Double Life: The Long Road to Chasing Your Wife

The next day, several people who asked Shi Jingke to help make iron boxes came to Shi Jingke to pay back the money, because when they went home, their wives discovered that they spent ten taels of silver just to buy an iron box. Not only did they collect all their pocket money, They also asked them to come to Shi Jingke to get their money back.

The few remaining bachelors knew the reason and asked Shi Jingke to pay back the money.

After Shi Jingke explained clearly, he refunded each of them 55 taels of silver, and finally charged each of them [-] taels of silver for running errands, making him [-] taels of silver each.

Seeing Xiao Yan coming, Shi Jingke handed the silver box wrapped in cloth to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan took the food box and saw Shi Jingke still staring at him, frowning and saying:

"Master Shi, is there anything else?"

Shi Jingke mustered up his courage and said:

"Master Marquis, the silver ingot you gave me is only ten taels. This box alone uses more than 50 taels of silver, so..."

Xiao Yan felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. It turned out that the money he gave was not enough!No wonder Shi Jingke kept staring at him.

"I was careless and didn't make a clear calculation."

After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he asked Wang Xiaowu to go back to get the money and asked Shi Jingke to wait for a while after leaving the morning court.

After a while King Xian also came.

"My lord, this is the gold food box you asked for. Please take a look at it and see if you are satisfied with it."

King Xian took the food box, looked at it carefully, expressed satisfaction, and then pretended not to mention it.

"Master Shi doesn't look good today. I've also heard about Ling Qianjin's incident. It's because of this that I didn't rest, okay? If you feel tired, you can ask the emperor for a few days off and deal with the family affairs first. Only then can I have the energy to help the emperor handle state affairs." King Xian just wanted to inquire about Shi Ying.

"Alas!" Shi Jingke sighed.

"My little girl is naughty. She beat the young man until his nose was black and his eyes were swollen during the blind date. Now no man dares to go on a blind date with her. The official and his wife also have a headache."

"Perhaps Miss Shi has a good match of her own, but the fate has not yet arrived. I heard that Yuelao Temple is very accurate in finding a match. Lord Shi, you might as well let your wife try it, maybe you can find the right person."

"That's it! Thank you for your advice, Your Majesty. I will go back and tell my wife to take my daughter to Yuelao Temple to have a look."

"November [-] is a good day. There will be a temple fair held at the Riyue Lao Temple on that day. You can go there on this day."

After saying that, King Xian left without looking back.

"Prince Xian is such a nice person. No wonder the other princes are fighting to the death, but they are all on good terms with Prince Xian. It turns out that Prince Xian is so approachable, unlike Lord Xiao, who talks to people as if they owe him money." Shi Jingke thought to himself. I thought, and then went to the morning service.

After the morning session, Shi Jingke received the money given by Xiao Yan.

"Master Hou, this is too much."

Xiao Yan glanced at the silver in Wang Xiaowu's hand.

"Not much! The rest will be regarded as your hard work."

Shi Jingke took the money from Wang Xiaowu's hand anxiously.

"Thank you sir."

When Shi Jingke looked up, Xiao Yan's carriage had already started moving.

"We will meet again in the future." Xiao Yan opened the carriage curtain and looked at Shi Jingke and said, what he meant was that in the future, taking Lin Shu as his concubine, he would meet with the Shi family.

Because Wang Jingxuan has not yet given birth to a legitimate son, Xiao Yan cannot explain clearly.

Shi Jingke thought that he had committed something wrong in the officialdom. After all, Xiao Yan was in charge of the Dali Temple for the prince. The only way an ordinary court official like him could interact with Xiao Yan was in the Dali Temple.

Shi Jingke was so frightened that his legs became weak and he returned home in a daze.

That lost expression frightened Mrs. Shi so much.

"Master, but your colleagues don't obey? If you are a colleague, the worst thing you can do is give it to someone else. Be careful in the future and don't make the same mistake again."

Shi Jingke told Mrs. Shi exactly what Xiao Yan said to him.

"Perhaps the master is overthinking. Maybe Mr. Xiao wants to promote you after seeing your honesty and duty."

"Madam, is this really the case? Is this really my overthinking?"

Mrs. Shi covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled.

"If that's what you said, how could the Marquis inform you before arresting you? Sir, you have become more and more confused as you get older! I think you should retire and return home."

After Mrs. Shi's persuasion, Shi Jingke didn't think much about it.

"By the way, madam, I heard that there is a temple fair at Yuelao Temple on November [-]th. Chen'er has been in poor health recently, and Mrs. Sun is taking care of the child. Why don't you take Yinger to Yuelao Temple? Su Yi is a You are diligent, Shu'er's life-long matter has been solved, and we have to worry about our daughter."

"Alas—" Mrs. Shi sighed.

"Ying'er's marriage has suffered a setback. She really should go burn incense and pay her respects to Yue Lao."

"Hey! Master, why did you suddenly think of talking to me about this today? Normally you would never think of going to worship Buddha." Mrs. Shi looked into Shi Jingke's eyes with stern eyes.

"It was King Xian who reminded me. When I sent him a food box today, he said that he heard about Ying'er's beating, and asked me if I was worried about it, and told me about the temple fair."

Shi Jingke changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, madam, King Xian is really a good person! He is approachable and talks very friendly to others. No wonder everyone in the royal family is friends with him. On the other hand, this Xiao Houye is not as high-ranking as King Xian, and he talks to It's like he owes him money, he has a bad face, and because he works in Dali Temple, everyone in the court is afraid of him."

"Okay! Why are you talking about Mr. Xiao? If you don't like it, just have less contact with them. I just hope that you will be safe until you retire and return to your hometown. The children's careers will be ignored, and we can live a happy life for a few days. day."

Shi Jingke thought for a while, and as long as Shi Ying's marriage was settled, he could take Mrs. Shi to see the great rivers and mountains of Long Yuan Kingdom without any worries.

"So on November [-]th, Mrs. Xinxin took Ying'er to Yue Lao Temple to buy more incense and donate more sesame oil money. After all, with Ying'er's temper, we can't make it difficult for Yue Lao. Done."

Mrs. Shi pinched Shi Jingke's arm.

"What are you talking about?"

"Ouch!" Shi Jingke touched the place where Mrs. Shi pinched her just now.

"Madam, be gentle. Fortunately, no one saw it. Otherwise, where would the master's face be?"

"You still want face?" Mrs. Shi said and pinched Shi Jingke again.

"It's not because of you that Ying'er is like this. You yelled and scolded her for trivial things, but you failed to control her. As a result, she doesn't listen to anyone in the house now."

Shi Jingke was beside him, covering his red arm from being pinched, and muttering:

"I've never really fought before. There was no time when I wasn't protected by you!"

"What did you say? Say it again!"

"Madam, I was wrong. The children are waiting for home. Please save some face for me."

Mrs. Shi patted her sleeves.

"It's almost there!"

Then Mrs. Shi raised her head and said to Shi Jingke with a smile:

"Master, the meal is almost ready. I'll go over and prepare it first. You can pack up and go over."

Shi Jingke took half a step back, his hands behind his back.

"Well, you go ahead! I'll be there later."

After Mrs. Shi left, Shi Jingke breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Women still have to be coaxed. Why did I marry such a woman who changes her face easily?"