Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 2

These peonies are the relics left to He Weifang by her mother. He Weifang has worked hard to maintain these flowers, not for tomorrow's flower banquet. Seeing Liu Chang's dedication to her, the thousand-year-old iceberg began to melt a little. Prince Ning's beloved daughter Princess Ji'an (Li Youzhen) and Liu Chang admire each other, so Liu Shen decides that the Liu family will marry Prince Ning in order to get close to Lord Chen. However, Lord Chen thinks that Prince Ning's arrangement of the Flower and Bird Envoy to concurrently serve as the Shaoqing of the Guanglu Temple is a false move. Jiang Changyang accompanied the Princess of Ji'an here to relax, and it became clear who the son-in-law that King Ning liked was. Soon, the Princess of Ji'an arrived, and all the people in the Liu Mansion came out to welcome her. Jiang Changyang was drunk and slept all the way. He only got off the sedan chair after the county lady finished greeting Liu Chang.

When he saw Jiang Changyang's face clearly, He Weifang remembered that he was the one who played tricks in the Zutianshi Temple that day, and couldn't help but laugh at himself. Liu Shen and his wife, who were full of flattery, took the county lady and the flower and bird messenger to see the peonies. When the county lady wanted to pick a peony and wear it on her head, He Weifang hurriedly stopped her, saying that these peonies were left to her by her mother. Relics and dowries cannot be taken away at will. Liu Chang also advised the Princess of Ji'an not to pick them. Li Youzhen immediately became displeased and ridiculed He Weifang for treating these things as treasures. Not only did He Weifang not care about Li Youzhen's sarcasm, he also mocked himself and pretended to be greedy for money. Liu Chang hurriedly apologized to the county lord on behalf of He Weifang. Jiang Changyang stepped forward and coaxed Li Youzhen into finally giving up on her obsession with these peonies.

These officials looked down on the common people who guarded their own little plots of land. He Weifang also looked down on corrupt officials like the Flower and Bird Envoy who accepted bribes. She pretended to be greedy for money and attracted ridicule from others. So what if she was despised a little? As long as she could protect these flowers. During the banquet, the county lady ignored etiquette and sat in the seat originally belonging to Mudan, the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, as if no one was around. Mudan didn't care much and sat in the empty seat on the other side. Killers who called themselves Qingzheng Society sneaked into the banquet and took advantage of the encouragement to assassinate the Flower and Bird Envoy Jiang Changyang. Jiang Changyang was well prepared and let his men deal with these killers without hurting anyone. All the peonies saw this, and their impression of Jiang Changyang as a bully who relied on his power and was conceited by his favor was further solidified.

All the assassins were captured, and Liu Chang accompanied Li Youzhen to appreciate the flowers. After expressing his friendship to Liu Shen, Chen Liushou asked to leave. Unexpectedly, Jiang Changyang ordered people to clean up the mess and resume drinking and having fun. After having a good meal and a few drinks, the group played archery at home. Liu Chang was an excellent archer and hit the bull's eye with one arrow, but Jiang Changyang was very bad and didn't hit any target. Even so, there are people who can find ways to praise Jiang Changyang, which is quite like calling a horse a zebra. Mudan, who was in charge of preparing refreshments, accidentally discovered that Jiang Changyang was deliberately restraining his edge. He shot arrows at the thin rope and shot down the fortune coins with arrows. When Mudan was about to go to the mistress of the house to ask her to move Mudan back to her yard, she accidentally heard a shocking secret.

The imperial purple rhinoceros pills given by the Liu family turned out to be a fake. The He family gave a large sum of money and a precious daughter as a dowry, but what they got in return was a fake medicine. No wonder He's mother died after taking the medicine. He Weifang blamed herself and felt sad. After Yu Lu's advice, she suddenly realized her mistake and decided to leave this dangerous place and then plan for revenge. She asked Yu Lu to pass on the message and call Liu Chang over to discuss the divorce. When Mudan told Liu Chang about the divorce, his self-esteem was greatly damaged and he flatly refused to divorce, which made Mudan very desperate.