Chapter 853: The fastest one wins

Although the money was moved by the house owner, there was no way Su Yiqian would admit it. So as long as he made a fuss those hundred thousand taels would be moved back immediately!

The head officer did not think that a commoner who came from the countryside would dare to act recklessly in front of an Imperial concubine. This man was just a commoner with no power while Su Yiqian was a high and mighty concubine who lived in the palace, there was no link between the two of them.

Even if the head officer had an extra head he would never be able to think that the real Su Yiqian was dead and in place of her someone else had taken over her body. And Su Bai had a very firm grip on the weakness of this new Su Yiqian.

The investigators soon returned with the silver headdress and silk clothes, they turned to look at the housekeeper who was trembling from head to foot.

" This was found in the room of the housekeeper," the investigating officer said to the head officer. He handed the silver headdress to the head officer who weighed it in his hands and sighed, the headdress was not light.

Most probably it was more than five kg, which meant that the housekeeper stole more than a thousand taels from the house which belonged to the imperial concubine.

The head officer shook his head. He could not help but feel contemptuous towards Su Yiqian, she was an imperial concubine, it could be said that she was second in rank after the Empress and she also managed the harem along with the Empress.

But what kind of management can she do when she can"t even control her housekeeper?

This housekeeper dared to act lawless in the house of a concubine, what else could he do behind their backs?

When Su Bai saw that the housekeeper was indeed planning to harm them he was so angry that he wanted to fight with him. Fortunately, he was a smart man and kept an eye on the treasury, which was the most important room of the house or else he would have died with his eyes open!

He turned to look at his mother who nodded and then started to cry. Even though she wanted to make a fuss and slap that unfilial granddaughter, she did not dare to act recklessly, Su Wan had told her that the future of her precious grandson relied on her shoulder. If she made a mistake then she would be the one who would suffer as her grandson would not be able to become an official.

With reddened eyes, she coughed and spluttered, " I see. We commoners are really not invited to the capital, only three months pa.s.sed and we were about to be schemed against so badly."

She looked at the housekeeper and then cried softly like a gentle grandmother, " If you found us annoying then you could have told us, it"s not like we would have troubled you. We never wanted to come to the capital but we had to because we did not have any money and land left, it was all sold away because of my sickness and old age."

" I might be poor but I also have my pride, since I came here other than what necessities I need did you see me using a single tael?"

" How could you steal so much silver and then use it for yourself? Don"t you feel sorry for the Imperial concubine? She trusted you and this is how you repaid her by stealing from her?"

Su Wan had told Old Madam Su in the letter that Su Yiqian"s position in the palace was really high. She was second in command after the Empress, if they wanted to clasp her neck tightly then they needed to weaken her power, only when Su Yiqian was afraid of making a wrong move would she be in control and listen to them docilely.

Old Madam Su also understood this concept. Earlier they did not make a fuss, thinking that Su Yiqian"s loss would be their loss but now that they saw how vicious that woman was they did not want to hold back. If that woman"s power did not weaken and the Empress did not take charge then they could forget about Su Yiqian listening to them obediently!

Thus, Old Madam Su allowed Madam Chu to pinch her on the back and cried even more, " Wuu, I don"t care. I think we should just go back, even the benefactor of an imperial concubine is treated like this, sure enough even under the majesty of the Emperor, the commoners could be bullied like this!"

This sentence made Su Yiqian suck in a cold breath. Though she was completely stunned upon seeing the acts of Old Madam Su, she was also angry. What did she mean by that commoners were bullied in the land of the King? If this sentence reached his majesty then she would be locked away in the cold palace.

Forget about having a child, she would end up disgusting the Emperor!

These people they were too detestable, they ruined and killed her when she lived with them. Forcing her to marry five men and when she refused they almost killed her but now they were acting to be victims!

" I have to go and stop them!" Su Yiqian stood up from her carriage seat, she could not allow this matter to develop any further!

Xiao Yue also understood the severity of the situation. Thus, she followed after Su Yiqian who had deliberately put on a pale make-up to make herself look sick.

" Benefactor Su, what are you talking about?" Su Yiqian rushed toward Old Madam Su, though she hated the old lady in her heart, she suppressed the disgust in her heart and then held Old Madam Su"s hand. Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at Old Madam Su and said, " How could you say that you are leaving? The one who should be leaving should be this detestable housekeeper!"

Now that the matter has escalated like this she could only push the blame on the housekeeper.

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