Chapter 275 Miss Su trusts me so much?

Dejected, Prince Xiao returned to his palace in a carriage.

As soon as he stepped off the carriage, he saw the back of a woman in an apricot-yellow dress lingering at the entrance of the Prince's mansion.

"Your Highness, you're finally back!"

At that moment, the woman accidentally turned her head and looked right at King Xiao's face.

He smiled happily.

"Miss Su, what brings you here?"

King Xiao greeted him politely.

Yes, the woman was indeed Su Wanshi.

Ever since she learned of Xiao Wang's accident, she had been extremely worried. At the same time, she also harbored the intention of testing Xiao Wang, wanting to see if he could save himself when he had no support from his maternal clan and had fallen out with the princess.

If they can save themselves, it proves that King Xiao is truly capable.

To her delight, King Xiao emerged in less than seven days.

Therefore, she naturally wanted to visit Prince Xiao and try to build a closer relationship.

"I was very worried when I heard that Your Highness had an accident, but now that I see that Your Highness is safe and sound, I can finally put my mind at ease."

Su Wanshi said with deep affection.

"Thank you for your concern, Miss Su."

Prince Xiao pretended not to understand the affection Su Wanshi was showing, and said indifferently before striding towards the mansion.

"Oh, Your Highness~"

Seeing that Prince Xiao was about to leave, Su Wanshi was unwilling and called out to him again.

A smug smile played on Xiao Wang's lips as he stopped and turned back to look at Su Wanshi with a gentle expression.

"Miss Su, is there anything else?"

"I... I would like to invite Your Highness to a meal to welcome you back and wash away the dust of your journey. I wonder... I wonder if I have the honor?"

Su Wanshi kept scratching her palms and said nervously.

This was the first time she had taken the initiative to approach Prince Xiao, and she didn't know if he would accept her.

She is no longer as beautiful as she used to be. Now she has to rely on heavy makeup to cover the scars on her face every day. She is too ashamed to be seen without makeup.

Therefore, her current appearance is nowhere near as pure and sweet as when she seduced the King of Chu.

She knew that most men preferred a pure and innocent look, and now that she was wearing heavy makeup and looking mature, she wondered if Prince Xiao would be tempted.

King Xiao hesitated for a moment, noticing the shyness and nervousness on Su Wanshi's face.

He paused deliberately and said, "If it's convenient for Miss Su, why don't you come to my residence? I no longer have a princess consort, so I'm not afraid of anything. I just wonder... if this will affect Miss Su's reputation."

"No princess?"

Su Wanshi immediately grasped the key point in Xiao Wang's words, her surprise mixed with delight.

"Yes, my queen divorced me and left the palace yesterday."

King Xiao nodded dejectedly.

"Then let's go to the Prince's mansion. I'm fine. There's no one else here anyway."

Su Wanshi suppressed her surprise and quickly replied.

Now that Prince Xiao and his wife have divorced, isn't this the perfect opportunity for me?

If she could win the heart of Prince Xiao and become his concubine, wouldn't that be even better?

And so, Prince Xiao brought Su Wanshi into his residence.

He had a sumptuous lunch prepared, then dismissed all the servants, leaving only him and Su Wanshi in the room.

Su Wanshi absentmindedly poked at the rice in her bowl, while pondering how to communicate with Prince Xiao.

She didn't know much about Prince Xiao, only that he liked Chu Yun and didn't like the former princess Chu Yan, but she didn't know much about Chu Yun either.

I wonder what kind of image and personality Chu Yun usually has in front of Prince Xiao, otherwise she could imitate him.

Prince Xiao naturally saw through Su Wanshi's thoughts, and he took the initiative to put a piece of spare rib into Su Wanshi's bowl.

He smiled and said, "Miss Su, this pork rib dish is quite good. You can try it."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Su Wanshi was delighted to see that Prince Xiao had taken the initiative to serve her food.

"No need to be so polite. I took an instant liking to Miss Su. If you don't mind, we can be friends in the future."

"Friends? Your Highness, are you really willing to consider me a friend?"

"Hmm, Miss Su has a gentle and refined personality, which I... greatly admire."

King Xiao paused deliberately, then looked at Su Wanshi with tender eyes.

Su Wanshi's mind raced. Did Prince Xiao have feelings for her?

Why don't you let her give it a try?

Then she added, "The prince is so good, how could Princess Xiao bear to divorce him? She really doesn't know how to cherish what she has. If Wan Shi had such a good husband, she certainly wouldn't have done this."

When King Xiao heard her mention Chu Yan, a hint of displeasure flashed through his heart. After thinking for a moment, he still put on a gentle and aggrieved expression.

He sighed helplessly, "Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately. I guess Yan'er probably thought that I would be trapped by the King of Chu and couldn't get out, so that's why she did this."

The Chu King's maternal clan is powerful, and I cannot compare. Although someone impeached the Chu King this time, demoting him to a county prince, I believe he will soon make a comeback thanks to his maternal family and Consort Liu.

"The King of Chu will surely retaliate against me then, and I don't want to implicate others, so I have no plans to find another queen."

"This won't do!"

Upon hearing Prince Xiao say that he did not intend to marry another princess, Su Wanshi immediately retorted.

"The King of Chu is not as outstanding as Your Highness, but Your Highness will definitely surpass the King of Chu in the future!"

She witnessed it with her own eyes in her past life; Prince Xiao was the ultimate victor.

King Chu was born into a good family, and his maternal grandfather's family was capable, but didn't he still play his good hand badly in the end?

She has absolutely no hope for the King of Chu now.

"Oh? Miss Su trusts me so much? But I have now fallen out of favor with my father and incurred the wrath of the Prince of Chu. I fear that the day the Prince of Chu makes his comeback, I will..."

King Xiao hesitated, looking worried.

Su Wanshi really wanted to tell him that his worries were unnecessary, but she didn't know how to explain her rebirth.

So, she could only comfort him, saying, "Your Highness, don't worry, Wan Shi will always support you and help you."

Are you truly willing to help me?

This was exactly what King Xiao wanted to hear from Su Wanshi. He looked at Su Wanshi with hopeful and tender eyes.

"Of course, I will do my best as long as it is within my capabilities."

Su Wanshi hadn't been looked at with such gentle eyes in a long time, and she immediately fell into Prince Xiao's gentle trap.

"Su... Wanshi, may I call you that?"

Seeing that Su Wanshi was gradually becoming infatuated with him, King Xiao deliberately asked this question.

His hand was outstretched in mid-air, as if he wanted to hold Su Wanshi's hand, but he was also afraid and hesitant, which immediately made Su Wanshi extremely happy.

She thought that Prince Xiao was interested in her, but was too afraid to show it for some reason.

“Your Highness, of course you can call me Wanshi.”

Taking advantage of the moment, Su Wanshi slapped Xiao Wang in the face and took his outstretched hand into her own.