The next morning, right after breakfast, a Female Officer from the Palace came, and Zhulan was quite looking forward to visiting the Palace. This was not the Palace Museum of later times; it didn't have the grandeur of the Palace Museum, but it was still a place of utmost luxury, where the lavish architecture from the late previous dynasty had been preserved.
Upon arriving at the gates of the Palace in a carriage, with the Female Officer leading the way, Zhulan and her daughter just needed to follow.
The Female Officer led the way in silence, her pace not fast, but the distance of each step was almost identical, indicating that the Empress was a person who greatly valued rules and propriety.
