The old lady looked surprised.

Although she felt that Mu Yan was not worthy of her grandson, the two had a marriage contract after all, so Mu Yan's food and clothing had always been allocated according to the rules of each lady.

This lamp oil is also given according to the amount of the serious master, this month is just over half, how can the lamp oil not be enough?

The old lady's eyes suddenly shot out a fine light, stared at Mu Yan's face tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Are you drinking lamp oil?" Or do you eat lamp oil? ”

Mu Yan's face flushed, and he didn't know how to answer.

But Lu Wu suddenly knelt on the ground and stammered, "Back to the old lady, in fact, there was no lamp oil in our room four days ago, and the girl used the remaining candles to do embroidery at night." He pursed his lips again and said in a low voice, "As for how the lamp oil is gone...... The girl didn't know either. ”

Xia Xiangdeng, who was standing in the dark, broke out in a cold sweat.

She didn't steal the lamp oil in Mu Yan's room for a day or two, but she never found it, and now the old lady personally asked, just afraid that she would plant it.

Xia Xiang was trembling, and the whole person was in a trance and stood unsteadily.

Mrs. Mu immediately guessed the reason for it, presumably because Mu Yan was soft-spoken, and the people below began to steal things and bully her with unclean hands and feet.

The deceitful is the most abominable.

The old lady's face was gloomy and frightened, her five fingers pinched the corner of the kang, and her eyes swept over everyone in the room, even the eldest lady pinched the handkerchief and lowered her head and did not dare to come out.

The reason why the eldest lady was scared was because she had already known about the loss of things in Mu Yan's house.

She knew that there were a few maids in Mu Yan's room whose hands and feet were not clean, but in order to embarrass Mu Yan, she had always held an attitude of turning a blind eye and acquiescing to the evil deeds of these minions.

Now that the old lady seemed to be seriously investigating, she was afraid in her heart.

The atmosphere was scary and the pins could be heard.

"Tell me, what's going on with this lamp oil?" The old lady was expressionless, glanced around, raised her hand and rubbed her temples, and said slowly, "The lamp oil in the girl's room is given according to the share of the ladies in each room, even if it is used all night, it is enough to use it until the end of the month, it is only half a month, and there is not a drop left, are you strange?" ”

Mu Yan pinched his sleeves and listened quietly.

Xia Xiang is the third wife's person, and it is not easy to move her, but if the old lady wants to move her, it will be simple.

Everyone did not dare to speak, but they all hung their heads and looked at their toes.

The old lady let out a cold snort in her nose, and said in a calm voice, "Even if a mouse falls into the oil bottle, it has to be fed into a rat essence, right?" The slap slapped heavily on the kang table, and said sharply: "With so many people waiting, I don't believe that the mouse can really fall into the bottle, and even if it falls, I don't believe that I can't find the mouse essence." ”

The crowd shuddered, and their heads hung even lower.

Xia Xiang was covered in cold sweat, her ears were buzzing, and her throat seemed to have a fire, and she was tormented.

"The old lady is angry, don't be angry." The eldest lady still stood up, she was afraid that if this matter was investigated, she would affect herself again.

The old lady glanced at her angrily, and her words were a little dissatisfied, "How can I not be angry?" I'm not blind yet, but someone is pretending to be a fool under my nose. ”

The eldest lady's face changed and changed, it was very unsightly, and she lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head for a while and said, "It's all the daughter-in-law's negligence, please rest assured, the daughter-in-law will ......definitely find out about this matter."

The eldest lady is also the eldest daughter-in-law in the end, and she will be powerful in the future, and the old lady is not willing to refute her face too much.

The old lady glanced at the eldest lady, pinched her eyebrows and said lazily, "That's it, I'm tired tonight, so I'll leave this matter to you." He said to Mu Yan again, "You are also frightened tonight, so you can rest!" ”

Mu Yan got up and bowed his head to thank him, and sent the old lady out with the eldest lady.

The night was slightly cool, the wind blew the treetops, and the shadows fell, and the eldest lady stood quietly and watched the old lady disappear into the darkness, her eyes changed from fear to deep and then to slightly cool.

Fortunately, Mother Qin didn't say anything exciting tonight......

The corners of her mouth drooped, and the distance between her and Mu Yan was no more than a shoulder.

"What do you think about the lamp oil?"

The eldest lady spoke in a detached tone.

Mu Yan remained silent, lowered his eyebrows and said respectfully, "Mrs. Hui, I really don't know the inside story of this matter, but four days ago, I embroidered a veil for the eldest lady all night, only to find that there was no lamp oil." ”

"Really?" The eldest lady's tone was careless, and she glanced at Mu Yan with a slight sideways glance.

Mu Yan looked calm, and it seemed that he really didn't know who stole the lamp oil.

The eldest lady re-entered the house without saying a word, and Mu Yan followed.

After taking the seat, the eldest lady immediately ordered someone to detain all the maids and mothers-in-law in the bamboo fungus courtyard.

The crowd trembled and fell to their knees.

The eldest lady's face sank like water, and she calmly rushed to her side with the handkerchief in her hand.

Mother Sun immediately straightened her back, cleared her throat and said, "The eldest lady called everyone here tonight, so everyone must already know what happened!" ”

Hearing Mother Sun's words, Xia Xiang immediately shrunk into a ball.