Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 16

Mrs. Feng lost her husband when she was only eighteen. Later, she traveled around the world with her fleet and saw many people and things. Naturally, she understood that people in this world have many views on women, so Mudan's behavior was not considered unorthodox in her eyes. Mudan hopes that her lover can understand her and save her when she falls into darkness by descending from the sky covered in rays of light. From this, it can be seen that Mrs. Feng believed that her nephew did not meet Mudan's requirements. Later, Chuanyu invited Mudan to the Jiang residence, saying that he was going to discuss with Jiang Changyang how to deal with his aunt. Then he led Mudan into the dark room and immediately locked the door from the outside. Mudan walked in and found Jiang Changyang tied up in the air with his hands behind his back and his mouth covered with cloth, unable to make a sound.

Jiang Changyang signaled to Mudan to pull the cloth strip next to her. Mudan did so, and then Jiang Changyang fell from the air. It turned out that Mrs. Feng, according to what Mudan said, artificially created a dark scene in an attempt to make Jiang Changyang fall from the sky. She also had someone catch a bunch of fireflies, saying that he was covered with a glow of light, which made Jiang Changyang look very funny. In order to help them get to know each other better, Mrs. Feng had someone hang up luminous beads with small notes hanging down, writing down the respective characteristics of Jiang Changyang and Mudan. Mudan discovered that Jiang Changyang was actually afraid of cockroaches. When Mrs. Feng saw Jiang Changyang and Mudan getting along happily in the room, she smiled with satisfaction. The next day, Mrs. Feng sent Chuanyu to deliver a gift of apology, and Mudan accepted it all.

A woman claimed that she bought Hua Manzhu's perfumed powder, which caused her husband to feel weak in his limbs and dizzy. She then invited a Taoist priest, who slandered the peony in front of everyone, saying that the evil spirit possessed the peony and was absorbing other people's fortune. Mudan didn't know that the shop assistants had also been bribed and sided with the Taoist priest to harm her. The people around easily believed the alchemist's words and smashed the incense powder they bought from Huamanzhu to the ground. Mrs. Feng repeatedly reminded Jiang Changyang that he should be a hero and save the beauty, so that night Jiang Changyang went to the backyard to find Mudan. During the day, Zhu Fu followed the clerk and found that he had accepted money from the deputy head of the flower shop. Mudan had already thought of a way to deal with it, and she needed the support of a famous person like Jiang Changyang. Since the other party could bribe the sorcerer to spread rumors and slander, she could do the same.

So under Mudan's arrangement, Jiang Changyang first went to the deputy shop owner's shop to buy a sachet, then walked to the door of Hua Manzhu's shop and acted out a fainting scene. The sorcerer invited by Mudan also participated in the scene to make the people believe that Hua Manzhu was There is no evil spirit anymore. Mudan asked a master from Kaiyuan Temple to bless the specially made sachet for peony, which brought her great fortune and luck. Jiang Changyang's added drama made the sorcerer's words more credible, and everyone scrambled to grab the sachet. In addition, Mudan gave some sachets to students in advance through Li Xing. These students all passed the entrance examination, and everyone became convinced of the benefits of the sachets. At this point, Huamanzhu was bustling with customers, including some male customers, while the front of the Fuhangtou shop, which was self-inflicted, was deserted and looked quite desolate.

Mrs. Feng is about to leave, so Mudan goes to take care of her hair. Mrs. Feng was so good to her that Mudan had to admit that she only accepted Jiang Changyang's money to perform for him. Mrs. Feng didn't care and said that she would not misjudge her nephew's thoughts, nor did she misjudge Mudan's character. Jiang Changyang indeed treated peonies differently from others. He was reluctant to let Mrs. Feng take the beautiful peony away. Liu Shen was transferred back to Chang'an and presented a box of land deeds. As a result, King Ning gave him a dog. Liu Chang, who was standing beside him, looked unusual. When Mrs. Liu passed by Huamanzhu and saw the resurrected Peony, she was shocked and hurried back to tell Liu Shen about it. Mudan went up the mountain to pick flowers, but was chased by a killer in black for no reason.