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Chapter 1637 Substitute Bride 41
Even though the young emperor is still an emperor, he has a certain influence and status. Although he is young and does not have much power, his influence and status are still considerable. Therefore, the chief minister can only act on his own and cannot rely on the Ding family for help.

In fact, because the young emperor lacked influence and status, it didn't require much effort to brainwash him. However, since the young emperor had no voice, even if he was successfully brainwashed, it would be useless.

So it's better to just kill him directly and solve the problem at its source; that would be more convenient.

The Grand Secretary wanted to kill the young emperor, and the young emperor's faction also wanted to kill the Grand Secretary.

They discovered that the young emperor's several near-death experiences were all orchestrated by the Grand Secretary in an effort to secure his position.

Now that they know the young emperor's predicament was the Grand Secretary's doing, they naturally want to kill him.

—Clearly, these forces really did start fighting, just as Ding had thought.

Just as Ding thought, their struggle was not as gentle as the late emperor's, who only intended to seize the position of Grand Secretary; instead, he planned to kill the Grand Secretary.

The two sides fought fiercely, which ultimately ended with the Prime Minister being successfully assassinated.

This is naturally due to the efforts of the Ding family.

First of all, Ding Shi did not want the plot she knew to deviate from the truth. In her previous life, the young emperor was not killed by the chief minister, but died young. Therefore, Ding Shi naturally could not let him die at the hands of the chief minister now, changing the plot and causing her to lose the advantage of being reborn.

Secondly, she also hoped that the two sides would fight each other and kill the prime minister, so that she could escape and not be imprisoned here by the prime minister forever.

Because she was imprisoned in the Grand Secretary's study, Ding could hear clearly what the Grand Secretary was discussing with others. So, on this particular day, when the Grand Secretary was discussing where to go on business, Ding brainwashed an ordinary person she had seen on her profile and had that person inform the young emperor's people.

The Grand Secretary thought that by locking her in a secret room and preventing her from seeing anyone, she wouldn't be able to pull any tricks. How foolish! She can brainwash others remotely; it just takes a little more energy.

Fortunately, she was washing the hands of a nobody, so even if it took a little more effort, it wouldn't cost much.

The man, following Ding's brainwashing, told the young emperor's people about this news, saying that a man in black had asked him to deliver a message—this was naturally something Ding didn't want anyone to know, it was a fabrication because of her brainwashing.

Although the people on the young emperor's side were curious about who the man in black was, they decided to err on the side of caution and went to the place provided by the Ding family. In the end, they actually succeeded in killing the chief minister.

It's likely that the Grand Secretary died without ever knowing how his whereabouts were exposed. After all, only a few trusted confidants knew he was in this place today. Those people shared his fate and wouldn't inform the young emperor's side. In the end, he was still ambushed and killed, so even in death, the Grand Secretary died without knowing why.

Hearing the deafening cries from the Prime Minister's house, Ding knew she had succeeded. She then brainwashed a coachman from the Prime Minister's residence whom she had met when the Prime Minister brought her into the mansion. He opened the secret room for her, released her from inside, and then sent her to her parents' home.

Actually, if she wanted to leave before, she could have brainwashed the coachman to help her leave after the Grand Secretary went to court. However, at that time, the Grand Secretary arranged for many people to guard the study, saying that the study was an important place and needed to be well guarded.

So even if she could remotely brainwash the coachman to help her open the secret room, the coachman couldn't even get into the study, so how could he help her? Besides, even if he did get in, he would have to continue brainwashing after seeing so many guards.

She didn't know how many people were guarding the room. If there were too many and they couldn't finish washing, that would be troublesome. After all, she had only heard the chief minister instruct people to guard the secret room well. She dared not take any risks, so she could only remain still.

The reason they dared to leave now was because after the Grand Secretary's death, the people guarding the study were transferred to help with the funeral arrangements, and there were far fewer guards left, only one or two people. Ding brainwashed the coachman and told those one or two people that the master had instructed him before that he had left a brocade pouch in a secret room, which might contain the master's arrangements for the future, and that he wanted to take it out and give it to the madam.

Although the guards didn't understand why the Grand Secretary was telling the coachman such an important matter, they still followed the coachman into the study with some skepticism and opened the secret room.

Of course, the other party must have come in with him, firstly to monitor the driver's movements in case he did something wrong, and secondly to see if what he said was true.

Otherwise, if we don't come in and keep an eye on the driver's movements, what if he does something wrong and his wife finds out something's amiss in the study and comes after him?

Upon finally seeing Ding Shi imprisoned inside, he was naturally surprised. Then, having been brainwashed by Ding Shi, he acted as if he hadn't seen anything and let the coachman take Ding Shi away.

So, when she wanted the coachman to help her leave, with so many people guarding the room, the coachman couldn't get into the study, and even if she wanted to leave, she couldn't.

Now that Ding has returned to her parents' home, she is not afraid that her family will feel ashamed of her return after being missing for so many years and will not want her back.

After all, she has accumulated a lot of power, and it would be more than enough for her to brainwash them into accepting her.

Moreover, the closer the relationship, the easier it is to brainwash someone, and the amount of brainwashing power is very small.

She brainwashed herself into keeping her return a secret from everyone else, only letting her parents know she was back, and instructing them to hide her at home.

Then she was going to take revenge.

Needless to say, the third prince's maternal grandfather was killed.

Although the Third Prince's maternal grandfather is already quite old and will probably die soon, there's no need to waste energy killing him.

But when Ding thought of the humiliation she had suffered at the hands of the Third Prince's maternal grandfather, she knew she couldn't help but kill him.

Fortunately, after the second prince ascended the throne, the third prince's maternal grandfather's family lost power.

Because he no longer has the same influence and status as before, the energy to kill him has decreased significantly.

Even so, because it was a remote killing and the other party was of high status, it still exhausted all of Ding's energy.

She wasn't afraid. Now that she was back in her parents' home, a safe place, she could slowly accumulate power, eliminate anyone she hated, and then find a way to change her identity and continue the great cause she hadn't finished before.

As for whether killing the third prince's maternal grandfather will affect the subsequent power struggle between the eldest and third princes—after the young emperor died, his one-year-old brother ascended the throne but failed to gain a foothold, and the subsequent throne was contested between the eldest and third princes, which ended in mutual destruction—there's no need to worry. After all, even though the third prince's maternal grandfather is gone, he still has his uncle, who can help him.

Even if her uncle is not as powerful as her maternal grandfather, if he falls behind, she can simply help the Third Prince so that he and the First Prince can fight to a standstill, and then the story can return to normal. There's no need to worry.