Since Lady Zhao became friends with Madam Shen, she hasn't been as attached to her daughter, and had arranged to go to the theater with Madam Shen today.
Gu Shengyin, having nothing better to do at home, had heard that a new circus troupe had arrived in the Southern City and was planning to check it out.
Today, Shiao Shiao had gone to the White Cloud Cloth Store to pick up new clothing samples, and Auntie Lin stayed home to watch the house, so Gu Shengyin had no choice but to go alone.
The circus performance was quite good; if only it hadn't been for the incident that followed.
Gu Shengyin watched as a group of people in black suddenly appeared; some were armed with guns, while most carried knives or iron clubs.
Then, a handsome young performer who had just been doing a flying trapeze act—I don't know where he'd hidden his weapons—joined the fray, and both sides started fighting immediately.
The ones who suffered were the audience members who had come to see the show.
