Edward opened his mouth to argue, but was glared at by his mother before closing his mouth.

Allen still looked neither humble nor overbearing, neither happy nor angry. He looked at Mrs. Edgerton and said with a sincere apology: "It's just a small job, and it's not worth Edward's appearance in person. The other party's representatives are not enough to make Brie Chiwater's future head will personally receive the negotiation, and it is completely enough for me to come forward, this is also my father's consideration..."

This is beautifully said.Allen first boasted about Edward's noble status-the future master, and then pulled out the banner of Mr. Edgerton quietly, leaving Mrs. Edgerton speechless.

But these words have another meaning in the ears of some caring people. In which family, the relationship between brothers will be so rigid, unfamiliar, and different in level?

Among other things, the House of Earl Fitzwilliam also has two sons.Lawrence knew from an early age that although he was the heir to power, he also bore the responsibility for the prosperity of the family.Although Lance was told by his mother that he could not compete with his elder brother for power, but because of Lawrence's brother and father's discipline and care, he was strangled to death before the buds of jealousy emerged.

This is the consistent practice of most noble families.Due to the existence of the primogeniture system, the younger sons can only be the green leaves of the foil-in this case, the attitude and practice of the parents determine the relationship between the sons.

The Countess of Fitzwilliam didn't show anything on her face. Anne and her looked at each other unexpectedly, and immediately understood that the other party had already noticed the twists and turns of the Edgerton house.

Mrs. Edgerton said no more, and waved her two sons to do what they should do.Edward and Allen got up immediately, saluted the guests at the tea party and left.

Annie turned her head to look at the backs of the two leaving, and saw that after Edward walked out of the tea room, his footsteps turned to the direction of going up the stairs. Alan paused slightly at the door of the tea room, and after he nodded to Annie with a smile, he walked in the opposite direction Turned around and left.

The two brothers came side by side, but when they left, one faced the sunny outdoor and the other faced the gorgeous and gloomy old house.

Mr. Edgerton left, but they became the focus of discussion among the ladies and ladies.

The topics of the ladies were all focused on the future heir of the Duke of Bridgewater's mansion, and they were testing Mrs. Edgerton whether he had found a wife for him.

"Not yet. Ladies, young people nowadays are full of ideas! I wanted to help him out, but he got his grandfather's approval and planned to find a young lady at the ball... Countess, you understand , the ladies now are different from ours at that time, and they are all people with ideas, I think it is not easy for Edward to meet a person he likes!" Mrs. Edgerton said helplessly and indulgently.

The Countess neither objected nor agreed, and only said: "My eldest son Lawrence is also like this. He is not in a hurry and wholeheartedly follows the Earl. Do I want to fight against him? However, my Lance is still young, I want to care about it." There is still one person to take care of. Mrs. Edgerton, doesn’t your Ellen have plans yet? People like us have to make plans for our youngest son earlier!”

After hearing this, Mrs. Edgerton's eyes drifted to Anne, and she seemed to realize her impoliteness, and quickly moved away pretending to apologize.

The wives understood what she meant more or less in their hearts.

Annie just pretended not to see it, and talked to the ladies next to her.The girls once again praised her for its beautiful hat, and they all became excited when they learned that they bought it from that Phoenix store again.The bold Miss Slivan quickly reacted and made an appointment with Annie to go to Phoenix together.

Anne got the consent of the Countess and told her the mailing address of the Earl's Mansion.

The ladies understood and pestered Anne to take them there.

Although Annie's face was cold and she seemed very reluctant, she was happily planning in her heart.

The tea party came to an end amidst the temptations of all parties.After seeing off most of the guests, Mrs. Edgerton turned around and invited Countess Fitzwilliam, who was about to leave the teahouse, to stay for dinner.

"I am very grateful for your invitation... It's just that the Earl's nephew, Mr. Darcy, is about to leave London and travel to the continent of Europe. We will have a farewell party for him tonight, so it is difficult to stay." The Countess declined politely.

Anne was taken aback by her words: "Darcy is leaving? When I met him just now, he hasn't told me about it yet."

"Maybe he didn't want to disturb your good mood for coming to the party."

"Darcy... His mother is that Miss Anne?" After finishing speaking, Mrs. Edgerton seemed to realize something immediately, and her expression became unnatural, embarrassing, remorseful, and regretful.She focused her gaze on the Countess's face, preventing herself from looking at the other two Annies present.

"That's right." The Countess nodded affirmatively, "The Darcys left early, and Lady Catherine arranged for Darcy's coming-of-age ball at the end of last year."

"I didn't even know about it." Mrs. Edgerton smiled awkwardly, "Then I won't disturb your itinerary. Next time I have a chance, I will definitely send a formal invitation letter to Earl Fitzwilliam's residence, and hope You will be rewarded then."

"Sure." The countess nodded.

From a distance, Annie saw the door of the Earl's Mansion open, with a soft yellow light shining inside, as if welcoming them home.The Earl's Mansion was already standing in the twilight, and the full moon was hanging high on the branches of dead trees, crumbling.

A sour emotion rose in Annie's heart inexplicably.

It was clearly a reunion day, but it was about to give a farewell party to Darcy who left home.

As soon as Anne entered the door after following the countess, she saw two servants working together to move a large box down the stairs.They also wanted to salute their wife and Anne, but Anne stopped them immediately.

Anne watched them move the boxes out of the mansion, and asked the Countess beside her, "Is Cousin Darcy leaving tomorrow? Have you packed your things?"

She lived in this house for more than a month without knowing that under her nose, the servants were already packing Darcy's luggage.

"Don't leave tomorrow, the boat ticket for the morning of the day after tomorrow." It was Darcy who was coming down the stairs who answered her.

"I'll see you off." Annie said immediately.

Darcy was about to refuse, but seeing that there was no sign of joking on her little face, she knew that she was just informing him, not discussing with him.

Seeing that they had something to say, the countess wisely asked the maid to help her upstairs to rest, and reminded Annie: "Let Du Li change your clothes before you come to the restaurant." Annie nodded to show that she understood.

Annie pointed to the wooden warehouse in Darcy's hand, and asked, "Are you going out to test the wooden warehouse now?"

Darcy shook his head and pinned it to the holster on his thigh.

Annie watched his movements, thinking that she also wanted to get a wooden barn.She blinked her eyes and said to Darcy: "Well, please come to my room first, and I will give you the little portrait of Mrs. Anne."

After speaking, he turned and went upstairs.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw Du Li running towards her excitedly, as if she had something to tell her.When Du Li saw the person behind Annie, she immediately restrained her expression, bent down and made a curtsy. Annie asked her to go to the bedroom to prepare the dress she was going to change for the dinner later.

"You sit down first, I'll go to the room to get the miniature." After greeting Annie, she turned and entered the bedroom.

Darcy sat down on the sofa in the small living room of the suite.

This is the second time he walked into Anne's suite.The first time was because he saw the sneaky Alan Edgerton at the top of the stairs, and Darcy was worried about it, so he insisted on bringing him to Annie, asking her to see the character of the man clearly.

It was also at that time that Darcy suddenly realized that Anne's strange, mature wisdom from the soul had surpassed her immature appearance and attracted the attention of gentlemen.

Darcy sometimes felt that it was absurdly early to see his cousin in this light—a girl only a few years older than Georgiana, who looked even a child.

But Annie's words and deeds often made him ignore her appearance and age.Her words are never ambiguous, crisp, and organized. According to Darcy's superficial view of ladies, even those girls who have grown up and stepped into social balls are not more mature and rational than her.

But such an almost weird intelligence did not reassure him, on the contrary, he couldn't help but ask for a few more words of care when parting.

Whether it's out of a cousin's morality, or out of... that marriage contract.

Darcy is not ignorant of the agreement between his mother and Lady Catherine.He agreed to Mrs. Catherine's invitation to spend Christmas together, and he also heard some rumors.Those rumors came inexplicably, as if they were certain, and they were categorical-when the adult Mr. Darcy was faced with the problem of choosing a wife, he had to consider the secret marriage contract, which was agreed by the two mothers in private.

He wanted to go to Rosings Manor to meet his aunt and meet the rumored marriage partner.

He thought he would see a pampered and indulged lady who was spoiled to the point of lawlessness—with his almost submissive pampering to Georgiana, Lady Catherine could only be worse than that—but he didn't expect that God would open with him made a joke.

Who can say that it was not during the Christmas season, God deliberately played tricks on him?

Darcy stared at the flames burning in the fireplace, his thoughts wandering off.When Annie came out of the bedroom, she saw him in a deep trance.

"Cousin?" she whispered tentatively.

Darcy didn't respond.

"Cousin? Darcy!" Annie patted him on the shoulder, and Darcy turned his head suddenly, as if he had been frightened by something, his eyes widened.

Annie shrugged, and stuffed the small cloth bag made of blue checked handkerchief into his hand: "Hurry up and put Mrs. Anne's small portrait in the pocket watch and hide it, so as not to accidentally drop it."

Darcy nodded, took out the pocket watch from his pocket, lifted the watch cover, took out the small portrait of his mother from the handkerchief, and pressed it carefully on the back of the watch cover.Then he took out another cloth bag from his pocket, and Annie opened it for him, and inside was a new piece of glass the same size as the figurine, only the size of a thumb.

Annie saw that his fingers were long and slender, with well-defined joints, but they were also much thicker than her own. The thin glass sheet was very unstable on his fingertips, so she couldn't help but raise her heart.

Darcy tried several times but couldn't put it in, aiming at the bayonet.

He frowned, and reached out to use the pads of his thumb and index finger to clamp the glass piece in between.

"Be careful!" Annie reminded, "Don't hold it like this, it will..."

torn.

Before the words were finished, red dots were already stained on the glass.

TBC.

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