Joy of Life: Season 2 庆余年第二季 Episode 18

Lin Ruofu handed over the carefully selected list of candidates to Fan Xian and asked Fan Xian to give them a back door. Fan Xian resisted. He wanted to give millions of candidates in the world a fair chance to compete and let them gain fame based on their ability. Lin Ruofu advised him not to do it. Stand out, otherwise he will become the target of public criticism. As long as Fan Xian follows the rules of the Spring Science Examination in previous years and allows the candidates recommended by the high officials to be named on the gold list, his career will be limitless.

Lin Ruofu knew that Fan Xian looked down on Guo Zheng, so he asked him to study hard with Guo Zheng. Guo Zheng was well versed in the way of being an official. After Guo Youzhi, the former Minister of Rites, was arrested, he stood out from many imperial envoys and became the acting Minister of Rites. Lin Ruofu persuaded Fan Xian sized up the situation and lectured him on the hidden rules of officialdom and the ways of the world. Fan Xian knew that Lin Ruofu was doing it for his own good, but he despised this set of official rules.

Li Chengze also had several candidates who were following him wholeheartedly. He didn't want to hand it over to Fan Xian for the time being. He used Chunwei to dig holes for Fan Xian. If Fan Xian engaged in personal fraud as usual, Li Chengze would write a letter to impeach Fan Xian and completely defeat Fan Xian. . fan It was his old father-in-law, he had to help his family.

Fan Xian complained bitterly to Wang Qinian, but Wang Qinian didn't know how to persuade him. Fan Xian didn't want to join the others, but he couldn't refute the reputation of Lin Ruofu and Li Chengqian. He went to the inn overnight to find Shi Chanli and others. He saw Yang Wanli sitting at the door of the restaurant, eating cold steamed buns and studying hard by the light of the store. Fan Xian was very surprised. Feeling sad, I ordered meat and vegetables for him. Yang Wanli hadn't had a full meal for a long time, let alone meat. He ate heartily and his chatterbox opened up. He talked endlessly about his ambitions. Fan Xian was deeply touched and rushed directly to the forensic institute to understand the inscription left by his mother Ye Qingmei during her lifetime.

Shi Chanli spent all the money he brought and could only make ends meet by washing dishes in a restaurant. Fan Xian held a lantern and read the inscription outside the entrance of the inspection institute again, thinking of those ambitious candidates who came to take part in the spring exam. He wanted to realize his mother's wish to change the world during her lifetime, but he could not achieve it on his own. Chen Pingping came over after hearing the news and asked Fan Xian to do things according to his own ideas. She also cheered Fan Xian up, and Fan Xian was immediately full of confidence.

Fan Xian decided to go to the palace overnight to seek support from Emperor Qing, but foreign ministers could not enter the palace at night. Chen Pingping knew that Fan Xian was causing trouble, but he still supported him without hesitation. Even if Fan Xian made an irreparable mistake, Chen Pingping would help him. Emperor Qing agreed to allow Fan Xian to come to the palace for an audience. Eunuch Hou took Fan Xian into the palace, but was stopped by Gong Dian, the deputy commander of the imperial guard. Gong Dian questioned him carefully and found out that this was the permission of Emperor Qing before he let him go.

Fan Xian heard that Emperor Qing failed to develop explosives and was injured, so he specially brought burn medicine and prepared some medicine to soothe the nerves and replenish energy. Emperor Qing knew that he would not come to see him late at night for a visit, so Fan Xian told him everything about the list of officials who had come to the DPRK in recent days and wanted him to cheat in the Chunwei scientific examination. He wanted to do this for him. The next spring, Wei asked for justice, but others spoke softly. He was worried that he would not be able to bear the consequences of the matter, so he could only come to Emperor Qing for help.

Emperor Qing agreed to act as a shield for Fan Xian and asked Fan Xian to help him apply ointment. Gong Dian immediately informed Li Chengze about Fan Xian's late-night meeting with Emperor Qing. Because the two of them were talking alone and no one knew the content of the conversation, Li Chengze couldn't guess what Fan Xian and Emperor Qing said, so he asked Xie Bian to tell Gong Dian not to talk anymore. Ask about this to avoid revealing your identity.

Emperor Qing's support gave Fan Xian the confidence to return the list to Li Chengqian and refused to help his protégé go through the back door. Li Chengqian had no choice but to tear the list to pieces in front of him. Qin Heng took the initiative to approach Fan Xian and took out a list of candidates, begging Fan Xian to let them name their names on the gold medal list. Fan Xian flatly refused, so Qin Heng had no choice but to give up. Fan Xian returned the list intact to Lin Ruofu. Lin Ruofu reminded Fan Xian not to take it too seriously, so as not to cause public anger. Emperor Qing would not offend the civil and military officials because of him. Fan Xian only wanted to be fair and just in this spring scientific examination. , he didn’t think about the consequences.

Lin Ruofu suddenly became angry and scolded Fan Xian, and was angry that he would not marry Lin Wan'er to him. Fan Xian hurriedly said good things to his smiling face. He just wanted to give thousands of candidates in the world a relatively fair chance to change their destiny. Lin Ruofu was beaten by Fan Xian. Xian was moved by his sincerity and agreed to help him this time, asking him to ask Guo Zheng for advice on the rules and taboos of the Spring Science Examination to avoid any oversights.

Fan Xian went to Guo Zheng for advice. Guo Zheng compiled the detailed rules of Chunwei's scientific examination into a book and handed it to him. He also gave him face-to-face instructions. Fan Xian was grateful to him. Xie Bian came to see Guo Zheng on Li Chengze's order. He hid aside and eavesdropped on the conversation between Guo Zheng and Fan Xian. Only after Fan Xian left did Xie Bian dare to show up. Li Chengze had in his hands the evidence of Guo Zheng's fraud in the previous Spring Science Examinations. As long as Guo Zheng cooperates with him to completely destroy Fan Xian, he will destroy all the evidence. Guo Zheng promises that Fan Xian will not make an unforgivable mistake in the Chunwei scientific examination, and Xie Bian can rest assured to return to his life.

Fan Sizhe and Guo Baokun rushed back to the capital of Nanqing from the Northern Qi Dynasty. As soon as Fan Xian saw Fan Xian, he recounted their experience of avoiding the Northern Qi spies along the way. Wang Qinian called Fan Sizhe aside. Guo Baokun handed Fan Xian the diary of lurking in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Fan Xian was worried that there were discrepancies in the booklet on the detailed rules of the Spring Palace written by Guo Zheng. He wanted to go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishments to ask Guo Youzhi, the former Minister of Rites, about the taboos of the Spring Palace scientific examination. He was also worried that Guo Youzhi would not believe him, so he wanted to Take Guo Baokun to the prison.

Guo Baokun begged Fan Xian to rescue his father Guo Youzhi as soon as possible, but Guo Youzhi committed a serious crime of forming a party for personal gain. Fan Xian could not rescue him directly. He wanted to transfer him to the prison of the Inspection Institute first, and then find a way to let him out.