Joy of Life Season 2

Plot Synopsis
Fan Xian (Zhang Ruoyun) , a young man with a mysterious background , has gone through various tests and tempers in his family, the rivers and lakes, and the temple. He upholds justice and kindness, and begins a new journey of life, continuing to write this unusual and hearty life legend. On the way back with the delegation, the second prince threatened Fan Xian with the safety of Fei Jie, Fan Sizhe and the orphans of the Teng family, forcing him to bow down to him, and the conflict between the two was triggered. The mystery of Baoyue Tower and the crisis of the Spring Examination that Fan Xian faced were all traps carefully set for Fan Xian by the second prince. Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er got married as they wished, and then Fan Xian took over the inner treasury, but found that the inner treasury was heavily in debt. Fan Xian refused the help of the chief shopkeeper of Qingyutang and decided to solve the crisis of the inner treasury by his own strength. Fan Xian made an appointment with all the merchants in the city to gather in Cangshan, and raised more than 20 million silver taels by selling "treasury debts" to solve the problem of the inner treasury being empty. At the Hanging Temple, Emperor Qing was attacked by three assassination attempts. Fan Xian tried to save him but his martial arts skills were completely destroyed. With dangers lurking on every side and pressure mounting, Fan Xian had no choice but to go down to the south of the Yangtze River in this state, challenge the huge forces and the established rules of the game, and strive to completely recapture the inner treasury.

Episode 1: News of Fan Xian's death spreads throughout the city
The story of the first season ended with people sighing. Fan Xian was pierced by Yan Bingyun from the Inspection Institute. His fate touched the hearts of countless people. Zhang Qing, the author of this novel, suddenly stopped updating. Students asked Professor Ye about Fan Xian's life and death. Even the cleaning lady in the library was very concerned about Fan Xian's life and death. She couldn't help but quietly ask Professor Ye. Professor Ye was overwhelmed and she also wanted to know the final result. Zhang Qing finally appeared. He handed the second season of the novel to Professor Ye, who read it in one breath. Fan Xian was ordered to escort Xiao En and the Northern Qi spy Si Lili back to Northern Qi. The little emperor of Northern Qi, Zhan Doudou, used him to get rid of the Jinyiwei commander Shen Zhong. Fan Xian went through hardships and dangers to exchange Xiao En for Yan Bingyun who was betrayed by Li Yunrui. He not only learned from Xiao En the location of the temple that everyone in the world yearned for, but also accidentally learned that he was not Fan Jian's illegitimate son, but the child of the Emperor of Nanqing and Ye Qingmei. Before his death, Shen Zhong revealed to Fan Xian that the second prince Li Chengze and Li Yunrui had joined forces with Shen Zhong to engage in trade and smuggling, making huge profits. Fan Xian led the delegation to leave Northern Qi with these three shocking secrets. The second prince was worried that Fan Xian would expose his and Li Yunrui's conspiracy after returning, so he sent Xie Bian with a large force to intercept the delegation halfway and give a letter to Yan Bingyun and Fan Xian. Li Chengze persuaded Yan Bingyun to surrender to him, and threatened Fan Xian with the lives of Teng Zijing's wife and children, Fei Jie and Fan Sizhe, who were the people Fan Xian cared about the most. Fan Xian would rather die than surrender, and he fought side by side with Yan Bingyun. Xie Bian led his men to surround them, and Yan Bingyun pierced Fan Xian's body with a sword, and Fan Xian fell in a pool of blood. When the news of Fan Xian's death reached the palace, the once majestic Emperor Nanqing panicked on the spot. He was so scared that he asked Eunuch Hou to call Chen Pingping, the director of the Inspection Institute, immediately. Chen Pingping admired Ye Qingmei and treated Fan Xian as his own son. When he learned the bad news, he fell off his wheelchair because of anger. Chen Pingping sent Yan Ruohai, the chief of the four divisions, to gather all the people in the courtyard and sent them to find Fan Xian's body separately. Chen Pingping was ordered to come to the palace, and Fan Jian also came upon hearing the news. He was heartbroken because of Fan Xian's death, and he vented all his anger on Chen Pingping, accusing Chen Pingping of using Fan Xian as a pawn and letting Fan Xian go to Beiqi to take risks. Chen Pingping was also very sad. He vowed to die to apologize after avenging Fan Xian. Emperor Qing received the second pigeon letter and learned that Yan Bingyun had killed Fan Xian. He was extremely sad and angry, and locked himself in the palace to see no one. Chen Pingping and Fan Jian had to leave in anger. Yan Bingyun proposed to burn Fan Xian to death, and Xie Bian was afraid that it would be difficult to report to Yan Bingyun, so he had to agree with Yan Bingyun's idea. Yan Bingyun personally lit the pile of firewood, and the fire burned fiercely and soon burned to ashes. Xie Bian sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Chengze, and found a piece of charred debris from the ashes. Li Chengze suspected that Fan Xian was faking his death. Although Xie Bian sent someone to send the debris back to him, he still didn't believe that Fan Xian was dead. Chen Pingping knew that Yan Bingyun had always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and he would never do anything to Fan Xian. Fan Jian also felt something was wrong and suspected that Fan Xian was faking his death. He couldn't help but sweat for Fan Xian, worrying that Fan Xian would be doomed to fail because of faking his death. Fan Jian wanted to go back to the emperor to plead for mercy and suppress the news of Fan Xian's death, but Chen Pingping stopped him and wanted to use Fan Xian's death to turn Qing Kingdom upside down. As expected by Chen Pingping and Fan Jian, this was a fake death carefully designed by Yan Bingyun and Fan Xian. The sword used by Yan Bingyun was given to Fan Xian by the senior brothers from the third department of the Inspection Institute before leaving. It was a retractable sword. Fan Xian also used the chicken blood bag prepared by the senior brothers to confuse the audience. Wang Qinian dug a pit under the firewood pile in advance to rescue Fan Xian and threw half a pig into the fire. The remains picked up by Xie Bian were pig bones. Fan Xian asked Yan Bingyun to lead the delegation to continue their journey. He and Wang Qinian went back to the capital to rescue Teng Zijing's wife and children, Fan Sizhe and Fei Jie. Fan Jian hurried back to the mansion and secretly told his wife Liu Ruyu about Fan Xian's fake death. He also asked the servants to build a mourning shed in the Fan Mansion to make it look like Fan Xian was dead. Fan Jian was worried that Fan Ruoruo would get sick, so he asked Liu Ruyu to take care of her. Fan Ruoruo was very intelligent. She didn't believe that Fan Xian was dead at all. Instead, she comforted Liu Ruyu. Fan Xian and Wang Qinian rode to the capital at full speed, and saw altars set up at the gates and on both sides of the streets. People took to the streets to mourn Fan Xian, and vendors sold Fan Xian's poetry collections and various products named after him. Fan Xian was stunned. He didn't expect the news of his death to spread throughout the capital so quickly. He guessed that it was Li Chengze who did it. He didn't dare to show his true face and decided to go back to Wang Qinian's house for a while. Li Chengze deliberately spread the news of Fan Xian's death among the people, just to confirm Fan Xian's crime of faking his death and deceiving the emperor. He sent people to surround Wang Qinian's house. Thanks to Wang Qinian's secret passage that led to the outside of the city, he and Fan Xian went home from the secret passage at night and successfully concealed the officers and soldiers who were monitoring outside, but were blocked by the organs set up by Mrs. Wang. Wang Qinian took great pains to pass through these organs and settle Fan Xian. The next morning, Mrs. Wang asked her daughter Wang Ba to wake Fan Xian up for breakfast. Fan Xian witnessed Mrs. Wang's generosity and was even more impressed by Wang Ba's intelligence. The three of them talked and laughed and finished the breakfast happily.

Episode 2 Fan Xian fakes his death and ventures into the palace to see the emperor
Fan Xian sent Wang Qinian to inquire about the news of Teng Zijing's wife and children, but found nothing. He learned that Fan Xian's death was not only widely spread among the people, but also in the officialdom. Wang Qinian hurried home from the secret passage to inform Fan Xian, and advised Fan Xian to flee, otherwise he would surely die for faking his death and deceiving the emperor. Fan Xian ignored Wang Qinian's dissuasion and decided to go to Emperor Qing to explain the situation. Fan Xian pretended to be an assassin and broke into the palace, asking Eunuch Hou to inform Emperor Qing. Eunuch Hou knew that he might lose his head if he didn't do it well, so he advised Fan Xian to leave as soon as possible, otherwise his life would be in danger. Chen Pingping arrived in time to stop him. Fan Xian hated Chen Pingping. He had been on the verge of death many times in Northern Qi, but Chen Pingping's solemn promise to protect his Black Cavalry never showed up. Chen Pingping saw the murderous look in Fan Xian's eyes. He didn't want to explain too much, so he agreed to persuade Emperor Qing, and reminded Fan Xian to be prepared to do bad things and not to implicate the Fan Mansion. Fan Xian gave Chen Pingping the map of the temple he drew. Chen Pingping came to see Emperor Qing trembling with fear and told him the news that Fan Xian was alive. He said all the good things for Fan Xian in front of Emperor Qing, but Emperor Qing did not buy it and forced Chen Pingping to leave. After thinking it over again and again, he reluctantly agreed to see Fan Xian. Fan Xian knelt in front of Emperor Qing for the first time and reported his experience in Northern Qi truthfully. He repeatedly defended his fake death and reported in detail the crime of Li Chengze and Li Yunrui colluding with the Northern Qi Jinyiwei to smuggle and make huge profits. Emperor Qing ignored him and turned his back to him on the bed. Fan Xian had to tell him the location of the temple, and Emperor Qing slowly got up, but soon lay down. Fan Xian kept expressing his loyalty to Emperor Qing, but it was useless to say all the good things. Emperor Qing suddenly yelled "Get out". Fan Xian knew that Emperor Qing would not kill him for the time being, and he felt relieved and hurriedly got up and left. Fan Xian came to Yanhua Palace to find the crown prince Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian pretended to know nothing and acted dumb in front of Fan Xian. Fan Xian told him about Li Yunrui and Li Chengze's secret collusion with Northern Qi to smuggle. Li Chengqian was stunned. He didn't believe it was true. Li Yunrui was obviously on his side, and he also regarded Li Yunrui as a backer. Fan Xian was very sure and told Li Yunrui and Li Chengze everything they did. Li Chengqian woke up from his dream. He agreed to cooperate with Fan Xian and sent people to investigate Li Yunrui and Li Chengze. In order to block the news, he also executed all the guards outside the door. Wang Qinian learned that Fan Xian went to Li Chengqian for cooperation and complained that he was too reckless. Fan Xian wanted to confirm the charges against Li Yunrui and Li Chengze before Yan Bingyun led the delegation back to Beijing, so that he could ask Emperor Qing to pardon him for faking his death and deceiving the emperor, and Fan Xian could also spare time to continue looking for the whereabouts of Teng Zijing's wife and children. Wang Qinian found out that Fei Jie was not in the capital on a business trip, and Fan Sizhe was safe and sound, but he went out early and came back late every day. He also found out that Teng Zijing's wife and children were taken to Baoyue Tower. Chen Pingping and Yan Ruohai were imprisoned. They kept an eye on the changes in the situation and prayed that Fan Xian could escape danger. Baoyue Tower is a brothel. It has high standards and strict guards. It also implements a membership system and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. Fan Xian was worrying about how to enter Baoyue Tower to find someone, when he suddenly saw a stage set up next to it. A memorial service was held for the deceased Fan Xian. People went on stage to imitate Fan Xian's drunken poetry recitation and the clip of Fan Xian and Haitang Duoduo dancing with swords for the Queen Mother. The two best performers were allowed to enter Baoyue Tower, and the girls surrounded them. Fan Xian wanted to use this method to find someone in Baoyue Tower, but was worried about being recognized. Wang Qinian advised him to sneak in at night. Fan Xian learned from Mrs. Wang that the owner of Baoyue Tower was Yuan Meng, who was once the oiran of Liujing River. Mrs. Wang had opened a rouge shop, and the girls in the brothel were frequent customers of her shop. Mrs. Wang also revealed that Wang Qinian was familiar with the singer Sang Wen, who was now in Baoyue Tower. Wang Qinian tried to argue that he had no relationship with Sang Wen, but was still slapped hard by Mrs. Wang. Wang Qinian obtained Mrs. Wang's consent and took Fan Xian to find Sang Wen. Sang Wen came to the silk shop to choose fabrics, and Wang Qinian took Fan Xian to ask her for help.

Episode 3: Wang Qinian surrenders to the Second Prince and betrays Fan Xian?
Fan Xian asked Sang Wen about the situation of Baoyue Tower and learned that Baoyue Tower was newly opened not long ago and quickly became prosperous, and also attracted many top prostitutes from major brothels in the capital. Sang Wen had never seen the owner of Baoyue Tower. Fan Xian could not wait to ask Sang Wen about the whereabouts of Teng Zijing's wife and children. Sang Wen had never seen them, but he saw a girl named Jin trying to escape and being caught. Fan Xian decided to find a way out from this girl Jin. Sang Wen asked Fan Xian to rescue her. She was forced to sign a contract to sell herself and came to Baoyue Tower. She had enough money to redeem herself, and only asked Fan Xian to give her a chance to redeem herself. Fan Xian promised to rescue her after finding Teng Zijing's wife and children. Li Chengze determined that Fan Xian would come to Baoyue Tower to look for someone. He used the memorial service to give out tickets to lure Fan Xian into the trap, but Fan Xian never showed up. Fan Wujiu, one of Li Chengze's eight guards, led people to squat outside Wang Qinian's house, but never saw Wang Qinian and Fan Xian. Li Chengze sent Fan Wujiu to capture Wang Qinian's wife and daughter as hostages. Wang Qinian and Fan Xian were squatting on the street and saw the Baoyue Tower's shopping convoy slowly approaching. Wang Qinian covered Fan Xian and hid in the vegetable basket. The vegetable seller Lao Jintou also hid in the basket. He wanted to go to Baoyue Tower to save his daughter. The two of them successfully sneaked into Baoyue Tower. Lao Jintou briefly told his experience. He delivered vegetables to the palace, but because he had no money to give gifts to Dai Gonggong, the vegetable picker, he was deducted in every way. In the end, he owed 500 taels of silver. His daughter had to sell herself to pay off the debt for Lao Jin. Lao Jintou just wanted to see his daughter and redeem her as soon as possible. Baoyue Tower was heavily guarded, and Fan Xian didn't know where to find anyone. He wanted to find Teng Zijing's wife and children through Lao Jin, so he took out all the money he had and asked Wang Qinian for help. Finally, he collected 500 taels of ransom and gave it to Lao Jin, asking Lao Jin to perform at the memorial service to win the door number plate. Lao Jin performed Fan Xian's drunken poetry, and he performed it vividly, and got the door number plate of Baoyue Tower as he wished. Lao Jin happily entered Baoyue Tower, and turned back to signal Fan Xian before entering the door. Fan Xian vowed to settle accounts with Eunuch Dai. Fan Wujiu brought people to Wang Qinian's house, but they came up empty-handed, so he had to go back and report to Li Chengze. After the memorial service, people dispersed. Fan Xian and Wang Qinian sat outside the Baoyue Tower and waited. Old Jintou came out alone. He staggered towards Fan Xian. Fan Xian learned that the ransom had increased to 10,000 taels. He collected 500 taels to allow Old Jintou and his daughter to meet for two hours. Old Jintou learned that the owner of Baoyue Tower would come tomorrow. He apologized to Fan Xian repeatedly and wanted to sell the vegetables and return them to Fan Xian. Old Jintou fell to the ground and died after taking just two steps. Fan Xian found that he was beaten all over. The thugs of Baoyue Tower dragged Old Jintou away and cleaned the bloodstains at the door with a broom and a bucket. Fan Xian was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wanted to rush in to settle accounts with the owner of Baoyue Tower. Wang Qinian tried his best to stop him and advised him to come back to life before investigating the matter thoroughly. Wang Qinian and Fan Xian returned home from the secret passage and found that Madam Wang and her daughter were missing. They guessed that they were kidnapped. Wang Qinian wanted to go to Baoyue Tower to rescue them, but Fan Xian stopped him. Fan Wujiu worked overtime to review his lessons, hoping to pass the imperial examination this year. Li Chengze couldn't help but tease him. Fan Wujiu was puzzled and didn't know how Wang Qinian's wife and daughter escaped. Wang Qinian saw Fan Xian go to Baoyue Tower with his own eyes. He came to Li Chengze to inform him about Fan Xian's fake death and deceiving the emperor. He also revealed that Fan Xian went to Baoyue Tower to meet the boss. Li Chengze didn't believe that he would betray Fan Xian. Wang Qinian expressed his loyalty to Li Chengze, and Li Chengze asked Wang Qinian to lead the way to Baoyue Tower to capture Fan Xian. The boss was going to Baoyue Tower to check the accounts today. Yuan Meng gathered the girls and asked them to do their best to please the boss. She also reminded Sang Wen to perform well. Fan Xian hid on the beam and sprinkled a handful of white ash on Sang Wen's piano. Sang Wen looked up and saw Fan Xian, and nodded to him. The boss came in a hurry and couldn't wait to take out the account book to check. Yuan Meng asked Sang Wen and others to sing for him to cheer him up. Fan Sizhe was very impatient and drove Sang Wen and others out. Fan Xian was stunned. He never expected that the boss of Baoyue Tower was his own brother Fan Sizhe. Yuan Meng stood by and fanned Fan Sizhe. Fan Sizhe was annoyed and forced Yuan Meng out. He wanted to concentrate on the accounts. Fan Xian came down from the beam. Fan Sizhe saw Fan Xian who was resurrected from the dead and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Episode 4: A big fight in Baoyue Tower, Fan Xian uses his wits to deal with the three princes
Fan Sizhe boasted in front of Fan Xian that he was the big boss of Baoyue Tower, and every brick, every blade of grass and every tree here belonged to him. His parents still didn't know about this. He also talked about business incessantly, and didn't see Fan Xian's angry face at all. Fan Xian was so angry that he gnashed his teeth. He didn't expect that this Baoyue Tower, which was full of crimes and murders, was actually Fan Sizhe's property. He punched and kicked Fan Sizhe, and Fan Sizhe was beaten black and blue. Fan Xian asked him to pay for the lives of Lao Jintou and others, but Fan Sizhe knew nothing about this. Fan Xian suddenly fell to the ground because of the recurrence of his old injury. Fan Sizhe was beaten to the point of screaming. He rushed out to find the thugs of Baoyue Tower to beat Fan Xian, but he was worried that Fan Xian would be questioned, so he had to come back alone to see Fan Xian. Fan Xian was exhausted and vomited blood. He asked Fan Sizhe about the whereabouts of Teng Zijing's wife and children, but Fan Sizhe didn't know anything. He gave Baoyue Tower to Yuan Meng to manage and only checked the accounts regularly. Fan Sizhe didn't want to turn Baoyue Tower into a brothel in the traditional sense of flesh trade. The girls he selected were all well-educated and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He didn't expect Yuan Meng to make Baoyue Tower so chaotic. Fan Xian knew he was not lying and guessed that someone was behind it. Yuan Meng rushed over after hearing the news, and Fan Xian hid himself. Fan Sizhe tried his best to find excuses to cover up the fact that he was beaten, and asked Yuan Meng to find Sang Wen to sing songs to relieve his boredom. Yuan Meng repeatedly told Sang Wen to accompany Fan Sizhe well. Yuan Meng was eavesdropping outside and was chased away by Fan Sizhe. Fan Sizhe learned from Sang Wen that Baoyue Tower had forced women into prostitution and committed various crimes of killing people. He was so scared that he was at a loss. He told Fan Xian that Baoyue Tower was jointly opened by him and the third prince, and that the third prince was the son of Liu Ruyu's sister, Concubine Yi. The third prince came to Baoyue Tower for inspection and gave Yuan Meng many suggestions for rectification. Yuan Meng listened to him and asked him to go upstairs to see Fan Sizhe. The third prince wanted to make more money and was not interested in the account book. He also talked about his business philosophy to Yuan Meng. After the third prince inspected the work, he asked Yuan Meng to take him to see Fan Sizhe. Fan Sizhe sent Yuan Meng away, and Fan Xian took advantage of the situation and knocked the third prince unconscious from behind. Li Chengze sent people to surround Baoyue Tower, and then led Wang Qinian, Fan Wujiu and others to swagger into Baoyue Tower. Yuan Meng and the thugs were so scared that they dared not breathe. Fan Xian had been waiting for a long time and asked Fan Sizhe to let Li Chengze go upstairs. Fan Xian exposed Li Chengze's repeated assassinations to his face. Li Chengze confessed to it and threatened Wang Qinian and Fan Xian with Fan Xian's fake death to deceive the emperor and the fact that Baoyue Tower sold people and forced women into prostitution. He also tried his best to instigate the relationship between Wang Qinian and Fan Xian. Wang Qinian begged Li Chengze to release his wife and daughter. Li Chengze had to admit that Wang Qinian's wife and daughter were not in his hands and they had escaped long ago. Li Chengze took the initiative to propose reconciliation with Fan Xian and promised to release Teng Zijing's wife and children, otherwise Fan Xian would be killed without mercy. Crown Prince Li Chengqian arrived in time to rescue him and brought soldiers from Kyoto Prefecture. Li Chengqian ordered that all the people brought by Li Chengze be put under custody. Li Chengze reported to Li Chengqian that Fan Xian faked his death to deceive the emperor and Fan Sizhe's crimes of taking human lives. Li Chengqian only had the third prince in his eyes. He turned a blind eye to Fan Xian and deliberately pretended to be stupid. When Li Chengze saw Wang Qinian return to Fan Xian, he realized that he had been fooled. This was carefully arranged by Fan Xian. Wang Qinian pretended to surrender to Li Chengze and gained his trust, just to lead him to Baoyue Tower. After Fan Xian arrived at Baoyue Tower, Wang Qinian reported the news to Li Chengqian. Li Chengze wanted to confirm Fan Xian's guilt as soon as possible and advised Li Chengqian not to get involved in this matter. Li Chengqian hated the fact that he and Li Yunrui were secretly colluding, and told Li Chengze, Yuan Meng and Li Hongcheng the relationship of the iron triangle. Li Chengze used Yuan Meng to secretly control Baoyue Tower to harm Fan Sizhe. Li Chengqian forced Li Chengze to release Teng Zijing's wife and children. Li Chengze saw that the situation was not good, so he had to let Fan Wujiu release them. Before leaving, he also left a cruel word. The more Fan Xian thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Li Chengze would not give in so easily. Moreover, he was always cautious in doing things and would not leave such a big loophole as Yuan Meng. Due to the lack of solid evidence, Fan Xian could only wait and see. He asked Fan Sizhe to return the indenture contract to Lao Jintou's daughter.

Episode 5 Princess of Northern Qi helps Fan Xian "resurrect"
Fan Xian knew that Li Chengze would not give up, and was worried that he would use Baoyue Tower to cause trouble again, so he asked Fan Sizhe to close Baoyue Tower. Li Chengqian advised Fan Xian to return to the delegation as soon as possible and not to delay the delegation's trip to Beijing. Fan Xian asked Li Chengqian to send someone to protect Teng Zijing's wife and children, and wanted to settle accounts with Li Chengze after officially returning to Beijing. Li Chengqian promised to do his best to help him. Before leaving, Fan Xian repeatedly told Fan Sizhe to stay at home and not go out. The third prince woke up in a daze and called Fan Sizhe who was dozing on the table. He vaguely remembered that someone knocked him out. Fan Sizhe tried his best to find an excuse to cover up and persuaded the third prince to leave. Fan Xian accompanied Wang Qinian home to find his wife and daughter, but he didn't expect that they were protected by Chen Pingping. Chen Pingping also asked Mrs. Wang to inform Fan Xian to send Teng Zijing's wife and children to Danzhou. The delegation rushed to the capital without stopping. Gao Da held Fan Xian's ashes tightly. Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Kyoto, Fan Xian had not returned to the team. Gao Da was extremely anxious and muttered to himself while holding Fan Xian's ashes. Xie Bian and his men followed the delegation closely, but never saw Fan Xian. Seeing Gao Da holding Fan Xian's ashes and feeling sad, he was sure that Fan Xian was really dead. He immediately rushed back to Kyoto to report to Li Chengze. Fan Sizhe followed Fan Xian's order and hid at home. He did not go out of the house. Liu Ruyu curiously asked about the whole story. Fan Sizhe did not dare to speak out and could only find excuses to cover it up. Wang Qinian and Fan Xian took a carriage to chase the delegation and ran into Xie Bian. Xie Bian did not expect Fan Xian to be still alive. He rushed up to assassinate Fan Xian without saying a word. Fan Xian's old injury relapsed. He did not want to fight, so he used the cliff to get rid of Xie Bian's pursuit. He also asked Xie Bian to take a message to Li Chengze, and waited to return to Kyoto to fight Li Chengze to the death. Wang Qinian and Fan Xian quickly caught up with the delegation. Gaoda was relieved to see that they were safe and sound. Fan Xian suddenly found that the Princess of Northern Qi was following behind with a team, and then he knew that the young Emperor of Northern Qi, Zhan Doudou, had a sudden idea to arrange a marriage between the Princess and the Prince of Southern Qing. At the same time, the Prince and the newly appointed generals of the border army simply handed over their work and were also ordered to rush back to Kyoto. Fan Wujiu calculated that the Prince and Fan Xian would enter Beijing on the same day. Li Chengze came up with a trick. He sent people to set up checkpoints and repair roads, so that Fan Xian and the Prince could enter from the same city gate, thereby provoking a conflict between them. Fan Xian returned to the embassy and went to see Yan Bingyun first. Yan Bingyun reminded Fan Xian not to be happy too early. Wherever the embassy went, people rushed to buy Fan Xian's relics to express their grief. Fan Xian had to come up with a reason to appease the people so that he could live again with a clear conscience. Otherwise, it would arouse public anger. Fan Xian realized the seriousness of the problem. The people who spread the news of his death had evil intentions, but he could do nothing about it. Fan Xian came up with a good idea. He wanted to use the Princess of Northern Qi to make his fake death reasonable. Fan Xian easily found out Zhan Doudou's true intentions from the Princess of Northern Qi. Zhan Doudou asked the Princess of Northern Qi to be the intelligence liaison between her and Fan Xian. Fan Xian successfully persuaded the Princess of Northern Qi to help him act out a play with his eloquence. The Grand Princess of Northern Qi announced a piece of news in public. In order to protect the delegation and the classics left by Zhuang Mohan, Fan Xian fought a desperate battle with the Grand Master who came to hunt them down. In the end, he could only survive by faking his death. The Grand Princess insisted that she saw it with her own eyes, and Gao Da assisted her. Fan Xian and Wang Qinian made themselves look humiliated and successfully deceived the officials of the delegation. They believed in Fan Xian. Yan Bingyun asked the officials to send the news of Fan Xian's resurrection back to Kyoto by carrier pigeon, and then let the delegation take a rest and continue on their way. Fan Xian and his party rode at full speed and soon arrived outside the north gate of the capital. Xin Qiwu, the Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple, trotted all the way to see Fan Xian outside the city. Fan Xian learned that Emperor Qing did not punish him and sent people to greet them, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Xin Qiwu revealed that the eldest prince was also entering the capital today. He led the cavalry team to arrive quickly and persuaded Fan Xian to make way for the eldest prince. Fan Xian refused to do so and even brought up the Grand Princess of Northern Qi!!

Episode 6 Fan Xian and the eldest prince clash at the city gate
When the second prince Li Chengze heard that the delegation led by Fan Xian and the cavalry of the first prince Li Chengru returned to Kyoto on the same day, he sent someone to secretly do something so that Li Chengru and Fan Xian had to enter the city at the north gate. The officials of the Ministry of Rites were worried that they would collide with each other and cause congestion at the city gate, so they sent Xin Qiwu, the junior official of the Honglu Temple, out of the city to meet Fan Xian and ask him to make way for Li Chengru. Fan Xian came to seek the opinion of the eldest princess of Northern Qi, deliberately hinting that she should not give in. The eldest princess of Northern Qi was ordered to come to Nanqing to marry Li Chengru. This was not only her personal problem, but also represented the entire Northern Qi. She was determined not to give way to her future husband Li Chengru. Xin Qiwu was a small person and did not dare to offend the eldest princess, so he had to go back to report. The crown prince Li Chengqian led Li Chengze and the third prince Li Chengping to greet them at the city gate. As soon as Fan Xian and the delegation arrived, Li Chengru's cavalry came galloping from the opposite side. The two teams met outside the city gate and they did not give in to each other. Fan Xian took the initiative to dismount and greet Li Chengru. Li Chengru sneered at Fan Xian. He was a prince, but Fan Xian was trying to steal the road from him. The eldest princess asked Li Chengru to give way, but Li Chengru refused. He threatened to kill Fan Xian. Fan Xian was not afraid at all, and the two sides were on the verge of a fight. Suddenly, a strong wind blew in the sky, and yellow sand flew all over the sky. People were blown all over the place, and the scene was in chaos. Two horses in Li Chengru's team were frightened and rushed towards Fan Xian with a roar. Wang Qinian loudly reminded Gaoda to protect Fan Xian. After the strong wind, calm was quickly restored. The two frightened horses fell in a pool of blood. Even Li Chengru, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, did not see clearly how the horses died. He could not help but sigh at Gaoda's agility. Li Chengru felt sorry for the dead horses and hated Fan Xian even more. The eldest princess quickly stood up to support Fan Xian. Li Chengru refused to give in and drew his sword to kill Fan Xian. Li Chengqian arrived in time to rescue him. He warmly welcomed Li Chengru into the city, but the eldest princess refused to give way. She promised to compensate the soldiers and horses that died in the battle. Li Chengru was forced to return for marriage. He did not agree to the marriage, and did not want to listen to the eldest princess's nagging. He wanted to find time to talk to her alone. Li Chengqian played the role of peacemaker and asked Li Chengru and Fan Xian to reconcile. Neither of them was willing to give in. Li Chengru felt that Fan Xian was marrying Lin Wan'er and mocked Fan Xian. Fan Xian did not show weakness and retorted. Li Chengqian hurriedly tried to smooth things over and took Li Chengru and Fan Xian's hands to enter the city together. Li Chengping and Li Chengru, the brothers, met again after a long separation, and their excitement was beyond words. Li Chengping hugged Li Chengru tightly and asked him all kinds of questions. Li Chengze and Fan Xian were extremely jealous when they met their enemies. They started a verbal battle, and Li Chengqian hurriedly interrupted them. Li Chengping recognized Fan Xian as the one who knocked him out in Baoyue Tower, and complained to Li Chengru. Li Chengru questioned why Fan Xian had murdered the prince. Fan Xian forced Li Chengping to tell him the specific location. Li Chengping immediately panicked. He did not dare to say that he was in Baoyue Tower, and lied that he had recognized the wrong person. Li Chengru was not in a position to pursue the matter. As soon as Fan Xian entered the city, he was called to be held accountable by Emperor Qing. Emperor Qing then arranged a family banquet, summoned the four princes to eat together, and asked Eunuch Hou to help Fan Xian to the banquet. Fan Xian was beaten with a court stick and cried out in pain. Emperor Qing acted as if nothing had happened, and asked Fan Xian to tell everyone about his experience in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Fan Xian endured the pain and made a simple statement. Emperor Qing was eager to know the location of the temple. Fan Xian truthfully replied that it was in the far north of Northern Qi, and Emperor Qing wanted to destroy Northern Qi first. Fan Xian reported to Emperor Qing that Li Chengze and Li Yunrui had been smuggling with the Northern Qi Jinyiwei for many years, and Emperor Qing was furious. Li Chengze knelt down hurriedly, he cried out that he was wronged, and insisted that Fan Xian had framed him. Emperor Qing asked Fan Xian to produce solid evidence, but Shen Zhong was dead and there was no evidence. Fan Xian took out the waist badge of the Commissioner of State, and Emperor Qing threw it directly into the lake behind him. Fan Xian was stunned. Li Chengze asked Emperor Qing to grant Li Hongcheng a marriage with Fan Ruoruo. Fan Xian protested strongly. Li Hongcheng was a playboy and was Li Chengze's best friend. He would never let Fan Ruoruo marry Li Hongcheng, but Emperor Qing's words were binding, and he approved the marriage. Emperor Qing conferred him the title of First-Class Southern Lord because of Fan Xian's meritorious service in the mission to Northern Qi, and also let Li Chengze marry Ye Ling'er, the daughter of Ye Zhong, the garrison commander of Kyoto. Li Chengze disagreed, but Emperor Qing had made up his mind and was firm in his attitude. Fan Xian once again begged Emperor Qing to severely punish Li Yunrui and Li Chengze for the crime of smuggling. Emperor Qing scolded Fan Xian for having no evidence, and then walked away. Fan Xian also stood up and left. Li Chengze had long seen that Fan Xian was acting in front of them, and Emperor Qing did not hit him at all. Li Chengqian followed closely and caught up with Fan Xian. Fan Xian sat aside and sulked. He hated Li Chengze to the core. Li Chengze not only used Baoyue Tower to frame Fan Sizhe, but now he used Li Hongcheng and Fan Ruoruo's marriage to disgust him. Li Chengqian advised Fan Xian to be patient for the time being. If they could not find conclusive evidence, Emperor Qing would not punish Li Yunrui and Li Chengze. Fan Xian found out that Shijia Town was an important smuggling route, but when Li Chengqian sent people to collect evidence, Li Chengze took the lead in burning Shijia Town to ruins in order to silence him, leaving no clues. The poor local people also became victims. Li Chengqian did not expect Li Chengze to be so cruel. The chain of evidence in Fan Xian's hand was broken. He was unwilling to admit defeat. Li Chengqian advised him to take back the position of the Inspection Institute first, and then slowly take revenge. When the queen heard that Emperor Qing invited Fan Xian to a family dinner, she was very annoyed. When she saw the painting of a lady by Li Chengqian, she was even more furious. She called her son Li Chengqian and asked him who the woman in the painting was. Li Chengqian was so scared that he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Episode 7 Fan Xian regains his confidence and takes charge of the First Division of the Inspection Institute
The Queen immediately recognized that the person in Li Chengqian's painting was Li Yunrui. She was furious and yelled at Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian burned all the paintings on the spot and vowed never to paint again. The Queen asked about the situation in Shijia Town, and Li Chengqian had to admit that he was the one who massacred the town, just to deepen the hatred between Fan Xian and Li Chengze. Wang Qinian went home to discuss with his wife. As long as Fan Xian gave him generous treatment, Wang Qinian was willing to follow Fan Xian's lead. Fan Xian wanted to use the smuggling incident to bring down Li Yunrui and Li Chengze, but Emperor Qing tried his best to protect them and threw away his waist badge of the Commissioner. Fan Xian went through a lot of trouble to find the important clue of Shijia Town, but it was all burned by a fire. Fan Xian felt unprecedented frustration. He had nowhere to vent, so he took a bucket and a rag to clean the stone tablet at the entrance of the Inspection Institute. This was the good wish made by his mother Ye Qingmei before her death, but Fan Xian was struggling. Wang Qinian stayed by Fan Xian's side and tried to persuade him kindly. Fan Xian felt helpless and quit his job out of anger. Wang Qinian encouraged him and vowed to help him with all his strength, but Fan Xian just couldn't let it go. Chen Pingping witnessed this scene. He returned the inspector's badge to Fan Xian and encouraged Fan Xian not to be discouraged and to know his opponent first, otherwise he would be defeated. Fan Xian vowed to fight Li Chengze to the end and seek justice for people like Lao Jintou and Teng Zijing who died in vain. Chen Pingping persuaded Fan Xian to form a team of his own and let him be the chief of the First Division of the Inspection Institute. Since Zhu Ge's death, the First Division has been leaderless. The main task of the First Division is to supervise all officials in Kyoto, which involves a lot of people. It is not only a place of right and wrong, but also a place of fierce fighting. Fan Xian was immediately tempted. He spoke out all the words that had been pent up in his heart. This trip to Northern Qi made him deeply realize one thing. His every move from childhood to adulthood was controlled by Chen Pingping. Chen Pingping did not explain. He and Ye Qingmei had a deep relationship and were even willing to give his life for Ye Qingmei. He treated Fan Xian as his own son and was willing to arrange everything for Fan Xian. Fan Xian was skeptical, knowing that he was hiding something, so it was inconvenient to ask more. Fan Jian hurried to the Inspection Office and yelled at Chen Pingping. Fan Xian had just returned from Northern Qi and was first called into the palace by Emperor Qing. Now he was called to the Inspection Office by Chen Pingping. He had not returned home yet. Fan Jian became angrier and angrier. Chen Pingping made it clear that he did not call Fan Xian to the Inspection Office. Fan Xian explained that he came here by himself and just wanted to wipe the stone tablet. Fan Jian pulled Fan Xian into the car and went home without saying anything. Fan Jian had heard about Fan Xian's experience in the palace a long time ago and reminded him not to confront Li Chengze head-on, and not to rush. Fan Xian wanted to set up his own team as soon as possible. Fan Jian taught him the secrets of officialdom, and Fan Xian remembered them one by one. He wanted to get off the car to see Lin Wan'er halfway, but he didn't want to make Fan Jian sad, so he agreed to go home and stay for two days. Fan Jian asked him to go home and comfort Fan Ruoruo, who was worried about him all day. As soon as Fan Xian got home, he went to find Fan Ruoruo. Unexpectedly, Fan Ruoruo took her luggage and ran away from the marriage. But she came back soon. She believed that Fan Xian would cancel the marriage. Fan Xian promised to help her at all costs. When Fan Jian heard that Fan Sizhe had opened a brothel without telling them, he called Fan Sizhe. Fan Xian told him everything about Li Chengze using Baoyue Tower to frame Fan Sizhe. Liu Ruyu was worried that Fan Sizhe would be questioned. She was anxious and wanted to take Fan Sizhe to Danzhou for temporary shelter. Fan Xian felt that it was inappropriate and wanted to send Fan Sizhe to Beiqi. Liu Ruyu was reluctant to let Fan Sizhe go to the distant Beiqi to suffer. Fan Xian persuaded Fan Sizhe earnestly and explained the interests to him. Only by leaving Nanqing could he completely get rid of Li Chengze's frame-up. Fan Sizhe considered it again and again before reluctantly agreeing. He went back to pack his luggage overnight. Fan Sizhe simply packed a few clothes. Liu Ruyu gave him many instructions. Fan Jian came out to see Fan Sizhe off. For the first time, he praised him for his responsibility and hoped that he would come back soon. Fan Sizhe was moved to tears. He knelt on the ground and said goodbye to his parents, then left home in tears. There were thunder and lightning in the sky, and it started to rain heavily. Fan Xian prepared a carriage to send Fan Sizhe off. Fan Sizhe looked at Kyoto in the rain through the window. This was where he had lived since he was a child. Now he had to go to Northern Qi alone. He felt reluctant. Fan Sizhe wanted to cry. Fan Xian gave him a large sum of money to do business. Fan Sizhe was delighted by the money and smiled. Fan Xian asked him to find Guo Baokun as soon as he arrived in Northern Qi. Fan Xian sent Fan Sizhe to the city gate. Yan Bingyun specially selected several people with great kung fu skills from all over to escort Fan Sizhe all the way north. Fan Xian watched the carriage that Fan Sizhe was riding gradually go away, and he felt relieved to go to see Lin Wan'er. Lin Wan'er heard about what happened to Fan Xian after he came to Beijing, and wanted him to concentrate on dealing with the troubles that were coming. She hid and didn't see Fan Xian, and asked Ye Ling'er to pass a message to him, asking him to work with peace of mind. Although Fan Xian didn't see Lin Wan'er, he knew that Lin Wan'er always had him in her heart, so he had to leave in disappointment. Ye Ling'er envied the relationship between Lin Wan'er and Fan Xian, and was furious when she thought of Emperor Qing's marriage to Li Chengze. She wanted to stay at Lin Wan'er's house for a few days to relax, and Lin Wan'er naturally wanted it. Yan Bingyun went to the prison to pick up Yan Ruohai. Yan Ruohai scolded him and complained that he shouldn't follow Fan Xian to make trouble. Yan Bingyun felt that he was not wrong, and he was optimistic about Fan Xian. Yan Ruohai revealed that Chen Pingping would hand over the Inspection Institute to Fan Xian, and Yan Bingyun was very surprised.

Episode 8 Fan Xian rectifies the workplace atmosphere in the Inspection Institute
Fan Xian wanted to use the Northern Qi smuggling incident to completely destroy Li Chengze and Li Yunrui, but all the clues he had were cut off. Just when Fan Xian was discouraged, Chen Pingping persuaded Fan Xian earnestly, and Fan Xian reluctantly agreed to temporarily take over the First Branch of the Inspection Institute as a supervisor, referred to as "First Branch". The bloody Kyoto also restored its former prosperity and peace. Yan Bingyun went to the prison to pick up Yan Ruohai and took him home. The father and son had a long heart-to-heart talk. Yan Ruohai conveyed Chen Pingping's instructions and asked Yan Bingyun to go all out to help Fan Xian gain a foothold in the Inspection Institute. Yan Ruohai felt that he was old and wanted to give Yan Bingyun full authority to manage the Fourth Branch, and asked Yan Bingyun to learn from Fan Xian. Yan Ruohai reminded Yan Bingyun to distinguish between work and feelings. Yan Bingyun admitted that it was a bit reckless to bring Shen Zhong's sister back from Northern Qi this time, but he couldn't just stand by and watch her die. The next morning, Fan Xian took Wang Qinian to the First Division to take up his post. Yan Bingyun, on the orders of Chen Pingping, was waiting for him at the gate. The First Division was crowded with people. Officials from the six ministries of the court sent people to give gifts to the First Division. Fan Xian secretly vowed to thoroughly rectify the First Division and dragged Yan Bingyun in to watch the excitement. The officials of the First Division were busy welcoming and seeing off guests, and no one paid any attention to Fan Xian and his friends. The three of them went straight to the yard and saw several baskets of Yunmeng fish that had just been sent by the Vegetable Picking Department. This is a fish species unique to the south, famous for its delicious taste. The freshness of the fish can only be ensured by using ice and snow from the north in the previous year, so the Ministry of War has to transport it 800 miles in an emergency. Fan Xian came to inspect the whole division and heard that the major organizers had asked for leave and did not come. The staff got together to play mahjong, and only the chief clerk Deng Ziyue was handling official business. Fan Xian learned a huge secret from him. The Picking Vegetables Division and the Ministry of War sent the rare Yunmeng fish to one place, which then sold the fish to the Picking Vegetables Division at double the price. They divided the profits, and the six ministries in the court all used this method to make huge profits. Fan Xian suppressed his anger and dismissed the host positions on the spot, letting Wang Qinian and Deng Ziyue be his right-hand men. Fan Xian severely taught those staff members a lesson and gave them three rules. They were frightened and agreed repeatedly. Fan Xian sent Deng Ziyue to seal up the Picking Vegetables Division on the grounds that the Yunmeng fish were not fresh. Deng Ziyue was a weak person and was worried that he could not convince the public. Fan Xian asked Yan Bingyun to support him. Yan Bingyun did not want to wade into this muddy water, but he could not refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and go. Fan Xian went directly to Li Chengze and deliberately brought an empty bucket of fish to demonstrate to him. When Fan Xian saw Xie Bian when he entered the door, he sneered at him and forcibly dragged Li Chengze to the Picking Vegetables Division to watch the show. Deng Ziyue led his men to surround the Picking Vegetables Division. Eunuch Dai was unmoved when he learned about this. The Picking Vegetables Division was under the sole responsibility of Eunuch Dai. He relied on the fact that Li Chengze's mother, Concubine Shu, was behind the scenes and acted arrogantly. He did not take Deng Ziyue, a small chief clerk, seriously at all. Unexpectedly, Fan Xian also rushed to the Picking Vegetables Division with Li Chengze. Eunuch Dai realized that the situation was not good. The eunuch Hong Zhu who came to deliver the message advised Eunuch Dai to go to the Picking Vegetables Division to see what was going on. Eunuch Dai found that Hong Zhu was smart and wanted to take him with him. Hong Zhu flatly refused and even brought up Concubine Shu to make a fuss. Eunuch Dai had to give up. Eunuch Dai came to see Fan Xian trembling with fear and secretly bribed Wang Qinian with money to get information from him. Deng Ziyue saw this scene, and Wang Qinian gave him half of the money. Fan Xian took out the account book to check the handwriting and confirmed that it was Eunuch Dai who did the accounting. He listed all the crimes that Eunuch Dai had committed over the years, including using the Picking Vegetables Division to speculate and profiteer for the officials of the six ministries in the court. Eunuch Dai was worried that the matter would be exposed and lead to his death, so he secretly gave Fan Xian an envelope. Fan Xian opened the envelope on the spot and took the three thousand taels of silver inside, and asked Deng Ziyue to lift the ban on the Picking Vegetables Division. Li Chengze saw that Fan Xian was deliberately demonstrating to him and left in anger. Yan Bingyun was puzzled and didn't understand why Fan Xian blatantly accepted bribes. Unexpectedly, Fan Xian asked Yan Bingyun to find a few more officials to go to the Inspectorate to impeach him. When Fan Xian passed by Baoyue Tower, he thought of the tragic death of Old Jintou. He vowed to pull out all the dark forces in Kyoto and seek justice for those who died in vain.

Episode 9: The Censorate jointly impeached Fan Xian for taking bribes
Li Chengze took Xie Bian away from the Vegetable Picking Department and walked back to the palace. In order to ensure Li Chengze's safety, they had to clean the streets wherever they went. The streets were empty in an instant. The people and street vendors were in a hurry, and the fruit and vegetable products were scattered all over the ground. Li Chengze was puzzled. He didn't understand why Fan Xian called him to the Vegetable Picking Department and deliberately accepted the bribe from Eunuch Dai in front of him. Xie Bian couldn't guess Fan Xian's intention. Li Chengze was not convenient to impeach Fan Xian, but he was unwilling to miss this good opportunity to suppress Fan Xian. Their conversation was heard clearly by Deng Ziyue who was hiding on the side. The next morning, Emperor Qing received a memorial signed by the censors of the Censorate impeaching Fan Xian for corruption and bribery. Emperor Qing asked Eunuch Hou to hand the memorial directly to Fan Xian. Eunuch Hou reminded Fan Xian to explain the matter in a memorial, but Fan Xian didn't take it seriously. He didn't respond for a long time, and the censors of the Censorate talked about it. Fan Xian had no choice but to send Wang Qinian to deliver a calligraphy to the censors of the Censorate, on which were written the four characters "barking wildly", scolding the censors as barking dogs. They were furious and collectively impeached Fan Xian and Eunuch Dai, and even suspected that Eunuch Dai was Fan Xian's godfather. When Eunuch Dai heard about this, he complained bitterly and complained in front of Hong Zhu, who advised him kindly. Fan Xian deliberately made a big fuss in order to turn the officialdom of Kyoto upside down. Fan Xian asked Yan Bingyun to use his influence to investigate officials outside the capital. Yan Bingyun didn't want to get involved in this matter, but he couldn't stand the soft and hard persuasion of Wang Qinian and Gaoda. When Liu Ruyu heard that Fan Xian was impeached by the censors, she couldn't help but sweat for him. She wanted to go to the palace to find her sister Yi Guipin to test the waters. Fan Xian had made careful arrangements, and he advised Liu Ruyu not to wade into this muddy water. Fan Sizhe went all the way north to Northern Qi, and Li Chengze sent people to follow closely, looking for an opportunity to capture Fan Sizhe alive. Fan Xian came to inspect and saw his colleagues eating meat, while Deng Ziyue was eating dry food alone in the warehouse. Fan Xian learned that the money to buy meat was fifty taels of silver given to Deng Ziyue by Wang Qinian. Deng Ziyue performed his duties conscientiously, did not embezzle, accept bribes, or make false accounts, and was servile to his colleagues, which made him popular. Fan Xian learned that Deng Ziyue was also an upright person in the past, but he did not expect that he would become so submissive after serving as an official for several years. Deng Ziyue was born in a poor family in Dingzhou. He had great ambitions when he was young. At that time, a captain of the border army forged account books and defrauded government silver in the name of buying horse feed. Deng Ziyue fought his way out of the heavy siege and sent the evidence to the Inspection Institute. Chen Pingping approved him to enter the Inspection Institute because of his courage and uprightness. Over the years, Deng Ziyue has seen through the darkness and injustice of the officialdom. He has little influence and can only temporarily hide his edge and be a good person. Fan Xian took the initiative to offer to be Deng Ziyue's backer and encouraged him to stand up and be his original self. Deng Ziyue had been worn out and had no fighting spirit and only wanted to be alone. Fan Xian scolded him and finally woke Deng Ziyue up. He vowed to help Fan Xian change this corrupt officialdom. Fan Xian asked him to write a self-defense letter on his behalf, which only wrote eight big characters: "What crime is there for treacherous officials in power?" There were more and more memorials impeaching Fan Xian, and Emperor Qing couldn't bear it, so he decided to let Fan Xian confront the censors in court. Yan Bingyun received the evidence collected by colleagues from all over the place and gave it to Chen Pingping as soon as possible. Chen Pingping sent his personal guard Yingzi to pass on a message to Fan Xian overnight, asking Fan Xian to go to the palace to defend himself tomorrow. Li Chengqian was worried that Fan Xian couldn't beat the censors, so he came to wait for Fan Xian outside the hall early and gave him many instructions. Fan Xian had already made up his mind, and Li Chengqian was slightly relieved. Fan Xian found that Xin Qiwu was deliberately avoiding him and deliberately shouted at him. Xin Qiwu had to greet Fan Xian with a smile. All the censors came out to confront Fan Xian together, and Qin Ye, the chief envoy of the Privy Council, also arrived early.

Episode 10 Fan Xian reveals the corruption in the court
Qin Ye was not only the chief envoy of the Privy Council, but also held great military power. He was the number one in the military of Southern Qing. All the civil and military officials in the court were waiting to attend the court. Emperor Qing only had two chairs prepared. Qin Ye sat on one of the chairs and closed his eyes to rest. The other chair was prepared for Lin Ruofu, the prime minister of the court and the head of all officials. Crown Prince Li Chengqian and the princes could only stand aside. Lin Ruofu came to the front of the hall with a swagger. All the civil and military officials saluted him together. Even Li Chengqian smiled at him. Fan Xian did not expect Lin Ruofu to be so impressive. Chen Pingping came to the court. Fan Jian waited outside for a long time. He sent away the guards of the Inspection Institute and pushed Chen Pingping away. He suspected that Chen Pingping was backing Fan Xian up behind his back, so Fan Xian dared to be so bold. Chen Pingping denied it, but Fan Jian did not believe it at all. Lai Mingcheng, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, was furious when he saw Fan Xian and spoke harshly to him. Li Chengqian fanned the flames on the side. Fan Xian wanted to rush up to argue with him, but Li Chengqian quickly pulled Fan Xian aside and asked them to sort out the right and wrong in the court. There was a small slope in front of the main hall. Chen Pingping's wheelchair was too heavy. Fan Jian tried several times but failed to push the wheelchair up. He was sweating profusely and suspected that Chen Pingping had hidden something in the wheelchair. Chen Pingping laughed and said that there were thousands of troops hidden inside. Fan Jian just thought he was joking and didn't take it seriously. Fan Jian tried his best but couldn't push the slope up. Li Chengru wanted to see how Fan Xian would deal with the impeachment of the censors of the Censorate, so he also came to the main hall to watch the fun. He pushed Chen Pingping to the main hall without any effort. Li Chengru wanted to see how Fan Xian would deal with the censors of the entire Censorate. Fan Xian had already made up his mind. Fan Jian was worried and reminded Fan Xian not to let go for a while. Emperor Qing came later and asked Eunuch Hou to show Fan Xian's eight-character self-defense letter "What crime has the traitor in power committed?" to all the civil and military officials. Lai Mingcheng was the first to stand up and impeach Fan Xian, accusing him of accepting bribes and being arrogant and perverting the law. Fan Xian refused to plead guilty and cried out that he was wronged. Lai Mingcheng took out the witness testimony. Emperor Qing sent someone to call Eunuch Dai to the court for a confrontation. He first asked Chen Pingping to talk about his views on Fan Xian's accusation. Chen Pingping suspected that Fan Xian was corrupt and perverted the law, and made it clear that he looked like an outlaw to everyone. Emperor Qing deliberately brought up Lin Ruofu, and Chen Pingping thought he was more like a corrupt official, and all the civil and military officials were in an uproar. Emperor Qing asked Qin Ye to express his views. Qin Ye supported Fan Xian and praised him highly. He also praised him in public for seducing the saint of Northern Qi to strengthen the country's prestige. All the civil and military officials covered their mouths and laughed. Fan Xian was frightened and denied it again and again. Lin Ruofu's face changed drastically, but he pretended to be calm. Eunuch Dai was so frightened that his soul was about to be blown away. The guards had to drag him to the palace. He didn't even realize that his boots had fallen off. Hong Zhu was worried that he would be held accountable for his misbehavior in front of the palace, so he put on his boots himself. Eunuch Dai came to the palace trembling with fear. Lai Mingcheng took out the witness testimony to accuse Eunuch Dai. Fan Xian persuaded Eunuch Dai to plead guilty, saying that three thousand taels of silver would not be a serious crime. Unexpectedly, the Censorate had already investigated it clearly. Lai Mingcheng listed all the crimes that Eunuch Dai had committed for many years in charge of the Picking Vegetables Department. Seeing that the matter was exposed, Eunuch Dai had to surrender. Emperor Qing ordered him to be beheaded. Lai Mingcheng begged Emperor Qing to punish Fan Xian. Fan Xian accused him of framing the prince Li Chengze. Li Chengze was also in the Picking Vegetables Department on the day of the incident. If he saw Fan Xian accepting three thousand taels of silver from Eunuch Dai, he would not have kept it a secret. Lai Mingcheng's accusation of Fan Xian's guilt was equivalent to accusing Li Chengze and Fan Xian of being in cahoots. Li Chengze admitted in public that he saw Fan Xian accept the money with his own eyes, and determined that Fan Xian had other intentions. Fan Xian clearly stated that he accepted the money in order to play a long game and catch a big fish, and he handed the banknote to Chen Pingping on the same day. Chen Pingping stood up to testify for Fan Xian. Fan Xian and Lai Mingcheng refused to give in to each other, and they started a verbal battle. Fan Xian claimed that he was insignificant and did not dare to continue the investigation, so as not to involve more court officials. Lai Mingcheng was indeed hooked, and he swore that the Censorate would spare no effort to investigate corrupt officials. Fan Xian was waiting for him to say this. Chen Pingping took out the list of corrupt officials in various government offices and asked the Censorate to investigate them one by one. Qin Ye asked the Inspection Office to continue investigating and collecting evidence. Chen Pingping claimed that the Inspection Office was short of staff and that the case involved complicated issues, including the prince. Chen Pingping handed the list to Qin Ye and Lin Ruofu respectively. They both shirked their responsibilities with various excuses. Lai Mingcheng took the initiative to ask for the list. Seeing that Li Chengze was among them, he ignored his colleagues' dissuasion and insisted on investigating thoroughly to find out the corrupt officials one by one, and to bring peace and prosperity to the court of Qing. Several civil and military officials stood up to applaud Lai Mingcheng. Fan Xian wanted to take back the "barking" sent to the Inspection Office and praised Lai Mingcheng highly. Emperor Qing asked the Inspection Office to check the list one by one. After leaving the court, Fan Xian waited for Lin Ruofu outside the palace. Lin Ruofu saw that he wanted to use the Inspection Office to investigate Li Chengze. Fan Xian guessed that the officials who fanned the flames were arranged by Lin Ruofu. Lin Ruofu denied it. Fan Xian couldn't guess who was helping him behind the scenes. Li Chengqian pretended to care about Li Chengze, but Li Chengze didn't appreciate it and retorted to him. Xin Qiwu secretly revealed something to Li Chengqian, that those who cheered for Lai Mingcheng were his disciples, and Li Chengqian had no idea about this. He shouted that things were not good. Lin Ruofu urged Fan Xian to go see Lin Wan'er. Fan Xian used the excuse that he was busy with official duties and had not made time. Lin Ruofu suspected that he had a private affair with Haitang Duoduo. Fan Xian was frightened and made excuses, and promised to go see Lin Wan'er tonight. Emperor Qing was very satisfied with Fan Xian's performance today. He kept Fan Jian and Chen Pingping, suspecting that Chen Pingping was supporting Fan Xian behind his back. Chen Pingping refused to admit it. Fan Jian said that even if Fan Xian did something wrong and couldn't get over it, he would help Fan Xian clean up the mess!!

Episode 11: The Second Prince fabricates a brothel murder and frames Fan Xian
Emperor Qing had long seen that Fan Xian's ultimate target was Li Chengze, so he was not in a position to stop him. Chen Pingping and Fan Jian not only did not help resolve the conflict between them, but also fanned the flames. Chen Pingping felt that Li Chengze was bewitched by those officials with ulterior motives, and someone should stand up to eliminate these treacherous officials. Only Fan Xian was the most suitable person to do this. Emperor Qing left in a rage, leaving Fan Jian and Chen Pingping aside. Fan Jian thought that the people who had just fanned the flames for Lai Mingcheng in the hall were Li Chengqian's followers. Chen Pingping guessed that these people were arranged by Lin Ruofu, and he deliberately let Li Chengqian's followers come forward to provoke conflicts between Li Chengze and Li Chengqian. Fan Jian was very surprised. Li Chengze could not swallow this breath, so he came to Fan Xian to ask for punishment, admitting that the list of corrupt officials submitted by Chen Pingping were all his followers. He suspected that this list was provided by Fan Xian, and Fan Xian avoided the question. Li Chengze took the initiative to reconcile with Fan Xian, but Fan Xian refused to accept it. Xie Bian then brought people to cheer for Li Chengze. Deng Ziyue led his colleagues from the Inspection Institute to support Fan Xian. Li Chengze threatened that he would send people to chase Fan Sizhe and soon catch him back. Fan Xian was so angry that he was speechless. Li Chengze became angrier and angrier. He sent Xie Bian to Baoyue Tower to create a murder case and put Fan Sizhe to death, so that Fan Xian could experience the pain of losing his relatives. Xie Bian took the order to prepare. It was pouring rain. After Yuan Meng left Baoyue Tower in the rain, three thugs rushed into Baoyue Tower, dragged Lao Jintou's daughter out of the door, and beat her to death. Lai Mingcheng led the censors of the Metropolitan Inspection Institute to work overtime to investigate corrupt officials. Suddenly, they received a message that the singing girl of Baoyue Tower was beaten to death in the street. The shopkeeper Yuan Meng fled and left a letter before leaving, saying that the big boss of Baoyue Tower was Fan Sizhe. Lai Mingcheng immediately wrote a letter to impeach Fan Xian and Fan Sizhe. Fan Xian rushed over after h