Episode 11 recap: Li Cheng Ze framed Fan Si Zhe for a murder case.
Fan Xian sent people to send Fan Si Zhe to Northern Qi, then Li Cheng Ze sent people to bring Fan Si Zhe back from Northern Qi, and even had his henchmen kill Miss Jin on the street. Fan Xian realized that this was Li Cheng Ze deliberately framing Fan Si Zhe.Emperor Qing had long seen that Fan Xian's ultimate target of investigation was Li Cheng Ze, but he did not want to intervene directly. Chen Ping Ping and Fan Jian not only did not help resolve the conflict between them, but even fanned the flames. Chen Ping Ping felt that Li Cheng Ze had been misled by those treacherous officials, and someone should stand up to eliminate these villains, and that Fan Xian was the most suitable person for this task.
Angered, Emperor Qing left abruptly, leaving Fan Jian and Chen Ping Ping aside. Fan Jian thought that the one who had just incited the crowd for Lai Ming Cheng in the court was one of Li Cheng Qian's followers, while Chen Ping Ping guessed that these people were arranged by Lin Ruo Fu, deliberately letting Li Cheng Qian's followers take the lead to stir up the conflict between Li Cheng Ze and Li Cheng Qian, which surprised Fan Jian.
Li Cheng Ze could not swallow this grievance, so he came to Fan Xian to demand an explanation, admitting that the list of corrupt officials submitted by Chen Ping Ping were all from his own followers. He suspected that this list was provided by Fan Xian. Fan Xian evaded the issue. Li Cheng Ze took the initiative to reconcile with Fan Xian, but Fan Xian was not buying it. Later, Xie Bi'an came with people to support Li Cheng Ze, and Deng Zi Yue led his colleagues from the Jiancha Yuan to stand up for Fan Xian. Li Cheng Ze threatened to have Fan Si Zhe captured, which made Fan Xian furious.
Li Cheng Ze got angrier and angrier, and sent Xie Bi'an to the Baoyue Pavilion to stage a murder case, placing Fan Si Zhe in mortal danger, in order to let Fan Xian experience the pain of losing a loved one. Xie Bi'an received the order and went to prepare.
As a heavy rain poured down, after Yuan Meng left the Baoyue Pavilion, three henchmen rushed into the Baoyue Pavilion and dragged out the daughter of Lao Jin Tou, beating her to death on the street.
Lai Ming Cheng led the Censorate officials to work overtime investigating corrupt officials. Suddenly, they received a message that the courtesan at the Baoyue Pavilion had been beaten to death on the street, and the manager Yuan Meng had fled. Before leaving, Yuan Meng left a letter saying that the big boss of the Baoyue Pavilion was Fan Si Zhe. Lai Ming Cheng immediately submitted a memorial to impeach Fan Xian and Fan Si Zhe.
Hearing the news, Fan Xian rushed over. Seeing the tragic death of Miss Jin and the letter left by Yuan Meng, he gritted his teeth in anger, guessing that this was orchestrated by Li Cheng Ze behind the scenes. Fan Xian sent Deng Zi Yue to pursue Yuan Meng. The Crown Prince was closely related to Yuan Meng, and he was worried about being implicated, so he took the initiative to seek help from Fan Xian, begging him not to reveal the relationship between him and Yuan Meng, and swearing that he would wholeheartedly support Fan Ruo Ruo. But Fan Xian did not believe him at all and forcibly drove him away.
Emperor Qing heard about the Baoyue Pavilion Incident, and he sought the opinion of Li Cheng Qian. Li Cheng Qian suspected that someone had framed Fan Xian, and when Emperor Qing casually asked which of Li's subordinates had supported Lai Ming Cheng in the court, Li Cheng Qian was terrified and begged for forgiveness, claiming ignorance. Emperor Qing purposefully gave him a three-legged stool, reminding him to be more careful in the future, and instructed him to seek advice from the Empress.
Li Cheng Qian went to seek help from the Empress, who thoroughly inquired about Emperor Qing's words. The Empress scolded Li Cheng Qian for coming out in support of Fan Xian, saying he should have remained neutral and detached. The Empress guessed that Lin Ruo Fu had instigated Li Cheng Qian's subordinates to support Lai Ming Cheng in the court, and she believed that Emperor Qing had also figured this out, even if he did not explicitly state it.
Since the incident of the murdered courtesan at Baoyue Pavilion, Fan Xian and Fan Jian have been claiming poor health and refusing to attend court, leaving Lai Ming Cheng at a complete loss. Li Cheng Ze suspected that Fan Jian and Fan Xian were feigning illness, so he sent Xie Bi'an to summon the imperial physician to examine them.
At home, Fan Xian has been bored and has personally made various pastries, which Wang Qi Nian has greatly enjoyed and praised. Deng Zi Yue took the pastries back, wanting to savor them slowly, and Fan Xian realized that Deng Zi Yue still harbored some doubts, wanting to confirm if he was truly a powerful patron. Fan Xian assured Deng Zi Yue, explaining that they had Chen Ping Ping's backing, but Deng Zi Yue was still unable to fully let his guard down.
When the imperial physician, Li, came to the Fan manor to examine the patients, Fan Ruo Ruo quickly informed Fan Xian. Fan Xian believed that Fan Jian would not be exposed, so he let the opportune moment arrive and instructed Deng Zi Yue to spread the news. Liu Ru Yu deliberately greeted Li the physician loudly, informing Fan Jian in the room. Fan Jian quickly lay in bed pretending to be ill and took the poison Fan Xian had prepared for him earlier. Li the physician examined Fan Jian and discovered he was poisoned, then had Liu Ru Yu thoroughly investigate the manor to find the culprit. Li then went to examine Fan Xian, with Liu Ru Yu leading the way and loudly reminding Fan Xian.
Fan Xian had already made meticulous arrangements. He appeared deathly pale, sitting in a wheelchair to meet Li the physician, and then fainted from apparent weakness. Li the physician determined that Fan Xian had sustained serious injuries leading toqi and blood imbalance, and Fan Xian acted lucid at times and confused at others, perfectly deceiving the physician.
Li the physician truthfully reported to Li Cheng Ze that Fan Jian was poisoned and Fan Xian was seriously injured, but Li Cheng Ze did not believe it. Deng Zi Yue had gathered many commoners to spread rumors about the secret affair between the Baoyue Pavilion manager Yuan Meng and Prince Li Hong Cheng, and the news quickly spread throughout the capital.
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