Joy of Life Episode 7 Recap
> Joy of Life Recap
Fan Xian asked his father to release Teng Zijing. Fan Jian thought that Teng Zijing had a record in the Ministry of Justice and deliberately followed Fan Xian back to the capital, which might suggest ulterior motives. However, Fan Xian insisted that his father release him, because in his heart, he already regarded Teng Zijing as a friend. Seeing his persistence, Fan Jian had to agree.
After Fan Jian left, Liu Ruyu suddenly stepped forward to thank Fan Xian and promised that from today on, as long as Fan Xian no longer caused trouble, she would definitely not trouble him either. As soon as Teng Zijing was released, he asked about the document file. Fan Xian told him that Wang Qinian would deliver it the next day. Teng Zijing was very grateful and offered to kill someone for Fan Xian to repay this favor.
Fan Xian was both annoyed and amused and told him to keep it for later. Fan Jian kept his promise and played Pai Gow with Liu Ruyu and Fan Ruoruo, accompanied by Fan Sizhe. Fan Sizhe was overjoyed and ruthlessly beat the three of them completely. Liu Ruyu was worried to see her son getting carried away, but Fan Jian, contrary to his usual behavior, did not scold Fan Sizhe.
Ruoruo wasn't angry about losing money; instead, she felt that this kind of lively quarreling was what truly made them feel like a family. Not until dusk began to fall, when Fan Sizhe had won all their money, did Fan Jian speak up to end the game. On the other side, Fan Xian asked Teng Zijing about Xu Yunzhang. This person had forged the fake secret order for the assassination in Danzhou.
Teng Zijing did not know much about Xu Yunzhang. Since he was currently feigning death and it was inconvenient for him to show himself, he recommended Fan Xian go to an underground shop specializing in selling information to inquire about it. Teng Zijing custom-made a set of night clothes for Fan Xian. When it was midnight, he came to find Fan Xian, but unexpectedly, Ruoruo was also in Fan Xian's room.
Seeing Ruoruo's eager look, Fan Xian softened and agreed to take her along for the "adventure". Near the underground shop, Teng Zijing stopped Ruoruo and had Fan Xian, who had changed into night clothes, go in alone. Fan Xian entered the door and found it was actually a gambling house, with a large crowd shouting and cheering, very lively. The shopkeeper carefully sized Fan Xian up before letting him in.
Fan Xian told the shopkeeper that he wanted information about Xu Yunzhang's personal connections from the Fourth Department of the Investigator's Office. The shopkeeper, expressionless, told him to wait. Soon, a carrier pigeon flew out. No one knew that this carrier pigeon was not flying anywhere else, but flew all the way into the palace, into the hands of Eunuch Hou, the chief eunuch by Emperor Qing's side.
Emperor Qing remained unperturbed after hearing this matter and directly instructed Eunuch Hou to pass the message to Fan Xian. Teng Zijing examined the secret document and found that Xu Yunzhang had close contacts with the Crown Prince's residence during his lifetime. He couldn't help but wonder if the Crown Prince really wanted to kill Fan Xian. However, Fan Xian felt something was wrong.
Wang Qinian had told him that the case of Xu Yunzhang was personally overseen by the director, so the file should ideally be top secret. Given the power of the Investigator's Office in the capital, for such a top-secret file to be so easily acquired by him, there was likely a trick involved. The three of them quickly returned to the underground shop, but it was already empty.
Fan Xian had a vague feeling that ever since he arrived in the capital, the Crown Prince's subordinates picked fights, the Jing Prince's heir invited him to a poetry gathering, and the truth of the assassination became clear; everything came one after another, as if a big hand behind the scenes was controlling everything, pushing him into the spotlight. Little did he know, all of this was a test from Emperor Qing.
Soon, it was the day of the poetry gathering hosted by the Jing Prince's heir. The Jing Prince's heir personally waited at the entrance for Fan Ruoruo and her brother. Regardless of the heir's schemes, Fan Xian deliberately changed into the clothes he wore when he met the chicken leg girl, determined to find his dream lover.
Guo Baokun saw him arriving late and deliberately provoked him, proposing a poetry competition and boasting that he would compose a poem every ten steps, wanting to humiliate Fan Xian publicly. He Zongwei was also fanning the flames from the side, acting very arrogant. Fan Xian originally did not want to stand out, but being forced, he refused their proposal of composing a poem every ten steps and instead suggested he would compose only one.
If they could surpass him, he would never write poetry again in his life. Guo Baokun and the other thought he could only compose one poem and readily agreed. Fan Xian might not understand poetry and literature, but his body housed a soul from modern times; casually "copying" one would be a masterpiece that would be famous for thousands of years.
Fan Xian's eyes darted around, and he picked up the brush to write a famous work by Du Fu, "Ascending Heights". With the touch of the Sage of Poetry, let alone the likes of Guo Baokun, all the literati in the capital couldn't hold a candle to it. After finishing the poem, Fan Xian used the excuse of a stomach ache and went to the backyard.
As he leisurely walked out of the latrine, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine. A streak of sword light fiercely stabbed towards him. Fan Xian rolled over and parried a move with the man. Just as the two were about to fight again, a man's voice suddenly came from a pavilion not far away, interrupting the fight. Fan Xian looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in green standing with his arms crossed.
His attire was low-key yet luxurious, but his eyes were filled with fierce malice. The Second Prince, Li Chengzhe, had been waiting for him here for a long time. Li Chengzhe stated directly that Fan Xian was at odds with the Crown Prince, so he planned to kill Fan Xian and use his body to reconcile the two brothers. As soon as he finished speaking, the sword of the attendant Xie Bi'an beside him was already at Fan Xian's neck.
However, Fan Xian was not afraid at all and even picked up a bunch of grapes from the table and started eating them. Let alone killing a hundred Fan Xians wouldn't make the brothers vying for the throne reconcile; even if the Second Prince wanted to kill him, he wouldn't do it here, using such a reckless method.
On the other side , Eunuch Hou received the news and hurriedly relayed Fan Xian's masterpiece and the news of the Second Prince's private meeting with Fan Xian in the backyard to Emperor Qing. Emperor Qing learned that the Crown Prince was with the Eldest Princess, so he instructed Eunuch Hou to pass this news to him as well. When the Crown Prince learned of this matter, he knew that his plan to suppress Fan Xian through the poetry gathering had failed, and his face couldn't help but darken.
