Original subtitles

♪As flowers bloom and wither♪

♪May we pass by the magnificent scenery♪

♪Contemplate the vastness of Heaven and Earth♪

♪Could it be that both of us are filled with desolation?♪

♪As flowers bloom and wither♪

♪May we lead such a life♪

♪Contemplate the vastness of Heaven and Earth♪

♪Turning back, you and I♪

♪Seize the current moment♪

♪The sky is painted with a gentle pallet of pastel colors♪

♪Let's walk together♪

♪Even if♪

♪The snow in front of us♪

♪Will dye our hair white♪

♪In an instant♪

[Joy of Life Season 2]

[Adapted from Mao Ni's Joy of Life on Yuewen Group's Qidian platform]

[Episode 30]

Are you Si Gujian's younger brother?

You ran out of poison smoke bombs.

You ran out of crossbow bolts.

You ran out of silver needles, which you hid in your hair.

Now, you only have a dagger.

What else do you wish to do?

The Imperial Guards will arrive soon.

I have more than enough time.

Fan Xian,

what's with the disruption in your qi flow?

How is it?

Your Majesty,

we're in trouble.

He was only stabbed once, no?

The dagger was coated with poison.

Give him the antidote, then.

We still don't know what kind of poison it is.

I went to Fan's Residence before this.

Back then, I already found out that his internal energy was in disarray.

His pulses and meridians were flowing in reverse.

I've checked many medical textbooks

when I returned to the Imperial Academy of Medicine.

Only then was I able to confirm

that Mr. Fan's qi flow was no longer under his control,

causing his internal energy to flow in reverse.

After that battle,

Mr. Fan lost control of his qi flow.

He suffered external injuries and was poisoned as well.

Each of the conditions alone is grievous enough.

Moreover, he had all of the conditions.

Are you sure he has lost all of his qi flow?

I'm sure of it.

What will happen, then?

There's one solution.

We can find someone

who possesses the same qi flow as him.

We can make him expand his qi flow

to reconstruct Mr. Fan's meridians.

Although this might damage the individual's qi flow,

he can save Mr. Fan's life.

A person who possesses the same qi flow as him?

That's right.

I don't think there's another person

in the world who has the same qi flow as him.

It'll be difficult, then.

If so, you can join him in the afterlife.

Your Majesty!

Find Ruoruo.

It depends on your fate now.

This is Fan Ruoruo, daughter of the Fan family.

May we speak in private?

Miss Ruoruo, do you practice medicine?

My brother taught me about it before.

If so, do you know how to neutralize poison?

I don't.

What about restoring reversed qi flow?

I don't know.

How can you save him, then?

I cannot save him.

The only person who can save him is himself.

The only thing I can do is to help him regain consciousness.

If so, miss, what do you plan to do?

Xian once told me

that there's an acupoint that stimulates the mind and clears consciousness.

If so, how many patients have you treated with this method before?

None.

This is too risky!

Can he regain consciousness

without acupuncture?

It's difficult.

If so, there's no need to hesitate.

Scatter.

Scatter!

Hurry!

How is it?

He's not an outsider. Feel free to speak.

Fan Xian has regained consciousness.

He spoke just now.

He said

he wanted Leng of the Third Division to enter the palace.

Okay.

The white-clad assassin who hurt Fan Xian has vanished.

But we can confirm that he's still in the Capital.

Continue your investigation.

That individual

is Si Gujian's younger brother.

His Majesty's judgment is never wrong.

His skills are beyond that of a ninth-grade master.

He's hiding in the Capital,

yet the Imperial Inspectorate has no idea where he is.

There's more to it than meets the eye.

I need to find an answer to this.

He's very familiar

with the Imperial Guards' deployment.

What do you think that means?

There's a mole.

I investigated his profile.

What's the result?

It was blank.

That doesn't make sense.

Figures like him

will always have some written records left behind.

So?

So I suspect that his spy

is working for the Imperial Inspectorate.

Documents related to Si Gujian

can only be retrieved by me

and the division supervisors.

Maybe his spy

is one of the division supervisors.

Mr. Chen,

I wish to launch a secret investigation.

Why are you skipping me?

Anyone else might try to betray the state

except for you, Mr. Chen.

But why?

Mr. Chen, it's because

you hold justice in your heart.

Continue your investigation.

Yes, Mr. Chen.

I'm here!

I'm here!

Xian?

Leng, did you not take any poison today?

Luckily, I didn't take any poison today.

If not, I wouldn't be able to come.

Xian, do you know the kind of poison you were struck with?

I do.

Good. That means it can be neutralized.

The dagger was coated with

saltpeter poison.

That's commonly used by Dongyi City.

The assassin was Si Gujian's younger brother.

His identity doesn't matter. I'll neutralize your poison first.

Although Dongyi City

uses rare poison,

the Third Division can deal with it.

Why don't we test it first?

I trust Leng.

That's for internal use. I'll make medicine for external use now.

I have to grind it here.

His poison isn't neutralized.

[Leng, Interim Division Supervisor]

[of Third Division] How could that be?

Seems like

the poison has entered my lungs.

Entered your lungs?

How can we treat it, then?

Actually, I'll be fine with surgery.

What's surgery?

A method where you cut open the wound

and clean the lungs.

No one neutralizes poison like that.

Won't you die if someone cut open your wound?

I'll die anyway

if we do nothing about it.

I've never heard of this before.

Who can do it?

We need someone

who has stable hands.

I'll do it.

My hands are the most stable among them.

The scene will be

quite bloody later.

Wan'er,

why don't you head outside first?

I'll keep you company.

How confident are you?

My goodness.

Even you have no confidence in it?

I'll die for sure

if we don't give it a try.

We have to give it a try.

Do it.

Wait.

Before that,

there are several things

you need to prepare.

Tell us.

Slowly.

You need a surgical bed.

A surgical shadowless lamp.

What?

Comprehensive disinfection.

Can you all be nicer to me?

She's going to split open my chest.

At least

you all should clean up the area.

Okay.

In this world, germ exists.

What's a germ?

Germs cannot be seen with the naked eye.

What germs?

Cut the crap.

Just follow his instructions.

Okay.

Lie down.

Xian,

I've wiped the area with detoxifying powder

and fumed the area with soul-avoiding incense.

I've cleaned up the area as per your instruction.

I think the germs are gone now.

The medicine is ready.

Nux vomica won't do.

I'll fall asleep.

How can she split open your chest if you're not asleep?

I can't afford to be asleep.

I have to direct

the surgery.

Can't you do it yourself?

But I've only done it on fruits before.

Leng,

we should use chloroform.

All right.

No one dared use it in this manner

since ancient times.

We'll set a precedent today.

You have to help Ruoruo wipe away her sweat.

She's the main surgeon here.

Xian.

Let's begin.

It's fine.

Let's begin.

Xian.

Don't be nervous.

- Be careful. - Xian!

Are... Are you okay?

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Why aren't you doing it?

Draw... Draw a line.

Your hands are quite stable.

But I've only done it on fruits before.

It's fine. That's more than enough.

Don't be scared.

I'm not scared.

I just don't know how thick the human skin and flesh is.

I don't know how to make the first cut.

I should've gotten you a pig before this.

What should we do now?

Xian.

Continue.

Bring it back.

If he's sleepy,

let him sleep.

Fan Xian saved his life.

How could he just go to sleep?

I'm not sleepy.

Mother,

is Cousin Xian okay?

Wait...

What's with all the blood?

Good people are blessed by the heavens.

Master, have some tea.

I'm not thirsty.

Listen to your own voice.

It's hot.

It's fine.

Master,

if you're worried, you should visit him in the palace.

I can't do so.

But he's your son.

He's in the palace.

I cannot enter the palace without any permission.

Not even to visit your son?

That's precisely why

I can't do it.

There are plenty of imperial physicians there.

Why must they ask Ruoruo to treat him?

Everything will be fine.

I'm sure everything will be fine.

It's hot!

What's wrong?

According to His Majesty's oral edict,

Fan Xian is injured. He is not to be disturbed.

Your Highness and the rest, please return to your residence.

Please come again next time.

How's his condition?

His chest has been split open.

If so, Fan Xian is...

Mr. Fan is

enjoying himself.

Enjoying himself?

His chest was split open.

What is he enjoying?

What is he laughing at?

The chloroform we used

is a hallucinogenic drug.

I think he's hallucinating now.

Xian, your wound is bleeding.

Neutralize the poison.

Stop the bleeding.

After that, stitch up my wound using the skills I taught you.

Don't be nervous.

I trust you.

Okay.

Stitch it up?

With what?

A needle.

What kind of thread will you use, then?

Cotton and linen thread?

Mulberry bark thread.

Mulberry bark thread?

How do you make that?

By using the mulberry root with its bark removed.

A thread is made from the internal bindings of the roots.

In the end, it'll form a thread.

Just like this.

How exactly is that done?

Let Ruoruo focus on the treatment for now.

She can tell you everything you want to know after this.

You're right. I was negligent.

Please focus on saving him.

Wan'er.

What's wrong?

Do you feel sick?

You looked better

in the past.

Library.

Ice cream.

Class is over!

Buddies, mark my attendance

for me later. I'll take a nap.

This is...

Your Majesty, Mr. Chen requests an audience.

The class teacher is here.

Your Majesty?

What are you doing here?

What does that mean?

YYDS. [*What an outstanding man]

Your Majesty,

we've identified the three assassins.

Fan Xian is having his chest split open

in Guangxin Palace now.

If this medical skill can be passed down,

it would be a great blessing for the state.

It's strange.

Fan Xian wouldn't have the chance to show his talent

if his condition wasn't this serious.

He takes after his mother.

Do you think Fan Xian

excels at any other fields?

Your Majesty, he would dedicate all of his talents to you.

Is that so?

He's willing to sacrifice his life to save you, Your Majesty.

What's more important than one's life?

You do have a point.

Come inside.

Talk to us.

His condition has stabilized.

I did it correctly.

Miss Fan,

your medical skills can even ward off death.

Forgive my boldness,

but Miss Fan, please impart this medical skill to us

for the sake of the people.

I'll ask Xian about it

once he wakes up.

I'll wake him up right now.

He's seriously wounded. This is inappropriate of you.

I'm ashamed.

I'm so muddle-headed.

I was only thinking of inheriting the medical skill.

Enough already. Keep all these things away.

All right.

Let Xian rest.

Here.

- Mr. Fan should rest well. - Just go.

I'll deliver the medicine here tomorrow.

Why are you so studious?

Your lips...

I was too nervous. I bit my own lips.

Me too.

The surgery is already over.

But the sense of fear only struck me by now.

Master,

we received urgent news from the palace.

Fan Xian's condition has been stabilized.

His life is out of danger now.

I expected this to happen.

You were the only one panicking.

I told you already.

We must be steady

no matter what we do.

This is great.

The toughest ordeal

is over.

Master,

I think I should head to the palace.

Someone has to take care of him.

Both Ruoruo and Wan'er are already there.

I think I can go as well.

No!

Why not?

Fan Xian bowed to me when he got married.

That means I'm his mother now!

Wan'er and Ruoruo are resting in the side chamber.

It was tough

persuading them

not to look after you.

You came at the right timing.

I just regained consciousness.

The Third Division

told me

about the effect of the chloroform.

I came here after calculating how long it would last.

How do you feel now?

It hurts.

Anything else?

I lost my qi flow.

Your pulses and meridians are messy.

And, your qi flow has dissipated.

Luckily,

you survived.

Can I recover it?

Maybe with Ku He's unique technique,

One Heaven.

Rumor has it

that it could help recover one's foundation.

Does he impart it to outsiders?

Never.

I guess I can dream about it, then.

We've identified the assassins in Hanging Temple.

His Majesty said

he wanted you to hear about it immediately.

I'm all ears.

Firstly,

that guard,

he's from Hu, a foreign state.

He doesn't look like it.

He has the blood of Qing as well.

That's why you can't tell from his appearance alone.

How did he become a palace guard?

Back then, the Qing State engaged the Hu people in battle.

We had the upper hand.

The Hu people sent a team to the Capital

to surrender and seek peace.

They failed.

The Qing State won gloriously

while the Hu people were exiled.

He remained in the Capital since then.

As times changed,

he became a palace guard for some reason.

Who handled the procedure when he was introduced to the palace?

The person in charge was dead. This was an unsolved case.

Why didn't he strike all these years?

He had no chance.

There were too many guards.

He only had a slim chance of approaching His Majesty.

This was just a coincidence.

What about that eunuch?

He's closely related to you.

I don't know him.

Back then, your mother's passing

triggered a massacre in the Capital.

All those who were involved were slain by the Black Cavalries.

This eunuch

was the descendant of Duke Wang.

He was rescued by their servants.

He returned to the Capital after coming of age.

He joined the palace and became an eunuch.

To seek revenge?

Vengeance

is the most resilient force.

It grows in one's heart.

It gets stronger over time.

In the end, it'll end up

being the only goal

of one's life.

Why does it sound like

you resonated with that fact?

I was just analyzing

the thoughts of the assassins.

How did he hide the dagger, then?

He was responsible for cleaning the Hanging Temple three years ago.

He hid the dagger there back then.

He was only able to utilize it during his encounter with you.

What about the white-clad assassin?

His Majesty has a unique insight.

That person is Si Gujian's younger brother.

Was Si Gujian behind it this time?

This time, it wasn't Si Gujian.

Si Gujian slew his entire tribe.

He spared no one but his younger brother.

The only person who wants to kill Si Gujian

is his younger brother.

Do the three of them know each other?

They don't.

They're not connected.

What's with their chemistry, then?

It was a coincidence. There was no discussion or premeditation.

All three of them didn't know each other.

They tried to assassinate the target in turns.

By starting together,

it ended up being a dangerous situation.

This encounter is arranged by a deity.

There's no way to predict it,

and there's no way to replicate it.

A deity, huh?

Such coincidences

and encounters

cannot be arranged by mere mortals.

Mere mortals might not be able to do it,

but you can.

You mustn't say things like that.

I'm not that capable.

Even if I'm capable of that...

Shadow was the one who stabbed me.

I saw Shadow's attack before.

It was hard to tell

when he was using a sword.

But after he cast his sword away,

he gave himself away.

Arranged by a deity?

Does this deity

use a wheelchair?

Stop staring. I just regained consciousness.

I can't hide anyone here.

There are only the two of us.

You were too reckless.

Your qi flow has dissipated,

and you haven't recovered from your injury.

What if I was the one who set it up?

What would you do?

Was it you?

I only dispatched Shadow.

The other two

were pure coincidences.

You wished to kill me?

Not me.

Shadow always wanted to spar with Wuzhu.

But he had no chance.

As you're his only disciple, he'll take it as a close second.

That stab was an accident.

You suddenly lost your qi flow.

He couldn't stop himself in time.

So it was just an accident, right?

It's definitely an accident.

If so, were you trying to assassinate the ruler?

His Majesty has great trust in me.

I have no reason to assassinate him.

That depends on you entirely.

What's the most important thing about being a subject?

Loyalty.

It's to share His Majesty's burden.

Let me reorganize my thoughts.

You trying to assassinate His Majesty

is actually an attempt to share his burden with him?

Does that mean His Majesty is tired of living?

Do you still remember the fire that occurred?

Hurry! Put out the fire!

Hurry!

Quickly!

We were able to locate

all three of the assassins.

The fire source was the only thing

that the Imperial Inspectorate couldn't identify

even after dispatching everyone we had.

More interestingly, after the report was submitted to His Majesty,

he never questioned it.

He glossed it over.

Did His Majesty set the fire?

His Majesty never makes a pointless move.

That fire wasn't enough.

That's why you were stabbed by Shadow.

What do you mean by that?

Setting fire and assassinating the ruler?

What result did he want to get?

The assassination in Hanging Temple

shocked the imperial court.

Someone has to be responsible

for this incident.

This is the result.

Gong Dian,

Commander of the Imperial Guards,

failed to protect the ruler.

He's to be executed.

Your Majesty, please take care!

I shall

take my leave!

Was he trying to kill Gong Dian?

He was kicked out of the Capital

and banished to Dingzhou.

He was to join the border army.

I don't understand.

Did he cause all of that commotion

just to target Gong Dian?

He's Ye Zhong's junior.

Ye Zhong

submitted eight memorials to the throne in a row.

He suffered the same fate as Gong Dian.

He was banished to Dingzhou last night.

He was to join the border army as well.

The Ye family is done for.

Is that His Majesty's goal?

Wait.

Ye Liuyun is a member of the Ye family too.

Why would His Majesty want to offend a grandmaster?

Only His Majesty understands his own intentions.

Last question.

Shadow is Si Gujian's younger brother.

Does His Majesty know about that?

No, he doesn't.

He has issued an edict to arrest him.

What's the difference between this and assassinating the ruler?

For His Majesty's sake,

I don't mind shocking His Majesty.

That doesn't sound like what a loyal subject will say.

The result is the most important.

What if he did stab His Majesty?

His Majesty won't die from it.

No one knows the trump cards His Majesty hides under his sleeves.

Should I tell His Majesty

about Shadow's true identity?

You may choose not to tell him.

If so, you shouldn't have admitted to it.

Just now,

you asked me if Shadow was the assassin.

You should've kept that question to yourself.

You shouldn't have asked me that.

You're right.

If you were the mastermind,

I would've been dead the moment I asked you that question.

If so, why did you ask me that question?

I wouldn't have asked it

if it was someone else.

I wouldn't answered it if it was someone else.

That's the truth behind the assassination

in Hanging Temple.

Rest well.

[Guangxin Palace]

What has Chen Pingping told you?

Your Majesty,

he told me about

the backgrounds of the three assassins.

Anything else?

He also said that you might be the one

who set the place on fire, Your Majesty.

♪The youth raises his head♪

♪As he moves toward his moon♪

♪People tease him for being delusional♪

♪Wondering why he is so unconventional♪

♪Wearing a white robe when crossing a muddy pond♪

♪How could it remain unstained?♪

♪If silver tael has a value♪

♪Who can truly be carefree?♪

♪All of you are right♪

♪He said: "Please"♪

♪"Make way"♪

♪"Let me drink until I drop"♪

♪On the court♪

♪I recite several verses♪

♪Let me wear a white robe♪

♪And cross the alley filled with insanity♪

♪To scoop up the moon's reflection in the muddy pond♪

♪Sirs, please forgive me♪

♪Your words of advice♪

♪I understand, but I don't want to pretend♪

♪People search for the golden land♪

♪While I search for the moon♪

♪Why should we travel together?♪

♪Thank you♪

♪Excuse me♪

♪You are you♪

♪I am me♪

♪Thank you♪

♪Excuse me♪

♪You are you♪

♪I am me♪

♪Wearing a white robe when crossing a muddy pond♪

♪Remarkably worldly-wise yet hopelessly romantic♪

♪Know what you love♪

♪Don't change♪

♪If one has witnessed both light and shadow♪

♪Yet retains their innocence♪

♪They shall be cloaked in moonlight♪

♪As they journey through the night♪