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 29
My mind told me not to go,
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?
She said
vitality Qi doesn't exist.
It doesn't now that she said so.
What is it?
The thing I've been practicing.
No idea.
She said she'd give me an answer,
but I ended up
becoming more confused.
It's just a trap.
Uncle,
I think
I'd better
forget about it.
Now that I came here,
I should live well here
and take good care of people around me.
Okay.
But the premise is that
nobody found you sneaking into the imperial harem.
Don't worry. I did it without trace.
Nobody could find it's me.
Who is it?
Your Excellency.
Bad news. It's found out.
Come in.
What's found out?
He knew almost everything.
About what?
Who?
What's the matter? Make it clear.
I
was seeing that locksmith out of the capital city.
Head and Master Shadow
saw me and blocked my way.
They asked me
if it's you
that sneaked into the imperial harem
last night.
Wang Qinian, did you tell the truth?
I'm not stupid.
Of course I didn't.
And then?
Then
Master Shadow
gave this key to me.
This key.
Is there anything special
about it?
Nah. There is nothing special
about the key.
It's just the key to the house
of that locksmith.
The locksmith
that made the fake key last night?
Exactly.
Why did Shadow have the key
to his house?
The locksmith works for Head.
I really have no idea about that.
The locksmith has achieved fame
in the capital city for years.
And I've known him for a long time.
He's never mentioned
he knew Head.
Your Excellency,
you can imagine
how many people in the capital city
spy for Head.
This is not a key.
There's no such key
or such lock in the world.
The locksmith didn't know
I sneaked into the imperial palace.
Your Excellency, they're not fools.
You weren't at home last night
and someone broke into the imperial palace.
You also went to the locksmith
in nocturnal costume.
All this proves
it's you.
What did Chen Pingping say?
He asked me to pass on a message to you.
Nobody else would know
what he did last night.
He can do whatever he wants.
I'll patch up his lies.
Tell Fan Xian
he can trust me.
It's a serious matter,
but he just let it go.
I think Head
is trustworthy.
As for what I'll do next,
I want to do it myself.
I'll ask him for help if necessary.
Next?
What do you want to do?
I went to Guangxin Palace last night,
so I didn't have time to put the fake key back.
Huh?
What to do?
To put it back as soon as possible.
I can't let others know
about my real intention.
Now that assassinators broke in last night,
the imperial palace will be heavily guarded today.
How could you go in again?
I'll turn to someone who can do it anytime.
Who is it?
Even if he can,
why should he do you a favor?
Go to the imperial palace?
It's not hard.
I was brought up there.
It's like my home.
You have to find a way
to get into the Empress Dowager's palace.
No problem.
Her Majesty is nice to me.
I should go to see her.
You have to take me there too.
Okay.
We're engaged.
We should go there together
to see her.
That's not what I meant.
I mean
you take me there
without letting others know it's me.
Do you mean
you can't go to the imperial palace
in the name of Fan Xian?
In whose name will you do that?
A eunuch accompanying you.
Disguised as a eunuch.
A fake. I won't be a real one.
You don't need to explain it.
Is it okay?
Yeah. Sure.
Now that you want to pretend to be a eunuch,
you have to learn something.
Imagine I'm the Empress Dowager.
Support me.
How can you do it like that?
I'm thirsty.
Start again.
What's wrong?
You can't walk like that.
It's noisy.
Hold on.
You're a eunuch.
Take more, smaller steps.
Look down.
Your Highness, please have some tea.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, please have some tea.
Kneel down.
What?
Kneel down.
I...
Do you want to go there or not?
Just kidding.
All right.
That's all about etiquette.
Sit down.
I can take you there,
but before I do that,
you have to tell me
why you want to go there.
Last night,
I sneaked into the imperial harem
and stole something
from the Empress Dowager's palace.
It's something
closely related to
my mother's past.
So, no matter what,
I had to steal it yesterday
and I have to return it today.
It's a serious matter.
Why did you tell me?
I promised
I'd never lie to you.
You're really honest, the Poetic Genius Fan.
"As fall wind hugs the chill dew,
they outshine all worldly dates."
Is it written by you?
Yes.
A poem is written to express the author's feelings.
Who are you dating?
You.
"This love can be waited to become a memory,
but at that time it was confusing and regretful."
Who is in your memory?
Why is it regretful?
It's also you.
I couldn't see you at that time,
so it was regretful.
"Holding hands we watch each other's falling tears.
With lumps in our throats, we're lost for words."
Whose hands were you holding?
Who were you crying for?
Still you.
All the poems about emotions
are for you.
All for me?
Yeah.
Really?
Sure.
There is one more.
One more.
"Ten years, dead and living dim and draw apart."
Is it also for me?
It's like I've been dead for a long time.
This is for my mom.
More guards than usual.
Your Highness,
a thief broke in last night.
Everyone is talking about that.
Is it caught?
No.
It's said that guy
was here to see
the maidservant of the Princess Royal.
The one like a cold fish?
Exactly.
She's not young.
Yeah.
She finally came across an infatuated man.
A maidservant and an infatuated man.
It...
It's ridiculous.
Who knows?
Wan'er.
Your Highness.
I've heard Fan Xian wrote a lot of good poems
at the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest last night.
He's well-known throughout the country
=Consort Yi of Nanqing= He's well-known throughout the country
=Consort Yi of Nanqing=
as an outstanding poet.
The first time I saw him,
I found he's a lovely guy.
At that time, I thought he's just clever,
but it turns out he's of so much talent.
The two of you
are really
a perfect match.
Your Highness.
Where are you going?
Are you feeling better?
Thank you for your care.
I haven't been here for a long time.
I'd like to see Her Majesty.
What a coincidence!
I'm going that way too.
Let's go together.
Okay.
Your Majesty, let me pay my respect to you.
Rise.
You're in poor health. You don't need to kneel.
Your Majesty,
through careful treatment,
I've nearly recovered.
Even so, I don't want you to kneel down.
Come over.
Why do you come here today?
I haven't seen you for a long time.
I miss you.
You've taken several servants with you.
I know you have a sweet tooth,
so I've taken
some cakes and cookies
made by myself
to you.
I've heard fleas appeared in the imperial palace recently,
so I've also taken some fumigants
to get rid of them.
Your love and devotion
are beyond price.
Good.
Accept all these.
Where is Eunuch Hong?
A thief broke in last night,
so I asked him to give a hand
to His Majesty.
Today is a lovely day.
How about
going to the back garden to enjoy flowers?
Let them stay here
and get rid of pests.
Good idea.
Let's go.
Okay.
Okay. Let's go.
Today,
I'll stay a little longer with you in the garden.
Slow down.
Getting fresh air
is good for your health.
Okay.
Eating more meat and opening windows to let fresh air in
are also good for your health.
Am I right?
Yeah.
It's a beautiful sunny day.
Let's have a walk.
Okay.
Your Highness, I've told him about it.
The Beiqi mission is going to set off.
Your Highness, are you still thinking about the assassinators?
Why on earth
did they come here?
Didn't they aim to assassinate you?
I always think something is going wrong with it.
Are you sure they came from Dongyi Town?
Eunuch Hong fought
one of them
and recognized the mental cultivation methods of Si Gujian.
Really?
Eunuch Hong chased him for a long time
and fought him several times.
He couldn't have got it wrong.
Fought him several times?
Yes.
Chased him out of the imperial palace?
That's right.
When?
Eunuch Hong mentioned
he came across that assassinator at 11:00 p.m. or so.
Then he realized it was a trick to lure the tiger form the mountain?
Exactly.
When did you find the assassinator
out of the imperial palace?
Night watchmen had sounded gongs to make the hours at that time.
It was past 1:00 a.m.
When Eunuch Hong was lured away at 11:00 p.m.,
the second assassinator must've broken in.
If he aimed to kill me,
why didn't he come here
until 1:00 a.m.?
Where did he go
during the past two hours?
He just passed by my palace.
He aimed to do something else.
What does he want to do?
Xiaoyi,
ask everyone
in the imperial palace
to check if anything was stolen
or something went wrong.
Got it.
Hold on.
They may not listen to me.
Go to Her Majesty
and explain everything to her
so that she can give an order.
Got it.
Is it Dongyi Town or not?
I'm going to
find out the truth soon.
Interesting. I'm looking forward to it.
It's fragrant.
You're more beautiful than the flower.
Director Yan.
Her Majesty is having a walk in the garden.
You can go there for her.
Someone is inside?
We're trying to get rid of pests through fumigation.
I mean the inner room.
Is anyone there?
No.
Director Yan.
It's Her Majesty's palace. Don't forget the rules.
What's Li Yunrui investigating?
Her Highness worries the assassinators
might have other intentions.
Then
make everyone in the imperial palace
check their own place carefully.
Got it.
Let's go back.
I have to check too.
Got it.
Slow down.
All of you, wait here.
You too.
Someone is hidden in Her Majesty's palace?
I heard the breathing,
but that maidservant said nobody is there.
Is it a man or a woman?
I can't tell.
But judging from the breathing,
I think it can do Kung Fu.
Is it Eunuch Hong?
If it were Eunuch Hong,
I couldn't have noticed it.
Assassinators came last night
and someone is hidden in Her Majesty's palace today.
It's more than a coincidence.
Are they related?
In this case,
it reminds me
of what's weird about the case.
It's indeed weird.
Xiaoyi,
is Hong Sixiang a Great Master?
I didn't see him fight,
but he's definitely more powerful than me.
You're already above the Ninth Dan,
so Hong Sixiang must be
the most mysterious Great Master.
I think so.
The assassinator was chased by a Great Master
but managed to escape.
What kind of assassinator
is so capable as to do that?
Is it
Si Gujian himself?
It's really weird.
What if
he was lured away on purpose?
On purpose?
Why did the assassinator
come and go freely?
Why did he disappear without trace later on?
Why did Hong Sixiang fail to catch him
as a Great Master?
There is only one answer
that would make sense.
The two assassinators work for Her Majesty.
I don't know what to do to thank you.
Write me a poem.
Okay.
I need to think about it.
You wrote so many poems last night even though you were drunk.
Why do you need to think about it today?
It's a different case.
Those poems
came to my mind
themselves.
I want to create one
for you.
They came to your mind themselves?
They just came like that.
I don't know where they're from.
Are you really an immortal
that's demoted to the mortal world?
And those poems
were created by you when you were in heaven?
Where did you hear of that?
Don't you know that?
Overnight,
it spread everywhere.
Chapter 54. Section 86.
=Xuan Jiu, Director of the Eighth Division= Chapter 54. Section 86.
=Xuan Jiu, Director of the Eighth Division of the Investigator's Office of Nanqing=
These are all good poems.
But the source of some sentences
is unknown.
Take this line as an example.
"Yellow River pouring from heaven."
What is the Yellow River?
A river that is yellow?
And this line.
"There are no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu."
There're numerous mountains and hills,
Mount Wu is the name of a mountain?
Your Excellency,
it's not hard to understand.
Go ahead.
His Excellency Fan
is the poetic genius from heaven.
The unknown names of people and places
and literary quotations
are all from the fairyland.
The Yellow River must be a river there.
Does that hold water?
Do you think an ordinary person
could write so many excellent works
overnight?
It makes sense.
This line is also well written.
Explain it to me.
Are there no records
of these poems through the ages?
We've looked through all books in stock in our divisions,
but we've found nothing related.
Please give us more time
to look through ancient books.
Don't bother.
Get them approved
and printed as soon as possible.
Got it.
Wait.
Be careful.
Head,
it's common gossip that
Fan Xian is the poetic genius from heaven.
Shall we do something about it?
The literary circles of Nanqing have been declining.
It's time to have a poetic genius.
I see.
We'll add fuel to the flame
to make everyone believe it's true.
Go ahead.
Are you also reading this book?
Are you too?
Good book.
"On war-torn land streams flow and mountains stand.
In vernal town grass and weeds are overgrown.
Grieved over the years, flowers make us shed tears."
Look at this line.
"It's wrong to set goblets idle, in the glory of the moon."
Wonderful!
His Excellency Fan
proves himself to be the poetic genius.
Exactly.
With this collection of poems printed,
I'm afraid nobody would dare to write poems again.
Absolutely.
Having the poetic genius
is a blessing for Nanqing.
To be honest,
I once worked with
His Excellency Fan.
At that time, I already thought
he's eminent
above all others.
What is it?
No idea.
Who did it?
Show it to me.
There are more on the ground. Pick it up.
There are words on it.
Bro, look.
There are so many.
Who threw it?
Let's pick one up.
Let's have a look.
It's confusing.
Who wrote it?
No idea. Forget about it.
It's just a piece of paper.
Pretend you didn't see it.
Something serious is going to happen.
You. Stop it.
Go on reading.
...ignores social order and law and has ferocious ambition.
What's worse,
knowing some honest patriots are lurking in Beiqi,
Li Yunrui is so fatuous and evil-minded
that she forgets about national interest
and betrays loyal patriots to the enemy.
Your Highness,
there are even harsher words.
Where did you get it?
It was scattered in every corner of the capital city.
Almost everyone read it.
A lot of them
kind of believe it.
Who scattered them?
We have no clues.
It's interesting.
They want to get me into trouble
by spreading gossip.
Others' opinions are not important.
The key lies in
how His Majesty thinks about it.
The criticism is incisive.
Who wrote it?
How many people have read it?
I'm afraid everyone has.
Nowadays,
it's widely discussed among people.
They're talking about
the Princess Royal's love affair with Zhuang Mohan.
Ridiculous.
Your Majesty,
is it true that the Princess Royal
betrayed Yan Bingyun?
Why do you ask me?
Isn't it the Investigator's Office's duty?
Shall we find the truth out?
It has provoked much discussion.
It's better to put an end to it.
Your Majesty, do you need an end to it or
the truth?
How dare you?
I can punish you for your great disrespect.
I'll accept the punishment.
I don't mind if you want to die.
You can leave.
Your Excellency.
Did you read this?
The Princess Royal colluded with Beiqi?
She betrayed Bingyun?
Where did you get it?
It can be found everywhere on the streets.
Who distributed it?
Heaven knows.
Let me make it clear.
If my son was arrested because of exposing his identity,
I'll have nothing to complain about.
But if it's because
someone in Nanqing played a trick,
I won't leave it at that.
Why didn't you tell Head?
I don't trust him.
Few guys know that
Bingyun is in Beiqi.
Do you suspect
it's Head that betrayed him?
He wants to promote Fan Xian.
Among the younger generation,
my son is the biggest rival
of Fan Xian.
Let's update each other
on anything new.
We're making a big deal out of it.
I'd like to see how Li Yunrui would end up.
Uncle, I'm lucky to have you.
Nobody else could have
scattered them all over the city
without letting others know.
Is it of help?
Uncle, gossip is a fearful thing.
Besides, this is true.
Li Yunrui can't afford to be investigated.
Do you know
what's best about this method?
No.
Do you want to know?
No.
I won't bother to ask you any questions.
What's best about it is that
nobody could find out it's me behind this.
So, I can stay out of it
and watch the show.
It's me, Chen Pingping.
Why are you here?
To see you.
Is Wuzhu not here?
What's the matter?
Well.
I've read it.
It's hard to imagine
the Princess Royal
has a love affair
with such an old man.
It's you that did it.
You have no evidence.
Please don't say that.
The evidence is what you're holding in your hand.
They're scattered everywhere in the capital city.
I had a few copies taken back.
Check it out.
The paper is made from blue sandalwood.
Due to different abilities to absorb water,
such paper can be classified into
raw paper, ripe paper
and half-ripe paper.
Head,
this is half-ripe paper.
A lot of the bark of blue sandalwood has been used, so it's also called "Jingpi".
It has two layers in thickness.
Paper curtains with double silk lines are used to form the grain pattern.
In addition to straws,
mulberry and hemp are also used as auxiliary material.
It's produced in Hexi Circuit.
Such paper is not of high quality,
so it's seldom used in the capital city.
Head,
are there a large number of copies?
They can be found everywhere in the capital city.
Only one place
has such a large amount of stock.
In the whole capital,
only Danbo Bookstore
has purchased such paper.
You're the one behind this.
Are you short of money
so that you purchased such poor quality products?
Fan Sizhe is responsible for this.
He'd save every penny he can.
Among the eight divisions of the Investigator's Office,
I've paid least attention to
the Eighth Division.
Unbelievable.
The Investigator's Office was set up by your mother.
Don't look down upon it.
Did many people know about it?
Nobody did. I got it fixed.
Is it true or false?
The love affair part is false,
but the betrayal part is true.
How did you know that?
I heard it with my own ears.
You heard it when you sneaked into the imperial harem that night.
Do you want to deal with the Princess Royal?
She wants to kill me.
I can't sit still waiting for my death, right?
Only spreading gossip is not enough.
You have to provide evidence.
I planned to take the second step.
I think
there is someone who's of use.
Guo Youzhi, Minister of the Board of Rites.
How did you know that?
I've heard what happened at the banquet that night.
I'll be here today.
I'll watch you hit rock bottom and ruin your name
with my own eyes.
My son is so rude.
Your Excellency Fan, please forgive him.
Who are you?
This is Guo Youzhi,
Minister of the Board of Rites.
By making up such an absurd story, he lied to Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I beg you to punish him!
According to Guo Baokun,
he knew that
Zhuang Mohan made a false charge.
If the Princess Royal
wants to contact Zhuang Mohan,
there must be an official who acts as an intermediary.
Guo Baokun is not qualified,
so it must be his father,
Guo Youzhi.
It turns out you also thought of it.
I've paid much attention to your thing.
But it's just a guess.
I've got an idea
to prove Zhuang Mohan
has collided with Guo Youzhi.
You can take advantage of Zhuang Mohan's disappearance
upon his first arrival in the capital city.
You also knew that?
Judging from the current situation,
Zhuang Mohan
did meet the Princess Royal.
Someone must have done something
to deceive the public.
That's why he was taken away from his residence.
We can try to find out
who Zhuang Mohan met that day.
I've done that.
Guo Youzhi was one of them.
You must also have guessed
what I'd say next.
Let me think about it.
I'll think about it.
These are still not enough.
We need witnesses.
Did you get one?
We caught his carter who confessed everything.
He said he took Zhuang Mohan away
secretly that night
and someone picked him up
at the imperial harem.
What should be done has been done.
What do you want to do next?
That's what I want to ask you.
I want to drive Li Yunrui
out of the capital city.
Look at it yourself.
=Carter confessed that it's Guo Youzhi, Minister of the Board of Rites who took Zhuang Mohan away...=
Guo Youzhi is indeed one of my followers.
It's also true
I met Zhuang Mohan.
Did you confess your crime?
Zhuang Mohan is a literary giant.
I had some questions about the ancient prose I was reading,
so I invited him to my place
to consult him.
As for betraying Yan Bingyun,
it's sheer nonsense.
Reading ancient prose?
I'm sure you can find out the truth.
Do you have any question?
Let's forget about
the ancient prose for a while.
The imperial harem should not meddle in politics,
but Her Highness won over Guo Youzhi in private,
which proves she ganged up for selfish interests.
Are you convinced?
Now that Head said so,
of course I'm convinced.
What should we do?
As a court official,
Guo Youzhi ganged up with the imperial harem.
He should be turned over to the Ministry of Penalty according to law.
Won't you even try to protect your follower?
The law is the law.
Guo Youzhi brought it on himself.
You've proved yourself to be one of the royal family.
Quick. Quick!
Dad!
Master.
Dad!
Let me go over.
My dad serves as Board of Rites.
He's an official of standard class, second rank.
The Ministry of Penalty has no right to arrest him.
Dad! Dad!
Master.
How dare you?
I'll go to His Majesty and complain.
Step aside.
Master.
Dad.
Master.
Dad. Dad.
Loosen your grip. Go away.
Dad! Dad! Dad!
Dad. Loosen your grip.
-Let me say something to him. -Let go of me.
I won't make things difficult for you.
Dad! Dad!
Let go of me!
Dad! Dad!
Dad.
I have to save you.
Alright. It's of no use.
Can't you see it?
Besides guys from the Ministry of Penalty,
some imperial guards are also here.
You still don't understand?
They did it by His Majesty's order.
How could it be like this?
I shouldn't have let you
go to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest that day.
I should have been more careful.
I shouldn't have told you about that thing.
At the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest...
You shouldn't have said those words to Fan Xian.
It wouldn't matter if he really lost his reputation,
but now he's acclaimed as the poetic genius.
I knew
it would happen sooner or later.
Dad. It's my fault.
I don't blame you. It's my fault.
Kun'er, from now on,
you have to make a clean break with me.
Remember.
Try your best to send in memorials
to attack me and abuse me.
Say that I have wild ambition
and you can't bear it anymore.
Got it?
No.
Only in this way
will you not get caught in trouble.
No! No!
I often criticize you,
but from the bottom of my heart,
I hope to see you
rise in the official world and get married.
I want to protect you all the way,
but I can't do it anymore.
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...