An attempt to bridge this gap ended in failure. The king summoned him to Potsdam in summer 1750, but soon got annoyed about some comment of the architect's and ordered him to return to Berlin. Knobelsdorff immediately set out, but halfway to Berlin a Feldjäger (military policeman) caught up with him with the message that he was to return to the court.
An attempt to reconcile this discrepancy was unsuccessful. The king summoned him to Potsdam in summer 1750, but soon grew irritated by a remark made by the architect and ordered him to return to Berlin. A Feldjäger (military policeman) apprehended him halfway to Berlin with the message that he should return to court.