Episode 6: There is another hidden reason behind Fan Sizhe's money-making

Ye Ling'er stops Fan Ruoru to talk to Lin Wan'er. Fan Ruoru is anxious but keeps a poker face. She refuses to go out with Fan Xian on the grounds that he is indisposed. At this time, Lin Wan'er also comes out to invite Fan Xian to get off the car. Fortunately, Fan Sizhe has a brainstorm and lies that he just had a drink with a singing girl who is not comfortable in the car. Ye Ling'er is angry with Fan Sizhe's bad behavior, and Lin Wan'er is so angry that she vomits blood. Ye Ling'er worries about Lin Wan'er's health and takes her away first.

Fan Xian didn't know anything about this place. He took Bingtanghulu with him and walked into the examination house leisurely. Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the examination hall, the people inside came and went, but no one paid attention to Fan Xian. He had to take out his waist tag and shout loudly to attract several envoys. After some inspection, one of the envoys took him to search for the file. It's not that enemies don't gather. Along the way, the two of them unexpectedly met Wang Qinian, who was also a clerk in the Judicial Yuan.

Upon learning that he was the inspector of the Inspection Institute, Wang Qinian suddenly knelt down and tearfully recounted his tragic experience, explaining that his previous actions were all for the sake of his seriously ill wife and daughter. Fan Xian was skeptical when he saw him in tears, but a guard suddenly came in and said that he had just met his wife and asked him to remember to buy some vegetables for dinner. Wang Qinian didn't expect the lie to be easily exposed, so he looked awkwardly at Fan Xian, who seemed at a loss.

Fan Xian was also at a loss as to what to do. He saw that Wang Qinian loved to accumulate wealth, and he was somewhat like Fan Sichao in terms of interests. He didn't plan to pursue him, but he told him not to do the business of "Red Chamber" anymore and asked him to help him find the scroll that Teng Zijing wanted. Wang Qinian promised to send the questionnaire to Fan's house the next day, and also told him that the person who had previously forged the order was dead, and that person's name was Xu Yunzhang. After finishing the business, Fan Xian went to see the stone tablet left by his mother, which recorded Ye Qingmei's beautiful wishes for the world. She hoped that one day everyone would be equal, there would be no oppression of power, and people would live with dignity. Fan Xian understood the reason for Ye Qingmei's death when he saw her words left behind, but he didn't want to inherit her will. He didn't want to inherit her legacy, and he didn't want to fight against the world with one person's strength. Instead, he wanted to be an ordinary person.

Gonggong Hou told Emperor Qing about Fan Xian's request to retrieve the files from the Inspection Institute. Emperor Qing knew that Teng Zijing was not dead, and he didn't care about this deception. Instead, he was more concerned about how many fish Fan Xian could catch with this bait. When Lin Xiang learned that Fan Xian had beaten Guo Baokun's servant on the street, he took the opportunity to come to Emperor Qing to break Lin Wan'er's engagement. Emperor Qing knew his intention and deliberately let Gonggong Hou burn the stove in the palace. Lin Xiang tactfully expressed that Wan'er's engagement was decided by Emperor Qing, and he believed that Emperor Qing would not make a wrong decision. After saying that, he left. On the other hand, the Crown Prince told Guo Baokun that this poetry gathering was a good opportunity to frame Fan Xian. Fan Xian was born in remote Danzhou and had no one to teach him since childhood, so he would inevitably fail to write good poems. As long as he made his reputation bad, Lin Xiang would not agree to this marriage.

After returning to the mansion, Fan Xian saw Ruoru waiting for him inside the house. He told Ruoru that he agreed to attend the poetry party because he wanted to find someone he liked. Ruoru heard about the romantic story between him and the chicken leg girl and made up her mind to help her brother find the right person. Fan Xian also imagined that if the chicken leg girl was Lin Wan'er, it would be great. However, Ruoru felt that it was impossible because Lin Wan'er had been sick since childhood and was forbidden to eat meat. Fan Xian also felt that this possibility was very small. Seeing Ruoru's envy for him, he vowed to help her marry the person he liked in the future.

After a long chat, Ruoru remembered the main business. She told Fan Xian that Fan Si Cai was detained by his father as soon as he returned home, and Fan Sicha was also punished to kneel at the door of the study. Because Fan Daren suspected that Fan Sicha colluded with the prince to set a trap to frame Fan Xian. Fan Xian immediately went to the study to find his father. He thought that Fan Sicha was not such a deep-minded person, but Fan Jian was too harsh on him and had prejudice in his heart. Fan Jian admitted that it was because Fan Sicha failed in both literary and martial arts, and he disappointed him repeatedly.

Fan Xian said that Fan Sichao had no bad habits, and that his love for money was actually due to his admiration for his father. When they were in the restaurant, Fan Sichao heard Guo Baokun insulting Fan's father and immediately rushed forward to fight with him, showing that he had great respect for his father and that his father should not be so unfair to him. This was all overheard by the second lady who was eavesdropping at the door of the study. She didn't expect Fan Xian to speak up for Fan Sichao.

Fan Jian was quite touched when he heard this. He went out and asked Fan Si to stand up. Fan Si had already been punished by his father and had no complaints in his heart. Fan Jian saw this and offered to grant Fan Si a request. Fan Si was very surprised when he heard this. The second wife was very pleased, but who knew that this unfortunate child actually wanted to play cards with his father. It was both annoying and funny.

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Joy of Life or Qing Yu Nian (庆余年), is a Chinese web novel written by Mao Ni (猫腻). The novel was originally published by China Literature Limited's Qidian platform.

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