What she knew was that Ye Zelin himself had the idea of taking the imperial examination.
"Grandfather, your daughter-in-law doesn't know much, and you may not believe me if I tell her. You should ask Ze Lin... If you wanted to ask him, you wouldn't ask me. It's not convenient for me to tell you about Ze Lin's affairs, and Ze Lin would not be happy for me to tell outsiders about him." Based on her understanding of Ye Ze Lin, he definitely didn't want her to tell the old general about his affairs.
The old general said, "I am his grandfather, not an outsider."
Hua Fushu wanted to laugh. What the old general did to Ye Zelin, was that what a grandfather should do?
She said, "It's true that you are his grandfather, but do you treat him as your grandson?"
The old general retorted, "When have I never considered him my grandson?" But that kid Ye Zelin didn't regard him as his grandfather and didn't even listen to him.
Hua Fushu looked at the old general. How could he have the nerve to say that he treated Ye Zelin as his grandson? "In terms of blood relationship, you are Ye Zelin's grandfather. Judging from your attitude towards Ye Zelin, you are worse than an outsider."
The old general's face stiffened slightly.
Hua Fushu straightened her sleeves and said to the old general seriously, "Grandfather, your granddaughter-in-law advises you not to stop Ze Lin from doing what he wants to do. It's best if you don't do anything when he takes the imperial examination, otherwise he will hate you for the rest of his life."
"Are you warning me?" asked the old general.
Hua Fushu smiled and said, "You can say that. But what I said is absolutely not a lie. If you really do something and make Ye Zelin miss this year's exam, he will hate you for the rest of his life."
Wen Yan, the old general couldn't help but said coldly: "I am not afraid of his hatred. My Ye family's ancestral precepts will not allow him to violate it. It's not like he doesn't hate me now. Why should I care if he hates me a little more?"
This old man has an extremely stubborn temper.
Stubborn, even paranoid.
Hua Fushu was still thinking about whether she should persuade the old general to not oppose Ye Zelin's participation in the imperial examination. After hearing what the old general said, she felt that there was no need for her to persuade the old general.
Whether the old general objects or not, it will not affect Ye Zelin's success in the imperial examination.
She wanted to persuade the old general and wanted the house to be quieter.
Having nothing more to say to the old general, Hua Fushu stood up and wanted to say goodbye. Before she took a step, she sat back down and said leisurely, "Grandfather, did you know that Zelin is afraid of cats?"
The old general looked suspicious. What did Ye Zelin being afraid of cats have to do with him? Why was he telling him about this?
Looking at the old general's puzzled expression, Hua Fushu knew that the old general definitely didn't know that Ye Zelin was afraid of cats.
She originally thought that Ye Zelin just didn't like cats, but she noticed several times that every time Ye Zelin saw an orange cat, he would consciously avoid it.
It was because she noticed it several times that she was sure that Ye Zelin was really afraid of cats.
Hua Fushu said, "You definitely don't know. Even my father and mother don't know, so how could you know? When you were confining Zelin, a wild cat sneaked in. It was a ferocious cat and left an impression on Zelin."
The old general did not respond. He knew that Ye Zelin was scratched by a wild cat when he was six years old.
At that time, Ye Zelin harmed his younger brother, and he locked Ye Zelin up in anger. It was at that time that the wild cat rushed into the house and scratched Ye Zelin.
"Grandfather, now that I've told you this, I'm not afraid to tell you something. Zelin told me that the wild cat didn't get in accidentally; someone let it in on purpose."
"Impossible." The old general said calmly. In order to prevent him from stopping Ye Zelin from taking the imperial examination, Hua Fushu lied about those old stories.
Hua Fushu said, "Our area is mostly inhabited by high-ranking officials. Who would keep a mad cat? Especially a family with children like us wouldn't keep one. Where did this mad cat come from? Ye Zelin told me that the doors and windows of that room were all closed. How could a stray cat get in? Unless someone let it in on purpose."
The old general said, "Who would deliberately let a wild cat into the house to scare Ye Zelin?"
Hua Fushu cast his clear eyes towards the old general and asked, "What do you think?"
"Are you doubting me?" The old general realized his words were wrong and changed his words, "No, it's Ye Zelin who doubts me? I don't like my grandson, but I wouldn't let a wild cat scare him. It was Ye Zelin who told you that it was me, the grandfather, who let the wild cat scare him."
Hua Fushu was very dissatisfied with the old general's indifferent attitude. She said, "Old man, what you said is wrong. It's not about scaring people, it's about murder. Someone wants to kill Ze Lin."
The old general became increasingly confused and scolded Hua Fushu, "Don't talk nonsense."
Hua Fushu said, "Back then, Ze Lin was just a weak child. Facing the ferocious and mad wild cat, he had no ability to protect himself and was only slaughtered by it. How could the person who let the wild cat into the house not know this? He still let the wild cat in. How is it different from murder? If Brother Yunlu had not returned home at that time, and no one had taken Ze Lin out, do you think he would still be alive?"
The old general's face suddenly turned pale. He had always believed that the wild cat running into the house was an accident. He had never imagined such a possibility at the time. After all, who would lay hands on a child, let alone him?
"That was just an accident. No one wanted to harm Ze Lin."
The old general's expression quickly returned to normal. He did not believe what Hua Fushu said because it was just a guess and there was no evidence to prove it was man-made.
He would rather believe that it was Ye Zelin who instigated Hua Fushu to say this. Ye Zelin was a very cunning guy and there was nothing he couldn't do.
Hua Fushu said calmly, "If you say it was an accident, then let's just treat it as an accident."
The old general was a little annoyed, thinking that the damn girl Hua Fushu did it on purpose.
Hua Fushu added: "The wild cat incident was an accident, but the red bean cake incident was definitely not an accident."
Red bean cake incident?
A fog of confusion surged into the old general's mind. He held his head and looked at Hua Fushu. What was this damn girl doing?
He brought up old things for no reason and brought up the red bean cake incident again.
Isn't she annoying? She keeps chattering away like she wants to make people die.
The old man said impatiently: "If you have to fart, fart quickly, and then get out of here."
Hua Fushu quickly let out a fart: "Someone once put arsenic in the red bean cakes, intending to poison Ze Lin."
This sentence was like a heavy bomb of gunpowder, which made the old general sit up straight. His old eyes, full of wrinkles, looked straight at Hua Fushu with a look of disbelief in them.
Looking at the old general's expression, Hua Fushu was very satisfied. The old general's reaction was exactly what she wanted to see most.
The expression is real, not fake.
The old general couldn't wait to ask, "When did this happen, and who poisoned him?"
"Ten years ago, in the palace." Hua Fushu said this deliberately and did not continue. Her purpose was to attract the old general's attention to this matter. At the same time, she was also observing the old general's expression.
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