Chapter 176 You Are Not Allowed to Eat
Shen Yuexi walked out of the hall angrily and headed towards the palace garden, intending to vent her anger there.
She walked with her head down, kicking pebbles to vent her anger. One of her kicks was a little too strong, and the pebble flew out. A "ouch" sounded from the front, as if someone had been hit by a pebble.
Shen Yuexi was startled and looked up quickly.
Ten servants came towards them, two of them each carrying a large tray. One servant stood in front of the tray, his hand raised to his forehead.
Shen Yuexi quickly ran over and asked, "Sorry, it was my fault. Is the injury serious?"
The servant was surprised that she would come to apologize. He quickly stepped aside and said, "Madam Shen, please forgive me. It's just a small stone. I'm not hurt. I'm just afraid that the stone will break the tray and the prince will be furious."
Shen Yuexi looked at his forehead again and found that the skin was only red and there was no swelling. Then she felt relieved and turned to look at the tray.
What kind of mysterious treasure is this that so many people are carrying so carefully and protecting at the cost of their lives?
All five plates had lids turned upside down, and a rich meaty aroma wafted into the air, completely different from the taste of pork, beef, and mutton.
Seeing the servants carrying it so solemnly, Shen Yuexi couldn't help but feel curious and asked one of them, "What are you carrying?"
"Madam Shen, I am serving the delicacies that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specially prepared for this banquet."
"Ah, what wild delicacy?" Shen Yuexi became even more curious.
"Armadillo, also known as armored rat, is delicious," the servant said with a smile, "His Royal Highness has instructed that the flavor must not be lost. I dare not open the lid here. Please ask Madam Shen to go back to the hall to taste it."
"Armored Rat? What an interesting name," Shen Yuexi followed the servant, "I didn't expect the armadillo to have such a nickname."
"Madam Shen, you may not know this, but this armadillo looks like a mouse in armor, hence its name. It's timid and curls up into a ball when it sees people. You don't even need to chase it, just go and pick it up," a sharp-tongued servant explained. "It's just that it's cold here in Xiliang, so it doesn't grow here. This is a specialty shipped from Jingzhou in the southwest. A hunter named Jia supplies it to our palace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves it."
Shen Yuexi said "oh".
It turns out that this animal doesn't exist in Liangzhou, only in Jingzhou. So it's considered an imported food.
She is not a big foodie, but there is this kind of wild game that she has never tasted before, and it tastes so delicious. How can she not do justice to her stomach if she doesn't try it.
When he returned to the hall and saw Xiao Zhuo, the anger that had just subsided came up again.
No one knows where the gold, silver, treasures and beauties sent by the King of Xiliang have gone. They are most likely sent to Jingxin Garden.
She dropped her skirt and sat down next to Xiao Zhuo without saying a word. She placed her chopsticks on the table, picked up a piece of lotus root and put it in her mouth to chew.
This lotus root is chewed carefully, chewed hard.
She was sulking there alone, but Xiao Zhuo didn't seem to notice as he was chatting and laughing with Mei Pu:
"So Prince Mei has such delicious game?"
"This cooking method was taught to me by the hunter who sold it to me," Mep said with a smile. "It can be cooked rare, medium, or medium-rare. I usually eat it rare because it's the most delicious. If it's cooked rare, it's too tough."
As they chatted, a servant placed a steaming large plate of meat on the table in front of Shen Yuexi. It looked quite different, like a palm-sized piece of armor turned upside down on the plate. On top was two finger-wide, pink meat, tender and different from any other meat she ate. The aroma was fragrant and mouth-watering.
Meipu reached out and picked up a piece of nail and said, "I haven't eaten it in over two years. Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, so let's taste it together."
Shen Yuexi followed suit and took a piece of nail from the plate, holding it in her hand, and picked up a barbecue knife to cut the meat.
As soon as the tip of the knife touched the flesh, the voice of Big Bear rang out in my mind.
"Dear master, the food in your hand is seriously contaminated with bacteria and cannot be eaten."
Serious bacterial contamination?
Chen Yuexi calmly placed the nail plate back on the table and said to Daxiong, "Daxiong, why did you suddenly come out and talk? I didn't ask you to make anything."
"Dear Master, Big Bear's food quality monitoring module was a gift from the manufacturer. Did you forget?"
After being reminded by Daxiong, Shen Yuexi remembered.
The unscrupulous merchant, when buying the raw materials for the Big Bear production line, charged her 10 percent more than other suppliers. She initially refused and planned to switch to another supplier, but the unscrupulous merchant persisted and ultimately bought the raw materials for two production lines, including a food quality monitoring module as a gift, which she had never used.
"You said you detected serious bacterial contamination. What kind of bacteria was it?"
"Dear master, it's Mycobacterium leprae. The concentration of the bacteria can cause people with weakened immune systems to become ill."
The knife in Shen Yuexi's hand fell onto the table with a snap.
Mycobacterium leprae, isn't that the culprit that caused Mapu to get leprosy?
The servants had said before that this was Mep's favorite. The medium-rare method he mentioned didn't cook the meat at all, so contracting leprosy was a sure thing.
The servants brought a total of five plates, one was placed in front of Xiliang King Mei Cheng, one was placed in front of her and Xiao Zhuo, one was placed in front of Mei Pu, and the remaining two plates were placed in the middle of the hall. The servants cut them with knives and shared by the others.
Here, Mep used a knife to cut off the meat, picked it up with the tip of the knife, lifted up half of the mask, and was putting the meat into his mouth.
"etc!"
Shen Yuexi screamed, her voice high and shrill, startling everyone. Everyone stopped eating and drinking and looked at this silly girl who had no idea of the rules and was shouting at random.
Xiao Zhuo turned to look at her with a puzzled look.
Shen Yuexi didn't bother to explain to Xiao Zhuo and said to Mei Pu, "Master Mei, this meat is inedible. No one should eat it."
Mei Pu paused for a moment and smiled, "Mrs. Shen may not like it. No problem, please let His Royal Highness taste it, please."
After saying that, Mep put the meat into his mouth again.
Shen Yuexi didn't want to watch Meipu swallow the leprosy bacteria again. Meipu was still her patient after all. She stood up and said, "There's..."
She wanted to say there was Mycobacterium leprae, but ancient people did not understand this term.
Seeing that if he hesitated any longer, Mei Pu would eat the meat, and there were many people in the hall like him, she didn't have time to think about it and simply shouted, "The meat is poisonous!"
These words were so devastating that the hall was immediately filled with the sound of knives being thrown.
The eyes behind the mask of Meipu suddenly widened. He put down the knife and looked at Shen Yuexi and said, "Madam Shen, are you serious?"
Shen Yuexi nodded vigorously.
No matter what happens later, let’s stop everyone from eating meat first.
Xiliang King Mei Cheng's face changed drastically, and he slammed the table. "How could such a thing happen! Guards, quickly arrest the chef who prepared this dish, and the servant who served it..."
The guards in the corridor followed the order.
"Wait, wait," Shen Yuexi stood up to stop the guards and said to the King of Xiliang, "Your Highness, it's not these people. The person who poisoned is someone else."
She would feel uneasy if these innocent people were implicated because of her. Now that everyone has been prevented from eating the bacteria-infected meat, the next step is to cover up this lie.
"Who is it?" Xiao Zhuo and Mei Pu looked at her almost in unison.
"It's the armored tiger that was supplied to the palace... uh, no, it's the armored rat..."
It was quite difficult for her to come up with a lie on the spot without revealing her identity. She even stuttered. But she finally thought of someone who could take the blame.
"The hunter who sold the armored rat was the one who poisoned him!"
The man sold the leprosy-infected armadillo to the palace, so it was not wrong to say that he poisoned it; it was quite appropriate.
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