When they arrived at Fatty Liu's pork stall, they happened to see Fatty Liu coming out menacingly with an axe in his hand.
When he saw Bai Ke, he pointed the axe at him. "You little brat, you still dare to come here. I'll chop you to death!"
Fatty Liu's wife rushed out and grabbed him. "Husband, what are you doing!"
Fatty Liu pushed his wife away and made a move to charge at Bai Ke.
The vendor from the next stall helped her up. "Sister Fatty, are you okay?" Sister Fatty shook her head, then immediately rushed over and hugged Fatty Liu, fearing that he might really kill someone.
"What are you holding me for!" Fatty Liu was full of anger. Sister Fatty shouted at the top of her voice, "What do you think I'm doing? Do you really want to kill someone!"
After being persuaded, Fatty Liu calmed down a bit.
Bai Ke didn't want to waste his breath on him. He took out the jade token and walked up to Fatty Liu. "Remember, I live in the Regent's Mansion. You're welcome to come and chop me anytime."
The axe in Fatty Liu's hand fell to the ground in fright. "The... the Regent's Mansion..."
He took a few trembling steps back, lowered his head, and didn't dare to say a word.
It was Sister Fatty who boldly stepped forward. "May I ask what business does the official have here?"
Bai Ke didn't know why Mo Qinghuan had come here. He turned to look at her.
While Sister Fatty was speaking, Mo Qinghuan had carefully observed her and found that she wasn't ill. She was very puzzled.
"Sir."
Mo Qinghuan walked up to the stall and used something to turn over the pork on the stall.
Bai Ke looked at Mo Qinghuan blankly, thinking that the princess couldn't have come to buy pork...
"Are you the only ones selling pork on this street?"
Sister Fatty nodded. "Yes, we're the only ones selling pork on this street."
Bai Ke whispered in her ear, "Sir, is there something wrong with this pork?"
Mo Qinghuan glanced at him, then looked at Sister Fatty. "Okay, cut one jin of meat from each of the pigs you have now."
Sister Fatty answered and took a knife to cut the meat.
Hearing that they were really here to buy meat, Bai Ke rolled his eyes and almost fainted.
"Sir, didn't we come out to investigate that..."
"Shut up!" Mo Qinghuan raised her hand and slapped Bai Ke. Bai Ke shivered. Helpless, he had to obediently shut his mouth.
Lu Zixiu had been silently watching Mo Qinghuan all the time. He had noticed Fatty Liu's mouth, so he believed that Mo Qinghuan's reason for buying meat must be well - founded.
Sister Fatty cut the meat and handed it over. "Sir, we only have three pigs left now, which makes six sides of meat. So I only cut three jin for you. But we'll get ten more pigs tomorrow. If you need more, you can come again."
Mo Qinghuan nudged Bai Ke with her elbow and tilted her chin. "What are you standing there for? Carry it!"
Bai Ke reluctantly paid the money, took the meat, and followed Mo Qinghuan.
"We still need to go to other meat stalls."
Hearing this, Bai Ke couldn't stand it anymore. "Princess, what on earth are you doing?"
"Why do you have so many questions?!" Seeing Bai Ke's eager look, Mo Qinghuan deliberately kept him in suspense and didn't tell him.
It was really funny to see Bai Ke looking like he wanted to hit someone but had to hold back.
After going to the pork stalls on three other streets and buying meat from each, Bai Ke was already carrying more than ten jin of meat in his hands.
He knew that asking Mo Qinghuan was useless, so he just followed her silently with a sad look on his face.
After returning to the mansion, Bai Ke angrily threw the meat on the stone table and then went to complain to Mu Yanming.
When Mu Yanming came, Mo Qinghuan had already put on gloves and was holding a knife to slice the meat. There were also slices of meat she had cut in the plate beside.
"My lord, look, the princess bought so much meat and is practicing her knife skills here." Bai Ke pointed at Mo Qinghuan.
Mu Yanming raised his hand to signal him to be quiet. "You may step back first."
"My lord."
Bai Ke was a bit indignant that Mu Yanming didn't blame Mo Qinghuan, but he didn't dare not listen to Mu Yanming's words. He had to obediently step aside.
Mu Yanming walked up to Mo Qinghuan and asked, "Any findings?"
Mo Qinghuan finished slicing the meat and looked up at Mu Yanming. "Not yet. We'll only know after the test results come out."
"Test?" Mu Yanming frowned, not quite understanding what Mo Qinghuan meant by "test".
Mo Qinghuan took off her gloves. "If there are shaped viruses on this, we can confirm that this small - scale outbreak of herpes is related to the pork."
"If it's related to the pork, almost everyone in the capital has eaten it!"
Hearing Mu Yanming say this, Mo Qinghuan nodded. "Yes, but because everyone's physical functions and resistance levels are different, not everyone will get sick. However, if it is really the pork's fault, this batch of virus - infected pork must be disposed of and can no longer be sold on the market."
"Don't worry about this. If that's the case, I'll have the government handle it."
Seeing that Mu Yanming trusted her so much, Mo Qinghuan pursed her lips. "Well, I'll go and do the test."
She was about to leave with the pork when Mu Yanming stopped her. "Wait. Where are you going to do the test?"
Mo Qinghuan stopped. Oh right, she didn't have a sterile testing room.
Mu Yanming called Bai Ke. Bai Ke immediately strode over. "My lord."
"Immediately prepare an empty room." After saying that, he looked at Mo Qinghuan. "Tell Bai Ke what you need, and he'll arrange for people to prepare it."
Mo Qinghuan knew that she could take things out of the space and enter it herself. So, apart from tables and chairs, she didn't need anything else to be prepared.
However, there must be a locked compartment so that no one would notice when she entered it.
"Okay, prepare a room first. This matter can't be delayed any longer. The rest can be prepared later."
Bai Ke now seemed to understand that Mo Qinghuan was doing something important. He immediately obediently led people to clean up the room.
The room was in a courtyard called Qingting Courtyard, next to the Yangyang Hall.
Mo Qinghuan waited in the Yangyang Hall for a while. Remembering that it was almost lunchtime, she got up and went to the kitchen. She told the kitchen not to eat the pork bought today and not to cook any pork dishes for the next few days.
When she came back, the room was already cleaned up.
Mo Qinghuan carried the things in. "Bai Ke, you stand guard outside personally. Remember, even if the sky falls, don't let anyone in unless I call for help, including your lord."
Bai Ke replied weakly, "Yes."
"Bai Ke, I'm not joking with you. What I'm doing now is very important. If your attitude isn't correct, I'll go to your lord and let him tell you in person."
Bai Ke had never seen Mo Qinghuan look so serious. He realized the seriousness of the matter, so he patted his chest and promised, "Princess, don't worry. No one will be able to disturb you unless they step over my dead body."
Mo Qinghuan nodded, closed the door, and bolted it.
After making sure no one was around, she started to test whether she could enter the space with things.