Agriculture Escape: Ultimate Boss Has A Space Pocket! (ON-HOLD)

Chapter 28: Kicking an Iron Plate

Bai Wutong sighed in her heart and picked up Stinky, who was about to climb up Chu Tianbao's arm to bite the tomato.

Stinky wasn't happy. He flung his meaty limbs around.

Bai Wutong placed the bowl in front of him. He immediately opened his mouth wide and waited for Bai Wutong to feed him.

His adorable look as a foodie almost melted people's hearts. Bai Wutong could not help but kiss his big fleshy face.

Chu Tianbao glanced at them and bit into the tomato.

How sour.

It made him lose his appetite.

As Bai Wutong fed Stinky, she asked Lin Yue, "Why did those people kidnap Consort Ping and Princess Qingping?"

Lin Yue thought for a moment and said, "It should be Duke Chu's people."

"Duke Chu?"

Bai Wutong subconsciously looked at Chu Tianbao, who had finished eating the tomatoes and asked with a frown, "How old is Duke Chu?"

Lin Yue didn't know why the topic had changed so quickly, but he still said, "Duke Chu seems to be in his forties this year."

"Uh, how many sons does he have?" She actually wanted to ask if there was anyone called Chu Tianbao.

Lin Yue replied in confusion, "It's difficult to have a son in the Chu royal family. There's only one legitimate son named Chu Mingji. I heard that he's weak since he was young. The Chu royal consort has been watching him like he's an eyeball."

"How old is he?" Bai Wutong continued asking.

"He's not yet crowned."

His body was weak and he had yet to be crowned, which meant that he was still underage. Chu Tianbao's strong body and age did not match.

Bai Wutong immediately heaved a sigh of relief. There were so many people with the same surname in the world. It was normal for it to be a coincidence.

Bai Wutong finally returned to the main topic. "It's understandable that Duke Chu is burning the rations. But why did he kidnap Duke Ping's consort and daughter? It's not like he can threaten the current emperor with it." At most, if someone died, he would be rewarded with an impressive grade and additional burial items.

Lin Yue thought for a moment. "Perhaps he wants to cause a rift between Duke Ping and the emperor. If the emperor doesn't save Consort Ping and Princess Qingping, Duke Ping won't be satisfied even if he doesn't say anything on the surface."

Bai Wutong thought for a moment and voiced her guess. "Could it be that Duke Ping also wants to rebel? Duke Chu found out about it so he had kidnapped them in advance?"

Lin Yue suddenly looked at Bai Wutong. Thinking about the extraordinary scale of protection just now, he felt that it made sense.

After a long moment, he said, "If that's the case, Duke Ping might very well be staging a coup in the Imperial City right now." When they left the capital, Duke Ping would already be in the capital.

Bai Wutong asked, "Is this Duke Ping very powerful? Where is the land he is governing?"

Lin Yue only understood it later. "Duke Ping is as mediocre as his title suggests. However, my master said that Duke Ping might be pretending to be weak. Although he lives extravagantly, he has a much better reputation among the people than the emperor."

"And his fief is in Xunyang. It's a place with fertile land and is quite far from the Imperial City. Like Duke Chu, he probably has a huge personal army. Xunyang is connected to Fengming City and is isolated by Fengming Mountain. No matter how strong Duke Chu's troops are, it will take some effort to take down Duke Ping's fief."