She had a hunch that the old concubine that Situ Yao mentioned should be the woman in the cold palace. Although she didn't know why she lived in the cold palace, and Situ Yao didn't know of her existence, Su Mengyan felt that her hunch was not wrong.
However, the matter had not been settled yet, so Su Mengyan did not dare to tell Situ Yao about it directly, but she had some thoughts in her mind.
It seems that it is time for me to go to the cold palace again.
The next day, watching Longyao sleeping peacefully in the arms of her wet nurse, Su Mengyan happened to have nothing to do. Thinking of what Situ Yao said yesterday, she asked the palace maid to prepare some fruits and went to the cold palace herself.
There were no guards guarding the cold palace, but people passed by from time to time. Although Su Mengyan did not have to avoid those people as the queen, she still felt that there was no need to cause unnecessary trouble, so she found the side door that the woman led her in last time.
After entering the cold palace, Su Mengyan followed her memory from last time and took a few turns before arriving at the gate of the same courtyard.
Looking at the somewhat familiar courtyard gate, Su Mengyan raised her hand and knocked on it.
When the old nanny heard the sound of the courtyard door, she thought she had misheard, but when she listened carefully, she found that someone was indeed knocking on her courtyard door.
It's strange. There is no one else living in the cold palace. Why would someone knock on the door of his own courtyard?
With a hint of curiosity, the old nanny walked to the gate of the courtyard without stopping, opened the gate a crack, and then she saw Su Mengyan standing outside with a smile on her face.
"The Queen is here, please come in." After finding out that it was someone she knew, the nanny hid her wariness, took the fruit from Su Mengyan's hand with a smile, and said to Su Mengyan.
Yes, she must have been overthinking it just now. How could there be other people in the cold palace? Last time, her master brought Su Mengyan here, so it seems that Su Mengyan also came to see her master this time.
As expected, just as she was thinking this, she heard Su Mengyan ask, "Is your master here? I want to see her."
Although Su Mengyan felt that the woman should be the old concubine, she did not reveal her identity. If she directly exposed her identity, the old nanny would become wary of her, which would backfire. So she just said that your master did not mention the old concubine.
When Su Mengyan asked about her master, the old nanny smiled indulgently: "The master is in the study. Your Majesty, please follow me."
The old nanny put the fruit that Su Mengyan brought on the table and led Su Mengyan to the back.
Su Mengyan followed the old nanny to a room. The old nanny stopped and said, "My lady, my master is inside. You can go in by yourself."
After saying this, the nanny turned around and left without caring about Su Mengyan's reaction.
Su Mengyan was a little confused. She didn't know what the nanny meant. If she just went in like this, wouldn't it disturb the master of their family?
But I've already come this far, can I go back?
Forget it, since the nanny lets me in, then I’ll just go in.
After thinking it through, Su Mengyan raised her hand and knocked on the study door.
"Come in." A woman's voice came from the room. Su Mengyan could tell that it was the woman she had met last time.
When he opened the door, the person he saw was the woman in red whom he had seen last time. She was holding a book in her left hand and had just turned a page with her right hand.
"I'm sorry for coming here without any prior notice." Su Mengyan felt that she was coming in abruptly and disturbing everyone, so she said this.
The woman thought it was the old nanny or the old eunuch coming, so she kept staring at the book in her hand and didn't look up. When she heard Su Mengyan's voice, she looked up in surprise.
"It's you who's here. I've been bored these days, so I thought of tidying up the books in the study." The woman closed the book in her hand and put it on the bookshelf, then said to Su Mengyan.
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she turned to look at Su Mengyan and asked, "By the way, can you do accounting?"
In this era, ladies of noble families were brought up as the future mistresses of the house. Naturally, they could understand some account books, but they were not good enough at complicated things like bookkeeping.
But who was Su Mengyan? She was a person from the new era. She knew some of the things that women of this era didn't know, so she nodded and said, "I know a little, but I'm not very proficient."
The woman nodded and said, "In that case, you are not bad. However, considering your status, knowing only a little is definitely not enough. Since you are here today, I will teach you."
From the meaning of her words, it can be heard that she already knows Su Mengyan's identity, so she wants to give Su Mengyan some guidance in accounting.
Su Mengyan was naturally happy and at ease knowing that someone was teaching her, so she came to the woman's side and listened to her softly talking to her about how to do things more conveniently and quickly.
After listening to the woman's teachings, Su Mengyan felt like her eyes were suddenly opened and she benefited a lot.
Just as she was flipping through the books on the shelf, she found a strange book.
"What is this?" Su Mengyan asked.
The woman simply raised her eyelids, took a closer look at what Su Mengyan was holding, and said calmly, "It's nothing important, but the emperor seems to need it recently, so you can take it."
Sure enough, Su Mengyan felt a little excited. Her intuition was right. This woman was the old concubine dowager.
Because what Su Mengyan was holding in her hand was the roster that recorded the names of the palace maids and eunuchs.
The roster was in the hands of the old concubine. Now that the roster appeared in front of this woman, it naturally proved her identity.
Just when Su Mengyan confirmed the identity of the old concubine and was feeling complacent, she heard the old concubine speak again.
"By the way, you can take this thing with you!" After saying that, the old concubine took out something from her sleeve and threw it in front of Su Mengyan.
Su Mengyan picked up the thing and saw that it was a seal of the Personnel Bureau.
After getting these things, Su Mengyan talked with the old concubine dowager before leaving the cold palace.
After getting the roster, Su Mengyan returned to Feng Palace. The first thing she did was to open the roster and examine it carefully.
Just as Su Mengyan was studying the things on the roster, Situ Yao arrived.
When Situ Yao came over, he saw Su Mengyan leaning over the desk, seemingly busy.
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