr. Fan is summoned to meet His Majesty in palace.
There it goes!
Off you go!
Remember what I said.
No matter what you're requested,
don't promise
unless you're clearly requested to with an imperial edict.
I'll have a try.
Lucky!
Master Yuan,
I won again this time.
There is still room left.
My bad! My bad! My bad!
It's OK now.
You won!
Your Highness! Your Highness!
This is...
Your Excellency! Please take a seat.
This side please.
What's going on?
I don't know either.
His Majesty summoned us
and didn't tell us why.
It's hard to tell if it's good or bad.
His Majesty's will is deep and unpredictable.
Don't even try to guess His Majesty's will.
Your Highness is reasonable and loyal
which is very admiring.
What do you think?
It's a contest between Your Highnesses.
I'd rather stay impartial.
Only you
dare to say anything you want.
Your Majesty, everyone is here.
We can start the meal.
This is a family meal.
Help yourselves!
Your Majesty,
since it's a family meal,
my presence is improper.
You're thick-skinned. It's alright!
Go ahead with it!
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...