This post is for Joy Of Life Episode 8 Recap
- Fan Xian tells the Second Prince about his love story with chicken-leg girl. He doesn’t want to marry Wan Er and as a result won’t get control of nei ku.
Running into Chicken-Leg Girl
- Fan Xian runs into his chicken-leg girl. She offers him the chicken leg. Wan Er pretends she’s a servant in the household. Fan Xian pretends to be Guo Bao Kun’s book boy. Wan Er asks to see Fan Xian. Fan Xian shows her Teng Zi Jing, and pretends he is Fan Xian. Wan Er leaves without telling her name.
- Wang Qi Nian arrives to Fan Manor and delivers the paper to Fan Xian. Teng Zi Jing appears after and Fan Xian tells him to calm down before reading the paper. He finds out his entire family was massacred under Guo Bao Kun’s orders. He leaves angrily.
- Wan Er arrives to Fan Manor and sees Teng Zi Jing, thinking he is Fan Xian. He ignores her. Fan Xian asks for Ruo Ruo’s help to find Guo Bao Kun. She believes he’ll be at Zui Xian Ju (an up-scale brothel).
Zui Xian Ju & Lady Si Li Li
- Fan Xian asks for Jing Wang Shi Zi to bring him to Zui Xian Ju. The Second Prince tells Jing Wang Shi Zi to make it happen.
- Wan Er asks Ling Er to help her find Guo Bao Kun’s book boy.
- Fan Xian arrives to Zui Xian Ju. Jing Wang Shi Zi has given his poem to Si Li Li, one of the ladies. He gives Fan Xian a tour of Zui Xian Ju. Si Li Li docks her boat to see Fan Xian. She likes his poem and him.
- Fan Xian and Li Li head into the room together. He drugs her and takes off her outerwear before leaving the room. Jing Wang Shi Zi sees him leave.
- Si Li Li wakes and doesn’t understand why Fan Xian didn’t touch her. She tells her servants to keep a low profile to hide their identity.
Attack on Guo Bao Kun
- Teng Zi Jing follows Guo Bao Kun’s carriage. Fan Xian arrives to stop him. He doesn’t understand why Guo Bao Kun would take out Zi Jing’s entire family, as it’s out of character for him. He wants to find out the truth.
- Fan Xian puts a bag over Guo Bao Kun and beats him. He announces his own name while beating Guo Bao Kun. He asks why he killed Teng Zi Jing’s family. Guo Bao Kun doesn’t know anything and says he didn’t kill them. Fan Xian believes the paper they got was fake and decides to dig further.
Teng Zi Jing’s Family
- Wang Qi Nian follows Fan Xian and Teng Zi Jing. He tells them Teng Zi Jing’s family isn’t dead and lives just outside the capital. It was Wang Qi Nian who changed the paper, thinking Fan Xian was after Teng Zi Jing’s family.
- Wang Qi Nian shows them the home. He reunites with his wife and son.
- Fan Xian asks Wang Qi Nian why he saved Zi Jing’s family. He only wanted to help.
