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Chapter 1608 Substitute Bride 12
Unless the rumors spread by the mastermind are true, or at least appear to be true, so that the princesses who married into the family, such as Linlang, cannot find out that they are false.

If it's true, or if it appears to be true on the surface, what's the point?

Linlang made a deduction.

Upon receiving such rumors, whether one remained silent like the original owner or reacted outright like Li San Niang, a thorn would surely grow in their heart.

If a woman is not resilient, seeing her husband being cold and indifferent to her might leave her with a thorn in her heart, and she might even die of depression.

So, the person spreading the rumors probably wants to anger Princess Qinghe to death, so as to kill someone without killing them personally.

But this is too random. If you encounter someone like the original owner who doesn't care, or someone like Li San Niang who can only anger others but will never be angered to death, wouldn't you be useless?

Linlang carefully recalled what Granny Liu had told her, trying to find clues as to why such rumors were spread.

It was a morning when Linlang had just finished breakfast and was taking a walk in the courtyard to digest her food. Then she saw Liu Mama, one of the wet nurses of Prince Qinghe, coming over.

If Linlang didn't know that she was here to spread rumors, she would definitely find it strange, since the Prince of Qinghe's people wouldn't normally come looking for her unless there was nothing wrong.

However, Linlang knew that she had come to see her, just like in the original world, to spread rumors, so she was not surprised at all. She just pretended not to know and smiled, "What brings Aunt Liu here?"

Granny Liu smiled and said, "It's because the Princess Consort has been in the manor for so long, and I haven't come to see her yet. I came here today specifically to check on her."

Granny Liu wouldn't immediately say what she wanted to say. She exchanged pleasantries with Linlang for a while before dismissing everyone else and telling Linlang the exact same things she had said in the original world.

It simply means that Prince Qinghe and Consort Ding had a relationship, and the prince was very fond of Consort Ding. Unfortunately, Consort Ding was taken away by the emperor, which caused the prince to be depressed. This is why the Dowager Consort wanted to find a wife for the prince as soon as possible, for fear that the prince would make a mistake and bring trouble to the prince's mansion.

Upon hearing Liu Mama's words, Linlang immediately said, "It's not like the imperial family snatched Consort Ding away. Didn't the Ding family take the initiative to send their daughter to the imperial concubine selection? Besides, if the prince really liked Consort Ding, wouldn't it have been enough for him to propose marriage to her back then? That way, the Ding family wouldn't have sent Consort Ding to the palace for the selection."

Granny Liu sighed and said, "Don't think that our Prince's Mansion is close to the imperial family. In the eyes of the Duke of Cheng, that's not enough. He wants his daughter to become the emperor's concubine. As long as she is favored, the Duke of Cheng's Mansion will rise to prominence. The prince knows that this will not work out, which is why he did not propose marriage. He is afraid of humiliating himself."

Linlang said with a mix of amusement and exasperation, "How can we know it won't succeed if we haven't even taken any action? What if the Duke of Cheng was willing? In the end, the Prince gave up without doing anything, so I have no one to blame but himself."

Seeing that Linlang was completely oblivious, Granny Liu felt embarrassed. Fortunately, she had said what she needed to say, so Granny Liu left. Before leaving, she added fuel to the fire, saying, "Your Highness, please don't argue with the Prince over this. I just thought Your Highness was unaware of this matter and didn't want you to offend the Prince one day and ruin your relationship with him, so I reminded you."

Of course, she wouldn't admit that she came to sow discord; she only used this to whitewash her actions. That was all Liu Mama said when she came to Linlang. Linlang thought about it over and over again, but couldn't think of any useful clues.

In the end, all I could think was, did the person behind the scenes say these things just to make me uncomfortable?

Otherwise, I haven't seen it play any significant role.

Or perhaps someone behind the scenes is testing her remote control abilities?

That's possible. After all, everyone needs to test their abilities. Otherwise, if they don't test them and find that they can't do what they're supposed to do when they want to use them, they'll be out of luck.

If it was just a test of her remote control abilities, then why bring up Consort Ding? It's probably because Prince Qinghe and Consort Ding might have had a good relationship in the past. By bringing up Consort Ding, even if Linlang and the others investigated, they wouldn't find anything amiss.

Of course, it's also possible that she had a grudge against Consort Ding and deliberately spread rumors about her. If the rumors hadn't spread, it would have been fine, but once they did, Prince Qinghe would certainly have been in trouble, and Consort Ding would definitely have been in trouble as well.

To be honest, if that person really liked Prince Qinghe and planned to kill some of the princesses so that Prince Qinghe would be labeled as a jinx and she could marry him, then logically, she shouldn't have created this rumor. After all, if this rumor reached the emperor's ears in the palace, Prince Qinghe's mansion would be in trouble. If Prince Qinghe's mansion were gone, how could she marry Prince Qinghe?
This is a bit contradictory. Could it be that the special thing about Prince Qinghe mentioned by the Dowager Princess Qinghe is not that some people say he is a jinx to his wives, but that there are some other rumors?

If no one fabricated the rumor that Prince Qinghe was a jinx to his wives, then her previous assumption that someone wanted to use this rumor to rise to power was wrong.

Instead, they should think about the enemies of Prince Qinghe, because once the rumors about Prince Qinghe and Consort Ding reach the old emperor's ears, the Prince Qinghe's mansion will be in trouble.

The fact that the other party knew that if such rumors reached the emperor's ears in the palace, the Qinghe Prince's Mansion would be in trouble, yet they still spread them, really makes it seem like the work of an enemy.

It would have been easy to destroy the Qinghe Prince's Mansion with their brainwashing abilities, so why did they have to kill those princesses?

Perhaps, even if such rumors reach the emperor's ears, they are confident that they can brainwash the emperor into thinking that he will not punish the Prince of Qinghe's mansion. In that case, the previous speculation that someone wanted to kill the princess and seize the throne is still possible.

Alas, this Prince's mansion is shrouded in mystery. It's really hard for Linlang to guess the truth based on these rumors alone.

It can only be said that the other party is spreading this rumor to annoy Linlang and the others. It's true, because the other party didn't just spread this rumor once, but several times. This time it was Granny Liu who came, and next time it will be other wet nurses around Prince Qinghe. They are all trying to annoy the princess who married Prince Qinghe. Prince Qinghe has a white moonlight in his heart and doesn't like you at all.

In other words, the original owner of this body didn't say anything. Anyone as brainless as Li San Niang would definitely have argued with the Prince of Qinghe.

Fortunately, Prince Qinghe immediately and sternly stopped Li Sanniang from talking nonsense, making her realize the terrible consequences of her arguing. She quickly stopped mentioning it. Otherwise, if Li Sanniang had continued to shout, the affair between Prince Qinghe and Consort Ding would have spread, and the Qinghe Prince's mansion would definitely have been in trouble. This is also Linlang's guess. The person who spread this rumor wanted to harm both Prince Qinghe and Consort Ding at the same time, and probably had a grudge against the two of them.