Stealth assassination in the Royal Palace is extremely difficult.
Firstly, the architecture with high walls and vast courtyards offers a broad view, similar to the Capital's Imperial Palace with its surrounding corridors resembling a labyrinth.
In the previous Great Xing, there were even jokes about assassins getting lost outside the palace.
Although the Shu Prince Mansion does not match the grandeur of the Imperial Palace, it is similarly arranged, with its expansive courtyards offering no cover, revealing anyone no matter where they run.
Copper jars for sound amplification are buried beneath the tiles of several great halls.
Key areas are secretly equipped with alarm copper bells.
The personal guards of King Shu are all experts. The soldiers patrolling and stationed adhere to a "pass and badge" system, exchanging dozens of waist tokens each shift.
