Miss King in Pride and Prejudice

For Serena, the joy of Christmas lies in unwrapping presents. Serena, who has expanded her social life, has received a lot of Christmas presents. Although she has also given away a lot, she still unwraps them happily, which is full of Christmas. festival joy.

Apart from grandfather and friends, the more expensive gifts belonged to Mr. Brown, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Black. What Mr. Brown gave was a very beautiful emerald bracelet, which was bright green and very eye-catching, so Serena immediately put it on. on his wrist.Mr. Darcy gave an emerald necklace, and Mr. Black gave a rough emerald.

Mr. Brown's gift was actually the most expensive of the three and also the one that Serena liked the most, and because of Mr. Brown's close relationship with the Jin family, he could naturally accept it at will.But the gifts of the other two gentlemen were not so easy to deal with. Such an obviously expensive gift is definitely not something that ordinary friends would give. Serena thought about it, and found her grandfather with the gift, and asked him He came up with an idea, but his grandfather didn't care at all. He let Serina accept it with peace of mind, and then pretended that there was no such thing, and there was no need to express anything to the two of them.

"Isn't it too expensive? Don't you have to send them something back?"

"It's the gentlemen who want to pursue you. Of course, you have to put more thought into it than others. Now it's just a more expensive gift. It's not as beautiful and precious as the green diamond I gave you. Don't worry about it at all. Just do what you want. You can You can't be moved by such a small hospitality." Mr. Jin was very calm, which also made Serena calm.

Serena seemed to understand a little bit, but a little bit didn't understand, but she also knew that she didn't need to do anything, so the money fan went back to the room with the gift in her arms.

After Serena left, Mr. Jin was not so calm. These two boys who wanted to abduct their granddaughter were very obvious, but they were not in the right place. They still have a lot to do to trick their granddaughter away. .And he wasn't very happy with any of them.

Except for this little episode, Christmas is very harmonious, especially Charlotte and Mr. Brown who are short of pink bubbles.Although the two are still polite ladies and gentlemen, anyone with eyes can see the change in the atmosphere between the two. People in the Jin family are smart people, so they can see it naturally, but the person involved did not say that they As if they didn't know, let the couple develop on their own, and now it seems that the development is going smoothly.

The day before the auction, everyone checked everything again, and then waited for tomorrow.

The next day's auction started at ten o'clock in the morning, and after nine o'clock, guests who received invitations arrived one after another. A group of newly trained servants led the guests to their seats in an orderly manner, and then served refreshments and auction catalogs.Everything is in order, the guests have arrived, and everything is going well.

The auction is non-anonymous, and everyone can see who paid the high price. In fact, Mr. Jin discussed with Serena and Mr. Brown about whether it should be anonymous. The highest bid suppressed the bids of others. However, under the circumstances that anonymity was difficult to protect mutual rights and interests, the lesser evil was chosen and a completely open auction was chosen.

At ten o'clock, the auction officially started.A handsome and eloquent man of the auctioneer, he told the origin of each oriental item, and pointed out its preciousness. Treasures are sought after by everyone, and there are almost no bids.The transaction prices of most of the auction items are very impressive, especially women's accessories, as well as exquisite embroidery, decorations and other things that women love are sought after, and the prices continue to rise. The two sets of filigree hairpins were known to ladies because of Serena's wearing. The auction price has already been bid up to 600 pounds, and there are still many ladies and gentlemen who are raising their prices, including Lilia and Georgiana.In the end, it was won by two rich and prestigious countesses at 1100 and 1200 pounds. It is not impossible for Lilia and Georgiana to offer a higher price, but they are not easy to refute the face of the two ladies. They were very unhappy when they came out, but there was nothing they could do.Lilia thought that she could ask Mr. Brown to bring some more next time, so that she could leave two sets for the two and talk to them later, hoping that they would not be too disappointed.

Although Lilia and Georgiana did not get the coveted hairpin.But something was gained. Georgiana photographed a delicately carved rosewood jewelry box, full of oriental charm.What Lilia took was a double-sided embroidered handkerchief and a box of oriental spices.Even Mrs. Black has photographed several sets of fine china.The gentlemen had little to gain, and both Mr. Darcy and Mr. Black went away empty-handed.

So many people in London watched this auction, thinking that the real income of the Jin family must be quite a lot, and today's income alone may be very considerable, almost higher than the annual income of many wealthy gentlemen many.Even if there is a distribution, it is still quite generous. The Jin family is really low-key. If it weren't for this auction, not many people would pay attention to the Jin family.But after this auction is over, the situation will change drastically. People are always so realistic.

This auction has everything, and the most valuable one is the Dongzhu from the Qing Dynasty. This finale lot is still the best among Dongzhu. Such a huge, round and shiny pearl should be a tribute. I don’t know Brown. How did Mr. get it, but there were only three of them. Serena kept one, Mr. Brown also left one, and another one appeared at the auction. The appearance of this pearl made the auction There was the climax of the entire auction, and almost all the ladies could not refuse such a temptation, and everyone rushed to bid without thinking too much.After a lot of fighting, in the end, this beautiful pearl was collected by Mrs. Smith at a high price of 3500 pounds, which shows how rich and generous this Mrs. Smith is.

With the auction of Dongzhu, this auction also came to an end. The guests who took the auction went to pay and pick up the goods according to their respective auction numbers. After receiving the goods, they had to inspect the goods. The orderly process was carried out step by step. Before the dinner, the handover of the goods and the counting of the payment were finally completed, which meant that the auction had come to a successful conclusion.

The beautiful profits made the beneficiaries all smile, and the dinner was extra sweet.

The end of the auction and the preparation of the merchant ships all along meant that Mr. Brown was about to leave London and embark on a trip to the Qing Dynasty again. Before he left, he proposed to Charlotte.

One afternoon after Christmas, Mr. King and Serena were by the side. Mr. Brown said he wanted to have a private chat with Charlotte, so everyone dispersed.Serena didn't want to miss the proposal, so she hid by the door, leaned on the door, and looked in through the crack.

I saw Mr. Brown knelt on one knee, looked up at Charlotte sincerely, and couldn't hear what he said, but Charlotte, who was facing Mr. Brown, seemed to be crying. She shed tears and finally smiled. Nodding in agreement to Mr. Brown's marriage proposal, Mr. Brown jumped up from the ground and hugged his fiancée.

Seeing such a happy ending, Serena was also very happy. She immediately went to the study to tell her grandfather the good news. Before she finished sharing the good news, Mr. Brown also came to visit Mr. Jin. Seeing that Serena was there, he Smile brightly at the two, share the joy with them, and hope they take care of their fiancée.Because the merchant ship is about to depart, Mr. Brown has no time to go to Longbourne to get Sir Lucas's consent, but he will send a letter to Sir Lucas, hoping he can understand, and he will visit him as soon as possible when he returns.The words are full of expectations for the future, which shows that he really looks forward to marrying Charlotte.

Both Serena and Mr. King were very happy for the couple, especially Serena. She invited Charlotte to be her companion at the time because she hoped that Charlotte would be better and get a marriage that was more suitable for her.For a long time, Serena hoped that a man could see the beauty of Charlotte, and now Mr. Brown saw it and pursued Charlotte, which is great.Although Mr. Brown is more than 30 years old, he has experienced a lot, and he will cherish Charlotte's kindness even more if he has life experience.

Serena wants to go to Charlotte and ask her to share the process of Mr. Brown's pursuit of her, but thinking of the couple who are about to separate, she decides to wait for Mr. Brown to leave before asking, so that they can get together more.

No matter how reluctant the unmarried couple was, the merchant ship set sail and took Charlotte's lover away.

Charlotte, who had bid farewell to Mr. Brown, was a little depressed, and Serena sat quietly with her for a while.Charlotte calmed down and said to Serena: "Serina, you must be curious when Mr. Brown pursued me?"

"Yes, but I don't have time to ask you." Serena encouraged her to continue when she saw Charlotte, who was refreshed again.

"When we were busy with the auction, he always treated me well, but I never thought about him pursuing me. He must have been very depressed at the time."

"You are not so dull, Charlotte."

"Mr. Brown has always been a gentleman, and I think he is very polite to everyone."

"And then, and then!" Serena was completely enthused.

"Then he pointed it out directly. I was just surprised at first, but then I realized that he is really a nice gentleman..." Charlotte blushed as she spoke.

Serena would not give up asking because of Charlotte's shyness, she still looked at Charlotte brightly, "Mr. Brown liked you first, then Charlotte, when did you find out that you also like Mr. Brown? "

"I don't know..." Charlotte smiled and blushed but refused to reveal more.

"Charlotte, you are stingy, you don't tell me." Serena refused.

"Serina, why are you so interested in my love story? You are not young anymore, you can find a gentleman to try it yourself." Charlotte was unmoved and teased Serena.

"The girl who is going to get married is different, do you hope everyone is as happy as you?" Serena joked back.

"What are you talking about, I'm serious, Serena, you are also going to get married, and you always have to eat something."

"I'm only going to turn 18. I'm still young, and my grandfather is reluctant to part with me."

"I can't say it to you, but you have to know it in your heart, okay?" Charlotte really liked the little girl Serena, and hoped that she could get her own happiness.