The reason for it was strange: Once the magistrate's wife threw a tantrum and fed the offerings to Heaven to the dogs instead, and moreover was very insulting. This offended the Jade Emperor, who ordered the Dragon King to cease giving rain to Fenghsien.
苦旱原因說來離奇，是有次郡侯妻子發怒，將敬天的素供推倒餵狗，而且口出不遜，冒犯了玉皇大帝，於是玉帝赫然震怒，不顧蒼生無辜，下令龍王不再給鳳仙郡降雨。