However, she was very familiar with the road leading to the Qianqing Palace.
The Qianqing Palace was the place where the King stayed and the Queen used to bring some food when she was visiting him there, but some time later, the King did not allow her to come with any food.
So the Queen stopped as he told her to. Later, they grew further and further apart from each other and that was just a few months ago.
The Queen did not have to have her arrival announced, she could drop by whenever she wanted to, but things were different now. She had to wait outside the palace before her arrival was passed on to the King.
When the Eunuch went inside to pass on the message, the King heard that the Queen was here.
He knew pretty well what she was here for - she was here for Xunyang. The King would have been willing to meet her if not for what was going on with Xunyang, and now he just did not want to see her any more.