Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 15

Under the coercion of Jiang Changyang, Mudan had to stab herself to death, but she found that the knife was just a toy that would retract when it touched something. Mudan then realized that she had been deceived by Jiang Changyang. Xu Zuping, who was sitting outside the hall, spoke. Mudan saw Xu Jijiu come back to life again and was shocked to realize that everything was not that simple. Jiang Changyang spoke briefly and to the point, telling the truth of the matter. On that rainy night, Jiang Changyang waited for Xu Zuping to come back to discuss matters, but the teacher did not come back. Jiang Changyang went out to look for him and encountered a killer who wanted to kill Xu Zuping. He killed the killer and saved the teacher. He also found a man who was close to the teacher. The bodies of executed prisoners with similar body shapes and appearances were thrown into the river, creating the illusion that Xu Zuping was dead, and making King Ning convinced that Xu Zuping was dead.

There were often powerful people coming and going in Jiang's residence, so it was always inconvenient for Xu Zuping to stay here. Mudan immediately understood what Jiang Changyang meant and immediately suggested that she bring Xu Zuping to live in the store. Xu Jijiu volunteered to be an accountant for Mudan, and Mudan was very flattered. Jiang Changyang gave all the medicinal powder needed for the teacher's foot bath and the tea she drank every day to Mudan, which was tantamount to trusting Mudan and entrusting his most respected teacher to her care. Mudan did not reveal the truth to Shengyi, but only said that Xu Zuping was the accountant she had found from somewhere else with great difficulty. There was a lively opera going on at the Jiang residence, and Mudan went over to take a look out of curiosity. She learned from Chuanyu that today was the death anniversary of Jiang Changyang's deceased mother, and someone was deliberately performing the opera to curry favor with Jiang Changyang in order to get a position.

Jiang Changyang changed his usual style, and his attempt to curry favor with this person failed, and he was instead charged with bribery for buying an official position. Peony was standing aside, and suddenly felt that today's flowers and birds were a little different from usual. The puppet show tells the beautiful story of Jiang Yuantang and his first wife, but only Jiang Changyang knows the truth. Mudan was grilling meat late at night, and the aroma attracted Jiang Changyang, who generously let him sit down and eat the meat. In this scene, Jiang Changyang rarely opened his heart. Everyone said that his parents loved each other all their lives, but he was the only one who knew that their so-called unchanging love was a joke. After the family moved to Chang'an, Jiang Yuantang was dazzled by the beautiful women and took another woman as his concubine. When his wife died, Jiang Yuantang was eager to take the woman into the house. It was only when Jiang Changyang threatened to commit suicide that his father gave up.

Jiang Changyang and Mudan, one does not want to marry a wife, and the other does not want to marry a man, so they make a bet on who will break the oath first, and the stake is 100,000 strings of cash. They did not sign a document. Jiang Changyang directly carved on the stone table "The one who marries first has the upper hand", followed by his signature, and then signed a peony. The two drank among the flowers and lay drunk on the couch. The next day, Peony woke up first. Before she could appreciate the handsome profile of the flowers and birds, she was frightened by a group of people who came out of nowhere. Jiang Changyang called the woman in front of him "Auntie", and only then did Mudan know her background. Madam Feng ordered people to tie up Jiang Changyang, and then took him to the ancestral hall to give him a lecture, saying that Jiang Changyang and Mudan had been drunk and sleeping flowers garden together, ruining Mudan's reputation, and that they should choose a day to get married so as not to bring shame to Mudan.

Jiang Changyang not only did not refuse, but also repeatedly said yes. Mudan immediately explained that the relationship between her and Jiang Changyang was purely financial, but seeing that Jiang Changyang did not dare to act rashly in front of Mrs. Feng, Mudan took this to her advantage and slapped Jiang Changyang in the face.  After a slap, Mudan pretended to be ashamed and ran away. Mrs. Feng not only did not think that Mudan was rude, she even thought that Mudan was very principled and was the first person who ever dared to slap Jiang Changyang in the face. Later, they sent a pile of gold and silver headdresses as an apology. Mudan remembered what Chuanyu had told Jiang Changyang. Jiang Changyang agreed to change it to 3:7, but asked Mudan to make a pack with him to refuse Mrs. Feng to the very end.