Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 23

Mudan called Jiang Changyang and asked him to buy her. If she wanted to leave the military camp and return to Chang'an to make a comeback, she had to rely on Jiang Changyang. For this reason, Mudan was willing to renegotiate the profit sharing ratio with him. Jiang Changyang smiled and took out Mudan's indenture from his arms. It turned out that he had already bought Mudan. The two rode together and returned to Chang'an. At this time, Zhu Fu had not received any news from Jiang Jun and was extremely anxious. He was about to go directly to the outside of the military camp with his mother to wait when he heard a knock on the door. When I opened the door, I saw Peony, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time. Zhu Fu, Lu Gengchun and Aunt Sun hurriedly welcomed Mudan in. The money and silk belonging to Mudan had already been confiscated by the officials, but Zhu Fu secretly hid the jade dew and some other things that were important to Mudan.

Wang Qing once again coaxed Shengyi into helping him make incense powder and take care of Hua Manzhu's business, but Shengyi refused expressionlessly, and was beaten by Wang Qing as a result. Shengyi returned to the dilapidated temple where she and Mudan started their business, praying to the gods to let Mudan return safely, but the candles in the vent were frequently blown out by the wind. She lit them several times but they were blown out again. Shengyi was shocked and remorseful. She never expected that her sins were so serious that even the gods would not forgive her. Mudan appears, cups her hands, and helps Shengyi light the candle. Shengyi was very surprised, but Mudan's next sentence was to question why she betrayed herself. Shengyi explained that she had never betrayed him, but she did not expect Wang Qing to trap her and sue Mudan to Jingzhao Prefecture, although it was no use saying this now.

What Mudan wanted to tell Shengyi was that now she had become a slave, and Shengyi was once again in a sea of ​​suffering. The price he paid to see through Wang Qing's true and false feelings was too high. But Mudan always keeps her true love for Shengyi, and if Shengyi is not doing well, she can come back. However, Shengyi felt extremely guilty and did not want to appear in front of Mudan again. He also hoped that Mudan would only make close friends in the future and would not meet someone like her again. Jiang Changyang brought back the things from Luoyang, and Mudan found out that the Hu Bing was made by her father. Jiang Changyang said that since she had restored her identity as He Weifang, she could return to Luoyang to see her relatives. Mudan told Jiang Changyang everything about the day she escaped back home. Her father believed that women should stay in the inner house, take care of their husbands and children, but Mudan was not that kind of person, and she was destined to never return to that home.

No matter what Mudan's identity was, Jiang Changyang never looked down on her, so Mudan wanted to develop another kind of relationship with Jiang Changyang besides the financial relationship. Jiang Changyang said that they had been good friends for a long time. When Liu Chang learned that the Flower and Bird Envoy had bought Mudan's indenture and let Mudan leave the military camp, he immediately went to find Jiang Changyang, but Jiang Changyang pointed out that he did not know people well. It was obvious who ordered the torture and killing of Mudan. Old Madam Tang was a noble lady, picky and difficult to please, and no one in the flower shop dared to take the order for the flower banquet for her eightieth birthday. Just then, Wang Qing came to deliver a visiting card and wanted to see Lv Wanrong, and asked someone to tell him that he could take over the flower banquet order for Old Lady Tang. Little did she know that all of this was part of Mudan's plan, in order to take Hua Manzhu back from Wang Qing and restore Hua Manzhu's reputation.

At this time, the flowers that Wang Qing bought from the flower shop had wilted just a few hours after being delivered to the Tang Mansion. The housekeeper of the mansion came and ordered Wang Qing to give orders, demanding that he bring out new flowers the next day no matter what. Wang Qing used all the money in his account to buy flowers, and now the flower shop is unwilling to lend him a gardener. Wang Qing tied up Shengyi, who was beaten black and blue, and brought him to He Weifang to seek cooperation. He Weifang exposed that he was just pretending to be rich and that he was shameless enough to say that he wanted to cooperate with her even though he was desperate.