Joy of Life (庆余年)

Am I wrong to give my things to others?

I'm not the one who decides that.

The imperial court is investigating corruption

to rectify the officials' behavior and uphold the kingdom's law.

At a time like this,

I dare not accept any gifts.

Your Majesty,

can I explain this?

Your Majesty,

does the jewelry look familiar to you?

It is a reward from Your Majesty.

Your Majesty

always rewarded me handsomely for my mere contributions.

I'm very grateful.

I'm humbled as well.

You gave my gift to other people.

What is the meaning of that?

He's my junior.

I can't give him anything else.

What about Chen Manor?

I'm living in Chen Manor temporarily.

Is the house's deed not under your name? - No.

Your Majesty. This is a common trick.

They don't put the deeds in their name

and say the place is rented.

However, it's hard to say if you investigate it.

President Chen, can you explain

whom you borrowed Chen Manor from?

It's the property of the royal family.

His Majesty

granted me temporary residence at the place.

I have some savings as well.

The source of my fortune

can all be traced.

Fan Xian, are you satisfied?

I'm satisfied. That's all for my complaint.

Lai Ming Cheng. - Your Majesty.

What are you complaining about Fan Jian and his son?

Your Majesty.

The Fan family is involved in the Moon Embracing Pavilion case.

As an official,

establishing a brothel is not right.

The Fan family is unable to discipline their child.

It ruins the officials' reputation.

Fan Jian and his son should take responsibility.

I think someone died as well.

Your Majesty, Prince Cheng Ze is involved in the murder.

I want to talk about the cases one by one.

Fan Jian.

Yes. - What do you want to say?

Your Majesty,

my second son, Fan Si Zhe, is naive and rude.

He was tricked

and is indeed the owner of Moon Embracing Pavilion.

I failed to educate my son well. I have nothing to say about that.

Thankfully, my son stopped in time and regretted his actions.

He has already sealed Moon Embracing Pavilion.

I've also punished him according to the family law

and chased him out of the capital

to a desolate place

to cultivate his body and mind.

The law of the kingdom comes first

before the family's rules.

My son, Fan Si Zhe, is not an official.

Although opening a brothel is inappropriate,

it's not against the law.

In that case,

do you think all the officials

have no family

and relatives?

If everyone can do as they wish

and abuse their position,

the imperial court of the Qing Kingdom will be ashamed.

Your Majesty.

As the father and elder brother respectively,

Fan Jian and Fan Xian

should both take responsibility!

How should they take responsibility?

Demote them as a strict punishment.

Chancellor Lin.

Your Majesty.

What do you think? - I don't get it.

Isn't there a murder case at Moon Embracing Pavilion?

The case hasn't been solved yet.

Why are we talking about family rules now?

I agree.

After all, human lives are more important.

You are right.

Human lives are more important and there's no evidence.

We will talk about

the Fan family's matter at a later date.

Your Majesty.

I wanted to discuss matters in order

starting from the least serious.

We can talk about the murder case first.

Lord Fan,

what are you planning?

You are the chief inspector of the Overwatch Council

but you complain about your president.

I'm investigating corruption.

Lord Xin, I'll complain about you too if you are corrupt.

I'm just joking. Let's watch on.

Everyone knows.

The three murderers of Moon Embracing Pavilion

were captured by the Overwatch Council after the murder.

Later, Fan Wu Jiu

assassinated the murderer outside the Judicial Bureau.

According to our investigation, Fan Wu Jiu

was Prince Cheng Ze's retainer.

I, Lai Ming Cheng, am complaining about

Prince Cheng Ze under the suspicion of silencing the witnesses.

I was careless

and mistrusted a traitor.

However, I can't take responsibility for silencing the witnesses.

Fan Wu Jiu has admitted

that he did all the crimes himself.

I was deceived as well.

It was too late for me to regret my actions.

Censor Lai.

The law of the Qing Kingdom is about witnesses and evidence.

Exactly.

Your Majesty.

The Censorate was blessed by Your Majesty

to investigate corruption among the officials.

We have some clues now.

After a detailed investigation, we found 15 names

belonging to the capital's corrupt officials on the previous list.

Your Majesty, please take a look.

Your Majesty,

after Fan Xian returned from Northern Qi,

he mentioned

the smuggling of Prince Cheng Ze and Princess Yun Rui's

with Northern Qi.

If it was true,

where did the money go?

These 15 officials

possess a fortune from an unknown source.

Moreover, all of them are related to Prince Cheng Ze.

I have a question.

Did Prince Cheng Ze

use the money obtained from smuggling

to bribe the officials?

Ridiculous!

Your Majesty,

I request

a reinvestigation of the smuggling

between Prince Cheng Ze and Princess Yun Rui with Northern Qi.

No.

Your Majesty, please think twice.

There's no evidence in the smuggling case.

It's all an assumption.

The case ends here.

Your Majesty,

the evidence might be before our eyes.

Fan Wu Jiu is Prince Cheng Ze's retainer.

If we interrogate Fan Wu Jiu again,

we can find out the truth about the murder case

and also clues about the smuggling.

Your Majesty, please approve the request.

Investigate it!

He's right. We must investigate it! I fully support this decision!

I also support the interrogation of Fan Wu Jiu.

With Censor Lai here,

we will find the truth about the murder at Moon Embracing Pavilion

and prove my innocence.

Your Majesty.

I also have something on my mind

that I must say.

Say it.

Minister Fan said Moon Embracing Pavilion

has been closed down.

I'm worried indeed.

Moon Embracing Pavilion has dozens of courtesans and workers.

They are the people of the Qing Kingdom as well.

What will happen to their livelihood now that the place is closed?

Where do they go?

I think

the Moon Embracing Pavilion incident

is caused by the Fan family.

The Fan family should take responsibility for these people as well.

He's right!

I will deal with Moon Embracing Pavilion's aftermath.

May I ask if you're going to do the same business?

It won't be a brothel, naturally.

Great.

Li Cheng Ze.

Hear my edict.

You are grounded for half a year.

I... - To reflect on your mistakes.

Yes, Father.

Fan Jian. Fan Xian.

Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.

You will be fined half a year's wages

to serve as a warning to others.

Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.

Lai Ming Cheng.

Yes.

Censor Lai.

Are you satisfied now?

Your Majesty.