Joy of Life (庆余年)

Didn't he want to promote clean governance

and prohibit bribery?

But he still accepted it in the end.

Can you say that here?

Shut up.

They are cleaning the streets!

They are cleaning the streets! - Let's go.

Hurry!

Your Highness.

Fan Xian is accepting a bribe in public.

Indeed.

Isn't he willingly let you hold power over him?

If Your Highness uses this opportunity to make a complaint,

he might be chased away.

Ignore it.

Are you not going to complain?

He took money from the Vegetable Inspection Office.

Why did he call me as well?

Your Highness, are you saying

that he did it purposely?

Has he surrendered

and wants to swear loyalty to you?

That's true for other people.

But since this is Fan Xian,

I really don't know

what he is trying to do.

Not knowing

is where the fun is.

Your Majesty, a few censors from the Censorate

made a joint complaint about Lord Fan, Fan Xian.

On what crimes? - They are complaining Lord Fan of fraud,

taking bribes,

and being arrogant.

Give this to the Ministry of Construction.

Wait.

Give this booklet to Fan Xian.

Do you need Lord Fan's reply?

No.

Show it to him.

Yes, Your Majesty.

A complaint?

"Domineering

and arrogant."

I'm really a jerk.

I've read it. You've worked hard, Eunuch Hou.

Not at all. It's what I should do.

I'll be going back first.

Come here. Send Eunuch Hou off.

Lord Fan,

forgive me for asking one more thing.

How do you plan to deal with this?

Did His Majesty ask you to ask me that? - No.

I'm just curious.

Normally, how should I deal with it?

The officials and censors have made complaints.

This is serious.

No matter what, you need to

write a booklet to defend yourself, Lord Fan.

Later, you'll need to wait for His Majesty's judgment.

What if I don't reply to it?

That's not right.

The Censorate has made a complaint.

If you don't reply,

it's as if you are slapping the censors' mouths.

Not giving a reply is to slap their mouths?

I don't think that's enough.

Lord Fan,

I misspoke.

You mustn't act recklessly.

Did you hear?

Fan Xian did not submit his defense booklet

against our complaint.

How absurd!

He is so arrogant

and disregards the law of the Qing Kingdom.

He ignores the complaint.

He is so daring.

Indeed.

Also...

Who are you?

I am Wang Qi Nian.

I'm here on the order of Fan Xian, the Overwatch Council's Chief Inspector,

to send deliver a scroll

to the Censorate.

What scroll? - For whom?

Those who complain about Lord Fan

can take a look.

Wait.

Read it after I leave.

Who is he?

Fan Xian sent him here? - Let's read it.

Fan Xian? - Quick. Open it.

What did he write?

What is this?

Open it.

This...

This is...

The censors of the Censorate made a complaint about Fan Xian?

Exactly.

They are complaining about the 3,000 taels of silver

paid by the Vegetable Inspection Office's Eunuch Dai.

Who led them to do it?

I think they did it themselves.

Fan Xian accepted the money.

It's reasonable for the censors to receive news.

3,000 taels of silver.

It's not something serious.

If Fan Xian submits a self-defense booklet,

the Censorate will let him off.

Fan Xian didn't defend himself.

He sent Wang Qi Nian to the Censorate

to send a scroll to the censors who complain about him.

What did he write?

"All bark and no bite."

Isn't he scolding us?

How dare he say that? - He's too daring.

He is obviously disregarding us.

Ridiculous!

How presumptuous.

He's arrogant.

He's too presumptuous! - How arrogant!

Complain about him! - Yes, complain about him!

We must complain about him! - Yes! Of course!

Complain! We must make a complaint!

He's calling them dogs.

That's totally trying to offend them.

He's too young and acts recklessly.

He has completely offended the Censorate now.

I don't think this will be over soon.

Your Highness,

why don't we make a complaint as well?

Why are we meddling in this?

It's a good chance to add insult to injury.

We still don't know if it's an injury yet.

We won't join in

and only watch the play unfold.

Are all the censors complaining?

Yes. There were only a few initially

but the Censorate shared the same hatred.

All of them are complaining about Fan Xian and you.

What does it have to do with me?

After all, you were the one who gave the 3,000 taels of silver.

3,000 taels of silver means nothing in the capital.

It's a small matter.

You even called them dogs.

I didn't do that.

From the Censorate's point of view,

Fan Xian and you are on the same side.

I only met him once.

How am I on his side?

They say

there was only one known meeting

but there might be many meetings

that were unreported.

The Censorate said

they already suspected you of colluding with Fan Xian.

They even assumed that he had become your godfather.

Nonsense!

How old am I?

How did he become a godfather?

Eunuch Dai, age is not an issue now.

I...

I'm telling you...

Fan Xian is crazy!

The stubborn people at the Censorate are not afraid of death

but they are afraid of being humiliated.

However, he went and called them dogs.

He called them dogs.

Eunuch Hong,

what should I do now?

Eunuch Dai,

now that it has come to this,

it is none of your business.

How is it none of my business?

They are complaining about me!

What even is this?

You left so early.

You left earlier than me.

I was waiting for you.

Eat. You shouldn't starve in the morning.

The Vegetable Inspection Office issue is blowing up.

What do you want?

The clues of Prince Cheng Ze and Northern Qi's smuggling are gone.

But it's all right.

Someone reminded me

that I'm not facing an issue

but the people instead.

Don't worry. There's no one else here.

What does this have to do with the Vegetable Inspection Office?

Prince Cheng Ze smuggled to get more silver.

Unspent silver is nothing but useless metal.

Where do you think he can spend

the silver he made?

Raising an army in secret.

What else?

Bribing the officials and raising his own lineage.

You used the Vegetable Inspection Office

to investigate corruption.

I can investigate myself if it's within the capital

but Prince Cheng Ze