Chapter 44:  真的下雨了

It’s actually raining

Simply then a gust of wind blew in from the window and the sheet of paper on the tray was blown to the bottom and fell into everybody’s sight. 

“Observing the celebrities at evening, on the nineteenth day of the Gui Yue,between Sep 11 am, a torrential rain fell from the sky, accompanied by thunder and lightning.”

The handwriting was clear and neat, fleeting like a floating cloud.

“(Thunder Rumbling sound) …..”

A stunning thunder clap struck within the sky exterior the primary corridor, adopted by a torrential downpour.

For a second, the royal courtroom held in the primary corridor was surprisingly silent, not even a crow and peacock was heard. 

It’s actually raining!

The eyes of the gang seemed once more on the flippantly floating piece of paper on the ground.

Round Sep 11 am on August nineteenth! 

The sky is pouring with rain!

Accompanied with thunder and lightning!

Each single one among them is correct! 

Everybody checked out one another in dismay. 

Not solely is the calculation proper, however even the hour isn’t a little bit of distinction!

Even the Board of Astronomy might solely calculate whether or not it will rain on the second day, however not intimately in regards to the hour.

The unique pleasure of getting a welcome rain after a protracted drought is changed by a shock.

The individual behind the be aware should have been an professional.

“It’s lastly raining!” Imperial Censor Liu rushed excitedly to the doorway of the primary corridor and noticed the torrential rain pouring down exterior, his face stuffed with pleasure.

He didn’t care what predictions the Board of Astronomy made or who was the one who wrote the be aware. All he knew was that it was lastly raining in the present day!

Three complete months have already handed! 

The large rain has lastly come!

The individuals could be saved!

The Dong Lan Kingdom is saved!

The opposite ministers additionally smiled with pleasure after a short second of shock.

It doesn’t matter what, this rain is a superb pleasure for everybody, and for the nation.

Solely that Lord Zhao stood in the identical place with ‘a furious with rage’ face.

The roaring thunder exterior and the crashing sound of the rain pouring down had been like a pair of massive palms slapping him arduous within the face, as if in mockery of his sure phrases simply now.

How can it’s!

Unexpectedly, it’s actually raining!

It may possibly’t be!

He clearly seemed on the configurations of the celebrities final evening due to this fact it supposedly can’t be raining. 

When he raised his head and noticed the person within the dragon throne taking a look at him with an vague gaze, his physique shivered and he fell to his knees in concern.

The person who was in control of the Board of Astronomy, Lord Zhao, had misplaced face within the public, within the courtroom. He was so ashamed that he requested to retire and return to his native place on the spot in entrance of His Majesty.

With out saying a phrase, the Emperor ordered his males to convey the 4 treasures of literature or examine—writing brush, ink stick, ink slab, and paper–in order that Lord Zhao might write a letter of resignation on the spot, and with a stroke of his vermilion pen, the choice to return to his hometown was made on the spot and there have been no extra room for maneuver.

This heavy rain continued till the morning of the third day, when it step by step stopped.

After the enjoyment, everybody started to fret once more. In any case, the rain was solely ‘as urgent as a hearth burning one’s eyebrows rain’, but when it didn’t rain once more for the second half of the 12 months, the drought would nonetheless be a significant issue for them.

If the professional behind yesterday’s be aware may very well be introduced in to take up the put up of supervisor of the Board of Astronomy and be capable of inform them the climate situations for the following two days, then they’d not must be so passive and will even make well timed changes in accordance with the climate situations at any time.

The subsequent day, on the morning courtroom, some ministers started to counsel that the grasp or the succesful individual ought to forecast the climate once more to see if it will rain once more within the subsequent two days.

This suggestion was quickly authorised by a lot of the ministers.

In the long run, they simply needed to verify whether or not this grasp actually had the capabilities to do one thing like this. 

There have been even individuals who recommended on the spot that if this succesful individual might actually predict the climate situations for the following two days precisely, she must be advisable for the put up because the Board of Astronomy Supervisor. 

Nonetheless, some ministers instantly started to object, “Your Majesty has stated earlier than that this succesful individual is a lady, how can a lady be an official?”

“Why can’t a lady be an official? It’s not that there is no such thing as a precedent like this since historical instances…”