Blossoms in Adversity 惜花芷 Episode 17

Gu Yanxi requested that the Hua family's secret letters be quietly returned to the Hua family, and Gu Chengtao agreed. Gu Yanxi returned it as it was. Hua Zhi asked Gu Yanxi why she came to Hua's house. Gu Yanxi said it was because of Shaoyao and her. The reason why Gu Yanxi stayed in Qisusi was because the person he served was very kind to him and was also the person closest to him. In addition to these, Gu Yanxi also confessed that he came to Hua's house for another purpose, which was to investigate the old case of Prince Ling's Mansion. Hua Zhi said that there was no little book boy around his grandfather, and she was the one who always followed Hua Yizheng. Gu Yanxi was surprised and happy, and asked Huazhi if she remembered the nanny who led her out. After many years, Huazhi doesn’t remember. Gu Yanxi said thank you to Huazhi, and Huazhi turned around, as if he was back in his childhood, when he was keeping vigil for his mother, and Huazhi was by his side.

Shaoyao delivered medicine to Shen Huan and was a little angry when he saw him hanging out with the three classmates again. When he went home, the door was blocked by a group of people. They were covered in injuries and clamored for compensation from Huazhi. It turned out that Xia Ming made false accounts and defrauded the money in the accounts, and Xia Jin'e regretted it endlessly. Huazhi originally wanted to use saltpeter to make ice and make frozen fruits in the summer. As a result, the workers were injured and their bodies were covered with frost when they were tired in the hot weather. After hearing this, Gu Yanxi recalled what Mr. Dong told him. After the fire in the palace, a layer of white frost formed on the dark bricks, so Gu Yanxi speculated that the fire at that time was probably caused by saltpeter, which caused the explosion.

Gu Yanxi asked Chen Qing to investigate a village under Prince Ling's residence that was good at making lanterns, and followed the clues to kidnap Nanny Chen. Xia Jin'e caught Xia Ming and asked for money, but Xia Mingquan lost the money in gambling. There are still a lot of accounts that have not been sorted out, and Xia Jin'e is very worried. As a result, she accidentally sees Nian Qiu helping her. Xia Jin'e tells Nian Qiu that if he makes a mistake, he will be beaten. Xia Jin'e felt very guilty for causing such a big mistake, but Huazhi didn't blame her.

Gu Yanxi pressed Nanny Chen about the fire in Lanyuan, and Nanny Chen finally confessed that on that day, she was delivering lanterns to the princess, and Huazhi accidentally entered Lanyuan, so the princess asked Nanny Chen to take Huazhi out. As for the lantern given to the princess, saltpeter and charcoal had already been hidden in it, and the candles were mixed with benzoin. After the mastermind behind the scenes was found out, Gu Yanxi took people to find Mrs. Xiao. Mrs. Xiao said that she did not hate the princess and that the princess treated her very well. It was a pity that they were married to the same person, and the princess's father and brother wanted to rebel, which would implicate Ling. The king will be forced to a desperate end. She loves the prince, so she will never allow such a thing to happen. Gu Yanxi knew that Mrs. Xiao was kind to their siblings, and that Mrs. Xiao had saved Shaoyao's life during the fire, so he did not kill Mrs. Xiao, but locked her in prison forever.

Hua Jing, the eldest daughter of the Hua family, came. After entering the house, she went straight to Lin Wan's room. She wanted to find a concubine for her husband, so she named Fu Dong. Lin Wan refused directly, and Hua Jing became angry when she heard it, saying that Lin Wan preferred Hua Zhi and did not love her. Although Lin Wan had given Hua Jing a lot of money for her sex before, Hua Jing was still not satisfied. In addition, her husband Song Chengzu liked domestic violence, so he quarreled with Lin Wan, and said that his current situation was caused by the Hua family. Hua Zhi saw Hua Jing when she came home, but she was scolded by Hua Jing even before she understood the situation.

Lin Wan was so angry that she hurried over as soon as Shaoyao came back. Seeing Shaoyao, Lin Wan felt much better. After Fu Dong learned about this, she knelt down and begged Huazhi. Even if she was an orthodox lady from the Song family, she would not do it.