Miss King in Pride and Prejudice

The time to visit London was finally set for a week after the auction, and the brothers and sisters of Mr. Black had no objections.Charlotte was not in the mood to visit London, so there were only 5 people who made the trip in the end, Serena, brother and sister of Mr. Black and brother and sister of Mr. Darcy. Serena proposed the tour plan, but she had no one to accompany her. Fortunately, the two When two friends came to abandon their brothers to share a carriage with Serena, the two gentlemen abandoned the carriage and rode on.

The weather was fine that day, without rain. Mr. Darcy arranged to visit the beautiful buildings in London. The first thing he saw was the famous palace in England, Buckingham Palace. As a royal palace, it is not easy for them to go in and visit it, but it is not difficult to see it from a distance. I think it is great, it is a very majestic style, and it can be used as the residence of the royal family. It can be seen that it has both historical precipitation and British architectural style.

Then there is the Parliament Building built along the Thames River. The whole building is Gothic. Across the Thames River, you can have a panoramic view of the Parliament Building. Serena found that looking at the Parliament Building from the other side of the river, it has a classical composition and is symmetrical. And tidy, the details show the characteristics of the vertical Gothic architectural style, and many towering spiers can still be seen from a distance.What is more conspicuous is Big Ben. The big clock face of Big Ben hangs high on the clock tower. It is huge and gorgeous, and the bell that rings every hour is clear and beautiful.

Westminster Abbey is located on the north bank of the Thames, on the southwest side of the Houses of Parliament. Too much British history has happened here, and too much British future will happen here.The magnificent Gothic building Westminster Abbey is a holy place in the UK. It has a prominent position among the many churches in the UK. It can be said that it is the highest church in the UK.In addition to members of the royal family, great figures in many fields in the UK are also buried here.

Appreciate these beautiful buildings, listen to Mr. Darcy's eloquent history, and Mr. Blake's supplement, the rise and fall of these buildings and the rise and fall of the country unfold before everyone's eyes.Time passed unconsciously, and the five of them had a fulfilling day.

The next day's weather was a bit gloomy, and some rain fell from time to time, so they decided to visit the British Museum, which is a large-scale ancient Roman column building, which is very spectacular.What's more spectacular is that the collection inside is very rich and comes from all over the world. Serena's deepest impression is the marble carving of the Parthenon Temple in Athens. It is not complete, but she is still impressed by its beauty. Without emotion, it is complete. How ingenious it must be, and how sad it would be for one's own people who lost it to see it here.And sad for those who see their national treasures here in the future.No matter how beautiful the two gentlemen's explanations were, Serena felt that she couldn't listen to them.Five people spend a day in the museum because of these rare treasures.

It was still raining on the third day, and they went to visit the National Gallery of Art in London. Three women who were also fond of painting watched and discussed with each other. They also killed the day and decided to come again.

Then came the London Library, Windsor Castle, the Tower of London...

The 5 of Serena spent a week on the tour, accompanied by friends, and two gentlemen who knew London, history, and interesting words explained the introduction. Serena felt very happy, and Georgiana and Lilia also thought it was a very good journey. As for what Mr. Darcy and Mr. Black think, the three ladies don't know, but on the surface, the two gentlemen are polite, personable and harmonious to each other.

The journey is just a small episode in life. After visiting London, Serena returned to her unstarted business and expanded her fan shop.Wanting to open a clothing store is not as simple as a fan shop, especially Serena also wants to open a clothing store that combines the East and the West. From design to manpower, there are problems. Fortunately, the manpower problem of Serena was solved before Mr. Brown left. I have already asked Mr. Brown to help her find some more woodcarvers and many embroiderers.Before the manpower arrives, what Serena and the embroiderers who are already in place need to worry about is the design problem. Directly embroidering oriental embroidery on Western dresses is not called fusion, but forced. Serena certainly does not want to appear. uncoordinated situation.

Fortunately, this social season, Serena has already tried the fusion of East and West in her dress, and the effect is still good, but more attempts are still needed to see if all British women can control such dresses.Good friends are there to help. Serena called Lilia and Georgiana, and wanted to make them a fusion of Eastern and Western clothing, to see if they would be abrupt and disharmonious when worn.

I thought it would take some talking, but I didn't expect that the two of them had been attracted to Serena's dress for a long time. It was completely Serina who brought it up, and the two agreed to be fitting models without hesitation, expressing that they were completely satisfied. Will cooperate, the condition is that they will keep the appropriate dress, this is of course not a problem, so the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

After taking the measurements for Lilia and Georgiana, they each had their own preferences for the style of the clothes and the embroidery patterns on them. Serena agreed to them one by one, and wrote down all the matching plans they said. This is a local woman. Aesthetics, she needs to take a good look at it and draw a rendering for analysis.

Clothes are not something that can be made just by saying it, it takes time, the three of them have measured the size, and after they have selected the material and matching, it is the tailor's job.Serena also put this matter to an end first. After the sample clothes came out, they tried them on and saw the effect.

The three of them were free again and discussed Charlotte's gossip. Since Charlotte got engaged, Sir Lucas, who received Mr. Brown's letter, came to London in person. After carefully understanding the whole story and Mr. Brown's character Finally, he satisfactorily agreed to Charlotte's marriage and wanted to bring Charlotte back to Longborn.Serena and Mr. Jin naturally knew that Sir Lucas missed his daughter, and also wanted to spend more time with his daughter before she got married.After asking what Charlotte meant, Charlotte followed her father back to Longborn.

Serena, who was without Charlotte by her side, didn't quite get used to it at first. She always felt like something was missing. Even Mr. Jin and Mrs. Sharron often mentioned Charlotte, which shows that Charlotte is like their Like loved ones.

Charlotte left London and returned to her home in Longbourn.Miss Jane Bennet left Longbourn after Christmas and came to London with her uncle and aunt.The reason why Serena knew about Miss Bennet's whereabouts was because Miss Bennet came to visit.In fact, although Serena often lives in Longbourne, because she doesn't like to socialize, she has never had any contact with the Bennet family, so her friendship with Miss Bennet is limited to acquaintance.But Miss Bennet's visit was considered courteous, based on politeness.

At that time, Charlotte had already left, and Serena and Miss Bennet had nothing to talk about. Fortunately, Mr. King was there, and everyone chatted about Longbourne.Miss Bennet is still gentle, beautiful, and full of charm. She apologized for not being able to visit Mr. King in time. It turned out that she had arrived in London for some time, but because she didn't know the address of the King's family in London, she asked Miss Elizabeth. Yes, that's why I came to visit so many days late.

Mr. Jin naturally said that it didn't matter, it was an honor for the Jin family to have Miss Bennet come.

As they talked, they talked about Mr. Bingley. Miss Bennet seemed to have no intention of asking Mr. King and Serena if they had met anyone from the Bingley family.Mr. Jin said that he had never met them. Serena said that he had only met Miss Bingley. Mr. Bingley was busy and did not participate in the social season.Miss Bennet immediately beamed with joy.

In fact, both Mr. King and Serena knew that what Miss Bennet wanted to ask was about Mr. Bingley from the beginning to the end, but Mr. King was too lazy to reveal it, and Serena felt that there was no need to embarrass this beauty, and she did not hesitate to ask about it. He hesitated to reveal the truth to reassure her.Seeing Miss Bennet who was obviously much happier, Serena asked, "Has Miss Bennet met Caroline yet?"

"Yes, Caroline has been very busy and has no time to return. I don't seem to have any time to visit her." Miss Bennet explained to her friend very naturally.

"Yeah, Caroline is busy socializing and managing housework, she's really busy." Serena naturally followed Miss Bennet's explanation.

"Isn't Charlotte here? I didn't even see her." Miss Bennet found that her sister's good friend was not there, although Miss Elizabeth and Charlotte have not been so close since Charlotte became Serena's company. It's better, but there will still be correspondence from time to time.

"She is engaged, and she returned to Longbourn with Sir Lucas two days ago." Serena said with a smile.

"Well, that's really a blessing to her." Miss Bennet was obviously very surprised, but quickly regained her composure.

"Is your sister, Miss Mary, married?" Serena didn't want to discuss Charlotte's private affairs with people she didn't know well. Although it was a happy event, Serena still didn't say much, but changed the topic.

"Married, a little rushed, but because Mr. Collins was in a hurry, they got married before Christmas." Miss Bennet didn't care about Serena's change of subject, and didn't continue to ask.

...the chat continues...

"It's a pity that I couldn't participate. But I still wish them well. I don't know how Mr. Collins' vicarage is?"

"I haven't seen it either, but Elizabeth has visited Mary's house. Judging from Elizabeth's letters, Mr. Collins' vicarage is small and warm, and it is still very nice."

"Really. That's a really good thing." Serena replied, but she was thinking of Georgiana telling her that Mr. Darcy was called by Mrs. Catherine after taking them on a tour of London. It seems that Darcy Mr. is about to meet Miss Elizabeth there, and the confirmation of this news makes Serena feel a little uncomfortable.

After chatting for a few more words, Miss Bennet left.

That night, Serena was lying on the bed, thinking of the news she got during the day, the intersection of pride and prejudice and the heroine appeared again, and she actually felt a little lost. She couldn't figure out what she was thinking, and said that she had no feelings for Mr. Darcy. , she was a little unhappy because of this, saying that she liked Mr. Darcy, but she was not sad or disappointed.Probably there is always a little bit of concern that Serena herself does not feel, that Mr. Darcy will return to Miss Elizabeth's arms because of this.

Serena shook her head, as if she wanted to shake off these complicated thoughts, but unfortunately she couldn't do so.If afflictions could disappear without shaking their heads, there would not be so many unhappy people in the world.Like many people who can't sleep because of their own thoughts, Serena's rare insomnia...