Chapter 314: Praying for Rain
"But if we can stop this drought, it will prove that the King of Yue is not the chosen one, and these absurd rumors will be self-defeating and untenable."
"That's what you say." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still puzzled, "But the drought has already become like this, how can we stop it?"
"Drought needs water to be relieved. In my opinion, we need to pray for rain." Song Jingyun said.
"Pray for rain?" The prince was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he raised his eyes and said, "If we do other things now, the people will not pay attention to it. They may even think that it is all the credit of the King of Yue. The more we do, the more we are doing good for the King of Yue."
"On the contrary, praying for rain for the people every day shows that I am wholeheartedly serving the people. It can let the people see my sincerity. It is an unconventional move and may have unexpected results."
"It's not difficult to pray for rain, but whether it will rain or not is another matter."
The prince was a little confused.
If he could pray for rain, then everything would be fine. But if he couldn't, wouldn't the King of Yue take advantage of the situation and say that God was angry with him, causing him to lose the support of the people even more?
"Your Highness, don't worry. Just pray for rain." Song Jingyun said, "The rest is up to God."
But if we leave everything to fate, wouldn't that be too much of a drifting with the flow, without having any opinions of our own?
What's more, he was not the kind of person who accepted his fate, and he even believed that man could conquer nature.
The prince felt extremely uncomfortable as he was asked to do something uncertain with such a mentality.
"But..." The prince was still a little hesitant.
"But Your Highness the Crown Prince has no better solution at this time, right?" Song Jingyun asked back.
These words immediately made the prince choke.
Indeed, he had no better solution.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince might as well give it a try." Song Jingyun added with a firm tone and nodded slightly.
Let's give it a try and see who has better luck? If he remembered correctly, many people said that Song Jingyun's luck was usually very good. Whatever he advocated, no matter how incredible it seemed, would eventually become a reality.
Song Jingyun had strongly recommended the rain-praying activity. Perhaps he had some premonition? The prince hesitated for a moment before nodding with some difficulty, "I'll do as you say. Tell someone to build the altar for rain-praying. I'll go there right away."
"yes."
Prince Fu and the others all responded and went about their business.
The altar was prepared in just half a day and was set up in the open space in the square in front of the Taimiao.
The construction of the altar had already attracted many people in the capital to watch. When people heard that the altar was used to pray for rain and that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would pray for rain himself, even more people stopped to watch.
Many people were watching and talking about it.
"The weather is hot right now, and the sun is scorching. His Royal Highness, with his noble status, actually came to pray for rain in person. This kind of thought is quite rare."
"What's so difficult about it? It's just a show. We'll stay here for half an hour or a quarter of an hour, just to go through the motions, and then we'll go back to the palace. How can we really pray for rain here?"
"That is to say, he is the prince, who has never experienced the wind, sun and rain, so how could he endure this kind of suffering? It's just that the rumors are unpleasant now, so he just did it for the people to see."
"I don't care about anything else. If His Royal Highness can really pray for rain, it will be a great deed!"
My elementary school student needs to take extra classes during the winter vacation. He has to go back and forth between classes every day. Plus, there are too many things to buy before the New Year. For the time being, I will update once a day for the next few days~ (End of this chapter)
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