When the two returned to the house, the two siblings were waiting for them eagerly!

When the brother and sister saw Shen Rong and the others, their eyes suddenly lit up. Pingping wanted to ask his mother if she was tired of drying the grain, but when he saw the maid beside him, he quickly shut his mouth.

Their mother had taught them since they were young that they must never reveal a single word about their trip to the immortal cave to anyone else.

If they were to reveal it, not only would the gods not let them in, but it would also attract the covetousness of bad guys.

The two siblings rarely saw their mother so serious, so they remembered Shen Rong's words clearly.

At this moment, although the brother and sister were very curious, they did not ask a single question in front of the maids.

After the family finished their meal, the maids and servants packed up and left.

The family returned to the inner room and talked about drying the millet today.

In fact, it was nothing serious. He just watched the birds stealing food and then called his friends to come and eat the grain together. He told the two children about it as a funny story.

The next day, Changsheng and Shen Rong secretly began to dig the cellar.

This busy work lasted until mid-April, but there was still no rain in the capital.

The incense sticks in Taoist temples and Buddhist temples near the capital city have become much more popular.

The nobles in the capital, who were busy holding banquets and poetry competitions last month, are now unable to sit still.

As early as the beginning of March, the emperor issued three imperial edicts in succession, asking Taoist Master Taixu to pray for rain. Unfortunately, Taoist Master Taixu had gone traveling and no one knew where. In the end, they could only ask the abbot of Baiyun Temple and the monks of Xiangguo Temple to perform a ritual to pray for rain together.

This news was not disclosed to the public for fear of causing panic.

But later on, the rain did not come and the news could no longer be concealed.

Mrs. Yang Qianyun met Shen Rong on Tuesday and told her the news.

“You might say that those high-ranking monks are incompetent, but they chanted scriptures for a month without sleep and nothing happened to anyone.

You say you have the ability, but you have prayed for rain for so long, but it still has no effect at all." Mrs. Zhou Er pinched her handkerchief and said with a sad face.

The people in the Zhenguo Mansion are not good at doing business, and the most important property in their family is the farmland.

After this severe drought, I don’t know how much this year’s harvest will be reduced.

Shen Rong thought of the capable Master Taixu, "Where is Master Taixu?"

Madam Zhou Er shook her head. "The emperor sent three imperial edicts to summon him to pray for rain, but he went out to travel, and no one knows where he went. If Master Taixu was here, I'm afraid the rain would have fallen a long time ago."

Shen Rong nodded in agreement. She knew the abilities of Master Taixu, so she naturally agreed with what Madam Zhou Er said.

Taoist Taixu is so famous that not only Mrs. Zhou thinks so, but I'm afraid everyone in the capital thinks so.

"Did the emperor send anyone to look for him?" Shen Rong asked.

"I heard that many people have been sent to those famous rivers and mountains to look for people! I hope they can find them soon. The weather is getting hotter!" Mrs. Zhou Er said while fanning herself.

Shen Rong also felt that the room was a bit stuffy. "I hope we can find the real person soon."

It’s not even May yet, but the weather is already so hot. If it doesn’t rain, I don’t know how hot it will be!

At this time, Mrs. Zhou Er suddenly approached Shen Rong and asked, "Do you know the young lady from the Yiyong Marquis's mansion?"

"Who?" Shen Rong didn't react for a moment. After a while, she suddenly thought, isn't the Yiyong Marquis' Mansion Chen Yuan's mother's home?

"What's wrong with her?" Shen Rong was a little curious.

To be honest, because there has been no successor to the title for a long time and the situation in the mansion is awkward, they, the Gong family, try to be as low-key as possible.

In addition, there was no one in the court, so Shen Rong naturally knew less about what was happening outside.

Mrs. Zhou Er was talking to her in the yard at this moment, and Shen Rong was eager to hear more.

"In mid-March, the Wu family and the Minister of Revenue held a poetry gathering. Madam Gu once again stole the spotlight, which caused dissatisfaction among Miss Wu, who designed a plan to make her fall into the lake. Unexpectedly, Madam Gu was pregnant, and when she fell into the water, the baby was scared away."

Shen Rong's eyes widened. Is Chen Yuan's life so exciting?

"Is there any grudge between them?" Shen Rong asked.

Mrs. Zhou Er smiled and said, "Why do you think the Wu family is holding a poetry gathering?"

"Blind date?" Shen Rong asked subconsciously.

She had been in the capital for so long, and although she had never participated in any poetry gatherings, she had heard from others that the purpose of those poetry gatherings held in various guise was to arrange blind dates.

Based on what Mrs. Zhou had just said, Shen Rong had some guesses in her mind.

In their eyes, as a married woman like you who has become the center of attention at their poetry gathering, pushing her into the water would be the least of their worries.

"And then?" Shen Rong looked at Mrs. Zhou Er eagerly.

Mrs. Zhou Er held up the cup modestly and said, "Oh, there's no more tea."

Shen Rong immediately stood up and served Mrs. Zhou Er a cup of tea like a servile person.

Mrs. Zhou Er saw Shen Rong busying around, and then she nodded with satisfaction. She looked at Shen Rong and said, "You can't imagine what the follow-up will be like."

"Good sister, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me now!"

Mrs. Zhou Er raised her lips and said, "Mrs. Gu had an unexpected miscarriage, and then she got a water shock and caught a cold. I'm afraid she won't be able to get pregnant again in the future."

The Chen family wants justice for Chen Yuan and the baby in her belly.

The Wu family then asked the Chen family for a son-in-law.

It turned out that the young man that Miss Wu was seeing was a talented person from the Wang family of Langya. He was very young, and it was said that he had passed the imperial examination at the age of fifteen.

He was a juren at the age of fifteen. It is no exaggeration to say that he was a child of destiny.

The marriage between the two families was almost settled.

The Wu family wanted to let the two children meet before settling down.

So, they held a poetry reading and invited talented young men and women to liven up the event, which also showed the Wu family's importance to their future son-in-law.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yuan stole the show at the poetry meeting. Composing poems was as easy as drinking water. The key point was that each poem was very classic, attracting many people's attention, even the future son-in-law of the Wu family was no exception.

If that's the case, it's nothing.

But the two of them happened to meet in Wuyuanyuan, and for some reason they hugged each other.

Miss Wu happened to pass by, saw it all, and immediately started making a fuss.

When Master Wang saw that Miss Wu was so rude and unreasonable, he immediately declared that he would never marry her.

Miss Wu knew that his shouting had ruined the marriage.

Later, the incident of Chen Yuan falling into the water happened.

In fact, the place where Chen Yuan fell into the water was just a lotus pond. Due to the drought, the water in the pond was not even up to the thigh level and could not drown an adult at all.

If Chen Yuan hadn't been so excited and panicked, the child might not have been aborted.

The Wu family, who held real power, were not afraid of the Yiyong Marquis's Mansion at all. In order to annoy Chen Yuan, the Wu family chose a girl with a big butt and good fertility for Gu Zhaoming, asking her to help Chen Yuan give birth to a child.

When Chen Yuan heard the news, his face turned blue with anger.

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