Joy of Life (庆余年)

What do you mean?

Lord Fan,

do you wish to investigate the Moon Embracing Pavilion?

Who did you hear that from? - I didn't tell her that.

Lord Fan, I don't think that you came back from the dead

and came to find me in such a place

because you fell for me.

I'm just an ordinary girl.

Everything around me is ordinary

except for Moon Embracing Pavilion.

What's not ordinary about Moon Embracing Pavilion, then?

Although Moon Embracing Pavilion just opened not long ago,

they've managed to recruit the best courtesans in the capital.

All of them are famous courtesans.

Each of the brothels had backers.

Even so, none of them dared to refuse their recruitment.

That's not ordinary.

Miss Sang, may I ask you for a favor?

Lord Fan, I wish to ask you for a favor as well.

That's negotiable.

If so, Lord Fan, you should keep the banknotes first.

Only then will I be able to bring up my request.

What kind of favor do you need?

Lord Fan, you should ask me first.

I won't bring up my request

if I can't help you out myself.

Miss Sang, you do have a great sense of self-awareness.

With an identity like mine,

I'll be beyond redemption

if I don't have any self-awareness.

Who's the owner of Moon Embracing Pavilion?

I don't know. I've never seen the owner

ever since I joined Moon Embracing Pavilion.

Let me ask you another question, then.

Have you seen a pair of mother and son in Moon Embracing Pavilion?

The child is around six to seven years old.

I have not.

Lord Fan, I assume the people you're looking for

didn't join Moon Embracing Pavilion of their own accords.

No. They were abducted to this place.

We've never seen anyone

whom they've abducted here.

If there's a pair of mother and son here,

I assume they would be locked up in the same place as the rest.

Where is it, then?

No one ever told us that before.

We don't even know

who's their latest victim.

A few days ago, one of the girls was harshly beaten.

She ran to the front yard and bumped into me.

If the pair of mother and son were abducted to this place,

I think she might've seen them before.

What's her name?

I don't know.

I think her surname is Jin. That's all I know.

Her father sells vegetables for a living.

Miss Sang Wen,

time to go.

Got it.

I'll be there after changing my outfit.

Wait.

You haven't told me about your request.

Was my info useful?

Very.

I wish to leave Moon Embracing Pavilion.

It's dangerous for you to follow me now.

However, it's not that I can't bring you with me.

But not now.

I can never escape from this identity

as long as my indenture is still here.

If so, I'll buy out your indenture.

Lord Fan, I dare not ask you to waste your money.

I have enough to buy out my indenture.

I just wish for a chance at redemption.

You can't buy it out even though you have the money?

I was forced to sign the indenture through violent means.

They're forcing ladies to become courtesans now?

The owner of Moon Embracing Pavilion is quite influential, huh?

Don't tell people that you've seen me.

Wait for me to rescue you.

I'm in no rush.

Lord Fan, we can talk about it once you've been revived.

Your Highness,

the name list of all individuals

who attended the memorial service

is here.

Fan Xian never showed himself.

Were there any movements in Wang Qi Nian's residence?

Not really.

I've also planted our men

at all corners.

We only saw his wife and daughter.

He was nowhere to be seen.

Could it be

that Fan Xian hasn't reached the capital yet?

Should we wait a little longer? - We have no time.

Lord Fan's death is known to all now.

If he returns to the convoy now, it'll be difficult to catch him.

But he's not showing himself.

Wu Jiu,

do you know

what's the most touching moment in the world?

To pass the imperial examination.

It's reuniting with one's family.

Do you know what's the prerequisite?

You have to have a family first.

You have to be separated first

before you can be reunited.

Wu Jiu, invite Wang Qi Nian's wife and daughter here.

I wish to witness their touching reunion.

Yes, Your Highness.

I'm waiting for that touching moment.

Lord Fan, I've already inquired about it.

This is the street.

Later, Moon Embracing Pavilion's purchasing caravan

will pass by this road.

Remember,

there are two vegetable baskets on the last cart.

They aren't packed with vegetables.

You can hide in it.

Are you sure about that? - Yes.

They're here.

Lord Fan,

do you have any spare changes?

Look at all the silver taels!

It's mine!

There are silver taels over there!

Go away! Don't steal my money!

This is mine!

To the west of the old fort,

as the story goes,

at Chibi, Zhou Yu of the Three Kingdoms

summoned stones to pierce the sky,

waves to crash against the shore,

and snow drifts.

Excellent!

Get inside.

Hurry up.

Mind my goods.

Go inside. Over there.

Go inside. Be careful.

Liu,

inspect all these carts thoroughly later.

Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Captain, take care.

I met you before.

I don't know who you are.

You were on the stage before this, no?

Everyone, please give me another chance!

Please give me another chance!

Please give me another chance!

Please give me another chance!

Do you wish to go inside that badly?

It's more important than my life.

You're not young.

You should mind your health.

It doesn't matter.

I'm fine with anything that happens to me

as long as I can see my daughter.

Your daughter is in Moon Embracing Pavilion?

But why?

Because of 500 taels.

Did you sell your daughter away?

I would never do that no matter how much of a scum I am.

My daughter did it to pay for the vegetable money.

She sold herself away.

Vegetable money? How on earth could someone spend 500 taels on vegetables?

It's the debt I incurred from selling vegetables.

Eunuch Dai, who's in charge of purchasing vegetables, buys from me.

Wait.

Are you a vegetable seller?

Is your surname Jin? - How did you know?

Leave it over here. - Hurry.

Mind the goods.

I'll get a chicken.

As you were saying, you delivered vegetables to the palace, right?

That's great. You'll have business no matter the season.

However, Eunuch Dai charges us extra as a sign of respect.

We have to pay him on every festive occasion.

On his last birthday,

I had no money.

Eunuch Dai held a grudge against me.

After that, he kept complaining that my vegetables weren't fresh.

If so, wouldn't it be fine if you just stopped selling them to him?

If only that was the case.

If they're not fresh, he'll penalize you.

He'll say that you're disrespecting the imperial family.

He penalized me every day. I had to owe him money.

In the end, my debt became 500 taels.

That's why my daughter did such a silly thing.

If so, can't you just stop delivering vegetables to the palace?

If you stop, that means you're deceiving His Majesty.

You'll still be executed for that.

So, no one dares to file a complaint against Eunuch Dai?

I'm just a vegetable seller.

How can I file a complaint against him?

By using the law.

Eunuch Dai is the law.

When my daughter sold herself away,

I didn't even get the banknotes.