Consort Rong secretly cursed Commander Zhu for being useless.
She regretted momentarily that during this visit to the traveling palace, she hadn't anticipated encountering Commander Zhu.
Although Consort Rong had long hoped for the Second Prince's death, asking Commander Zhu to assassinate the Second Prince was a spontaneous decision, inadequately prepared. If she had prepared poison in advance and applied it to the blade, even if the Second Prince was only wounded on the arm, he would likely have lost his life.
As Consort Rong sighed and lamented, a squad of the Forbidden Army approached, saying they needed to search the courtyard to prevent any assassins from hiding within it.
Consort Rong said nothing, graciously allowing the Forbidden Army to conduct their search.
Early the next morning, the palace maid sent to gather information returned and said, "I heard the assassin has been caught. It's a deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, and now he's in Eunuch Quan's hands."
