The heroine of the healing department is very rigid [Pride and Prejudice]

The sheriff shook his head somewhat blankly.

"The wine glass is Mrs. Parkinson's own, and you also said that the bottle of wine was just opened today. Therefore, if the nuxon is only detected in the wine glass, it will not prove my guilt."

Mary explained quickly.

The sheriff paused, frowned and thought for a while, then immediately called a guard and asked him to take the wine bottle for testing.

Emily's face suddenly turned pale. Before dinner today, she took advantage of the time when Mrs. Parkinson left the hotel table, and put the nux into the goblet.

Due to time constraints, she didn't touch the bottle of red wine.But she didn't care about this detail either.

After all, Mary Bennet doesn't have the halo of the protagonist, and she is a nerd who reads by heart. Emily thinks that she can't think of these things.

But who would have thought that this Mary would be much more difficult than she imagined, and she would send a question so quickly.

The doctor in the village hadn’t left the police station yet, so the test results came out quickly—no nuxies were found in the wine bottle.

In other words, the nux was poured directly into Mrs. Parkinson's wine glass, so Mary's suspicion can be ruled out.

As soon as the inspection report came out, the magistrate was happier than Mary. He would rather the case remain unsolved than offend the squires here.So he immediately ordered the charges to be dropped, and he sent Mary back home himself.

Emily looked at the back of Mary leaving, and clenched her fists unwillingly. This was the first time she missed in fast travel.

But soon she was relieved. After all, no matter how difficult Mary was, she was just cannon fodder. She still wanted to focus on Elizabeth, the heroine of the original book.

The sheriff expressed his sincere apology to the Bennet family and promised to find out who was behind the poisoning of Mrs. Parkinson.

It's a pity that seven or eight days have passed, and he still has no clue about the case.Mary went to inquire about the case several times, but did not get a definite answer.

On the contrary, Bennet Manor ushered in two guests, one of whom was Emily Collins, and they also appeared at dinner time.

"Dear uncle, aunt, I hope you still remember me." An ordinary-looking man with stubby limbs was led into the living room by the maid, and Emily followed behind her, "I'm Collins, your nephew."

There was an instant silence at the table.

According to the law, daughters are not eligible to inherit their father's estate.In other words, after the death of Mr. Bennet, the five daughters of the Bennet family will get nothing except a dowry of 1000 pounds each.

The rest of the pound, the estate, the land, and the horses will all be inherited by the male relatives of the Bennet family, that is, Mr. Collins in front of him.

Mr. Bennet was the first to react. He invited Collins to sit down for dinner and asked seriously who the girl with him was.

"My sister, Emily." Collins introduced, "I brought her here this time to ask you to take care of her for a while."

"In fact, she arrived in Hertford half a month ago, but I was delayed on the road for a few days, so I brought her to visit you and aunt now. I believe you will get along very well, if you It would be even better if we could help her find a good husband's family."

With a sound of "sizzling", Mrs. Bennet's knife made a harsh sound on the plate uncontrollably.

Emily turned her big eyes back and forth, looking back and forth at everyone at the table, and when she saw Mary, she immediately curled her lips in dissatisfaction.She hadn't forgotten that this cannon fodder was her rival in "Pride and Prejudice".

"Next month, I plan to go to a university in London to study for a period of time, but Emily can't be at home alone. I've been thinking about it, and only you can help me."

Collins was munching on the Spanish meatballs, and the gravy burst from the gap between his teeth and splashed on the white tablecloth.

Both of his parents had passed away, so Mr. Bennet could only agree to the request with a smile, and arranged for Emily to live with Mary, who was the closest in age, and reassured Mary not to take the matter identified by the police station to heart.

Mary and Emily looked at each other, and they both saw the unfriendly message in each other's eyes, then they greeted each other with fake smiles, and then went back to the same bedroom with ghosts in their hearts.

"You are not what I imagined."

Emily held her head high, her eyelids drooping slightly, this action made her originally lovely nose become annoying.

Mary glanced at her, but without answering, blew out the candle.The room suddenly became pitch black, only the moonlight pouring down from the window.

Lucifer didn't say the gender of the intruder, so Emily was also the object of suspicion.

In the original book, Mary has an ordinary appearance and withdrawn personality. Her only specialty is reading and studying. She is a nerd.But Emily found that the Mary in front of her was different from the one described in the original book.

It is true that Jane is still a well-known beautiful woman here, and Elizabeth is also slender and agile. From the perspective of elegance and dignity, Mary is indeed not qualified.

Due to frequent horse racing, her arms and calves are not slender enough, but they are very fit, with smooth and clear lines, like the Athena sculpture in the London Museum.Her hair was not golden as the nobles admired, but black.The eyes were brown and large, but a little too large, and so lacked some morbid beauty.

Emily has always been proud of her beauty, and firmly believes that this appearance can at least rank among the top three in "Pride and Prejudice".Today, however, was hit hard.

The Bennet girls got double their pocket money this week to buy some new ribbons or shoes and hats to dress up for the ball at Netherfield Hall.

Emily, as the niece of the Bennet family, was also invited to the prom. She seemed to be very excited, and she was tossing about the dress to wear to the prom every day these days.

It's just that the dress looks a bit over the top and weird.It is mainly light pink, with five red bows stacked on the chest, and the skirt is supported by layers of lace, which looks like a walking pink mosquito net from a distance.

The eldest sister of the Bennet family, Jane, has always taken good care of her younger sisters, so she kindly gave her some reminders when she saw Ai Mier's strange outfit, but she only got Ai Mier's eyes and an inexplicable sentence, " Don't worry, I won't fight you."

Netherfield Manor is the largest manor within a hundred miles. The garden is full of roses and roses, and there is a three-story fountain at the entrance of the main building.

The green lawn was full of pigeons, and Mary shook her head, not liking this kind of "air mouse".Pigeons can also spread the plague, but people often ignore its danger because of its cute appearance.

Mr. Bingley was standing at the door to welcome the guests. He was indeed a gentleman. Even though Emily's dress was so weird, he acted as if he hadn't seen anything. He just greeted Mr. Bennet politely and said Nod to the ladies.

There were not many guests who came to the ball, except for the Bennet family, there were only the host, Mr. Bingley, his sister and brother-in-law, his cousin Darcy and a few friends.

There was nothing special about the ball, and although Mr. Bingley's witticisms kept the ladies "giggling," his cousin and friends were very annoying.

Mary sat on the sofa by the dance floor and flipped through a copy of "The Treatment of Intermittent Fever" brought from home, but she was absent-minded.

She was still having a headache for the "poisoning" incident in the past few days. There was no clue at all from the sheriff. Mary was almost convinced that the sheriff didn't intend to investigate the case at all, and he was just fooling around with his salary.

Especially since Mrs. Parkinson had recovered and moved out of Hertfordshire, he had no interest in the case.Mary is very sad, Mrs. Parkinson is her old friend.

"There are so many rich and noble gentlemen here today, but you are just sitting here." Mrs. Bennet noticed that Mary was "lazy" hiding in the corner again, so she immediately dispatched to drive her to the dance floor.

"I will never marry any of them, Mom." Mary glanced at the men on the dance floor, and the more she looked at them, the more she felt that they were "intruders."

"You'll never appreciate my good intentions," snapped Mrs. Bennet. "A decent woman, except a nun, must find a husband."

"Then I'm going to be a nun." Mary began to feel extremely tired of this long dance.Mrs. Bennet took a deep breath. She was about to say something more, but was interrupted by a sharp female voice.

"Mr. Darcy, you are so arrogant." Emily stood in front of Darcy with her arms folded, her cheeks were slightly flushed, but her eyes sparkled with excitement, and then she spoke in an empathetic tone , "But I understand that this is not your intention, you are just too introverted, I don't mind."

"I think you should spend more time choosing a normal dress, instead of standing here and saying some sensational sentences." Darcy frowned tightly, his face so gloomy that he was about to wring out water, almost saying every word. suddenly said.

All eyes are on them.

Logically speaking, Emily should be angry at this moment, but instead of being angry, she smiled, and looked even more excited, "Sir, I won't blame you, but you will feel sorry for me one day. But please Don't worry, I will forgive you then."

Mrs. Bennet swayed, and she was about to go mad with Emily's absurd behavior.

"Enough." Mary threw the "Treatment of Intermittent Fever" on the table, walked quickly to Emily's side, and grabbed her wrist. Don't come out to dance. Now you should go home and take your medicine, then wrap up and sleep well, it's good for your brain."

Does that mean I'm out of my mind?Emily was taken aback. She was much weaker than Mary in strength, so she could only be dragged along.

"You hurt me." Emily finally broke free from Mary, she rubbed her wrists and took a few steps back, casually hiding behind a man.

But the man took a step back when he found out, and she was exposed again.

Emily glanced at the man in disbelief, and was about to explode when Mary grabbed his wrist again, and heard him threatening: "If you don't come back with me again, I'll let you taste the nux. "

Emily panicked, thinking that Mary had discovered something, and closed her mouth guiltily.

This was supposed to be an ordinary and romantic ball, but now it has turned into a farce for Emily. Even with Mr. Bingley smoothing things over, the guests are not as interested in dancing as before.

Only the man just looked at the distant Mary with a little interest, and then quickly returned to indifference.

The second half of the dance turned into a seminar about Emily, and Mr. Bennet was so embarrassed that he had to leave Netherfield Manor with the rest of his family.

After returning home, Mrs. Bennet complained of illness in her bedroom for three consecutive days, seeing no one, for fear that other neighbors would ask her how the ball at Netherfield Manor was.

But Ai Mier lives more comfortably, she almost regards this place as her own home, and she also likes to give pointers to the people around her.

On Wednesday afternoon, she felt that the dinner made by the maid was not delicious, so she insisted on doing it herself. As a result, not only did she burn out two steamers, but she almost set the kitchen on fire.

Mary almost got into a fight with her.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Similarly, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without a pot.In order to have dinner smoothly, Mary volunteered to hitch a carriage, go to the grocery store at the entrance of the village to buy a pot, and bring back some black pepper for Mrs. Bennet to treat her headache. (Note 1)

In the UK, it is very rare to meet a sunny day, and cloudy and sunny is its normal state.The sky was still clear when Mary left the house, and on the way back it began to rain heavily.The country roads are not easy to walk, some are muddy and potholed.The carriage sank into a mud puddle within a few steps and remained motionless.