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Chapter 1641 Substitute Bride 45
However, Ms. Ding stated that she would not use energy to directly kill the young emperor, but rather brainwash others to help. Whether this would be effective is unknown, and if it didn't help, she shouldn't be blamed.

This is also why Ms. Ding issued such a disclaimer, fearing that if she failed to help the person in front of her through this method, the other party might get angry and cause trouble for her.

It must be said that the disclaimer was quite useful; the other party expressed their understanding and then went to make the arrangements.

The final result was that the person who brainwashed him did try, but failed.

The visitor thought this was normal, because the young emperor was surrounded by many people, making it difficult to make a move. However, what he didn't know was that this was actually the result of Ding's interference.

Of course, Lady Ding didn't want the young emperor and his brothers to die prematurely, leading to an early power struggle between the eldest and third princes, which would allow the Qinghe Prince's Mansion to take power early. She didn't have enough power to kill the Qinghe Princess Consort yet, so how could she let the Qinghe Prince's Mansion take the stage early? Once the Qinghe Prince's Mansion took the stage, killing the Qinghe Princess Consort would require even more power, and it would take forever. This was naturally not what Lady Ding wanted to see. So, she brainwashed someone to interfere—that is, to warn the forces on the young emperor's side, so that the poisoning attempt would fail.

Now things are really messed up. Ding has already helped the people who kidnapped her, but it didn't work out. Now they'll have to wait for her to gather her strength for the next operation.

Ding deliberately caused the operation to fail, and then pretended to advise the other party.

"I told you to wait a little longer, that it would be easier to kill him directly once I've accumulated enough energy, but you couldn't wait."

The visitor thought to himself, "Of course I can't wait. The young emperor is growing up day by day. When he's really grown up, married and has children, what chance will he have of the throne? After all, even if he dies, the throne will be passed to his son, not to his uncle."

Moreover, his health was deteriorating, and he feared that if he died soon, his branch of the family would truly be reduced to a life of leisure as princes.

Indeed, the person who kidnapped Lady Ding was none other than the late emperor's elder brother, the former eldest prince.

The eldest prince was always resentful that he was the eldest son and why the throne was given to the second son, especially since the second son died soon after and his young child took the throne. He was even more resentful, thinking that he was an adult and was better than a baby. Why could a baby be emperor but he, an adult, could not?

He didn't think that he, a man on the verge of death, had any right to want to seize the throne. He only coveted the throne; there was no way around it, the throne was too coveted. Even a dying man wanted to be emperor.

Because he was too impatient, he couldn't wait for Ding to accumulate enough power to kill the young emperor. So when Ding had accumulated a little bit of power, he asked her to help him get rid of the young emperor. After failing, the eldest prince did not stop there. After all, he had been trying before Ding was not around. Now that Ding was around, it was not effective, so he could not stop there. He would definitely continue to try.

As a result, the young emperor's family was very vigilant, and he never succeeded.

That's normal. Everyone knows that the eldest and third princes are still eyeing the throne, so how could the young emperor's family not be vigilant?

The young emperor's maternal family was quite powerful and could protect his safety.

Seeing that the young emperor could not be eliminated immediately, the eldest prince began to target the young emperor's younger brother.

He thought that he would get rid of the young emperor sooner or later, and then his younger brother would be an obstacle. He would definitely be protected by the young emperor's maternal family. After all, it would be better for the young emperor's younger brother to succeed to the throne than for him, an uncle or elder brother, to succeed to the throne.

By then, it would be difficult to eliminate the young emperor's brother, so it was better to eliminate the young emperor's brother first, and then eliminate the young emperor. This way, at least the focus would only be on dealing with the young emperor once, instead of the difficult task of dealing with him twice. The eldest prince's idea was correct, and when he turned to deal with the young emperor's brother, he quickly succeeded.

Unfortunately, the young emperor's family hadn't yet realized how important the young emperor's younger brother was. They only thought that their own family could definitely protect the young emperor as he grew up, so there was no need to care about the young emperor's younger brother.

Moreover, they were also wary of the young emperor's younger brother, fearing that he might develop ulterior motives and try to seize the throne when he grew up, so why would they care?

They didn't care that the young emperor's younger brother's mother had no background and therefore no power. How could she protect the child's safety? If the eldest prince and his men wanted to do something, they could easily succeed.

After the young emperor's younger brother died, the attacks on the young emperor intensified. Only then did they regret their actions, thinking that they shouldn't have ignored the young emperor's younger brother. Now, they had to do everything they could to protect the young emperor. Otherwise, if the young emperor died and his younger brother died, their lineage would be cut off, and the throne would return to the eldest prince or the third prince. This was naturally not what they wanted to see, since the death of the young emperor's younger brother was most likely the work of the eldest prince or the third prince.

They've already killed the young emperor's brother. Do you think they'll treat them well after they kill the young emperor and seize the throne? Absolutely not!

Therefore, the young emperor must not die! We must protect him and help him grow up.

However, things don't always go as planned.

In an era where a common cold could take a life, the young emperor, being young, inevitably caught a cold and eventually died.

The young emperor's mother and her maternal family were going crazy. They believed that the eldest prince and the third prince were responsible and were seeking revenge against the two families.

But as far as Linlang knew, they protected the young emperor very carefully. The young emperor caught a cold and died. It was not the eldest prince or the third prince who did it, but rather it happened naturally.

But the young emperor's faction didn't believe it, so just like the power struggle between the three princes back then, now it's a three-way power struggle again.

The eldest prince and the third prince couldn't help but laugh in anger, thinking that the second prince's faction must be crazy. They were all dead, so what right did they have to fight with them!
But no matter how angry or amused they were, it was useless. The other party was retaliating against them without regard for their own lives, and they would find it difficult to cope.

Moreover, the eldest and third princes are also fighting each other, both vying for the throne.

Now that the young emperor has passed away without leaving a will—and of course it's impossible for him to—whoever inherits the throne will be decided by whoever has the strongest fist. So the eldest and third princes are fighting like chickens.

Seeing that they were no match for the enemy, both sides decided to resort to armed combat. One side wanted the Imperial Guards to join the battle, while the other wanted the Imperial Guards to join the battle.

Seeing that the introduction of armed conflict would bring disaster to the capital, Linlang, unaware of the Ding family's past life, knew that the capital was in trouble. In any case, she couldn't just stand by and watch a low-intensity struggle turn into a high-intensity one, affecting her own life. So, Linlang immediately ordered the eldest prince to die.

The eldest prince was already in poor health and was on the verge of death, so it's normal that he died now. No one suspects that someone secretly did it.

With the death of the eldest prince, the third prince felt that he was the rightful heir and immediately announced that he would inherit the throne.