This palace is from modern day 2

Chapter 67 The Assassination of Nangong Chen 7
"The empress dowager..." She looked at the empress dowager who had been silent all this time.

I waited for the empress dowager to scold me. In her mind, my status was far inferior to Yiyi's. I also didn't dare to expect extravagantly.

but……

But she just gave Rou Xiaosan a cold look, then looked at Nangong Chen, and said in a gentle voice, "Concubine Rou, step back."
When the Empress Dowager said this, not only I was surprised, but even Concubine Rou was extremely surprised, "The Empress Dowager...|"

"Back off." She said majesticly.

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Rou looked at Nangong Chen aggrievedly, she probably didn't understand why she had offended the Empress Dowager.

Nangong Chen looked at me, and said to her indifferently, "Back off."

Concubine Rou retreated reluctantly, walked to the door, and heard Yiyi's voice, "Go back and face the wall and think about what to say and what to say."
Yiyi doesn't need a reason to hate her, no, to be precise, she just favors me.

The Empress Dowager glanced at me, and there was also blame in her eyes, "Yanran, although it is wrong for a concubine Rou to teach you like this, but your speed is indeed too slow."

I lowered my head, "Yanran knows I was wrong."

Yiyi took my hand and led me in, then she acted like a baby to the Empress Dowager, "Queen Mother, you are tired too, let us send you back to the palace to rest for a while."

The Empress Dowager stood up, "Well, that's fine."

I thought what she meant by we was that I was among them, and I was still wondering, we left, who would serve Nangong Chen, but I saw Yiyi patted my hand, "Yanran, you stay."

The door of the palace creaked shut, I don't know who was so intentional.

The dormitory, which was bustling just now, suddenly became quiet.

Nangong Chen still maintained his sitting posture.

As soon as the Empress Dowager left, he kept staring at me.

(End of this chapter)