Joy of Life Episode 5 Recap
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Fan Xian handed the wanted poster to Teng Zijing, not understanding why the Investigator's Office would take in someone like him, who was being hunted. Teng Zijing didn't explain. Instead, he knelt directly and begged him to go to the Investigator's Office to help him retrieve an important secret document, saying he would go through fire and water for him in the future without hesitation.
Fan Xian didn't agree when he heard this and insisted on asking about the contents of the secret document. Teng Zijing had no choice but to tell him everything truthfully about what happened back then. It turned out that in the past, he had helped a couple out of a sense of justice, but was implicated as a result. Not only was he charged with assassinating an imperial official, but his whole family was also affected.
In the end, the Investigator's Office saved him, on the condition that he join them. Teng Zijing sighed that he had once thought about taking revenge on that couple, but couldn't bear to. From then on, he understood the rule of survival in this world. Now, he only hoped that Fan Xian could help him find his family.
Fan Xian listened to his story and felt that since he didn't seek revenge on that couple back then, he still had a trace of kindness in his heart, and decided to help him find his family. On this day, just after Lin Wan'er finished her medicine, she heard her friend Ye Ling'er shouting loudly outside.
When she rushed out to see, it turned out that Ye Ling'er had specially brought a cook from the countryside, who claimed to be able to make vegetables taste like meat, and wanted her to try it. Lin Wan'er, being frail and sickly since birth, although she was the Prime Minister's daughter, couldn't eat much greasy food, nor could she be exposed to wind, and could only stay indoors every day, like a caged bird.
Therefore, she yearned greatly for life outside. As Lin Wan'er's good friend, Ye Ling'er felt very heartbroken about her situation and wanted to help her but was powerless. Upon learning that Lin Wan'er was dissatisfied with the marriage bestowed by Emperor Qing, she pulled Lin Wan'er along to find Fan Xian to break off the engagement. Having met at the temple that one time, Lin Wan'er was also smitten with Fan Xian at first sight.
However, the two did not know each other's identities. With someone already in her heart, Lin Wan'er allowed Ye Ling'er to take her to find Fan Xian, because she firmly believed that the person she would marry in the future must be someone she liked. On the other side, Fan Sizhe and his siblings went to a restaurant for dinner.
Fan Sizhe had arranged a group of people early on to cause trouble for Fan Xian, but they were subdued by Teng Zijing in just a few moves. Failing to cause trouble, Fan Sizhe had no choice but to continue taking the two to the restaurant for dinner. At the entrance of the restaurant, the three ran into a woman carrying a child selling books.
Fan Xian saw that she was selling none other than "Red Mansions", and one volume cost as much as eight taels of silver. He used the excuse that he wanted to buy more and followed the woman to check the situation. Unexpectedly, the bookseller turned out to be an old acquaintance - Wang Qinian, but he had managed to slip away inadvertently.
Ye Ling'er took Lin Wan'er to find Fan Xian to break off the engagement, but unexpectedly, he was not at the manor. Upon learning that he had gone to the restaurant, she parked the carriage outside the Fan manor to wait for him. Fan Xian returned to the restaurant and told Fan Ruoruo that Wang Qinian was selling "Red Mansions". When Fan Sizhe learned that the book was written by Fan Xian, his eyes immediately lit up.
He instantly saw that the book had a vast market and immediately wanted to invite Fan Xian to do this business with him. Fan Xian saw that although he loved money, it wasn't for indulging in pleasures, but rather that he simply enjoyed doing business, and he changed his opinion of him considerably.
While the three were drinking tea and chatting, a group of people suddenly rushed into the street, led by Guo Baokun, the son of the Minister of Rites. Guo Baokun not only had his people drive away the woman selling books but also publicly accused "Red Mansions" of being a vulgar book and threatened to ban it. Upon hearing this, Fan Xian hadn't even reacted much, but Fan Sizhe suddenly rushed downstairs excitedly.
He believed that since so many people read "Red Mansions", there must be a reason for it. Before he could finish speaking, a person squeezed out from the crowd and helped Guo Baokun mock Fan Sizhe. Fan Ruoruo told Fan Xian that this person was He Zongwei, a well-known scholar in the capital. Fan Xian understood that this person's actions were actually intended to show favor to the Crown Prince behind Guo Baokun.
Seeing that Fan Sizhe was being verbally cornered by the two and was about to be beaten, Fan Xian finally stopped being an onlooker. He went downstairs to save Fan Sizhe, used his supreme true energy to send Guo Baokun's servant flying, and in a few words rendered Guo Baokun and He Zongwei speechless. Just then, Li Hongcheng, the heir of Prince Jing, who had been lurking in the shadows, came out.
He praised Fan Xian a couple of times and invited them to attend a poetry gathering at his manor tomorrow. Fan Xian knew this was their purpose and had no choice but to go along with their plan and accept. On the way back, Fan Xian asked Fan Sizhe why he had rushed downstairs just now. Fan Sizhe answered without hesitation that it was because Guo Baokun wanted to cut off his financial path.
Fan Xian saw that this foolish younger brother, though seemingly arrogant and domineering, actually had a good heart, so he agreed to do this business with him. On the way back, Fan Xian planned to secretly go to the Investigator's Office. He asked Fan Ruoruo and Fan Sizhe to cover for him and got out of the carriage. Unexpectedly, the brother and sister were stopped by the long-waiting Ye Ling'er.
