Several women in tight-fitting clothes were dancing the Hu Xuan dance to the rapid beat of drums.

There was also a group of actors holding folding fans and singing Jiangnan tunes. Their voices were gentle and melodious, and their fingertips were like orchids, showing their graceful beauty.

Bai Wanwan stared intently, and even most of her previous fatigue disappeared.

While watching the performance on stage, something unexpected happened.

The group of actors singing folk songs and the women dancing the Huxuan dance suddenly took out arrows from their sleeves and shot them towards Bai Wanwan and Gu Sinian.

Gu Sinian reacted quickly and immediately drew out his sword, blocking the sleeve arrow with a few "clang clang" sounds.

But when they looked again, they saw killers appearing everywhere in the building, rushing towards them with knives raised.

Bai Wanwan didn't panic and directly took out a pistol from her arms.

Just then, two killers rushed over. She raised her hand and aimed, then fired two shots. One of the killers fell to the ground motionless on the spot.

The other assassins panicked when they saw this. Someone shouted in Parthia, "Be careful! The hidden weapon in his hand is too powerful. Don't get close!"

Gu Sinian also pulled out a gun and fired several shots at the killers rushing towards him, knocking down several more.

But after a while, the bullets in the gun were used up, and a few killers came around from the side and were about to pounce on him.

At this critical moment, the bottle suddenly moved, and all the killers who rushed over fell to the ground.

The remaining killers were all terrified. No one knew what was going on, so they shouted, "Retreat! Retreat quickly! They know some weird tricks, let's run first!"

Bai Wanwan looked at the corpses scattered on the ground and said, "It's the Parthian Empire again. Who arranged these people?"

Gu Sinian looked at the secret guards and said, "Find out where these people came from."

Soon these secret guards ran out, and at night someone came to report:

"Sir, those assassins just now have fled into the princess's residence! I'm afraid the princess is colluding with the Parthian people!

But now the Princess's Mansion is surrounded by elite soldiers inside and outside. Our people can't get in, and we can't force our way in. But we have sent rats to gather information."

Gu Sinian narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you saying that the princess is really colluding with the people of Parthia?"

Bai Wanwan shook her head and said:

"I don't think so. There's not only the eldest princess in the princess's mansion, but also Shen Wei and Shen Tao. Maybe there's something else going on.

Naitang, have someone keep a close eye on this and make sure to find out who is behind this."

Naitang immediately took the order, turned around and handed over the task to his subordinates, and arranged for people to investigate overnight.

At midnight, two of the spies finally returned to report. Milk Tea translated, "Wanwan, we've found out! Today's assassination and the collusion with the Parthian Empire were all orchestrated by Shen Wei."

After hearing this, Gu Sinian curled up the corner of his mouth into a cold smile:

"Immediately mobilize troops and surround the Princess's residence! No one is allowed to enter or leave.

After daybreak, I will personally go to the mansion to ask Shen Wei to come out for a confrontation. If she dares to resist, I will arrest her immediately!"

Shen Wei was smart. Knowing that the matter was exposed, he ran away with a few of his men overnight.

But he didn't run far. He was caught at noon the next day and taken directly to the court.

The court was already noisy early in the morning, and when Shen Wei was brought up, the chaos was even greater.

"Isn't this the Princess Consort of Shen Tao's family? Why is she kneeling here?"

"Yes, she is Shen Wei! Why was she brought to the court when she was supposed to be the Crown Prince's Consort?"

"You don't know yet, right? Someone arranged an assassination yesterday and almost killed the Regent and Lord Bai!

There was a huge uproar in the capital last night, and I heard it was related to her!"

Amidst the discussion, Shen Wei raised her head, feigning innocence, and asked softly, "I wonder what the Regent wants to do by arresting me?"

Gu Sinian stared at her with a hint of pressure: "Should I call you Shen Wei? Or should I call you the little princess of Anxi?"

The entire court was stunned. The discussions suddenly stopped, and someone couldn't help but shout, "How is this possible? How could she be the little princess of Parthia?"

The head of the Shen family turned pale in an instant and slumped down on the blue bricks in the court.

Gu Sinian shouted, "You, the Shen family, are so bold that you actually hid the little princess of the Parthian Empire in the territory of Da Qi. Are you planning to collude with the enemy and betray your country?"

The Shen family members were so frightened that they all knelt down, crying out in injustice: "It's unfair! Regent! We had no idea Shen Wei was the Princess of Parthia. She deceived us all!"

"Gu Sinian, stop slandering me here!"

Shen Wei suddenly stood up from the ground and said:

"How could I be the little princess of Parthia?

What right do you have to accuse me of this? Are you trying to frame me?"

There was no trace of emotion in Gu Sinian's eyes. He simply raised his hand and said, "Bring it up."

Soon, several guards walked into the court holding trays. On the trays were a jade pendant engraved with the totem of the Parthian Empire, several ornaments unique to the Parthian Empire, and a stack of yellowed letters.

"These are all evidence of your contact with the Parthian Empire. Do you still deny every word of treason in the letter?"

Seeing those things, Shen Wei's face turned pale instantly, and she asked in a lost voice: "You...how did you get these things?"

"Of course it was given by this prince." Shen Tao stood out from the queue of ministers.

"You hid it so well, Shen Wei! As the Crown Prince's Consort of Da Qi, you actually dared to secretly collaborate with the enemy and commit treason!

Although we are married in name only, I will never allow you to betray your country!"

Shen Wei stared at Shen Tao in a daze and burst into laughter:

"Good, very good! You really don't care about the friendship between husband and wife!

I'm asking you, have you discovered it a long time ago? You've been hiding it for so long, just waiting to give me a knife today, right?

"Yes, I've noticed it for a while now, and I wanted to give you a chance to come back.

But you actually planned to assassinate the Regent and Lord Bai. Don't blame me for being ruthless!" Shen Tao said loudly.

Shen Wei suddenly burst into laughter and said sarcastically:

"Don't make yourself sound so righteous! Who doesn't know what you really feel about Bai Wanwan?

You just wanted to kill your sweetheart, so you couldn't help but jump out and expose me. It's not for the sake of Da Qi at all!"

"Before you even thought of killing Bai Wanwan, I had already reported your case."

Shen Tao sneered, his eyes full of disdain:

"Shen Wei, you are a Xixi national. This is an unchangeable fact. Don't even think about violating the bottom line of Da Qi by pretending to be one.

I am doing this simply as a citizen of Da Qi. "

"What a duty!"

Shen Wei restrained his laughter:

"So what are you going to do with me now?

Kill me so that Anxi and Daqi can completely break off relations?"

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