Distressed wife

Chapter 334 I was sent to prison (5)
"Mrs. Hou, Zi Yan wants to go to see Yiyi's sister's courtyard, and Zi Yan also wants to visit this courtyard in the Hou's mansion," Mu Ziyan said in a low voice.

"Just watch." Seeing what Mu Ziyan said, Mrs. Hou couldn't help feeling a little puzzled.

Mu Ziyan looked at Mrs. Hou, "Don't worry, Mrs. Hou, Ziyan just took a casual look."

"En." Mrs. Hou nodded and replied, "Miss Mu just go."

Mu Ziyan nodded in response, then got up, went to Hou Yiyi's yard first under the guidance of the girl, entered the yard, it was clean and elegant, she walked forward slowly, looked around the yard, and then All the girls and women in the yard called over.

Afterwards, Madam Hou rushed over, seeing Mu Ziyan questioning him one by one, she kept silent and sat watching from the side, which could be regarded as supporting Mu Ziyan.

Lady Lu naturally didn't speak, but when Mu Ziyan came here, she had told her to write down the expressions of each girl and woman, so at this moment, she was naturally looking carefully at the girl and woman in front of her.

Mu Ziyan then asked, "Which one was watching the night before the accident?"

"It's a slave." The girl who knelt down said in a low voice.

"What's your name?" Mu Ziyan asked lightly.

"Slave Xing'er." Xing'er knelt on the ground and replied with downcast eyes.

"En." Mu Ziyan nodded slightly, "It's a good name."

Mrs. Hou said from the side, "This Xing'er originally belonged to my yard, and later I gave it to Yiyi."

"Xing'er, can you tell me, a few days before the incident, did your lady act abnormally?" Mu Ziyan looked at Xing'er and asked.

"This..." Xing'er looked up at her, then lowered her eyes, "I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Just say it." Mu Ziyan opened her lips lightly, and glanced at the other maids from the corner of her eye.

Seeing Mu Ziyan's question, Mrs. Hou quickly darkened her face, "I'm not telling the truth."

"Yes." Xing'er replied, "Mrs. Hui, Miss Mu, in the few days before the incident happened, Miss always woke up in the middle of the night, and she would even babble, and sometimes she would get out of bed, and wake up the next day. The young lady didn't remember anything, and she couldn't sleep more soundly than before, so the servant invited the doctor, and the doctor said it was due to fatigue, so he prescribed a prescription, but it didn't help."

"How come I don't know about this?" Mrs. Hou stared at Xing'er and asked in a deep voice with her eyes narrowed.

"Miss doesn't let the servants talk about it." Xing'er cried and said, "Miss just said that she couldn't sleep well, it doesn't get in the way, so she didn't let the servants report to Madam."

"That's true." Mu Ziyan nodded slightly, "What about you?"

"Your servant..." Xing'er raised her eyes to look at Mu Ziyan, and said in a low voice, "There was something wrong with my servant these days, and I was always exhausted at night."

Mu Ziyan nodded and said, "Take me to your room."

"Yes." Xing'er replied, then got up and led Mu Ziyan to go.

Madam Hou got up and followed, and when they entered Xing'er's room, Mu Ziyan sized her up carefully, then raised her eyes to look at her, "Where did you get the face powder you usually use?"

"Most of them are rewarded by the eldest lady." Xing'er continued.

"What have you been using for the past few days?" Mu Ziyan swept over the dowry and walked forward slowly.

Xing'er stepped forward, took the innermost box and handed it to her, "This is what the servants use."

After Mu Ziyan took it, he opened it and sniffed it lightly, then said, "Does your lady still have this?"

"There is one more bottle. Missy didn't like the smell, so she rewarded the servant with a box. There is still one box left." Xing'er reported truthfully.

"Where is that box?" Mu Ziyan looked at Xing'er and asked.

"It's in the Missy's room." Xing'er continued, "The servant has kept it and never moved it."

"Okay." Mu Ziyan nodded, then turned and left Xing'er's room, but when she turned her eyes, she glanced at a bead hanging on the side, "This is it?"

"This is Lian'er's." Xing'er raised her eyes and glanced, "She likes beads."

"Where is she?" Mu Ziyan remembered that she was not in this courtyard.

"She left the residence early this morning, and went to deliver food to the eldest lady." Xing'er said carefully.

"Food?" Mu Ziyan narrowed her eyes slightly, "Did she always give it to you in the past?"

"I'll take turns with her." Xing'er said, "It happens to be her today."

Mu Ziyan looked at Mrs. Lu, "Sister Lu, go to the cell and bring Lian Er back, as well as the food she brought back."

"Okay." Mrs. Lu replied, and immediately stepped out of the Hou's mansion.

Madam Hou looked at Mu Ziyan, "Miss Mu, this is..."

"Mrs. Hou, I'll go and have a look inside Yiyi's younger sister's room." Mu Ziyan looked at Mrs. Hou and said calmly.

"Okay." Madam Hou saw the clue, raised her eyes to stare at the bead, and then entered Hou Yiyi's room together with Mu Ziyan.

There was nothing special inside, and it was no different from the furnishings of other ladies in the boudoir. Mu Ziyan immediately went to the dressing table, "Find out the powder."

"Yes." Xing'er replied, and then stepped forward, opened the dowry, searched back and forth, but couldn't find the powder, she raised her eyes to look at Mu Ziyan, with an anxious expression on her face, "Miss Mu, I really don't have any moved."

"Missing?" Mu Ziyan asked lightly.

"My maidservant remembers clearly that this incense powder is placed here." Xing'er replied anxiously.

"Are you keeping these personal belongings yourself?" Mu Ziyan continued to ask.

"The maidservant and Lian'er kept it together." Xing'er lowered her eyes and replied, "There has been no mistake, why did this powder disappear?"

Mu Ziyan said with a slight smile, "It's not that they disappeared, but that they were guarding themselves."

"Miss Mu, this servant has been wronged." Xing'er knelt down and cried out.

"Get up." Seeing her like this, Mu Ziyan turned to look at Mrs. Hou, "Mrs. Hou, sister Yiyi should be replaced with a clever girl."

"En." Madam Hou saw that Xing'er was doing things properly, but looking at this moment, she was a little less calm.

(End of this chapter)