Chapter 643

The young maid nodded, tears streaming down her face, her expression one of profound remorse. Beyond merely drugging the wine, Jinyi had also arranged for a guard to be stationed outside Imperial Noble Consort Ming’s tent. Their plan was to stage a dramatic scene of "catching the adulterers in the act." However, that night, multiple groups were acting simultaneously, and through a series of coincidences and errors, Consort De’s scheme was knocked off course. The guard waited outside the tent for a long time, hearing nothing. It was only when news broke of the incident involving Minister Zhang’s daughter and the Imperial Guards began patrolling the entire temporary palace grounds that he quietly retreated to report back to Consort De’s tent. Although she didn’t know exactly what had transpired, the failure of her plot meant Imperial Noble Consort Ming had escaped unscathed, and Consort De was so infuriated she nearly fainted. She had wanted to try again, but for the sake of the bigger picture, Jinyi persuaded her not to act rashly, lest she ruin the Fourth Prince’s grand plan. This was the only reason the maid who had administered the drug was still alive; had they been back at the palace, she would have been silenced long ago.