Flourished Peony 国色芳华 Episode 9

There was not a real leopard in the box, but a leopard made of jade, emitting a clear luster. He Weifang drafted the contract and gave it to Jiang Changyang for review. Unexpectedly, Jiang Changyang was more cunning than she thought. He changed the 50-50 profit she wrote into 19-10. If He Weifang lost money, she would have to repay all the capital. Apart from Jiang Changyang, He Weifang had no other god of wealth to turn to, so he had to agree to these conditions. The Princess of Ji'an persuaded the King of Ning to choose Liu Zishu as his new son-in-law. She was happy to send a message to Liu Zishu who was far away in Luoyang. She met the flower and bird envoy Jiang Changyang and his party who were going down the mountain. She curiously asked which woman could make Jiang Changyang so anxious. Hidden impatiently.

Jiang Changyang kept telling lies. It happened that the Princess of Ji'an had fulfilled her wish and was in high spirits, so she didn't dwell on the matter. However, Jiang Changyang was a man of meticulous mind. He learned from the county lord's words that in the eyes of outsiders, He Weifang had fallen off a cliff and died, and Liu Zishu would be coming to Chang'an soon. Jiang Changyang told Mudan that cooperating with her was one price, but helping her hide the fact that the county lady and Prince Ning were not dead was another price. He Weifang quickly expressed her loyalty. She had no feelings about the Liu family coming to Chang'an. When the time came, she would naturally go find the Liu family and settle the accounts clearly. With the careful care of He Weifang and Qin Shengyi, the dwarf peony finally grew up. At dawn the next day, the two took the dwarf peony to the flower market to sell.

He Weifang named this dwarf peony Huaixiuxiang. Each pot was sold for only eighty cents, and the flowers grew well, so ordinary people could afford it. Huaixiuxiang was quickly sold out, and many people made reservations with He Weifang. Now that he has the money, He Weifang plans to rent a yard so that he can grow flowers well without it becoming overly wet due to rain. Through the help of Zhuang Zhaiya, He Weifang and Qin Shengyi found a good house. Although it was dirty and shabby, it was next door to Jiang's house, which made it convenient for them to ask Jiang Changyang for money and buy on credit in the future. Liu Zishu came to Chang'an and became a sixth-rank deputy minister of the Ministry of Revenue through nepotism. The county lord even had Liu's house cleaned up so that he could move into his old house again as soon as he returned to Chang'an.

Everyone in the Ministry of Revenue knew this tacitly, and they wanted to win the favor of Prince Ning by currying favor with him. Liu Zishu felt very uncomfortable and wanted to achieve something through his talents so that people would believe that he was indeed talented. He Weifang and Qin Shengyi were deceived by the agent of Zhuang's house. That yard was not adjacent to the backyard of Jiang's house at all. It was actually the backyard of Jiang's house. The man who rented the house had already run away with the money. He Weifang and Qin Shengyi tried their best to persuade Jiang Changyang, promising to pay 9% interest by the end of the month, and finally made him agree to rent the abandoned house in the backyard to them. It was very expensive to hire someone to weed, so the two women did it themselves. He Weifang accidentally discovered that the weeds in the yard were purslane, which can be used as a medicinal herb, so she charged ten cents and had them dig them up.

Qin Shengyi was puzzled. They could obviously dig the herbs themselves and make some money from the herbs, so why did they only charge ten cents to let people dig them? He Weifang patiently explained that the most important thing she learned from her father who had been in business for many years was that time is more precious than money. Although purslane is valuable, it is far less valuable than peony. It seems that they have lost some money on the medicinal materials, but it has bought them a lot of time, allowing them to make profits as soon as possible. Qin Shengyi's knowledge was not as much as He Weifang's. After listening to what He Weifang said, he suddenly realized.