As the second son of the house, Hongsan need to help big brother Zhu Mo to take care and keep an eye of various businesses. He can't keep on staying in Zhu House all the time.
So, right after Zhu Wuxin's fever subsided, he packed his things to start his journey to Jiangnan to audit accounts. Hongsan gifted Xiao Lian to Wuxin as her personal maidservant. Zhu Wuxin stood by the mansion's front door to say goodbye. Hongsan really wanted to bring her with him on this journey, but Wuxin helplessly replied that her body and bones were not in good condition, and refused to agree no matter what.
Actually, it's not because Zhu Wuxin doesn't want to go, it's just she felt that it's not the time yet. Running away silently, with tail between legs, that's not her style. Other than that, Hongsan is the Second Young Master of this House. Even if she wanted to run, where can she go? Sooner or later, he will still need to go home. If that's the case, she might as well stay back and re-establish her own image.
Zhu Wuxin smiled widely and said, "Brother, you can go. This time, if anyone comes to bully me, I will pull out their tendons and peel their skin. Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not the same as who I was before. I can protect myself properly."
Hongsan patted her head and smiled, "You must take good care of yourself."
After saying that, he got up the carriage and left.
Waiting until the shadow of his carriage shrunk to the size of a small dot, only then Zhu Wuxin starts going back into the mansion. But, as soon as she reached her court, she was blocked by someone.
"What are all of you doing?"
Pushing away the errand servants, Zhu Wuxin roared at Zhu Jilan.
"You can't see? We're searching for something."
Zhu Jilan looking calm and composed, drinking tea at the side.
"You all quickly search it out for me, if you can't find it, I'll have your skin peeled out!"
Wuxin thought that they were a pushover.
"All of you, stop at this instant!" Zhu Wuxin roared at the maidservants.
Due to losing influence for such long time, nobody listened to her. Zhu Wuxin started to get irritated.
"Zhu Jilan, what exactly are you searching for?"
"Of course, I'm looking for my earring. When I visit you previously , I realized that it's missing after I went back to my room. So, I brought people to help me look for it. Sister, I hope you don't mind."
"If it's really not at your place, little sister, I will definitely give you a good explanation. But then, seeing my sister looked so agitated, couldn't be the earring was really dropped here and you hid it?"
"Oho, quite skillful in making a story to frame person huh," Zhu Wuxin sneered.
Then, Zhu Jixiang also added fuel to the fire. [1]
"Sister, you don't have to be so angry. Sister Lan is young, so she's willful. You, as a sister older than her, ought to yield to her."
"Yield to your mom's head!"
If Zhu Wuxin wanted to scold people, she will just scold.
From when she was young until now, she had never encountered such damned maltreatment before. Grabbing the tea in front of Zhu Jilan, Wuxin splashed it towards her.
"Oh my, I'm really sorry, sister. My hand injury hadn't healed yet, I thought to drink water, why did I slip?"
"You…"
Zhu Jilan was about to explode, when an errand servant holding two items suddenly shouted "I found it, I found it!", before rushing out.
Zhu Wuxin turned her head towards the sound, this sarcastic feeling is like watching 'My Fair Princess' [2]. If you add also Wet-Nurse Rong [3], then this scene is a perfect match!
[1]: An idiom - makes a miserable situation even worse.
[2]: An Old famous Chinese drama 'My Fair Princess'.
[3]: Wet-Nurse Rong is the servant of the villain Empress in the drama.