Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 22

Jiang Changyang and His Majesty went on a secret tour and met Cheng Qing in a secluded place in the mountains. At the beginning, Your Majesty intended to banish Cheng Qing to Luoyang in front of King Ning, but in fact he wanted him to secretly investigate the favoritism and corruption in Luoyang. Cheng Qing lived up to the trust and found out that Chen had embezzled money and land of the people in Luoyang. Chen's hand can reach the six tribes, and they are all protected by Prince Ning. Therefore, Chen knows Prince Ning inside and out. If you want to get rid of Prince Ning, you must first kill Chen, but you have to find a good opportunity. , and never give Prince Ning a chance to mediate. Mudan was demoted to a lowly position. She was starved and looked down upon in the army. Fortunately, she had the support of the mute girl. The two of them often went to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. When Mudan saw Mao Yu, she reminded the mute girl. It is said that the whole plant is poisonous and cannot be eaten.

As they were talking, they heard the sound of drums and whistles coming from the military camp, and the mute girl showed a look of fear. It turned out that the military camp used slaves as targets for new recruits to practice swordsmanship. This was how the mute girl's sister died. Mudan luckily escaped the disaster as the sharp arrow only grazed her arm. Some of the others nearby were stabbed in the neck and died on the spot with their eyes open, while others were stabbed in vital parts and died soon. Mudan couldn't help but angrily accuse the general of taking human life lightly. The general retorted that he was protecting the good people, not these lowly slaves who had forged good names. Later, Mudan felt that they could not live in fear of being shot every day, so she deliberately picked poisonous hairtails and mixed them with the wild vegetables she fed to the soldiers. That night, many soldiers in the camp were poisoned and wailed in pain.

Mudan was holding a decoction that could detoxify and induce vomiting, and was asking outside the tent who had a stomachache. The soldier with the stomachache came out breathlessly and asked for a bowl of the decoction to drink. The doctor in the military camp discovered that Peony had a good understanding of pharmacology and the medicine she made could induce vomiting. General Yuan knew that it must be a great person for Mudan to take so much trouble to save people. Mudan took the opportunity to ask for survival. She was knowledgeable in pharmacology, could read and do accounting, and did not want to die at the hands of new recruits who were unfamiliar with military discipline. The doctor and the new soldiers all pleaded for Mudan, and finally General Yuan agreed to Mudan's request. His Majesty returned to Chang'an first. Jiang Changyang and Chuanyu stopped in Luoyang to eat the noodles Mudan had mentioned. They met an old man who wanted to have the last bowl of noodles. Through his words, Jiang Changyang recognized him as Mudan's father and agreed to let him use Tu Exchange the pancakes with nectar for the last bowl of noodles.

Liu Chang was obsessed with rescuing Mudan from the military camp, but unexpectedly the letter he wrote to Mudan had already been intercepted by the county lord. After reading the letter, the county lady became even more angry and determined to kill He Weifang. The people in the military camp received the signal and beat the mute girl to death on purpose on a trumped-up charge. Mudan covered her with her own clothes. Such a poor girl shouldn't be left exposed in the wilderness. Later, Mudan was arranged to help in the kitchen. When she met a soldier who wanted to do something inappropriate to her, Mudan fought desperately. These soldiers suddenly fell ill, and Mudan was able to survive. When Jiang Changyang received the letters from Xu Jijiu and Yunniang and learned what had happened to Mudan, he immediately rode two horses to the military camp and almost mistook the corpse covered with Mudan's clothes for her. Fortunately, the girl was not He Weifang.

When Jiang Changyang arrived at the kitchen, Mudan had already escaped. The new recruits she had saved came to help, making Jiang Changyang's arrival seem like icing on the cake. Later, Jiang Changyang taught General Yuan a lesson. Knowing that he would not reveal that the mastermind behind the incident was the Princess of Ji'an County, he had no choice but to have General Yuan taken to the Shangshu to await his fate. In fact, it was not that Mudan was lucky, but that the mute girl overheard that General Yuan wanted to harm Mudan, so she risked her life to inform her. Mudan was able to put medicine in the pot first, but the mute girl was beaten to death by them. Jiang Changyang comforted Mudan and took her out of the military camp. Mudan hesitated and called Jiang Changyang from behind.