Chapter 240 Thank you, Miss Su, for taking my place.

"Crown Prince!"

Xiao Churen suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with fear and resentment. He breathed heavily and pounded his heart with his hand.

Is this true?

Xiao Churen recalled the scene he had just dreamt of, seeing himself brutally murdered by the Crown Prince, and was filled with horror.

In his dream, he was supposed to successfully become the Crown Prince and take the throne after his ailing father abdicated. However, he was killed by the Crown Prince later!

Moreover, Su Liluo in the dream was actually so infatuated with him?

Is Su Liluo really willing to betray the Crown Prince and sell her beauty?

Xiao Churen was somewhat incredulous.

He remained silent for a long time, his mind constantly processing the events of his dream and connecting them to events in reality.

Before long, he boldly guessed that this might be something that really happened in his previous life, and that Su Liluo's changes in this life might be because she knew about these things even earlier than he did.

Thinking of Su Liluo's infatuation with him in his dream, Xiao Churen felt a strange sense of nostalgia.

If Su Liluo could treat me with such sincerity in this life, how wonderful that would be.

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Su Wanshi quickly calmed down. She was not saddened by the loss of her unborn child and quietly left the Chu Prince's residence the next day.

Where is she?

Xiao Churen arrived at the side courtyard and asked a question upon seeing the empty room.

Ever since that dream, his feelings for Su Wanshi have become somewhat complicated. In the dream, the two of them were deeply in love and inseparable.

But in reality, for some reason, the two ended up like this.

Although he was angry about Su Wanshi's betrayal, after having that dream, he no longer hated Su Wanshi as much as before.

After all, she was someone I loved in my dreams; it wouldn't hurt for her to stay in the manor as a concubine.

"Your Highness, Miss Su has left."

The maidservant honestly stated that Su Wanshi had recently fallen out of favor with Xiao Churen, so they were not worried about what would happen to the Prince of Chu if Su Wanshi left.

"Who told you to let her go? She just lost her child, how could she leave?"

Xiao Churen's face suddenly darkened.

"Your Highness, it was Miss Su...she wanted to leave on her own."

The maidservants were terrified that the King of Chu would suddenly reprimand them, and they quickly knelt on the ground.

"Everyone go and receive ten strokes of the cane! Someone, go find Miss Su and bring her back!"

Xiao Churen gave a cold order and then turned and left.

Now that Su Wanshi has just lost a child for him, she is no longer a virgin. He plans to have someone go through a simple formality to bring her into the mansion as a concubine.

What Xiao Churen didn't know was that after Su Wanshi left the Chu Prince's Mansion, she went straight back to the Su Mansion.

When she learned that the King of Chu intended to go through the proper procedures to bring her into his household as a concubine, Su Wanshi refused.

She didn't understand why the King of Chu would do this, and she didn't want to become his concubine so soon; she wanted to take a chance.

So, Su Wanshi sent someone to tell Zhang Xiaoxiao the news.

Zhang Xiaoxiao was furious when she learned that the Prince of Chu still wanted to bring Su Wanshi into his mansion. She immediately went to find the Grand Tutor, who then put pressure on the Prince of Chu, and the matter had to be temporarily dropped.

Su Wanshi finally felt relieved.

"It seems I have to find a way to get close to Prince Xiao. Even if I have to become a concubine, it has to be for Prince Xiao. If I become Prince Xiao's concubine, I can at least become a concubine after he ascends the throne!"

Su Wanshi analyzed it herself.

She tried hard to recall what happened in her dream, and thought of the current Princess Xiao, Chu Yan, who should have been bitten by a wild beast and paralyzed at the Second Princess's manor. Not long after, Chu Yun married into the Xiao royal family as a daughter of the Chu family to take care of her.

Six months later, Princess Xiao died, and from then on, Chu Yun was the only woman by Prince Xiao's side.

"Chu Yun".

Su Wanshi murmured the name as she recalled it.

This woman must be the beloved of Prince Xiao, yet she has entered Prince Xiao's mansion as a lowly concubine in a disgraceful manner.

It seems that everything is related to Su Liluo's rebirth.

Su Wanshi paid someone to investigate how Chu Yun and Prince Xiao met. She learned that Chu Yun was an orphan who stayed at Prince Xiao's residence after saving Princess Xiao. She and Prince Xiao exchanged glances and developed feelings for each other over time.

After reviewing the descriptions of Chu Yun, she decided to imitate Chu Yun and try to seduce Prince Xiao.

On this day, King Xiao was leaving the restaurant, preparing to walk to his golden nanmu carriage parked by the street.

Suddenly, a woman's anxious voice came from behind.

"careful!"

As Xiao Wang glanced at the woman, before he could even see who she was, a woman rushed up to him and pushed him back a few steps.

Whoosh!

A sound of flowing water passed by, and when you looked closely, you saw a woman dripping water from head to toe.

It got soaked.

"Young lady, what's wrong with you...?"

King Xiao narrowed his eyes, looking at Su Wanshi with a seemingly puzzled but actually dangerous gaze.

He hadn't seen Su Wanshi many times and didn't have a deep impression of her.

"Your Highness, are you alright? I just saw someone upstairs about to throw water down, that's why I offended you. Please forgive my rudeness."

Su Wanshi looked at Prince Xiao with concern, her eyes full of sincerity.

Why do I feel like you look familiar?

King Xiao asked again.

"My name is Su Wanshi, and I am a daughter of the Su family. Su Zhen is my eldest uncle."

Su Wanshi nodded gently.

Su Zhen was the most outstanding person in their Su family, so when introducing herself, she naturally had to mention her relationship with Su Zhen.

Even if Su Zhen doesn't like him, he can't deny this identity.

"Oh, so you're Miss Su."

Upon hearing Su Wanshi mention Su Zhen, Prince Xiao immediately understood.

That's the Crown Princess's cousin. Although I'm not familiar with her face, I've heard the name Su Wanshi quite a bit.

They even knew that the King of Chu valued Su Wanshi highly.

Seeing Su Wanshi's fawning manner towards him, Prince Xiao lowered his eyes, his pupils darted around, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"I am truly grateful to Miss Su today, otherwise this basin of water would have landed on my head. Now that Miss Su is wet, I feel really guilty. How about I take you to buy a new set of clothes?"

King Xiao did not investigate who had spilled the water, but instead spoke gently and considerately.

Su Wanshi's eyes lit up upon hearing this. She hadn't expected that Prince Xiao would be so gentle and considerate. Not only did he not treat her coldly, but he also wanted to take her shopping for clothes.

Does this mean that King Xiao also has feelings for him?

Underneath the veil, Su Wanshi couldn't help but smile. She raised her eyes and gave a shy curtsy.

"Your Highness, I thank you."

She naturally wanted to seize such a good opportunity.

King Xiao was elegant and refined, gentle and meticulous, and his impression on me was much better than that of King Chu.

At this moment, she truly regretted not meeting Prince Xiao sooner; she should have focused her attention on him all those years ago.