The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 2292: What Does the City Lord Think?

Chapter 2292: Chapter 2292: What Does the City Lord Think?

Could anyone possibly think of a scheme where, if his wife gives birth to a girl, she would be swapped for a boy?

Under the justification of: avoiding the wrath of the citizens of Sky City!

"They... wouldn’t dare do such a thing, would they?"

"City Lord, the human heart is unpredictable," Lin Baizhong reminded him.

Lu Tianfeng is like this, and so is Lu Tiankuo, whom he once suppressed—a bird of a feather, neither of them is any better!

"What should we do? This momentum has already been built up," the City Lord asked him.

Such momentum, so grandiose—it suddenly struck him that even Lu Tianfeng might have played a hand in it.

Because it was Lu Tianfeng who once mentioned in front of him: that the City Lord’s Mansion now had heirs. From there, he went on to assume that his wife was carrying a son, the Junior City Lord of Sky City.

Looking back, in the beginning, when he invited Lu Tianfeng to his wife’s chambers to diagnose her pulse, it was simply to ask whether this time the pregnancy would go well.

That was all.

Unexpectedly, however, the momentum grew, snowballed to a point of no return.

And those precious medicinal resources—that was what pushed him into the abyss!

Imagine this: consuming so much manpower, material wealth, finances, to secure so many rare medicinal ingredients, only to end up with a daughter...

It’s not that he doesn’t like daughters—but in Sky City, there are many people who are starkly pragmatic. They only care about whether Sky City has an heir, not whether his wife gives birth to a boy or girl.

"The momentum has already been set in motion—it’s impossible now to pull back," Lin Baizhong thought for a moment and said.

Indeed.

Some things, once the bowstring is drawn, there’s no turning back.

The momentum unleashed—now not a single person in Sky City is unaware, and word has even spread across the entirety of Illusion Continent.

"Our only option now is to stir up some rumors regarding Second Young Master’s medicinal resource list. Quietly let it be known that many of the medicinal resources on that list are specifically for Second Young Master himself, because his illness is severe, requiring the rarest of ingredients."

He said.

Since this whole affair originated with Lu Tianfeng, he might as well make Lu Tianfeng bear the consequences.

"This... isn’t quite right, is it?"

The City Lord hesitated upon hearing this.

"Tianfeng’s health is already poor, and now we’re asking him to bear this responsibility too—it doesn’t quite seem fair, does it?"

"City Lord, do you really think that the news of the City Lord’s wife carrying the Junior City Lord came from anyone in the City Lord’s Mansion?" Lin Baizhong sneered as he questioned him.

"Uh."

The City Lord was left momentarily speechless.

"Are you saying that this matter was manipulated by Tianfeng in secret?"

"What does the City Lord think?" Lin Baizhong retorted yet again.

At these words, the City Lord fell silent.

Perhaps this whole debacle truly had something to do with Lu Tianfeng. He had always suspected—Lu Tianfeng’s concern for the child in his wife’s belly was excessive.

Details big and small, imaginable and unimaginable—everything was thought through.

Even he, the child’s own father, hadn’t considered things in such meticulous detail.

"Fine. As for what you’ve mentioned, I will have someone take care of it," he nodded.

"If that’s all, I shall take my leave now." Lin Baizhong stood up, handing the list over to the City Lord.

But the City Lord didn’t take it. Instead, he shook his head.

"Keep this one. It’s a copy. Tianfeng’s handwritten original—I’ve kept it somewhere safe," he said.

"Then I shall thank the City Lord for his trust." Lin Baizhong didn’t say much further. Taking the list, he stepped away directly.