Ms. Li recalled what happened on the way and nodded, "Yes, they are sisters I met in the palace."
"Oh? Where do you work?"
"I don't know where she is now. We were in a hurry and didn't have time to talk. When I followed the prince out of the palace, she was transferred to the Shanggong Bureau, specifically responsible for running errands and delivering messages. Judging from her appearance today, I'm afraid she is still responsible for this task."
Meng Qi nodded. "Before you were transferred to the Shanggong Bureau, where did you work?"
Ms. Li didn't understand why Meng Qi asked so much. After thinking for a moment, she said, "He and I worked together in the Shangyi Bureau. We met at that time. We weren't close, but we could talk. We were both old palace veterans and had some common topics."
Ms. Li thought for a moment and continued, "Before that, I only know that she once served the late Empress Dowager. Later, when a maidservant close to the late Empress Dowager was favored by the Emperor and given the title of Consort, the late Empress Dowager asked her to serve that Consort. After that Consort died of childbirth complications, she returned to the late Empress Dowager's palace and worked there for a while. Later, the late Empress Dowager also passed away, and I have no idea where she went."
Meng Qi was stunned. Having served the late Empress Dowager, he should be quite old.
"How old is she?"
Ms. Li thought for a moment and said, "He should be in his thirties."
"Why didn't you let it out?"
"I heard that there was no one at home, and she just didn't want to go out."
Meng Qi felt a little headache. She originally thought that the woman named Madam Zhuang was familiar. Now, when she heard Ms. Li mention this old palace maid, she had a hunch that this person was not simple.
The late Empress Dowager Wang was a topic that no one in the palace dared to bring up. With the passing of the late Empress Dowager, the people who served her either died for their master or left the palace. It seemed that this palace maid was not welcome.
Thinking of this, Meng Qi recalled the rumor about the late Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and the incident where blood was all over the ground because of that rumor.
She had just been born when that incident happened, and she knew nothing about it as a girl in her previous life. She only knew a little bit about it after she married Song Chengze and went to the palace again and again. But even that little knowledge was enough to make her open her mouth in surprise.
The late Empress Dowager was the Emperor's Achilles' heel; no one dared to mention her, let alone anything about her. To this day, the Hibiscus Palace, where the late Empress Dowager lived, was cleaned daily by palace servants, and remained in the same state as when she was alive. The Emperor often visited Hibiscus Palace, often sitting there for long periods of time.
Meng Qi suddenly became interested in this old palace maid, and her intuition told her that she should check this palace maid out.
In her previous life, she only had a general idea of why those princes fell from power; she didn't know the specific reasons. But she remembered that one of them, Prince Duan, had fallen into trouble because of the late Empress Dowager's affairs.
Thinking of this, Meng Qi straightened up and said, "If you enter the palace again, you should find a way to ask that palace maid about the details of the female doctor she sent out of the palace today."
Ms. Li said respectfully, "I have already inquired about it."
Meng Qi asked in surprise, "When?"
"It was when you were talking to Concubine Lian. On the way to Qionghua Palace, you lifted the curtain of the sedan chair to look at her. Later, I heard Aunt Mo's story about the female doctor. I thought you might be more concerned about the female doctor who treated Concubine Lian. Although we were both preparing medicine for Princess Aihua, she was hired by the Eastern Palace after all. There were some things that the prince and you were unaware of. So, I took the initiative and took advantage of that time to go to the Shanggong Bureau."
Meng Qi didn't expect that Ms. Li was so insightful. She was too smart. It seemed like a pity to leave her mind unused.
Seeing Meng Qi didn't respond, Ms. Li looked at her in silence. She was unsure whether what she was doing was right. She didn't understand Meng Qi's temperament at all. It had been almost a month since she married, and she hadn't let her face her.
She must cherish this opportunity, otherwise she will be left far behind by this person, and it will be too difficult to catch up.
But now looking at Meng Qi's expression, Ms. Li felt that she might have done something wrong. She should have done it when Meng Qi arranged for her to do it, instead of doing it herself in advance.
However, there is no point in saying this now. Since she has found out, she has to tell it out loud. No matter what Meng Qi thinks, she just has to do it herself. She really can't wait like that any longer.
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