As soon as the housekeeper confessed to Old Madam Su crying to go back to the village, the crowd started to buzz with energy. They all looked at Su Yiqian and started to gossip.
" This is really outrageous. Not only is the imperial concubine ungrateful, but she even harmed the commoners who helped her. Isn't this her trying to ruin the two families?"
"In the past, I used to think that imperial concubine Su was gentle and a woman of many talents. I never thought that she would be poisonous like this, how could she harm the commoners like this? If it was proven that they were the ones who stole these things then they would have been executed! These were the gifts handed to her by the Emperor! Stealing them is similar to killing yourself!"
" Thats right. Ever since they started living in the manor, the imperial concubine did not even come to take a look at how her benefactors were living back then I thought that she was busy but now I know that she was just trying to save her skin!"
" The second master Su is not any good either. He actually allowed his sister to bully the commoners like this? He is supposed to be studying as a scholar, since when did scholars start to turn their noses in contempt towards the commoners?"
However, the nobles did not have any idea about what kind of person Su Yiqian was and only relied on rumours. They did know that Second Master Su, Su Jinxiao was a scholar who was studying in the academy of the capital.
He was talented in poetry and calligraphy. And he even clinched the top ranking in the elementary scholar exams. With the connections of his father and mother, he was guaranteed to get a good job at the Ministry of Finance and Taxes.
Shining brighter than anyone else he was going to be the winner of the life.
Because of this many families had been keeping an eye on him.
But now that this matter had escalated to the point where Su Jinxiao was involved as well, many people did not have any good feelings towards him.
Once Su Bai made a move, the rest of the family made a move as well. Even though Lin Ze was an idiot, he knew when to follow suit, he immediately knelt on the ground with his mother and also begged to be forgiven.
Su Yiqian was so angry that she almost fainted.
These damned troublemakers. They were clearly spouting nonsense! They were the ones who tormented her and even sold her away but Su Yiqian could not say a thing as she knew that she was not the old Su Wan.
She could not say those things!
What was more this woman was her benefactor in name. With the real Madam Su dead and the tally of her father in this woman's hand, Su Yiqian could not touch her!
With them kneeling in front of her, Su Yiqian knew that there was no way for the situation to be turned around. And if she were to drag the matter any more her second brother would be involved in the matter as well.
Her second brother had a limitless future in front of him, if something happened to him then even if her parents doted on her, they would be furious with her. Thus Su Yiqian sucked in a breath and confessed, "It's my fault. This imperial concubine was narrow-minded, the gifts handed to me by his majesty are something that I care about a lot."
" I was worried that benefactors were not used to staying in the capital and they had clearly not seen such delicate antiques and millions of taels before I feared that they would lose sight of themselves and ended up making a rash decision. I would apologize for it."
" My second brother is currently at an expedition thus he had no idea what happened in his manor."
For the sake of Su Jinxiao, she could only throw her reputation away!
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