Resumo do episódio 6 de Song of Youth
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Sun Shijie attained the rank of top scholar in the imperial examinations, a fact which delighted Wu Yuehong, while Sun Shijie himself remained calm. Sun Yulou also passed, ranking thirty-seventh, bringing joy to himself and Shen Shi. Sun Yulou expressed his wish to marry Lin Shaochun to Shen Shi, but she dismissed his request. Jia Fengyuan, who placed second, and Gu Zhen, who placed third, were also celebrated.
The Emperor praised the top scholars, granting Sun Shijie a 6th rank position in the Hanlin Academy, and Jia Fengyuan and Gu Zhen 7th rank positions. Jia Fengyuan, having no kin in the capital, sought patronage from Sun Xun, who welcomed him into the Sun residence. Jia Fengyuan vowed his loyalty, while secretly paying a waiter to conceal his identity, with an underlying interest in Su Yingxue.
Meanwhile, Xu Fengqiao, observing the success of Sun Shijie and Sun Yulou, grew annoyed with the idle Sun Jingge. She desired to control Sun Yulou’s future wife to consolidate her power within the Sun family, a goal Sun Jingge promised to assist her with. Later, at a celebratory banquet hosted by Sun Xun, Sun Yulou feigned drunkenness to leave early. He then sought permission from Shen Shi to go out, but she refused.
Yao Dizhu intervened, claiming she and Sun Yulou had planned to go lantern viewing. Shen Shi then allowed them to leave. Outside, Yao Dizhu let Sun Yulou go to Lin Shaochun, hoping to make a good impression on him. Lin Shaochun, barred from taking the imperial examinations, had shifted from male to female roles in opera. Her Shifu, Liu Sanjue, encouraged her not to dwell on the exams and suggested seeking Sun Yulou's help to clear her father's name.
Lin Shaochun was reluctant to burden him. Sun Yulou eagerly told Lin Shaochun about his new appointment at Dali Temple and proposed marriage. Lin Shaochun was delighted but revealed she had an unresolved matter. Sun Yulou promised to help, but Mama interrupted, preventing Lin Shaochun from divulging the details. Mama later explained to Lin Shaochun that it was too soon, as Sun Yulou was new to his official post.
She proposed testing Sun Yulou's integrity first by using the case of Wang Pozi. Mama recounted how the Sun family had allegedly forcibly taken Wang Pozi's land, leading to the accidental death of her son, Wang Chuan. To test Sun Yulou, Lin Shaochun and Liu Sanjue visited Wang Pozi's tea house and loudly praised Sun Yulou as an upright official who would uphold justice even against his own family.
They fabricated a story about Sun Yulou helping them recover debts from the Sun family's daughters-in-law. Hearing this, Wang Pozi, accompanied by her daughter-in-law and grandson, went to Dali Temple to file a complaint. She accused Huan Lang and others from the Sun family of forcibly occupying her land for a villa and causing Wang Chuan's death during the process. She stated that her attempts to seek justice had been repeatedly rejected.
Sun Yulou, now serving at Dali Temple, promised to investigate thoroughly. Yao Dizhu, disguised as a man named Yao Yizhu, insisted on becoming his advisor, and Sun Yulou reluctantly agreed for a few days. Sun Yulou questioned Huan Lang, who claimed that the Sun family had offered 30 taels for land worth 10 taels, but Wang Chuan demanded 60.
Huan Lang asserted that Wang's wife had swallowed the receipt, and during a scuffle, Wang Chuan accidentally hit his head on a pillar and died. Huan Lang further claimed that Wang Pozi had burned Wang Chuan's body, citing lack of money for burial, which prevented an autopsy. In court, Wang Pozi accused Huan Lang of murder. Huan Lang denied it and called Chen Shi, a neighbor, as a witness.
Chen Shi testified that she had witnessed Wang Pozi's family causing trouble, accepting money but then denying it, and that Wang Chuan had indeed collided with a pillar during the pushing and shoving, implying he was not intentionally killed by Huan Lang. To ascertain the truth, Sun Yulou instructed Wang Pozi's family and Chen Shi to provide detailed written accounts of the incident and descriptions of Wang Chuan's clothing on the day of his death.
