Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty; a respectful way to address or refer to an emperor or monarch

(literary) the emperor's residence or throne room; the imperial court

Steps of an imperial palace, historically carved with patterns of the hornless dragon [[螭|螭|chi1]]

the flight of steps leading to the throne or palace

(literary) the bodyguards of the emperor or the imperial palace

(literary) for an official to have a formal audience with the emperor; to visit the Son of Heaven

to bid farewell to the emperor in person before leaving the capital or departing for an official mission