The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 2291: What Did You Find Out?

Chapter 2291: Chapter 2291: What Did You Find Out?

"City Lord, with all due respect, there are over a dozen medicinal herbs listed here, and all of them are highly toxic. Are you truly comfortable letting Madame use these?" he asked.

"Don’t worry about it. This list was given to me by Tianfeng, so it’s definitely fine," the City Lord said dismissively.

Even if more than a dozen herbs are poisonous, so what?

He figured it might be Lu Tianfeng himself who needed these herbs, but since there was no other way to obtain them, he probably took this opportunity to have them procured.

Lin Baizhong: "..."

He really wanted to say that precisely because they were given by Lu Tianfeng, they were even more dangerous.

They didn’t know about the things Lu Tianfeng was involved in within the Ziyan Kingdom—venomous corpses, the child of darkness, and Yin Baiqing, his son-in-law’s involvement. All of it connects back to Lu Tianfeng.

Yet this was something he couldn’t directly bring up to Lu Tianlan, the City Lord.

What could he do then? He felt utterly helpless!

"City Lord, do you think the Junior City Lord will return?"

His gaze lingered on the list in his hands, striving to memorize it thoroughly, while casually posing the question to Lu Tianlan.

"He... won’t return, will he?"

The City Lord’s face froze, his response somewhat faltering.

Perhaps he once harbored feelings for this son, but after all, he hadn’t seen him since his full-month celebration.

No matter how deep the bond between father and son, it couldn’t survive the erosion of so many years.

And now, his wife was expecting his child. If he continued to dwell on his lost son, wouldn’t he be doing his wife a grave disservice?

His wife had already come to terms with it, so how could he keep dwelling on it?

"But what if he truly comes back?" Lin Baizhong asked again.

"This..."

The City Lord couldn’t fathom why Lin Baizhong kept mentioning his eldest son.

Could it be that his eldest son truly might return one day?

Or was it that Lin Baizhong knew something but was unwilling to share?

And if so, what could that possibly be?

"Baizhong, are you... hiding something from me?"

"City Lord, you misunderstand me."

Lin Baizhong immediately laughed and shook his head.

"I merely overheard people outside saying that Madame is pregnant with the Junior City Lord, but I feel it might be too premature to assume that now.

Perhaps City Lord could encourage the common folk to remain quiet for a period. If things continue to progress as they are, it would be highly disadvantageous to both Madame and yourself."

He explained.

"What do you mean..."

The City Lord’s expression darkened as he uttered half a sentence.

"What if Madame’s child turns out to be... a girl?" Lin Baizhong asked.

"Though saying this might displease you, until the child in Madame’s womb is born, there’s no way anyone can definitively determine whether it’s a boy or a girl.

If people rashly proclaim that Madame is carrying the Junior City Lord now, but when her child is born, it turns out to be a girl...

City Lord, how would you and Madame silence the wagging tongues then?"

He broke it down analytically for Lu Tianlan.

"I heard the Second Young Master and Young Master Tianfeng’s households have similar timelines with their pregnancies, and there seem to be several, isn’t that right, City Lord?"

He added another point.

"Hiss!"

Hearing his words, the City Lord sharply drew in a breath.

Lin Baizhong’s remark brought him to immediate clarity.

If the momentum surrounding the Junior City Lord truly built up too much, and his wife ended up giving birth to a little girl, how would he explain it to the citizens of Sky City?