Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 26

The moon was high in the sky that day. Mudan prepared a midnight snack and celebrated with Jiang Changyang. They worked in perfect harmony. Before they had taken a few bites of the meat, they heard a knock on the door. The person knocking on the door was his cousin Li Xing. He had just heard about what had happened to Mudan, so he came to ask her to marry him, saying that he could take Mudan as his concubine and protect her. Liu Chang then came over with a sword and said that he had found a yard and would not let anyone hurt Mudan, and she did not have to be anyone's slave. Jiang Changyang, who was watching the fun, said that he had Mudan's indenture and that Liu Chang and Li Xing could bid for her and the highest bidder would win. Mudan rolled her eyes and warned Jiang Changyang not to cause trouble. Zhu Fu and Chuanyu, who were not far away, were also watching the fun, each defending their own master and sisters.

It was useless for Mudan to talk to them nicely, so she simply took up her stick and drove them out, then quickly closed the door. Mudan finally saw clearly that among the men around her, including Jiang Changyang, few were normal. Fang Garden happened to be for sale, so Mudan decided to go to the pawnshop to get a loan as collateral. However, when she went there the next day with two boxes of gold ingots, Lü Xingtou said that she was too late, as Fang Garden had already been bought by a flower shop. Lu Xingtou would not sell Fangyuan to Mudan again, so Mudan decided to take the gold ingots to the East Market to find a suitable shop. Soon after, Hua Man Zhu in the East Market opened. Xiao Chun's beauty cream was selling very well. It seemed that Mu Dan and the others had made the right choice. Mu Dan felt a little disappointed. If Sheng Yi was still there, she should be in charge of the store. , it's just a pity.

Shengyi knew that Huamanzhu in the East Market would open today, so she specially embroidered a silk scarf with white peony flowers on it. Wang Qing came back drunk and saw her doing needlework. He was so upset that he destroyed the embroidered handkerchief. Shengyi's long-pent-up resentment surged up, and he picked up the scissors on the table and killed Wang Qing. Hatred and anger turned into repeated stabbings until Wang Qing died. When Mudan received the things and letters that Shengyi had asked someone to pass on, she knew that something had happened to Shengyi. After Shengyi killed someone, he turned himself in to the government and committed suicide in court. Mudan and Zhu Fu rushed over and only took one last look at Shengyi. They cried with their hearts broken. Later they built a tomb for Shengyi, with a fragrant flower in the middle. When the fragrant flower bloomed the next year, Peony would come to see her again.

The story of Shengyi killing her husband spread widely among the people, and she was portrayed as a vicious woman. Mudan felt that this was unfair, so she bought all the distorted legends and burned them, and wrote down the story about Shengyi herself. It is unfair that men are superior to women in this world, and Mudan fights against it alone with courage. There are fewer and fewer nobles coming to the East Market to order flowers, and the two nobles who had already made orders have cancelled their contracts. Mudan was about to ask them why, but Jiang Changyang brought Tang Silang over to dispel her doubts. It turned out that the county lady had intended to warn all the noble ladies not to buy or order flowers from Hua Manzhu in the East Market, just because Liu Chang had come to see Mudan after getting drunk that day. Mudan was not angry. Pingkangfang and all the dance clubs in the city needed flowers. The county magistrate was aware that the nobles did not buy her flowers, but she could not do anything about it.

Hua Manzhu took over the flower supply business of Huanyunlou. Together with Pingkangfang and other dance textile companies, Hua Manzhu shop in East Market no longer had to worry about closing down. However, its income was still 20% less than before. Mudan found a new business opportunity from Huanyunlou and planned to launch cheap and easy-to-use algae beans and affordable makeup products. Mudan tried them out herself, causing Jiang Changyang to mistakenly believe that she had a man she liked. He was jealous and hurried over to verify it. .