The Princess Cannot Escape: The Cunning Prince Is Not to Be Messed With

Chapter 307 Common Enemy

It was as if Old Gu's world had suddenly collapsed. He had once thought he would be a pillar of society, but it was all an illusion.

In front of others, he is an elder, but everyone knows how much weight this elder carries.

The man was originally the head of the household, but in recent years, he has devoted himself to cultivation, to the point that he has entrusted everything to his wife. But what has he gained now?

In terms of status, he will always be behind the lord of the manor; in terms of martial arts, because of the one thing he has always been concerned about, he has been unable to break through his bottleneck, and now at this age, he can be considered to have reached the end; as for his lover, the person he loved was killed by him.

Old Gu felt as if he had lost the whole world. Facing his own son who was treating him coldly, he didn't know how to make amends.

"Who are you trying to impress by acting like this? Meng Sheng? Do you know what he was like when he came to me?" Master Yu was furious when he saw Old Master Gu's expression.

"What do you know? It's difficult for me too. If you were me, do you think you could do better than me?" When Old Gu heard his good brother say this about him, and realized that they had all been keeping things from him, who in this world could he still trust?

Old Gu felt that the world was bleak and that the people around him were so indifferent.

The person you thought was your brother actually looked down on you; the person you thought was your wife turned out to have done so many bad things behind your back; and the child you thought you had found turned out to be someone you had missed too much, and now he was unwilling to come back to you.

Old Gu began to hate, hating the indifference of those people, hating that the world had played such a joke on him, but he hated himself the most.

"Do you think I don't know? You keep saying you treat me as your brother, but you've long had different feelings for Wu Niang. Do you think I can't see it?" Old Master Gu was furious when he saw his brother belittling him like this. "Tell me, how did I end up being found by the family? Did you inform on me so that I could be separated from Wu Niang?"

Old Gu grew angrier the more he thought about it. He had never doubted his brother before, but now that he thought about it, Master Yu was indeed very suspicious.

"How could it be me? I, Yu, have always acted with integrity and honesty. I would never do such a thing behind your back." At this moment, Master Yu raised his hands and made a gesture of swearing an oath to the heavens.

“That’s right. Although I like Wu Niang, she chose you. I can only stay by her side silently, but she still thinks of you.” Yu Daxia looked at Gu Lao, who had his head drooping. He just couldn’t understand why this man was better than him, and why the person he liked liked Gu Lao.

But all of that is in the past. Everything can never go back to the way it was before. Things have changed, and the person in front of me is now overwhelmed by guilt.

Seeing his father's deep repentance, with no expression on his face, Yin Quan felt heartbroken for him. What had he gone through to become so cold-blooded?

"Arrest this woman and lock her in the manor's dungeon," Meng Sheng said, pointing at Lou Yu.

This woman is insignificant here, but she has other uses, so she cannot fulfill her role in front of Meng Sheng.

"Why aren't we taking stricter precautions? This woman must be extraordinary to become Gu Lounan's subordinate. You should be preventing her from leaking any information," Yu Daxia asked at this moment. He was Mengsheng's master, and perhaps there were some things he hadn't anticipated.

However, he could no longer see Mengsheng clearly. He only knew that the child came to him one stormy day, covered in injuries, hoping to become his disciple.

Although he nominally established the Shadow Guard, in reality, every single member of the Shadow Guard was personally selected by Meng Sheng. Those people only submitted to Meng Sheng, and he himself was just a figurehead.

He was no longer this child's master, but what did it matter? As long as he could take Mengsheng's place as Mengsheng's mother and take care of him, that was enough.

"Wouldn't it be better to have more people? It would be more lively, and this woman could die more gloriously." Meng Sheng looked at Mu Chengjun lying on the ground, her eyes filled with bloodlust, but she wouldn't let her die so easily.

“If she were in front of me, she would know that I deliberately sent her master here. Do you think she would still notify Gu Lounan?” Meng Sheng laughed. He would get what he wanted, and things would never be like they were when he was a child.

Mu Chengjun, lying on the ground, wished that Meng Shen would treat her like one of the dead people around him, but she had no idea how much Meng Sheng hated her, hated her so much that he wished he could tear her to pieces.

"You think you can survive by pretending to be dead?" Meng Sheng's words rang out above Mu Chengjun's head, and Mu Chengjun's whole body stiffened.

Hearing this, Yin Quan couldn't help but feel a chill. Meng Sheng was truly ruthless, not only extinguishing this person's hope for survival but also making her fear not only death but also the inhuman torture.

"This is not my fault. It was your father who gave me the poison. You know that. I didn't know it was poison." Mu Chengjun knew she couldn't escape now. She could only try her luck and hope that it might lessen Meng Sheng's anger.

Everyone looked at Mu Chengjun with disgust, who was sitting on the ground, shamelessly defending himself.

“Aunt, I respect you as my elder, so stop making excuses for yourself. Don’t you think it’s fake?” Gu Changxi was happy at this moment. At least he knew that this force did not belong to Mu Chengjun. It was a neutral force, which made things easier.

"You...?" Mu Chengjun was so angry that he couldn't speak. At this moment, Gu Changxi was adding insult to injury.

"What? I just felt it wasn't worth it for my brother whom I've never even met. Didn't you just try to kill me? Do you still consider me family? Our Gu family can't have such a ruthless person." Gu Changxi's actions were truly despicable, but it was also the best way to clear himself of any wrongdoing.

At this moment, Mu Chengjun truly hated himself. Why hadn't he thought of this before? He thought he was the final victor and could do anything to the losers, but he never expected to fail at the last minute. It was so unfair.

It was only then that Meng Sheng noticed Gu Changxi. When he saw Gu Changxi, he looked like he understood.

“I think you’ve been watching for a long time, why don’t you come out?” Mengsheng said.

At this moment, Yin Quan felt like a thief caught red-handed. Her first thought was to hide and then slip away.

Xiahou Ying grasped Yin Quan's hand as she tried to escape, applying slight pressure to reassure her that nothing would happen with him there. His gaze offered Yin Quan the greatest comfort.

Elder Gu was taken aback when they emerged from the shadows.

"Aren't you guests brought by Changxi? What are you doing here? Could it be that you are also...?" Elder Gu was extremely uneasy. He felt that everyone who came out was here to seek revenge.

“It’s not what Elder Gu thinks,” Xiahou Ying quickly explained. He gave a few perfunctory words, basically saying that he was just passing by and found a safe place to hide.

“You don’t need to beat around the bush. My goals are different from yours, and we have no conflict,” Meng Sheng said to Xiahou Ying without even looking up.

Mengsheng's meaning is very clear: let's keep to ourselves. At this time, the best approach is for you to do your thing and he to do his.

“I’m afraid we can’t do what you want. Our relationship is much more complicated than you imagine,” Gu Changxi said, stepping forward. Yin Quan was increasingly finding that this man was particularly fond of keeping things mysterious.

"What do you mean by this?" Meng Sheng didn't understand how he could still be connected to them. Apart from Xiahou Ying's somewhat complicated identity, how complicated could it be?

Gu Changxi gave a meaningful smile, but it was very faint, and those who didn't know him well wouldn't be able to see it.

"Do you know who gave the bottle of poison she used to poison your mother to your father?" Gu Changxi asked. It was a coincidence. When she was a child, she always liked to hide in the shadows and observe others. She would then learn many secrets that others thought were unknown to her. This made Gu Changxi very happy and gave her a sense of accomplishment.

"Who is it?" Meng Sheng asked. He was indeed quite puzzled about the source of the poison, as Wuya was not someone he could just ask for.

"In our Gu family, whose mother is from another ethnic group and not recognized by our manor?" Gu Changxi said, seemingly keeping it a secret, but actually making it very clear.

Gu Lounan's mother was the daughter of the Poison Sect, so it wasn't surprising that she could get her hands on Wuyai. This made the whole thing quite interesting.

"This matter is more interesting than I imagined. It seems I have gained another enemy." Meng Sheng smiled, unconcerned. He didn't take Gu Lounan seriously at all.

"No, it's because we have a mutual friend, so we can become friends," Gu Changxi analyzed, his eyes full of confidence, as if he knew Meng Sheng would definitely agree to his conditions.

Meng Sheng looked at Gu Changxi, said nothing, and only gave her a look.

Although no one spoke, everyone understood what this meant: it meant agreeing to stand on the united front.

Yin Quan was so excited that she wanted to hug Xiahou Ying. This was truly a good thing. What she thought was an obstacle had turned into a source of motivation. How could she not be excited?

Xiahou Ying's expression relaxed considerably. The shadow guards had already retreated with Meng Sheng's departure. When Yin Quan and the others left, only Elder Gu stood there for a long time, seemingly lost in thought.