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 28
That guy was shot with an arrow.
He must've been seriously injured.
The guards are looking for him.
So why are you here
instead of searching for him?
I'm worried about Her Highness' safety.
With me here, you have nothing to worry about.
He came here for my sake.
Your Highness.
Xiaoyi, can I beg you for something?
Your Highness,
please never say the word "beg".
Find that assassinator
and kill him.
You don't want to get more information from him?
I was having a talk
with Zhuang Mohan
and he saw it.
Your Highness.
I made a deal with Zhuang Mohan
and told him Yan Bingyun is from
the Investigator's Office.
Did you get it?
Yes.
If you want to do your bit
as an imperial guard,
you can report it to His Majesty now.
I won't blame you.
You can do
whatever you like.
That year, my family was all killed
in that mountain village
and I was starving to death.
If you hadn't passed by and saved me,
I must have died.
I owe you a life.
I'm ready to pay you back anytime.
I'll always stay by your side
and serve you
even if you're condemned
by everyone else someday.
Stand up.
Your Highness.
Go ahead.
I think that guy is Fan Xian, judging from his figure.
Fan Xian?
He wore a mask. It's hard to tell.
But they're similar in figure and height.
In the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest,
Fan Xian joined the poetry contest and got drunk.
He was carried home.
It couldn't be him.
Let's make a conclusion after having a look.
If he isn't at home right now,
it must be him.
Go there now.
If anyone stops you,
tell them it's me that sent you there.
Got it.
Your Highness,
why did you tell him
about Zhuang Mohan?
It's impossible to hide it from him.
You're all thumbs.
Be careful.
Don't spill
the porridge.
Honestly! Ruoruo.
Madam.
You're still here?
Yeah. I am.
How is it going with Fan Xian?
He... He's still sleeping.
I'll come in.
Is he sleeping?
Have you stayed up all night
to take care of him?
I'm good.
He drank too much
last night,
so I got up early
and made some porridge cooked for him.
Fan Xian...
He's still sleeping.
He caught a slight cold last night.
I've got one more quilt for him.
And the medicine is being decocted.
He can take it when he wakes up.
Do you want to have a look at him?
Nah.
Let him sleep.
You'd better go back and have a rest.
I'll stay.
I'm good.
I don't understand
some poems I read last night.
I want to ask him when he wakes up.
You...
Madam.
Keep it down.
There is something else
I need to take care of.
You...
Madam, please go ahead.
I'll leave you alone.
Someone wants to see Fan Xian so early in the morning?
Exactly.
Who is it?
Madam, it's him.
This is the backyard. Don't...
You can't break in.
I once saw you.
You're an imperial guard.
I'm Yan Xiaoyi, Director of Imperial Guards.
Let me pay my respect to you.
So,
are you here to search my house by His Majesty's order?
Of course not.
Princess Royal
asked me to see Fan Xian.
As you know,
it's better to get such matters done without delay.
But it's so early.
Why are you in such a hurry?
It's because Her Highness thinks highly of him.
Madam,
shall I wake His Lordship up?
I just want to make sure he's alright
and ask him a few questions.
Then I'll go back.
Don't bother.
Follow me.
Ruoruo.
Someone from the imperial palace
is here to visit Fan Xian.
Ruoruo?
Check if he's woken up.
This is Director Yan.
He's still sleeping.
I won't wake him up.
I'll just go inside and have a look at him.
Then my job will be done.
Please step slightly.
Lady Ruoruo, please step aside.
He's not well.
You'd better see him later.
Please forgive me.
Yan Xiaoyi, what are you doing?
I'm sorry, but I'm under orders to do that.
Here is the mansion of the Assistant Minister of Ministry of Revenue.
Her Highness has no right to do that to an imperial officer.
Lady Ruoruo, what are you afraid of?
I have good hearing.
I don't think I can hear anyone breathing
in the room.
Ruoruo.
Let him in.
Sorry.
I drank too much last night.
I have such a massive hangover that I can't get up.
Besides,
I'm a sound sleeper
and I have quiet breathing.
Director Yan,
how about listening to it more carefully?
Do you mind leaving us alone?
Her Highness asked me to pass on a message to Fan Xian.
It's ridiculous!
It's okay.
Madam. Ruoruo.
Help me
withdraw the curtains.
I'll have a talk with Director Yan.
Please wait outside.
Madam.
Take off your clothes.
These guys
really need more discipline.
They're running wild.
Ruoruo, are you okay?
I'm good.
I'm not into that.
An assassinator sneaked into the palace.
Really?
Is it caught?
No.
It can be considered
your neglect of duty, right?
The assassinator was shot in the back of his waist.
He must be injured.
Show me your back.
Are you suspicious of me?
I believe it's you.
Do you have evidence?
No.
Are you doing that by His Majesty's order?
No.
Then why should I do as you said?
Are you afraid of being found out?
You pushed my sister
at the gate, right?
I'll say sorry to her later.
Kneel down and confess in front of her.
What?
Let's make a bet.
I'll take off my clothes.
If I'm injured,
you can take me to the Ministry of Penalty,
the Supreme Court,
the Investigator's Office,
or any other place you want.
If I'm not injured,
you kneel down
and give a kowtow to Ruoruo.
Why do I have to bet with you?
Then you can leave.
I can look at it myself.
Do you know
how many poems
I wrote last night?
Do you know how His Majesty and other officials will punish you
if you hurt me at this moment?
I don't care.
Even if the Princess Royal will get into trouble?
If you don't dare to bet,
push the door open and get out.
Are you trying to scare me?
You're thinking too much.
Fine. I'm in.
Show me your back.
What if
the assassinator is not injured although it's shot?
Aren't you worried about it?
Even a Great Master will be injured
if he's shot by me with an arrow.
I see.
Director Yan, will you keep your promise?
I'm sorry.
Director Yan.
How about staying here for breakfast?
What's going on?
He pushed Ruoruo.
This is the least price he should pay.
You're protective of your sister.
Madam. Ruoruo.
I'm still sleepy.
I want to have more sleep.
Okay. Go have a rest.
Xian.
It's okay. Go back.
Let's go.
Don't hold it back. Spit it out.
Luckily, I met you on the way.
I had to hurry back
and came in
without letting Yan Xiaoyi know.
Neither of them was easy.
You're shot with an arrow.
Yes.
Yan Xiaoyi's arrow.
I'm not sure.
He said so.
There is no wound.
Uncle, do you want me to be injured?
He was not exaggerating.
Even a Great Master would be injured
if he's shot with Yan Xiaoyi's arrow.
He's the only Ninth Dan archer or above
in the world.
It's a coincidence that the arrow was blocked off
when it was shot in my waist.
The key?
Exactly.
Yan Xiaoyi's arrow
can even make cast iron break.
But the key is not damaged.
I don't know what it's made of.
Have you got everything done?
Almost.
I didn't have enough time
to put the counterfeit back.
Why not?
I saw the Princess Royal
had a secret meeting with Zhuang Mohan
and heard some secrets.
The Princess Royal
made a secret deal with Beiqi
and betrayed Yan Bingyun
to get Xiao En back.
Do you know?
Xiao En is
Zhuang Mohan's younger brother.
So, why didn't you
put the counterfeit back?
Fine.
Anyway, there is almost nothing
you really care about.
Don't worry.
I'll find a way
to put it back.
What's most important,
I'll finally know
what's in the box
my mom left.
Your memory. You open it.
But what's inside
may not be left for me.
We don't know until it's opened.
Why are you laughing?
Uncle,
you don't know
how ridiculous
life can be
in the world.
You sound surprised.
Well.
Do you know
how many resources and years
it'd take to make this?
Over ten years have passed.
Does it still work?
No idea.
Let's have a try.
Your Majesty, it's my fault.
The assassinator's whereabouts is unknown.
But I'm sure
he's shot with my arrow.
Tell him about it.
There are two assassinators.
One of them slipped into the imperial harem beforehand.
And I chased the other out of the imperial palace.
With hindsight,
it was a trick to lure the tiger from the mountain.
Did you catch him?
No.
He even ran away from you.
Is he a Great Master?
Judging from his skill, he's just reached the Ninth Dan,
but he was quick.
The swordsmanship he used is Si Gujian.
Si Gujian?
The mission of Dongyi Town is still in the capital city.
Is it Yun Zhilan?
It couldn't be him.
Is it possible
he used Si Gujian to mislead us?
No.
That guy has grasped
the essence of Si Gujian.
It must've had something to do with Dongyi Town.
Your Majesty,
let's search the mission.
Even if it's not Yun Zhilan,
it must've been someone related to him.
Do you have evidence?
We will as long as we catch the two assassinators.
What if you fail to do that?
It...
The two assassinators sneaked into the imperial palace late at night
and escaped unscathed.
If it spreads around,
it'd be unbearable shame for us.
I acknowledge my sin.
Seeing that guy is skilled at Si Gujian,
I couldn't help
to see more
so that I chased him for a long time.
Actually, it's my fault.
Before you admitted your fault,
you'd better think about why they wanted to kill Li Yunrui.
Of course to create chaos in the capital.
And then?
That's right.
If they did it,
what's the point of killing a Princess Royal
for Dongyi Town?
You can leave.
Got it.
See?
I said it doesn't work.
It can't be opened.
The password is correct.
We opened it.
Why?
Uncle.
It gives me a reason
to believe
there is some hidden secret
between you and my mom.
I really can't remember.
You don't need to say anything.
Let me have a look at
what she had left.
Are you sure it's not Fan Xian?
It couldn't be him.
As I said,
Fan Xian joined the poetry contest
and got drunk.
How could it be him?
Two assassinators worked together?
It might have something to do with Dongyi Town.
What did they want to do?
To kill me?
His Majesty also had doubt about that.
Xiaoyi, it doesn't make sense.
Find a way to tell Zhuang Mohan
and ask him to leave Nanqing.
The sooner the better.
Got it.
Something has gone wrong, right?
I have to think about it.
The iron is great,
but I wonder in which way
it was made to become like this.
I also wonder
why on earth
she left this stuff.
To kill people.
To kill people? It doesn't have sharp blades.
Do you know something about it?
Yes.
Uncle.
This is a great weapon.
Weapon?
An unparalleled weapon.
=To Wuzhu=
A letter.
It says "To Wuzhu".
Read it for me.
It's for you.
You can read anything
that belongs to me.
Okay.
Your Excellency.
Trust me.
Okay. Well.
Let's say goodbye here.
Remember what I said.
Take your stuff.
Don't come back to the capital
for the time being.
Don't be recognized.
Don't worry.
I shaved myself
because of this issue.
Nobody would recognize me.
All right.
Go ahead.
You said the horse would be mine.
It's for me.
You have to keep your promise.
I will.
That's great. I'm leaving.
Do you know how much
the horse cost me?
I paid for you.
That's right. You promised.
Don't break your word.
Go. Go. Go.
Go.
Don't tell anyone
about what happened last night.
I know the rules.
Head Chen.
Who is that guy?
Answer me.
What happened
last night?
Who is he?
He's just a locksmith.
Here is the thing, Head Chen.
Yesterday,
I asked him
to unlock the door of someone else's home.
So, I asked him
to get out of here.
Head Chen.
Look.
It's the first time
I stole something.
Please forgive me.
I can send a black knight
to get him back.
Don't.
I just asked him
to make a key.
Did the assassination attempt in the imperial palace
have anything to do with you?
Did it have anything to do with Fan Xian?
No.
No!
Do you know how capable he is?
Yeah.
I'm giving you one more chance.
Is it Fan Xian that did it?
No.
Why don't you read?
The wording
is really special.
I'll begin.
Dear Zhuzhu, let me give you a kiss.
Zhuzhu is me.
I know.
Is it funny?
No.
I like you very much.
I tried many times
to introduce a girl to you,
but you're always like a cold fish.
This madam...
Sorry. You can't call me madam.
I think
you must be very popular among girls
if you smile more.
I think she's right.
Uncle, did she try to fix you up?
I don't remember.
Are you angry?
Why?
Forget about it. I'll continue.
At this moment,
I'm staying in the capital alone.
So I decide to write you a letter.
You wouldn't listen to me
and has gone to fight in that temple again.
I guess you'd lose again
and finally come back.
So,
I'm writing this letter
to laugh at you in advance.
Uncle, you're smiling.
Really?
Did you really go to fight in that temple
and lose?
I think so.
Is it the so-called divine temple?
I don't remember.
Why did you fight?
I don't remember.
What's the relationship between my mom
and you and that divine temple?
Fine.
I guess you don't remember, either.
Let's go on.
I've been worried about one thing.
I'm worried how you'll live in the world
without curiosity or desire
or anything you'd like to do.
So, I decide to leave the letter
in the box
and wouldn't ask you to open it.
If you open it
of your free will someday
and read the letter,
I'd be very happy
and surprised.
Can you tell me
what made you
want to open the box?
Nothing special.
I just want to know
what you left
to the world
and whether you'd mention me.
Uncle Wuzhu.
Go on.
This madam came to this world,
in parenthesis,
this madam means me, your sister.
I came. I saw. I played.
I was once the richest person.
I even...
...pulled the old emperor's beard.
I just didn't unify the whole world.
But what's the point of doing that?
If there is
still something I want to do,
I want to see the world
become a better place
and everyone can
smile more brightly.
It sounds stupid, right?
Don't laugh.
I didn't.
I don't know why,
but I feel like I'm writing my last words.
Zhuzhu,
I don't know how long would pass
when you see the letter
and I don't know if I'd still be alive.
If I'm already dead,
just destroy everything in the box.
I don't need anyone else
to know my story.
They don't deserve it.
Zhuzhu,
actually, you don't understand
where I'm from.
Do you know? I'm lonely.
There are many people in the world,
but I'm lonely.
I'm really lonely.
But luckily, you've been with me
when I felt most lonely.
Zhuzhu,
I really miss you.
That's all.
Do you miss her?
What does it mean?
It...
It means
no matter if you're walking,
eating,
sleeping,
fighting,
or doing something else,
and no matter how many people are around you,
you can't
drive her out of your mind
and you speak her name quietly.
You hear many people speak,
but you just want to hear
her voice.
You've seen many faces,
but you just want to see
her smile.
In this case, you miss her.
I miss her.
Assassinators sneaked in last night?
They showed up at Guangxin Palace.
Did they aim to kill Li Yunrui?
It's still unknown.
She doesn't want to lose control of Neiku.
It makes some guys jealous.
Was everything going well
here last night?
Everything as usual.
And I had a good sleep.
I'm relieved to hear that.
Don't tell anyone else
about Lady Ye's issue.
But I think you're different.
I'll put it back,
but don't throw the box into the river.
It'll be of use sooner or later.
There is one more layer here.
One more letter.
Zhuzhu, don't open this letter.
What is it?
I don't know.
Do you want to open it?
Can I open it?
She didn't say you can't do that.
Hi, my son.
You didn't misread it.
This letter is for you.
I wasn't born
when she wrote it, right?
Right.
How did she know she'd have a son?
She guessed.
Only you can have a chance to
read the letter.
I know.
You have a lot of questions
about yourself,
about me and about the world.
I'll tell you the answer now.
Fan Xian,
there is no time travel
and there is no parallel spacetime.
Here is still the Earth.
It's still our world.
The Earth has never stopped spinning
during the past over four billion years.
During the long period,
several special eras
have appeared.
As global cooling happened substantially,
areas at higher latitudes
witnessed the formation of massive ice sheets.
Water condensed into ice.
Both atmospheric circulation and ocean currents
changed accordingly.
In such an era,
the entire planet went white.
That's called a major ice age.
It's interesting.
It would happen
every once in a while.
In our day,
there was much speculation
about when the next ice age
would arrive
and if humans would become extinct.
Our time has ended.
Fan Xian,
we opened the Forbidden Door.
I hope our time would revive
when a new era arrives.
Have you ever seen a sci-fi movie?
People might be frozen
in an instrument.
Years later, people sleeping inside
would come out as the instrument is opened.
I'm
just a living example.
My mom was revived from a frozen state.
Frozen?
It could be.
When I woke up,
the ice age had been over.
The old days are gone
and new humans have appeared.
They've gone through primitive society
and then slavery society.
Now, they're living in feudal society:
Nanqing.
Have you ever thought about
why people here
also speak Chinese
and behave
like we did in our day?
Because I'm not the only one
who was revived after being frozen.
Many pioneers
survived
and spread civilization to new humans.
It can be considered
some heritage from our time.
Their legends
are the secrets of the divine temple.
What on earth is the Forbidden Door?
Why did it cause an ice age?
How on earth
did humans in our day become extinct?
And,
if I was revived after being frozen,
why did I become a baby?
You're not revived after being frozen.
You're an exceptional case.
Let me put it this way.
We had an experiment
about datamation of memories.
You're one of the guinea pigs.
And you're the only one that made it.
I know you have many questions.
The answer you're looking for
is hidden
in a place called Taiping Residence.
If you've ever been there,
you'd find there is a pond in the yard,
at the bottom of which
is hidden a starting gear.
Through operation of it,
you'd see
a blank door is opened in the house.
From the secrets of the Forbidden Door
to the reason why humans became extinct,
all the answers you're looking for
can be found there.
Go there if you want to find it out.
Personally, I hope
you won't work on these secrets.
If you go behind the Forbidden Door
and find the truth,
you're destined to go back
to where I escaped
and face the most horrible things
underground.
If you stay away from that door,
all these dangers
will have nothing to do with you.
You can enjoy a peaceful,
happy life.
The way you live your life is up to you.
That's all my suggestions.
One more thing,
there is no vitality Qi.
The so-called vitality Qi
is actually something
left from the last era.
By the way,
be nice to Wuzhu.
Did you hear it?
Yes.
The secrets hidden at the bottom of the pond
at Taiping Residence.
Do you want to find it out?
I'm not sure.
She said it's dangerous.
My mind told me not to,
but I'm curious.
What do you think?
Up to you.
She asked me to be nice to you.
I don't understand.
You're a martial arts master.
You don't need me to take care of you, right?
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...