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 36
Are you really the Saintess?
Doesn't the Saintess wipe her hands?
What a temper!
Tell me.
How on earth
can you help me kill Xiao En?
I really can't help you do that.
The mission and the cavalry are both around.
If I let you kill Xiao En,
I'm sure to lose my job.
You can come to Beiqi instead.
It's too cold. I'm not used to the weather.
I can assassinate him at the worst.
I'll guard him myself.
Plus the cavalry,
feel free to have a try.
I can hold you hostage.
I'm just a little envoy.
Nobody cares about my life.
We can join hands.
Why?
To help you of course.
Help me what?
To help you and the Empress Dowager
take over power from
your little emperor.
Nonsense!
Who told you I'm with the Empress Dowager.
Your teacher Ku He is the Imperial Tutor.
She certainly has to take side.
As to the political fights of Beiqi,
there are mainly three forces.
One is led by the little emperor.
One 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.
The little emperor made it clear that
he wants Si Lili back.
If you kill Xiao En in Nanqing,
the mission will have to go back.
Then Si Lili won't be sent to Beiqi.
So you can't be a follower of
the little emperor.
In this case,
you can only be with the Empress Dowager.
Even if you guessed right,
how can you help me?
I'm the envoy of Nanqing after all.
The two of us joining hands together
is beyond all expectations.
By doing so, we'll have everything to gain
and nothing to lose.
You actually know you're from Nanqing.
Yet you want to interfere with political affairs of Beiqi.
I just have a feeling that
it'll be extremely difficult
for me to bring Yan Bingyun back.
We're kind of helping each other out.
You've eaten my fruit after all.
Last night the rain was light, the wind was fierce,
and deep sleep did not dispel the effects of wine.
When I ask the maid rolling up the curtains,
she answers, "The crabapple blossoms look the same."
I cry, "Can't you see? Can't you see?
The green leaves are fresh but the red flowers are fading!" ('crabapple' has the same meaning as 'Haitang' in Chinese)
It's for you.
It's kind of celebrating our cooperation.
Poetic Genius Fan.
What do you think?
The crabapple blossoms can't be exposed to the rain.
Caught in wind and rain, the pot will gather water.
The crabapple blossoms will rot
instead of fading.
I'll take that as a "Yes".
Shen Zhong, Commander-in-chief of Embroidered Uniform Guards,
will receive the mission in person.
Watch out yourself!
What's his character?
Does he have any weakness?
Before reaching Shangjing,
I won't give up on killing Xiao En.
Let's go.
Your Excellency, congratulations!
For what?
Do you have a thing for the Saintess?
Your Excellency, don't worry.
We won't tell Princess Lin
about this.
Gao, how come you're also
making fun of me?
Thanks for Wang's detailed explanation,
I've known Your Excellency well.
Your Excellency! Your Excellency! Your Excellency!
Your Excellency!
How are your wounds?
Do you feel better?
You and Duoduo...
Don't listen to Wang Qinian.
That is not an aphrodisiac.
I've explained to her clearly.
Your Excellency,
after arriving in Beiqi,
I won't go back to Nanqing ever again.
If you tell me,
I won't tell your wife.
Now I can't clear my name
even if I jump into the Yellow River.
Which river is that?
I just made it up.
Do you know Haitang Duoduo?
Yes.
We once had tea together in Shangjing Town.
Is that the capital of Beiqi?
Yes.
She doesn't look like a Saintess.
I envy her character all the time.
She's free, easy, pure, and lovely.
You're perfect for each other.
Let me ask you something.
Something private about Duoduo?
No!
I want to ask
why you took the arrow for me.
I...
I didn't intend to.
Seeing the arrow coming from the corner of my eye,
I just went to you.
I had no time to think.
To be honest,
I still regret it now.
Your Excellency, no need to bother.
After sending me back to Beiqi,
we're even.
We'll reach Beiqi soon.
You're poisoned.
According to the Red Sleeve Edict Scheme,
your little emperor of Beiqi is supposed to
be killed by the poison on your body.
Why do you tell me?
This is the antidote.
Only after you're detoxified
can we really be even.
What about you?
Who would know I'm the one
to detoxify you?
The poison could be ineffective
due to a wrong formula.
If I give this away,
you'll be in trouble, right?
Will you?
Who knows what will happen in future?
Then let's wait and see.
Your Excellency, your hair style is good.
Your clothes are so bright and shining.
Well, leave us alone.
Senior.
We've arrived in Beiqi.
It's your last chance
to kill me.
What's your hidden secret?
This is also your last chance to question me.
Why did you ask me
about Danzhou?
What's your relation with Danzhou?
Fine.
Senior Xiao,
let's make a bet.
This won't be my last question
for you.
You're home.
Now that we're in Beiqi,
I won't be able to visit you often.
Take care of yourself.
Your Excellency, thank you for looking after me all the way.
Who is to receive us?
Your Excellency, it's weird.
There are people receiving us,
but no one answers back.
I'll say it one more time.
The Nanqing mission is here to return prisoners of war.
Who's in charge?
Please answer back at once.
If you remain silent, we'll leave right away.
Your Excellency, they're here.
What are you waiting for?
Your Excellency!
=Shen Zhong, Commander-in-chief of Embroidered Uniform Guards=
Are they here? =Shen Zhong, Commander-in-chief of Embroidered Uniform Guards=
Are they here?
Excuse me, which one is His Excellency Fan Xian,
the Poetic Genius from Nanqing?
This is His Excellency Fan Xian,
Envoy of Nanqing.
Poetic Genius Fan!
I'm Fan Xian.
I've looked up to your great name for a long time!
On seeing you today,
you're really outstanding as expected.
You are?
I'm Shen Zhong.
Just call me by my name.
Your Excellency Shen, Commander-in-chief of Embroidered Uniform Guards.
You two should deal with
the handover procedures.
Yes, Your Excellency.
Your Excellency Fan, have you heard of me?
Yes.
Your Excellency Shen, why not wear your robe?
My robe doesn't fit.
It's being altered in Shangjing.
Your Excellency Fan, I beg you pardon.
That's fine! That's fine!
Where's Miss Si?
This way, please.
Your Excellency Shen, won't you check her out?
It's fine. The mammies will handle it.
By the imperial edict of His Majesty,
Miss Si, we're here to escort you to Shangjing.
Please come with us.
I'm a new official.
In a high position at such a young age,
you do have a successful official career.
I'm just lucky.
Your Excellency Shen, I'm really flattered.
You're the one
who's really in a high position.
Miss Si, you're injured?
Hold her.
Miss Si is injured!
Mammy,
on our way here,
some bandits pretended to be
the followers of Shangshan Hu,
trying to take Xiao En away.
Miss Si was shot accidentally.
She's fine now.
How can you let her be injured?
Do you want to lose your head?
Who is she?
She's an old servant in the imperial palace.
Your Excellency Shen, no need to be flattering.
Unlike Nanqing,
Beiqi is a great country.
Such a great country was actually
so defeated as to cede territory for mercy.
What did you just say?
I said Beiqi lost the war
and was utterly humiliated.
How dare you!
Let go of me!
Mammy!
Let go!
-Let go! -Fine.
We Nanqing people are straight-forward.
You asked me to let go, so I let go.
Come on! Get up!
Look at you!
How could you watch him violate me
on our territory?
Humiliating the envoy equals humiliating Nanqing.
If the war is restarted,
whose responsibility might that be?
You! You!
Mammy! Mammy!
Calm down!
-Come on! -I'm so pissed!
Come on! Calm down! Calm down!
That bastard
is too arrogant!
Take care!
Your Excellency Fan.
Where is Xiao En?
Your Excellency Xiao En!
Who are you?
I'm Shen Zhong,
Commander-in-chief of Embroidered Uniform Guards.
I don't know you.
Sure! Sure! Sure!
When Your Excellency Xiao rode the whirlwind in Nanqing and Beiqi,
I was nobody.
Your name is widely known.
I feel so excited
to finally see you in person.
Your Excellency Fan,
we'll escort His Excellency Xiao
from now on.
Of course.
Your Excellency Fan,
you just said that some people tried to
save His Excellency Xiao along the way.
I stopped them.
Your Excellency Xiao,
that's not right.
Look around!
You're home now.
Why do you want to run away?
If you run away again halfway,
I won't be able to fulfill my task.
Right?
What do you want?
We should take our work
seriously.
Now it should be fine.
Your Excellency Xiao, I'll take you to your carriage.
Knowing that you're coming back,
the Embroidered Uniform Guards
have specially made
an iron carriage for you.
It's an honor
no one else can enjoy.
Sorry to let you see this.
Your Excellency Shen,
how can you be so cruel to your people
but flattering to someone from Nanqing?
Shame on you!
Calm down! Calm down!
Calm down!
I'll report your behaviors to
the Empress Dowager.
Wait a moment, please.
Please come with me.
What do you want?
I have my difficulty.
You'll know it after I tell you.
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Come on! Come on!
Your Excellency Fan, wait a minute.
Why do you have to
talk here?
I know after serving the Empress Dowager for many years,
you're bonded with Her Majesty.
Do you want me to spare your life?
It seems that
you don't know me after all.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
It's weird.
Anyhow,
after talking with her,
she felt so ashamed
that she left on her own,
saying that she would never go back to Shangjing.
Do you have anything to say?
Different people have different aspirations. Just let her go.
Let's get ready and set off soon.
His Majesty is anxious
to meet His Excellency Fan.
Meet me? Why?
You'll know when you arrive in Shangjing.
By the way, Your Excellency Fan,
how's Head Chen doing recently?
He's fine.
Your Excellency Fan,
a word please.
Come on.
Your Excellency Fan, did Head Chen give you
any task this time?
To take Yan Bingyun back.
Nothing else?
What else can there be?
Let me make a bold guess.
If I guess wrong,
please don't laugh at me.
Firstly,
you should take Yan Bingyun back of course.
Secondly, since His Excellency Xiao is back,
Head Chen must be too worried to sleep.
Perhaps he asked you to
assassinate His Excellency Xiao.
Find the chance to kill Xiao En
after taking back Yan Bingyun.
Anything else?
His Majesty himself specially requested
Si Lili be sent back.
It's a good chance to set a trap.
On our way back,
I'll check whether Miss Si Lili
is OK or not.
I made the poison of
Red Sleeve Edict myself.
By the way,
Yan Bingyun is caught,
but he isn't the only secret agent
from the Investigator's Office
in Beiqi.
Did Head Chen send you here
to reorganize the intelligence network?
Stay vigilant to one person.
Shen Zhong, Commander-in-chief of Embroidered Uniform Guards.
You must be careful with him.
It mustn't be someone good
who can be remembered by you.
If so,
what are you going to do?
Nonsense! Nonsense!
Your Excellency Fan, never mind.
Whatever you want to do
in Shangjing,
I'll keep you company.
Let's set off.
Your mission can follow us.
Your Excellency.
All my tasks in Beiqi,
he has guessed them right.
Shen Zhong does live up to his name.
Then what should we do?
Just wait and see.
Shangjing Town of Beiqi
will be our battlefield.
Xiao En suffers a lot
from Shen Zhong along the way.
Your Excellency,
I just don't get it.
Xiao En used to be
an important official of Beiqi.
Why does Shen Zhong torture him?
Who knows?
Who's there?
Assassin! Catch that assassin!
Everyone! Assassin!
Assassin!
There's an assassin raiding the camps.
What should we do?
The assassin is raiding Beiqi's camps.
We're kind enough
not to join the attack.
That's right.
Here!
Circle the assassin around!
Don't let the assassin run away.
The assassin failed.
Get the assassin! Come on!
Stop!
The assassin runs into Nanqing's camps.
There's no one in the tent behind me.
Thank you.
A woman?
Who's she?
Who else can she be?
Which one?
That Saintess he fought at start but fell in love with later.
Cut the crap! Don't seek death!
Put your weapons down! Put them down!
Make no mistake.
Your Excellency Fan, sorry to bother you.
An assassin raided our camps. Sorry to let you see this.
I saw the assassin running this way.
I wonder whether you saw the assassin or not.
I saw her.
She's in the tent behind me.
Just go inside and search.
Don't you want to imply
our Nanqing mission is behind the assassination?
Your Excellency Shen,
what about capturing me as well?
Your Excellency Fan,
don't be angry.
If the assassin takes order from you,
she wouldn't have run to you.
How can I not know that?
She was running towards that direction.
You still don't believe me, right?
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Your Excellency Shen,
search the tent yourself.
No need! No need! No need!
Go back.
Go back to your posts.
Your Excellency Fan,
I'm really sorry.
Sorry to bother you.
Please accept my apology.
Your Excellency Fan, you also love to eat sweet potatoes.
They are good stuff.
Fragrant and sweet to eat.
Your Excellency Shen, won't you chase after the assassin?
I didn't catch the assassin just now.
Now I won't be able to catch the assassin.
Was the assassin injured by you?
It's Xiao En's blood.
I was talking with Senior Xiao
just now.
Your Excellency Shen,
what on earth do you want to know?
I don't know.
You don't know?
I really don't.
I just know that
Chen Pingping kept him alive for so long
because of the secret he knows.
The Empress Dowager and His Majesty
want to know what it is.
Since Senior Xiao doesn't want to tell me,
I have to ask him often.
He was an important official
of Beiqi.
Circumstances change with the passage of time.
Plus he's the adoptive father of Shangshan Hu,
he needs to be warned.
Isn't Shangshan Hu the Beiqi War God?
He's good at fighting battles indeed.
But that may not be a good thing.
Your Excellency Fan, to be honest,
Shangshan Hu is transferred back to Shangjing.
Nominally, he is the Grand General,
but actually he's only got one hundred private soldiers by his side.
A promotion nominally but a demotion in fact,
he has lost the military power.
Indeed.
But he is to blame
for not understanding the situation.
In such a complicated situation, he neither pledges allegiance to His Majesty
nor visits the Empress Dowager.
As officials,
if you're not loyal,
what can you get? Right?
Then whose side are you on?
I'm loyal to the Empress Dowager.
Your Excellency Shen,
you're really outspoken.
I admire scholars
all the time.
Your Excellency Fan, talented as you are in poetry,
have you written any masterpiece recently?
Well, have you figured out
the secret?
He refuses to talk. No hurry.
There's still a long time ahead.
You've made
Xiao En suffer.
If he stages a comeback
in future,
he surely will get back at you.
Chen Pingping is worried, right?
When you're back, tell Head Chen that
Xiao En has no chance.
Just think about it.
Even now, there's an assassin
trying to kill him.
Many people want him dead in Beiqi.
The number is no less than that of Nanqing.
Well then, I will interrupt you no more.
We're about to reach Shangjing.
Just like I said,
man should understand the situation.
Your Excellency Fan,
don't make it hard for me.
Take your time and enjoy the food.
Take them away.
He serves the Empress Dowager.
So do you.
How come you two
are fighting each other?
My teacher wants to kill Xiao En.
As an apprentice, I have to obey her order.
So I kind of saved your life.
You lifted the curtain just now.
I'm bluffing. Don't you understand?
What if your plan doesn't work
and he actually catches me?
Then so be it.
How is that relevant to me?
Is it a joke for you?
Will you assassinate Xiao En again?
I have no chance.
After entering Shangjing, I have no way to kill him.
Then when we reach Shangjing,
let's cooperate with each other.
How?
Anyway you like.
Whoever you find annoying,
I'll help you deal with him.
By collaborating with me from within,
we can bring trouble to the country.
What's in it for you?
I'm from Nanqing.
The more chaotic Beiqi is,
the happier I will be.
I'm leaving.
Just think about it.
She's gone?
Really?
She's gone.
It seems that Beiqi is really chaotic.
This might be our chance.
Right,
we can seize the chance to take the Saintess back.
What're you thinking?
It's our chance to fulfill the mission task.
Right! Right! Right!
It's a good excuse to fool the public.
Right!
Lend me some money.
Give me silver instead of bank notes.
I'll pay you twice as much when we go back to the capital city.
Twice?
You two, turn around.
What's up?
At dawn tomorrow,
you should leave on your own.
Don't let others see you.
Go south to Shangjing Town,
and find a Tiaowang Inn.
Take the money, get yourself a room,
and stay there.
Why should I listen to you?
Only by helping me complete the task of the Investigator's Office
can you get your father out of the jail.
Your Excellency, as you commanded,
our agents watch the place closely
and see a man from the Nanqing mission
slip away secretly.
Now he stays in an inn south of Shangjing.
Should we catch him?
Leave him alone.
Let him stay there
as if we don't know.
Let's see what His Excellency Fan
will do next.
Yes.
Your Excellency, we've arrived in Shangjing Town.
After taking Yan Bingyun back,
we can go home.
I'm afraid it's not that simple.
Your Excellency, you feel something might go wrong.
Look.
Here comes trouble.
Grand General!
Whatever it is,
just send me a message.
How come you're here in person?
I want to see him?
See whom?
My adoptive father.
Who's your adoptive father?
Xiao En.
So Senior Xiao
is actually your adoptive father.
It's true that man from a military family
is bound to be extraordinary.
Where is he?
He's here! He's here!
Why is he so tortured?
I interrogated him according to the imperial edict.
You did this to him?
Yes.
Grand General, since he's your father,
you can have a closer look at him.
It's a pity that
I broke his legs,
or you might see him
stand up.
Grand General, are you satisfied with what you see?
Give him to me.
I'm afraid I can't.
How dare you defy my order?
Grand General, you don't know.
His Majesty and the Empress Dowager of Beiqi
ordered me to lock Xiao En up
in the Division of Embroidered Uniform Guards.
I can't defy the imperial order.
Grand General, what else can I do for you?
Shen Zhong,
good for you.
Grand General, thank you for the compliment.
I'm just loyal to my country.
Your Excellency,
Shen Zhong is not good at dealing with other officials.
Right.
He's vicious and cruel,
but he's too arrogant
to restrain himself.
It will definitely get him into trouble.
Exactly.
Shangshan Hu almost
attacked him just now.
He did it on purpose.
On purpose?
From breaking Xiao En's legs on the border
to torturing Xiao En cruelly along the way,
he did all that to provoke Shangshan Hu.
Make Shangshan Hu attack him?
After all, Shangshan Hu has brilliant achievements in war.
To punish him,
there should be a reason.
By making him attack the mission,
Shangshan Hu can be accused of defying the imperial edict.
I'm afraid he will also
be accused of treason.
Who gave the order,
the Empress Dowager of Beiqi or the little emperor?
Maybe both.
I didn't expect Shangshan Hu
to be so feared in Beiqi.
It's a good thing.
Really?
Your Excellency Fan,
His Majesty is anxious to see you.
I'm sorry that
you'll have to first meet His Majesty in the imperial palace
and then go to your residence.
We can go inside now.
Won't Miss Si Lili go to the imperial palace?
She has no status.
She should live outside the imperial palace and wait for the chance.
Are you familiar with Miss Lili?
I caught her.
Won't Xiao En's carriage go inside the town?
He will go inside from the West Gate.
You also see what happened just now.
We don't know what will happen
when we go inside.
When two counties are at war, no messengers shall be killed.
Nanqing has won a landslide victory this time.
When entering the town,
we certainly won't see people welcoming us on both sides of the street,
but they can't go so far as to throw rotten eggs at us.
Get out of Beiqi!
No envoy from Nanqing is welcome!
You! Get off!
Nanqing dogs!
You're not welcome! You're not welcome!
Get out of Beiqi! Get off!
Throw at him!
Get off! Get off!
You're not welcome in Beiqi!
There're vegetables and eggs
enough for several meals.
Let's add dishes tonight.
Yes, Your Excellency.
Get off!
Get off, Nanqing dogs!
You're not welcome!
Get out of Beiqi.
Our people are concerned about national affairs.
Since we lost the battle,
they can't help feeling angry.
I'm afraid they're not all common people.
You killed Cheng Jushu,
the martial arts master of Beiqi, on the street.
Men in the army and on the streets who practice martial arts
want to learn from you.
They are not bound by rules.
They might assassinate you or make a sneak attack.
You'd better hide in the carriage.
It won't take long.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards
can't even keep their own capital under control?
I'm really not competent enough.
Sorry! Sorry!
As the envoy of Nanqing,
if I hide in the carriage
on my way to the imperial palace,
I'm afraid I'll dishonor
my country completely.
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
behind which carries cargos.
Bring it to me.
Yes, Your Excellency.
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...