night.
Ye Zelin and Hua Fushu did nothing on the couch but chatted.
Hua Fushu was lying on the inside of the couch. She was wearing a crabapple red nightgown and lying lazily on her side, leaning her head and looking at Ye Zelin.
Ye Zelin's sleeping position was different from hers. Hua Fushu's sleeping position was very casual, she slept however she wanted. Ye Zelin's sleeping position was just like him, very formal. He lay flat on his back with his head resting on a pillow.
"Can you tell me why my father-in-law insisted on choosing you to take charge of the Ye Family Army? And also about your brother."
Ye Zelin tilted his head to look at her, "I can tell you why my father chose me as his heir, but forget about Ye Songyan, there's nothing much to say."
Hua Fushu knew he had misheard, "I was talking about your biological brother, not Xiao Si."
Ye Zelin always said that his only biological brother was the third son who died young, the youngest son born to Madam Ouyang.
He never considered Ye Songyan his biological brother, even though they had the same father, he still didn't think Ye Songyan was his biological brother.
"Actually, Dad's original choice was not me, but my eldest brother Yunlu." Ye Zelin said lightly.
Hua Fushu was curious, "Why was Dad's first choice Big Brother, and then he chose you?"
Ye Zelin was silent for a moment, organizing his words. "Big brother is the heir specially trained by father and grandfather. They have devoted a lot of effort to big brother. The generals and even soldiers in the Ye Family Army admire big brother very much. If nothing unexpected happens, big brother will be the next commander of the Ye Family Army. I also always thought that big brother would be the next commander of the Ye Family Army, until one day father suddenly told me that he wanted to raise him as the commander of the Ye Family Army. I was seventeen that year."
Ye Zelin probably felt that lying down and talking with his head tilted was too tiring, so he turned over and lay sideways, staring at Hua Fushu with his ink-black eyes.
He went on, "I was very surprised at the time, so I asked my father the reason. He only said one sentence, that I was more suitable than my eldest brother. Although my father did not explain in detail, I could probably guess the reason why he suddenly changed his choice, because that year my eldest sister-in-law went to the western border with my eldest brother. Once, the Western Xia attacked our army, and my eldest sister-in-law blocked a knife for my eldest brother to save him. The knife went straight into my eldest sister-in-law's abdomen, and my sister-in-law's life was hanging by a thread. All the doctors in the army gathered together and it took several days to save my sister-in-law's life. My sister-in-law was injured and it was difficult for her to have children. My father chose me, more or less because of my eldest brother and sister-in-law. My father loved my sister-in-law, and by choosing me, my eldest brother could spend more time with my sister-in-law. Of course, this was not the main reason.
When I was fifteen, Dad asked me to compete with my eldest brother. Of course, it was not a martial arts competition. It was to test my and my eldest brother's methods and insights on leading troops in battle and why we fought. As for how the competition was held, I will tell you in detail when I have time. I defeated my eldest brother in this competition. The officers in the army all said that I was better than my eldest brother. If I was trained well, my future achievements would not be lower than my eldest brother. I don’t know when Dad started to consider choosing me. After the competition with my eldest brother, my trainer was replaced by General Liang Shi, whom Dad valued the most. General Liang was strict in his military discipline. During the two years of training under him, I suffered a lot. Every time I cried out for fatigue, General Liang would punish me. After that, I never dared to cry out for fatigue again. After Dad chose me, he trained and cultivated me personally until I was nineteen years old. I don’t need to go into details about what happened that year. "
Hua Fushu smiled embarrassedly. She knew very well what happened that year. The Ye family came to the Hua family to propose marriage, and the two families wanted to prepare for her marriage with Ye Zelin. Before the wedding date was set, she ran away overnight.
At that time, she was completely focused on preparing to attend the once-in-a-decade Xinglin Conference, studying medicine day and night. She had no time to think about getting married.
Moreover, if she missed the Xinglin Conference, she would have to wait another ten years, and then she would be almost thirty years old.
"Go on, tell me, Dad has chosen you, what does big brother think?" Hua Fushu pretended to urge and turned back to the original topic.
Ye Zelin said calmly, "Big Brother is clear-minded. He never cares about fame, status, or wealth. He said that whether he or I are the commander-in-chief, as long as we lead the Ye Family Army to defend the Western Territory and let the people of the Western Territory live a good life in peace and contentment, we will be a good commander."
What he admired most about his elder brother was that he did not care about fame, wealth or status, and thought things through thoroughly.
Ye Zelin looked at Hua Fushu's delicate and graceful body, a hint of lust in his eyes. He placed his big hand on Hua Fushu's soft waist, rubbing it up and down restlessly. "No more talking, we should rest."
Hua Fushu removed Ye Zelin's restless hand from her waist. Don't think she didn't know what he meant. She said immediately, "Stop it. I'm having my period."
"Isn't there still a few days left?" Ye Zelin was quite disappointed. He remembered that Hua Fushu's period was around the 14th of every month, and today was only the 9th.
Hua Fushu glanced at him unhappily, "Sunflower seedlings are coming early."
"Oh." Ye Zelin responded indifferently.
"Tell me about your brother and how he died young." Hua Fushu was referring to his biological brother who had the same father and mother, not Ye Songyan.
Ye Zelin said: "My brother died on the day he was born."
"Did your brother die when he was born?" Hua Fushu asked.
Ye Zelin said, "When my brother was born, he was still alive. He would cry, and his cry was very loud. His skin was red and wrinkled, and he looked a bit ugly."
The man's expression suddenly darkened. "Only half a day later, news arrived that my brother had passed away."
Hua Fushu asked again, "What's your brother's reason?"
The man shook his head slightly. "I'm not sure. I was still young at that time, so I don't remember it clearly."
Hua Fushu murmured to himself, "This shouldn't be the case. The baby cried loudly when he was born, so he should be healthy."
Ye Zelin said shockingly, "It really shouldn't have happened. My brother was killed by the Xu family."
Hua Fushu looked at Ye Zelin in astonishment, "What do you mean?"
Ye Zelin said, "My mother was pregnant with my younger brother and was about to give birth in a few days. At that time, Mrs. Xu was also pregnant with Ye Songyan. Mrs. Xu resented my father's favoritism towards my mother and made trouble for her. Her words angered my mother, causing her to have a miscarriage and give birth prematurely. Mrs. Xu accidentally fell and gave birth on the same day as my mother. My mother gave birth to my younger brother, and Mrs. Xu gave birth to Ye Songyan. Both were premature, but Ye Songyan survived, but my younger brother died."
"Was Xiao Si born prematurely?" Hua Fushu knew that premature fetuses are generally weaker in constitution, and the constitution of a fetus born a few days prematurely is different from that of a fetus one or two months prematurely.
"Ye Songyan was almost two months premature." Ye Zelin said.
Mrs. Xu gave birth to Ye Songyan prematurely when she was a little over eight months pregnant. However, Ye Songyan was as healthy as a full-term fetus. However, when Mrs. Ouyang gave birth to Ye Zelin's younger brother, she was more than nine months pregnant, but the child did not survive.
Sometimes, Ye Zelin even thought that it was Ye Songyan who killed his brother.
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