Fu Yunshen's prophecy came true.

On the second day, some courtiers played one after another, questioning that Wei Chirou, as the prospective crown princess, sang and danced in public, misbehaved, behaved frivolously, and was unworthy of being an example for a woman.

What's more, the recent drought was also placed on Wei Chirou, saying that it was because her virtue was not enough to match the position of the crown princess, and the heavens warned her, so the disaster came.

Although the crown prince and others tried their best to clarify, it was not only officials who were superstitious.

On the one hand, the emperor believed in the mandate of heaven, and on the other hand, he also wanted to appease the courtiers, and did not face the prince, but did not make any statement on this matter, and the matter hung in the air.

When Zhou Jingrong went to visit Wei Chirou, she heard that Yulu was telling her these news, and immediately said angrily: "You need to be calm and calm to recuperate, you just have a good rest, what are you doing to inquire about these things?" ”

Zhou Jingrong said as he walked in. Yulu hurriedly got out of the way and gave Zhou Jingrong a blessing.

Zhou Jingrong saw Wei Chirou sitting on the edge of the bed, only to see that she was pale and haggard, and suddenly felt distressed: "What's the matter, you tossed yourself into this appearance overnight?" In a few days, you're afraid you'll only be left with skin and bones, right? ”

Yulu brought a stool to Zhou Jingrong, and hurriedly replied worriedly: "The girl woke up from a dream last night, and she didn't sleep well all night, and she woke up early in the morning." Now I lost my appetite even more, so I drank a small half bowl of porridge and vomited it again. ”

Zhou Jingrong was taken aback, she didn't expect Wei Chirou's condition to be so serious, and hurriedly asked, "Can you ask the doctor to see it?" ”

Yulu nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent the imperial doctor to take a look yesterday, but he didn't see anything, only said that it was caused by the girl's depression, and prescribed a few prescriptions to clear the heart. ”

Zhou Jingrong twisted her eyebrows when she heard this, and she was very puzzled.

Wei Chirou's current condition is very serious, but it must not be caused by her own heavy mind.

Besides, not to mention that she is not such a hearted person, she has a smooth life now, and the future is promising, where is there anything worth worrying about?

Zhou Jingrong thought about it, approached Wei Chirou and asked in a low voice, "You have inspected all this house, but is it clean?" ”

Wei Chirou understood what Zhou Jingrong meant, she suspected that someone was deliberately murdering her, and shook her head helplessly: "I've searched for everything, but there's nothing." If it was really the mother and daughter, the means were superb, I really don't know how they managed to make me lose my soul to this point. ”

Zhou Jingrong was even more puzzled, and her mood was slightly heavy.

Wei Chirou didn't want her friends to worry, so she jokingly changed the topic: "I had a big dream yesterday, and I can't remember what happened when I wake up, I must be very embarrassed, right?" ”

Zhou Jingrong raised her eyes to look at her and said disapprovingly: "What's so embarrassing?" They're jealous of you! ”

Yu Chirou smiled softly, took Zhou Jingrong's hand and sighed: "Don't comfort me, they will only laugh at me, how can they be jealous?" How can there be Puhe in Beijing, the girls here are taught according to the extremely strict etiquette of noble women, smiling without showing teeth, and not swinging skirts. The crown princess is the mother of a country in the future, and she is an example of women in the world, and she is more demanding, and it is a sin to be even lively, not to mention that she is not dignified enough to sing and dance in public. ”

Zhou Jingrong couldn't help but feel a little sad when she heard Yu Chirou say this: "Rou Niang, do you think so too?" When a woman sings, laughs, and runs in front of others, is she acting frivolously and being self-deprecating? ”

Wei Chirou smiled softly and replied: "You know my temperament best, how can I care about this, it's just that I am in this position, and I can't be free." ”

Zhou Jingrong patted Wei Chirou's hand, and said in a brisk tone: "What's the matter, the rules are set by people, and when you become the mother of the country in the future, you can do whatever you want, and you can also drive the women of the world to be lively, laugh when you are happy, eat when you are hungry, eat a meal and walk around and take care of a lot of rules, how tiring it is to live like that!" ”

Yu Chirou looked at Zhou Jingrong's exaggerated expression, and couldn't help laughing when she was amused, but then she became depressed again, and said lonely: "I'm afraid that there will be no such opportunity in the future." ”

Zhou Jingrong comforted: "Don't think about it, your most urgent task now is to rest well and recuperate." The prince has the prince to solve the other matters, you have to believe him. ”

Yu Chirou was infected by Zhou Jingrong's determined momentum, puffed up again, and nodded with fighting spirit.

However, it turned out that Zhou Jingrong was really blindly optimistic, and Wei Chirou's worries were prescient.

The controversy about the prospective crown princess "misbehaving, mentally different, and unworthy of her position" intensified.

More courtiers were outspoken, and simply said directly that although the engagement process is nearing the end, the prince has not yet gotten married after all, and it is not impossible to change the crown princess.

As for the candidate for the new crown princess, the one with the highest voice is Wei Chirou's sister Yu Chijing. After all, the two of them went out of the General's Mansion together, whether in terms of identity or the interests of all parties, it is equivalent to changing the soup without changing the medicine, and it has no impact.

Of course, in addition to being unfair to Wei Chirou. However, no one cares whether Wei Chirou is wronged or not.

They openly treat the marriage of a couple of men and women who love each other as a public matter, or do they interfere arbitrarily according to their own likes and dislikes.

The controversy between the DPRK and China intensified, which also affected the views of the common people.

The emotions of the people were easily stirred, and soon dissatisfaction with Wei Chirou broke out, protesting against the marriage between the prince and Wei Chirou.

Zhou Jingrong sighed to Fu Yunshen: "If you say that there is no one behind the instigation of the people, I don't believe it." ”

Zhou Jingrong said, and said suspiciously: "The people who can deal with Rou Niang like this can not think of anyone else except Wei Chijing's mother and daughter." However, to be able to control public opinion and the rumor-mongers must be very powerful, do Wei Chijing's mother and daughter have that ability? ”

Fu Yunshen looked at Zhou Jingrong and sighed slightly: "Well, Mrs. Wei Chi's mother's family is the Qinghe clan, and her grandfather is a literary master, and he has a great influence among civil officials. ”

Zhou Jingrong nodded thoughtfully, the status of literati in this era is very high and highly respected. In the countryside, a sentence said by a literati is not an exaggeration to say that it is a holy decree for illiterate villagers.

Therefore, if the literati and students spread rumors, how could the people not follow suit.

Zhou Jingrong sighed: "A literati has a pen, and there is no blood when he kills people!" So what is the prince's plan? ”

Fu Yunshen was a little distressed: "To solve the current predicament, two things need to be solved. First, find out the cause of Wei Chirou's illness. If she was really poisoned, then all her previous weird behavior could be erased. The second is to solve the drought. Halfway through spring planting, many fields still remain unirrigated, after all, it takes time and effort to divert water from the side, which is only a drop in the bucket for large areas of farmland. If it doesn't rain, many fields will be wasted. Now, the people blame the drought on Wei Chirou, and if this matter cannot be resolved, it will be difficult for the people's complaints to be quelled. ”

Fu Yunshen paused, and sighed again: "The prince wants to sacrifice and ask for rain, but it is easy to ask for rain." The prince is the prince, if the rain does not come, he will be considered by people as unworthy of virtue, and he will fall into the hands of others, and may even affect the storage position. It's a dilemma, and it's not easy to do. ”

knew that this matter could not be done, but the prince was still willing to try his best, just to clear Yu Chirou of the innocent charge and be with her openly.

The prince's heart made Zhou Jingrong a little moved.

However, this rain matter is very easy to solve in modern times, but it is difficult to deal with in ancient times.

Zhou Jingrong wanted to tell Fu Yunshen about the principle of artificial rainfall, inspire his thoughts, and see if it could be imitated in ancient times to achieve artificial rainfall in a modern way.

But before she could speak, she suddenly saw Shifeng hurriedly running in without being informed, raised a letter in her hand, and shouted breathlessly: "Master, husband, madam, the letter from Puhe, six hundred miles urgent!" ”

Fu Yunshen and Zhou Jingrong glanced at each other, and doubts and uneasiness surged in their hearts.

The letter from Puhe should be a letter from Fu Raohua, Master Zhou or Song Tinglan, but why do ordinary letters need to be urgent, what happened?

Shifeng presented the letter, Fu Yunshen took it, opened the envelope, Zhou Jingrong poked his head over, and the two got together to read the letter.

Zhou Jingrong was the first to see the payment: "It's a letter from Rao Niang." ”

Fu Yunshen hurriedly glanced at the general content of the letter, and when he saw a certain place, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he turned around and grabbed Zhou Jingrong and groped around her waist.

Zhou Jingrong can't compare to Fu Dacai's ability to look at ten lines, and before she saw the point, she was startled by Fu Yunshen's sudden move: "What are you doing?" ”

Fu Yunshen held the sachet ball that he took off from Zhou Jingrong's body in his hand, eager to pinch it into powder, and said with a gloomy face: "There is something wrong with this sachet, if one of the spices meets the medicinal stone, it will make people hallucinate over time." ”

It turned out that Zhou Jingrong was wearing this sachet when she wrote a letter to Fu Raohua, and the fragrance was stained on the letter paper and smelled by Fu Raohua.

Fu Raohua has always studied spices, and after carefully identifying them, she found that there was a hidden murderous motive in them, so she didn't dare to slack off, so she quickly sent a fast horse to send a message to remind Zhou Jingrong not to use this incense again.

Zhou Jingrong was taken aback: "This sachet was given to me by Rou Niang!" ”

Wei Chirou has been drinking medicine to regulate her body, and she has been wearing this fragrance for a long time, so she often hallucinates and makes some incomprehensible actions, and sometimes even she doesn't remember herself.

Zhou Jingrong thought it was strange before, Wei Chirou must have been harmed, why couldn't she find evidence. It turns out that it is the combination of medicine and incense that can cause toxicity, and it is no wonder that such a cautious and low-key way of poisoning cannot be detected.

Fu Yunshen was still not at ease, so he asked Shifeng to take the sachet away, hugged Zhou Jingrong, and was glad that this incense was non-toxic, and said slowly: "It seems that the problem has been found." ”