Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 3

Li Youzhen was not satisfied with the wing room prepared for her by the Liu family, and took this opportunity to make trouble, saying in front of Mrs. Liu that He Weifang was incompetent in managing the household, which led to the assassination attempt at the banquet. Mrs. Liu quickly stated that Liu Zishu did not like He Weifang, and that the place where she lived was remote and sparsely populated, so she would definitely not be an eyesore. Li Youzhen found fault again and demanded that all those who served at today's flower banquet be caned 80 times, and He Weifang should be caned 40 times for negligence. Liu Zishu, who had just walked over and stopped, was quite shocked when he heard the county lord's words. Mrs. Liu thought that eighty strokes of the cane were too harsh and hurried to plead for mercy, which made Li Youzhen even more dissatisfied. At this time Liu Zishu stood up and said that he was also guilty of negligence and should be executed as well.

Li Youzhen did not intend to punish Liu Zishu. Seeing that Liu Zishu did not like the county lady interfering in Liu family affairs, Li Youzhen gave up. Madam Liu stood up and left with the servants. When there was no one around, Li Youzhen put her hand on Liu Zishu's brow, showing no courtesy between men and women. When Liu Shen was still an official in the capital, Liu Zishu and Li Youzhen admired each other, but King Ning looked down on the Liu family, whose rank and status were not worthy of his daughter, and had no good attitude towards Liu Zishu, whom his daughter liked, and forcibly separated the couple. . After Liu Shen was demoted to Luoyang, Li Youzhen married someone else and Liu Zishu married the daughter of a merchant. Three years later, although Li Youzhen said that she was doing it for Liu Zishu's own good, he felt that she was a stranger.

In addition, the Princess of Ji'an also knew that there was always her portrait hanging in Liu Zishu's room. She had been married to He Weifang for three years but had never been close to her, and she was still single. Liu Zishu was shocked because these were all private matters of the Liu family. Since the Princess of Ji'an knew about it, she must have sent someone to monitor them, or she must have inquired about it. Liu Zishu said nothing more, stood up and left. During the dinner, countless children of officials handed Jiang Changyang land, land deeds and valuables, openly bribing the flower and bird envoy. Jiang Changyang accepted all the gifts and pocketed them all. When Liu Shen learned that Mudan was going out to the shop, he was afraid that it would disrupt his plan to sell the shop, so he immediately went over to stop her.

Yu Lu helped Mudan stop Liu Shen's followers and bought time for Mudan to go to the shop, but unexpectedly she was pushed into the water and hit her head on a hidden rock in the water. Mudan asked others for help but to no avail, and anxiously wanted to jump down to save the person. Liu Chang rushed to stop her and ordered his followers to rescue the person. By the time the person was pulled up, he was already dead. Mudan knelt down and begged Liu Shen and Liu Chang, father and son, but the answer she got both times was that Yu Lu was dead. Liu Shen condoned the housekeeper's murder and refused to repent, and turned around to accuse Mudan of being wrong. Liu Chang also advised Mudan not to be inappropriate for a servant. Mudan was so angry that her eyes turned red, and she retorted. Yu Lu's death completely awakened Mudan, and she decided not to be manipulated by others anymore.

Mudan began to take inventory of her dowry and asked for the return of the dowry items placed in the county lord's room. Liu Chang, who prided himself on being noble, did not refuse. Jiang Changyang's follower Chuanyu was wearing the jade pendant that originally belonged to Yu Lu. After Mudan negotiated with him, Jiang Changyang promised to return the jade tomorrow. Jiang Changyang sat back and watched the show. Liu Chang asked Qiu Shi to send a rabbit to Mudan because she had lost Yu Lu. However, the county lady saw the rabbit halfway and asked Qiu Shi to beat it to death. Liu Chang was shocked when he learned about this and did not go to accompany the county lady at night. Main tour lake.