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Chapter 1619 Substitute Bride 23
But then I thought, what's reasonable about this? How is it reasonable at all? How did the Prince of Qinghe become like this?
She couldn't ask directly, because that would make Linlang feel strange, wondering how she knew what the Prince of Qinghe looked like normally.

So he subtly probed, "I remember when you returned to your parents' home, your brother-in-law seemed quite cold. How come you two are getting along so well now?"

Linlang understood why she was so surprised. In fact, Linlang herself was quite surprised because in the original owner's memories, the Prince of Qinghe seemed to have never cared about anything and was quite indifferent. She didn't know why, but now he had become a little more enthusiastic. Although he was still not very enthusiastic, at least his attitude was better. Perhaps it was because he was a slow-to-warm-up person. If others ignored him, he wouldn't pay attention to them either, but if others wanted to pay attention to him, he might pay attention to them.

That doesn't make sense either. Given Li Sanniang's personality, she should have taken the initiative to seek out Prince Qinghe. Why didn't Prince Qinghe pay any attention to Li Sanniang? — The reason he knew about Li Sanniang's situation was naturally because Li Sanniang had privately complained about Prince Qinghe.

So Linlang herself didn't know why her relationship with Prince Qinghe had gradually changed. So when she heard Li Sanniang's question, she replied perfunctorily, "Your brother-in-law is a slow-to-warm-up person. Now that you're familiar with him, things will naturally get better."

Anyway, Li San Niang couldn't say that Prince Qinghe was slow to warm up or that he was just a cold person. After all, she had never dealt with Prince Qinghe in this world, so how could she say such doubts?

Sure enough, Li San Niang didn't believe Lin Lang's words at all. After all, she had been married to the Prince of Qinghe twice, and each time he treated her coldly, as if she were a stranger.

Even the second time, because of her rebirth, she became somewhat familiar with him. Perhaps her attitude when she entered the manor was too enthusiastic towards him, which caused the Prince of Qinghe to become even colder towards her. She didn't know why—Linlang knew this, probably because he felt that Li Sanniang's enthusiasm was too inexplicable, so he couldn't help but not want to have any contact with her.

In short, she is definitely not the slow-to-warm-up person Linlang described; once you get to know her, the relationship will improve.

But just as Linlang had predicted, although she didn't believe what Linlang said, Li Sanniang couldn't find any evidence to refute Linlang's statement. After all, in this world, she and Prince Qinghe had only had contact when Linlang returned to her parents' home. How could she so confidently say that Prince Qinghe wasn't that kind of person? After all, how could she know something that Linlang, as his wife, didn't know?
So although Li San Niang didn't believe what Linlang said, she couldn't give a reason to object. She could only feel depressed, thinking about how the Prince of Qinghe was so good to Li Linlang, but treated her so badly back then. It was infuriating.

Because she was in a bad mood, Li San Niang didn't stay for long before going back.

The only good thing is that her husband has already passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy. With the Wang family's strength, he will soon rise to prominence, and she will definitely be successful. She will surely live a better life than Linlang.

—This is the only thing she can comfort herself with now. Otherwise, seeing how good Prince Qinghe is to Linlang, and how Linlang got pregnant, didn't die, and took over the household again, and comparing that to her own situation back then, she would be furious.

Instead of mentioning that Li Sanniang was furious when she returned, she said that Linlang was pregnant, and the main branch of their family, the Prince Wei's Mansion, had sent people to visit her.

Although the Qinghe Prince's Mansion was separated from the Wei Prince's Mansion, they were closely related, so they attended each other's weddings and funerals. Now that Linlang was pregnant, they would naturally send people to visit, just as Linlang would definitely go to visit when the Wei Prince's Crown Princess was pregnant. It's quite normal that the Qinghe Prince's uncle, the Wei Prince, is still alive, because the Qinghe Prince's father died of a cold, not of old age. Therefore, the Qinghe Prince's uncle, the Wei Prince, is not particularly old, not even fifty years old, so it's quite normal that he's still alive.

Prince Wei and the current emperor are cousins, so the relationship between Prince Wei's residence and the palace is naturally closer than that between Prince Qinghe's residence and the palace.

Although the King of Wei is not dead, his family does not have many heirs.

King Wei had only two sons who survived: one was the crown prince, and the other was a son born out of wedlock. That was all.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess have been married for several years, but they do not yet have a son. Their previous children all died young for various reasons, and even their concubines have only given birth to one illegitimate daughter, not a son.

Therefore, the Prince of Wei's mansion was quite anxious. After all, the Prince of Wei's heir was almost thirty years old and still did not have a male heir. This was very dangerous. If a healthy male heir was not born, their mansion would be gone.

Seeing this situation, Linlang thought of Granny Jiang's ambitions for the Qinghe Prince's Mansion. She thought that if something happened in the palace and someone's son needed to be adopted, the Qinghe Prince's son might be a good candidate. This was because the only brother of the late emperor was the old Wei Prince, the father of the Prince of Wei. If the current emperor had no descendants and the Wei Prince's Mansion had no heirs and could not be adopted, then the branch of the Qinghe Prince's father would be the one most closely related to the royal family and would have the right to inherit.

As for the branch of Prince Qinghe, they have already separated from the family. If there is any adoption, it will definitely be from Prince Qinghe's mansion, not from Third Master Jiang or his other illegitimate sons. Just like Prince Wei has illegitimate sons, the palace will not allow his illegitimate sons to be adopted, since their titles are lower and they are branches that have branched off from the main branch of Prince Qinghe's mansion. If the main branch has offspring, the royal family will definitely adopt from the main branch, and it is impossible to adopt from the branch of Prince Qinghe's mansion.

Will something happen in the palace?
It is also very possible, because the current emperor does not have many sons, only three.

For the emperor, three princes were a small number, and it was easy for something to happen to them. After all, this was an era where people could be taken away easily from the cold. Even with three princes, it was not safe. If something really happened, it was possible for one of the princes to be in danger.

Even if the current emperor's sons succeed to the throne without incident, if the next emperor has no heirs and dies young, and needs an heir, and the other two princes have no heirs and cannot be adopted, it is possible that the son of the Prince of Qinghe will be adopted, because the Prince of Qinghe is a cousin of the princes and of the same generation. It is very possible that his son will be adopted by the next emperor.

This is what Linlang came up with after seeing the people from the Prince Wei's mansion, thinking about their lack of offspring, and then considering Granny Jiang's ambitions.

Linlang had a feeling that this guess was most likely true. Otherwise, why would Granny Jiang, with such powerful superpowers, choose to fight against the Prince of Qinghe's mansion instead of doing other things? There must be some profit motive behind it.