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Chapter 1642 Substitute Bride 46
But the eldest prince had a son, and although he was sickly, he still had a child. So the eldest prince's faction, seeing that the eldest prince was dead, was unwilling to admit defeat. They thought that as long as they killed the third prince, the throne would be contested by the next generation of the two families, and they would still have a chance. So the two sides continued to fight.

Currently, the main force is the faction of the First Prince and the Second Prince joining forces to fight against the faction of the Third Prince.

Because the eldest prince is dead, and the third prince is still alive, it will be difficult for them to compete for the throne; the second prince's line has no heirs, so they can't compete for the throne either. On the contrary, the third prince is still alive and well, and is the most likely to ascend to the throne, so naturally they have to attack him.

Previously, the three-way conflict was somewhat balanced, but now that the First Prince and the Second Prince's men are fighting the Third Prince, the Third Prince is quickly unable to hold out and wants to call in the Jingda Camp to suppress them.

Another option is to go to the Crown Prince's residence to find Lady Ding.

—After the death of the eldest prince, in order to prevent being schemed against by the Ding family, he, like the prime minister, wrote a will about the Ding family and asked his family to keep an eye on them and use them to make a comeback.

As a result, his family members were just as careless as the Grand Secretary's family. Soon, news spread that Ding, a person with special abilities, was in his hands. Not only did others know, but the Third Prince also found out. Naturally, the Third Prince went to find someone. After all, if he had Ding in his hands and could use Ding's abilities to control the situation, then it would be best not to go to the Jingda Camp. After all, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. He didn't want the capital to fall into the hands of those military men from the Jingda Camp after he ascended to the throne.

This is not just the Third Prince's unfounded worry. Historically, after leading troops into the capital, many military generals would seize control of the government and even allow their troops to plunder the capital.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, the Third Prince dared not lead his troops into the capital, lest he be infamous for eternity if something went wrong in the future.

But people can't control themselves when faced with interests. Seeing that he couldn't defeat the combined forces of the First and Second Princes, the Third Prince wanted to lead his troops into the capital. Of course, if he could seize the Ding family, he would first see what the Ding family's capabilities were.

Linlang naturally wouldn't let him do that. After all, once troops were brought into the capital, it would be difficult to control the situation. As things were, as long as the Third Prince was killed, the situation could be controlled. So after killing the First Prince, Linlang planned to kill the Third Prince as well.

Linlang was unaware that in the Ding Clan's world, the First Prince and the Third Prince were fighting each other and had already led their troops into the capital. In any case, Linlang didn't want to see that happen. Since the two of them died fighting each other in the Ding Clan's world, it wouldn't have a particularly big impact if she made them die before leading their troops into the capital. It would be similar to the plot that the Ding Clan knew.

Leaving aside Linlang's plan to kill the mentally unstable Third Prince, who was preparing to lead troops into the capital, let's talk about how things got chaotic after the First Prince's death—someone came to kidnap her again.

Lady Ding was also surprised to learn that the eldest prince was already dead.

She didn't know when the eldest prince died in her previous life, because she was a nobody back then and didn't know much about the affairs of the higher-ups. She only knew that in the end, the Qinghe Prince's Mansion benefited.

But I do know a little bit about it. I remember that the third prince's line was killed first by the shrewd first prince, and then the first prince died of illness, and his child also died of illness, and that's how they all died. How come in this world, the first prince died first?

You know, although the eldest prince was in poor health, he was definitely the smartest of the three brothers, so how could he die first?

Anyway, after the First Prince died, things got chaotic at Ding's place. Someone came to kidnap her, so she learned that the person who kidnapped her this time was the First Prince. Several groups were vying for Ding's hand, and Linlang deliberately let the Third Prince get her. The reason for doing so was that she saw the Third Prince was thinking that if he got Ding's hand, he would not lead his troops into the capital for the time being, but would use Ding's hand to cause trouble first.

Since that's the case, Linlang will temporarily grant the Third Prince's request.

If we satisfy the Third Prince's demands, he will still lead his troops into the capital. It won't be too late to kill him then.

Furthermore, the factions of the First and Second Princes are currently fighting against the faction of the Third Prince, making it a two-against-one situation. If the Third Prince has the Ding family in his hands, he might be able to bring the situation back to a balanced state. When the two sides fight to the death and more people die, it will also help to clean up some of the court's forces, making it easier for the next generation to take the throne and reorganize the government.

Whether or not her child ascends the throne, it is beneficial to the court. After all, the current court has been operating for many years, and there are too many deeply entrenched and complex forces within it. This three-way struggle, which will clean up the mess and break down these deep-rooted forces, will naturally bring clarity to the court in the future.

This tactic proved effective. After obtaining Lady Ding, the Third Prince decided to test her abilities first, and if that didn't work, he would lead his troops into the capital.

Seeing that the Third Prince had given up the idea of ​​leading troops into the capital, Linlang did not kill him for the time being, but waited to see how things would develop.

When Ding saw that she had fallen into the hands of the Third Prince, she thought, "The First Prince is dead, and now only the Third Prince is left. The Third Prince is healthy, unlike in my previous life, where the First Prince wiped out the Third Prince's entire family, and in the end, my whole family died because of poor health."

Now that the Third Prince is alive and healthy, and his child is also relatively healthy, shouldn't she just support him and let it go? That way, the Prince of Qinghe's son won't ascend to the throne, which is fine. Anyway, her child can't be adopted by the Prince of Qinghe and can't ascend to the throne. So why should she let the Prince of Qinghe's child ascend to the throne? It seems that letting the Third Prince ascend to the throne makes no difference.

In the hands of the Third Prince, she could make all sorts of demands on him, relying on his need for her, thus achieving her goal of secretly controlling him and indirectly rising to power.

I'm not afraid that he will be out of my control. Anyway, the other party is not as smart as the eldest prince and is easy to deceive. I will secretly accumulate a lot of energy and then I won't be afraid that the other party will be out of my control.

As for whether the Third Prince is incompetent, she doesn't care. After all, she only wants to possess imperial power. What else is it to her? If the Third Prince can't govern the country well, and the people can't live a good life, what does that have to do with her?

Thinking of this, Ding changed her mind and no longer wanted to use the advantage of her rebirth to gain more. After all, she had such a special ability, so what if she changed the plot?

She wouldn't refuse to help the Third Prince just because he was the one who captured her. She could just kill the Third Prince's grandfather when the time came. Even if the Third Prince disobeyed her or even tried to kill her, she could kill him and then support his son to ascend the throne.

Seeing that Ding had changed her mind and was preparing to help the Third Prince ascend to the throne, Linlang did not stop her immediately. It was not that she looked down on Ding, but that Ding's special ability was really not very effective. She could even have trouble protecting herself, let alone helping the Third Prince ascend to the throne. She was hopeless.