First annul the engagement, then sever ties with the empress; the empress reigns supreme.

"Help! There's an assassin!" Gu Junxi shouted towards the outside of the courtyard after resting for a while, then flashed back into the battle.

The commotion was quite loud, and soon a crowd arrived, including Ning Hanshuang and Qin Yue.

Upon seeing Ning Hanshuang and Qin Yue, Gu Junxi felt as if she had found someone to rely on, someone to rely on, and her anxiety subsided.

She turned her head briefly and called out bluntly, "Mother, Uncle Qin, come quickly and help us capture this man."

Ning Hanshuang skillfully used her lightness skill to join the battle. She had been itching to fight for a long time; anyone who dared to injure her daughter had a death wish.

"Here you are." Qin Yue, out of affection for Ning Hanshuang, had always treated Gu Jun like his own daughter. Now that his biological daughter needed him, he naturally felt obligated to help.

With the addition of Ning Hanshuang and Qin Yue, the opposing team quickly fell into a disadvantageous position and could not withstand the attack.

The methods they used became increasingly despicable. But even when he started resorting to underhanded tricks, he was still completely suppressed by the combined forces of the group.

Leng Xuanjue, Mu Lingxuan, and Mu Lingye arrived at that moment.

Seeing the scene before him, Leng Xuanjue's blue eyes flashed with coldness. Just then, the masked man also looked over at Leng Xuanjue, and their eyes met, immediately meeting in a tacit understanding.

Leng Xuanjue twirled his hands behind his back, and two gleaming silver hidden weapons appeared between them.

Mu Lingxuan noticed Leng Xuanjue's unusual behavior, pursed his lips, and was about to speak when Leng Xuanjue looked over with a half-smile.

It is said that eating people is short-tongued and taking advantage of others is soft-handed.

Mu Lingxuan needed Leng Xuanjue's help, so he unconsciously felt inferior in front of Leng Xuanjue at this moment.

Even though he knew this matter involved national affairs, he still felt guilty and silently withdrew his gaze, pretending not to see Leng Xuanjue about to make a move.

Choice is paramount, and Mu Lingxuan had already strayed further and further from the path he had taken when he approached Leng Xuanjue.

Leng Xuanjue seemed to have anticipated Mu Lingxuan's choice, and he curled his lip in disdain as he continued what he was doing.

Just then, Mu Lingye, who was in the distance, did not think about avoiding suspicion between himself and Leng Xuanjue under everyone's gaze. Instead, he walked directly towards Leng Xuanjue and bluntly pointed it out.

"Your Highness, are you trying to interfere in the affairs between our Great Sheng and the Qin Kingdom? If so, then I have every reason to suspect that this masked man is acting on your orders, and I will not be so polite to you."

As he finished speaking, excitement gleamed in Mu Lingye's eyes.

He truly intended to show no mercy to Leng Xuan.

Leng Xuanjue had no doubt that once he made a move, Mu Lingye would do everything in his power to kill him.

He still prefers to stay in the shadows; real fighting is no fun for him.

Furthermore, the loss of Gu Yuanbai would have a negligible impact on his plans.

Leng Xuanjue's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled, naturally putting away the hidden weapon in his hand: "Your Highness, this is not the attitude you would show to an honored guest. Be careful, or I will ask Emperor Sheng to take charge."

Mu Lingye ignored his teasing and coldly withdrew her gaze.

He showed no intention of helping, but simply observed the battle closely.

He knew in his heart that, surrounded by Gu Junxi and the other three, the masked man had no outside help and was already a caged bird.

As Mu Lingye had expected, after interrupting Leng Xuanjue's attack, the masked man could only withstand two rounds before he could no longer hold on.

He was knocked to the ground by Ning Hanshuang's palm and couldn't move.

"Mother, lift his veil." Gu Junxi landed steadily using her light-footed skills and called out to Ning Hanshuang. She couldn't wait to find out if the person under the veil was Gu Yuanbai.

If Gu Yuanbai truly plotted to murder the Qin princess on his wedding day, then Gu Yuanbai is doomed.

Since he was destined to die, she had no qualms about interrogating Gu Yuanbai and finding out who was controlling Su Li behind the scenes.

Was there some hidden conspiracy behind sending Su Li away back then?

And when the Ningyuan Marquis's family was wiped out, was the traitor Gu Yuanbai?

Gu Junxi and Ning Hanshuang never gave up on finding the traitorous spy. Although they had suspicions about Gu Yuanbai, they never found any evidence.

Upon hearing Gu Junxi's words, Ning Hanshuang did not hesitate for a moment and swiftly reached out to tear off the face mask.

As soon as he pulled off the face mask, Gu Yuanbai immediately reached out to cover his face.

But when the face mask was just removed, everyone saw what he needed to see, so his attempts to cover it up with his hands were futile.

Besides, Ning Hanshuang had been married to him for many years, so how could she not recognize him just because he covered his face with his hand?

“Gu Yuanbai, it’s you. You murdered the princess on your wedding day. You’re trying to ruin the marriage alliance between our two countries. Who instructed you? Do you know that this is an act of treason?” Ning Hanshuang stared at Gu Yuanbai with hatred.

With blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, Gu Yuanbai's identity was exposed by Ning Hanshuang. After his last fig leaf was torn away, he simply put his hands down and stopped struggling in despair.

He was initially reluctant to speak, but when he looked up and met Ning Hanshuang's disdainful gaze, his resentment and humiliation erupted once again.

"Ning Hanshuang, don't look at me like that, like I'm looking at a filthy beggar. Do you know how disgusting that look is? If you didn't always disgust me, why would I have chosen a peasant girl as my mistress? In my eyes, you're not even as good as a peasant girl, hahaha..."

Gu Yuanbai wasn't crazy; he knew he had been caught red-handed and abandoned by Leng Xuanjue, and now he was at his wit's end.

It's all dead anyway.

That would definitely be a quick and painless death.

Ning Hanshuang, who always considered herself superior, turned deathly pale when Gu Yuanbai belittled her so rudely.

Marrying Gu Yuanbai, Gu Yuanbai's betrayal is a scar she doesn't want to talk about.

"Gu Yuanbai, you're not allowed to talk about Shuang'er like that." Ignoring everyone present, Qin Yue followed his heart and protectively pulled Ning Hanshuang into his arms. He then drew his sword and struck Gu Yuanbai's face heavily with the back of the blade.

A red mark immediately appeared on Qin Yuanbai's face.

Qin Yue hugged Ning Hanshuang even tighter with pity and continued, "It's your own self-degradation and looking down on yourself that has nothing to do with Hanshuang. Hanshuang doesn't need to compare herself to anyone, and no one can compare to her."

"Heh, is that so?" Gu Yuanbai sneered contemptuously.

If Ning Hanshuang was the first person he hated, then Qin Yue was the second.

Narrow-minded, insecure, and sensitive people often dislike those who witnessed their most difficult times, and those they aspire to be but can never become, only able to look up to.

"Qin Yue, what are you so smug about? Ning Hanshuang is just a discarded shoe I didn't want anymore. Only you still treat her like a treasure. How about it, I've had my fun, haven't I? Haha..."

Gu Yuanbai laughed wildly, his words becoming increasingly outrageous.

Ning Hanshuang's face grew paler and paler from this humiliation, and she was trembling almost all over.

If someone else had said this, they might have retorted that it wasn't a big deal.

But since these words came from her ex-husband, the insult was amplified many times over.

Gu Yuanbai represented her entire youth, and Gu Yuanbai's shamelessness was tantamount to directly negating her entire youth.

How blind she must have been to marry such a scoundrel.