Joy of Life: Season 2 庆余年第二季 Episode 20

The invigilator took the candidates to the latrine. Fan Xian was worried that someone had tampered with the latrine, so he sent Wang Qinian to take a look. Wang Qinian discovered that there was kerosene in the latrine. Once the candidates went to the latrine with a candle, a fire or explosion might occur if they were not careful.

Fan Xian asked Guo Zheng to send people to rebuild the latrine. Guo Zheng was furious. Fan Xian changed all the candles and water in the examination hall, and now he wanted to attack the latrine, but Guo Zheng refused to cooperate. Fan Xian had already guessed that Guo Zheng would object, so he asked Deng Ziyue to bring people from the Examination Institute to dig out the huts, and also asked Guo Zheng to take out the golden nanmu and high-quality stones that were used to renovate the Examination Institute from the warehouse to build them. In the latrine, Guo Zheng had no choice but to comply with the request due to the pressure from the Inspection and Inspection Commission, but he felt indignant and secretly vowed to find another opportunity to frame Fan Xian.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the three-day Spring Examination, Fan Xian not only arranged food, drinks and snacks for the candidates, but also asked people from the Examination Institute to be on standby at the Examination Institute. Li Chengze learned that Fan Xian had made careful arrangements and knew that there was nothing he could do. He asked Xie Bi'an to inform Guo Zheng to stop. He was puzzled. Fan Xian had just come to Kyoto. It was impossible for him to know so clearly about the taboos of the Examination Yuan. He suspected that the Ministry of Rites The old man gave Fan Xian some advice. Fan Xian went to inspect the examination room and paid special attention to Shi Chanli, Yang Wanli, Cheng Jialin and Hou Jichang. Yang Wanli had outstanding literary talent and neat and beautiful handwriting, which Fan Xian felt inferior to.

The three-day Spring Science Examination finally came to an end. The candidates handed in their examination papers, and the next step was to affix the names of the candidates one by one, and then transcribe the examination papers to prevent the markers from identifying them based on their handwriting. Candidates use the back door. Fan Xian was worried that the staff was cheating and had been supervising on site. Due to the large number of candidates, the staff was busy until dark and still had not finished the exam. Guo Zheng advised Fan Xian to go back and rest first.

Fan Xian learned from Guo You that in previous spring exams, some people cheated by using the length of paper with their names on it, or they made marks on the exam paper when transcribing. Guo Zheng pretended not to know, and Fan Xian warned the staff not to cheat, otherwise they would die. Guo Zheng originally wanted to identify Li Chengze's disciples while copying under a pseudonym. Unexpectedly, Fan Xian issued a death order, and the staff did not dare to slack off, and completed the work of copying under a pseudonym in an orderly manner.

The grading work was carried out in a completely closed state. Fan Xian still did not dare to take it lightly. He persisted until the grading was completed before leaving the examination hall. Except for Shi Chanli, who unfortunately failed to pass, the other three people were all successful. Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't slept for several days and was already exhausted. Wang Qinian drove Fan Xian back to his home in a carriage, but Fan Xian fell asleep due to overwork.

After the Spring Festival ended, the candidates were all exhausted mentally and physically, so they went back to catch up on their sleep. Cheng Jialin slept all day and night without waking up. Yang Wanli and Shi Chanli woke up and continued studying. Hou Jichang brought them roast chicken, advised them to relax, and discussed with them a visit to Fan Xian.

Fan Xian went home and fell asleep without even bothering to eat. Wang Qinian picked out the meat from the dish and wanted to take it back to his daughter Wang Ba. Deng Ziyue sent Fan Xian the spring wedding list, and happened to see Wang Qinian picking meat from the bowl. Wang Qinian was worried that he would complain, so he asked him to eat and drink together. Fan Xian woke up later, and Deng Ziyue hurriedly handed him the list. Fan Xian found that Yang Wanli, who was both good in character and academics, had failed the list. He felt something was wrong, so he called Wang Qinian and Deng Ziyue and went to the Ministry of Rites to find out the reason.

Fan Xian went to the Ministry of Rites to check the test papers. Except for Yang Wanli who was impersonated, there was nothing unusual about the other people's test papers. Fan Xian clearly remembered the content of Yang Wanli's policy theory during the inspection. He did not expect that someone was playing tricks while concealing his name. Yang Wanli was betrayed by Li Chengqian. The disciple pretended to be someone else. Fan Xian couldn't swallow this breath. He wanted to investigate the matter thoroughly and give Yang Wanli justice. Deng Ziyue persuaded him to think twice. He was already a sworn enemy of Li Chengze, and now he wanted to offend Li Chengqian again. Fan Xian couldn't care so much. He wanted to make this spring To truly be fair and just, Fan Xian asked Deng Ziyue to lead people to seal down the examination institute, and no one was allowed to release the results without his order.

Fan Xian took Wang Qinian and rushed directly to the East Palace to discuss with Li Chengqian. He went straight to the point and explained his purpose. Li Chengqian asked Fan Xian to admire the women's clothes he designed. Fan Xian was not in the mood and just said a few words casually. He was just curious about who he designed so many clothes for. Li Chengqian ignored him and admitted that the person pretending to be Yang Wanli was his disciple, but he had no idea about it. Fan Xian guessed that Li Chengze was up to something and wanted to sow a wedge between him and Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian didn't want to let it go, and Fan Xian also wanted to make the matter bigger. They both went to the palace to complain to Emperor Qing.

Li Chengze learned that Fan Xian had sent people to seal off the examination institute, and also asked Li Chengqian to go to the palace to complain. Li Chengqian was worried and worried because he felt that he had been tricked by Fan Xian along the way. Fan Xian and Li Chengqian came to the palace, and Hong Zhu, the new eunuch in charge of the vegetable picking department, led them. Hong Zhu was full of gratitude to Fan Xian, and Fan Xian ousted Eunuch Dai. He helped Eunuch Dai pick up shoes and was reused as a picker. Hong Zhu, the eunuch in charge of the Vegetable Department, also guessed that Fan Xian had entered the palace to seek justice for the candidates. Fan Xian couldn't help but look at the smart and considerate Hong Zhu in a new light.

When Fan Xian and Li Chengqian entered the door, they saw Chen Pingping coming to deliver files on corruption and corruption in the past years to Emperor Qing. Li Chengqian couldn't wait and reported to Emperor Qing that someone had impersonated Yang Wanli and framed him. Emperor Qing had no time to take care of this. He wanted to investigate thoroughly. Fan Xian took the initiative to ask Ying to thoroughly investigate the Chunwei fraud cases over the years, which Emperor Qing naturally wanted.

Fan Xian left the palace with a large stack of files. Hong Zhu waited outside the palace for a long time. He pulled Fan Xian aside and suddenly knelt down on the ground and thanked Fan Xian profusely. Fan Xian was confused by him. . It turned out that Hong Zhu was from Yingzhou, and the magistrate of Yingzhou had his whole family killed. Hong Zhu was lucky enough to survive because he was not at home at the time. After he entered the palace, he changed his surname to Hong after being photographed by Mr. Hong's public relations. No one in the palace knew his life experience. Fan Xian The list of corrupt officials handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate included Yingzhou Zhizhou, who had been executed. Hong Zhu was extremely grateful to Fan Xian and regarded Fan Xian as a benefactor. Fan Xian wanted to train him as a confidant.