[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

As soon as Manli's words came out of her mouth, the whole living room fell silent instantly.

Mrs. Lucas was so surprised that she even forgot to manage her facial expressions, her mouth was wide enough to stuff an egg in!

And Mrs. Mann Bennet was so intimidated by her that she couldn't even speak.

"Manly was joking."

After a few seconds, Elizabeth was the first to react. She tried her best to maintain a smile and forced herself to save her sister.

But Manli didn't give her face this time.

"I'm not joking." She said seriously.

After speaking, he turned to look at Mrs. Lucas: "If I heard correctly, you just said that this Mr. Jean is the youngest son of the Duke of Campbell, so he should have at least one older brother, right? "

"Yes." Mrs. Lucas nodded.

Although she didn't understand what Manli wanted to ask, she explained further: "The current Duchess is the second wife of the Duke of Campbell. Before that, he already had an eldest son. Mr. Jean is older than his elder brother. Six years younger. The older Mr. Campbell is married and has two sons."

"Thank you ma'am for explaining our confusion." Manli bowed to Mrs. Lucas.

Then he turned his head and grabbed the mother who was still in a daze, and asked gently: "Mom, don't you understand yet?"

"Understand what?" Mrs. Bennet was really fooled by her daughter this time!

"Mom, we can't afford a family like this." Manli said solemnly.

"But isn't Mr. Jean just a youngest son? If he were the eldest son, we certainly wouldn't fantasize about it, but what does the younger son matter?"

Mrs. Bennet asked unconvinced.

There was dissatisfaction in the voice.

She felt that the third daughter today was simply too ignorant!

How could he refute his face again and again in front of outsiders?

Who is she for?Don't you hope that all the sisters can marry well?

Only when they are all married to a good family can I feel at ease, even if I go to see God, I can go there with a smile on my face!

How could she be so ignorant of a mother's heart?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Banner's eyes suddenly turned red.

Seeing her mother's aggrieved face, the corners of her mouth curled up and down, and she was about to cry, Manli really had a headache.

She had to patiently explain to her mother again: "It is precisely because Mr. Jean is the youngest son that we can only keep him at a respectful distance. Mother, have you forgotten that in such families, the youngest son is usually used for marriage. "

As soon as she spoke, Mrs. Bennet didn't understand, but Mrs. Lucas, Charlotte and Elizabeth beside her had changed their faces at the same time.

"Good boy, you are really smart. If you hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have thought of it."

Mrs. Lucas suddenly stretched out her hand, held Manli's hand, and said sincerely.

Behind the voice, there was even a trace of unconcealable fear.

Manli was stunned for a moment before she realized it. She quietly glanced at Charlotte who was standing directly opposite her, only then realized that the girl had already turned her lips white.

It seems that his mother is not the only one who is also eyeing Mr. Jean.

It's just that they are not as simple as their own mother, who speak without thinking.

"What the hell is going on? What charades are you playing?" Mrs. Bennet was still at a loss!

Elizabeth reluctantly embraced her mother's arm, put her mouth close to her ear and explained softly: "In order to consolidate their power, nobles usually send their youngest sons who have no inheritance rights to make deals with other families that only have daughters. Use marriage to establish an alliance to achieve a win-win situation. Therefore, even if it is only the youngest son, Mr. Jean will only marry a noble daughter in the future. And if there is a girl from any family, he must marry Give it to him, if he is willing to marry, there is only one possibility..."

Elizabeth didn't finish her words, but this time Mrs. Bennet understood——

That may be, make love to this man, wife!

This kind of thing is not unheard of, on the contrary, it is very common.

After all, there are not many couples who are married for the benefit of the family, and there are not many couples who really like each other. They each go out to have fun, and everyone knows how many playmates they have.

When no one cares, even people who don't know the truth will honor this woman as Mrs. So-and-so, but once someone's real wife minds and wants to sweep you away, this person and even the entire family behind her will be honored in an instant. sweep the floor!

Mrs. Bennet only started to feel scared at this time, and she finally realized——

The third daughter was right, no matter what, I would never let my daughter have anything to do with this kind of person!

No, not even contact!

Mrs. Bennet became more frightened as she thought about it, and her face turned pale.

She patted her chest vigorously with one hand: "God, have mercy on my neurasthenia, my head, my God, the pain is beyond control!"

Seeing that the mother's complexion was not good, and hearing her say that she had a headache, the two daughters naturally and quickly surrounded her.

And Mrs. Lucas couldn't stay any longer, so she had to take her daughter and leave first.

After the servants sent the two guests away, Mrs. Bennet, who was leaning on the seat before, suddenly sat up straight, staring at the two daughters in front of her with a serious face.

Seriously said: "Manli, you are right, you all have to stay away from that Mr. Jean in the future. Lizzy, remember to tell your sisters what you said today, so that they will avoid Mr. Jean again No one is allowed to come closer! My daughters are so cute, if he takes a fancy to one of you and pursues desperately, what will happen?"

Mrs. Bennet said, as if such a thing had happened, she made a bitter face again.

Ugh, that's overkill too.

Do you really think that all the daughters in your family are angels?

Manli complained silently in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.

Elizabeth looked at her with unspeakable pity.

She suddenly stretched out her hand to hold Manli's little hand firmly, and sighed softly: "You shouldn't do this, actually there is no other way."

Elizabeth's hands were soft and warm, and the warmth reached Manli's heart, dispelling her previous depression.

She understood, the second sister understood what happened just now.

I understand that she is trying to resolve the embarrassment today by blackmailing herself.

No matter how kind Mrs. Lucas is, as a mother of a daughter who is waiting to be married, any family with the same status as her is an opponent.

Not to mention that my family even has five daughters who are waiting to be married, and all of them are prettier than Charlotte.

So no matter what my mother said today, any inappropriate language will be spread by her, and she will even exaggerate it too much.

If it was what the mother said before, everyone would laugh behind their backs that the daughter of the Bennet family is worthless, and that she can stand in a row and be chosen by others...

Then the reputation of their sisters will be really ruined, and it is not only the eldest sister who is cheated, including the second sister, and even other sisters will be looked down upon by the other party when they talk about marriage.

Therefore, she had to express her attitude categorically. No matter which one of the daughters of the Bennet family would marry that Mr. Jean, they voluntarily withdrew from the competition.

In this way, even if there are still people saying something behind their backs, there will still be a storm, and it will probably not be too violent to hit the other sisters, right?

As for myself—

As an unmarried girl, talking about a gentleman behind his back is no longer the attitude a lady should have.

What's more, in front of outsiders, speaking ill of a gentleman who has never done anything to offend himself...

This kind of behavior can no longer be described as ignorant.

It can be called vulgar and disrespectful.

But Mary couldn't help it.

She must not let her mother ruin the marriage of her two sisters because of an unintentional mistake.

That Mr. Gene, no matter what, is related to Bingley and even to Darcy, who did not appear in the show.

The two older sisters, no matter who gets involved with him, will do more harm than good.

Although she knew that because of her time travel, the development of some stories would be affected to some extent, but Manli could feel her conscience and said that she never thought of dismantling the CP of the eldest sister and the second sister.

Anyway, the two of them are also the cuties in the heart of the original author, and they are favored by fate.

Now that she participated in the party herself, and her mother made a foolish mess, she had no choice but to stand up and block the gun.

As for whether I will be criticized and rejected by others because of this, in fact, if I think about it carefully, there is nothing to worry about.

After all, I was a cannon fodder!

Man Li never thought about finding someone to marry. If she doesn't like her, she won't like it. It doesn't hinder her from making money, so it's no big deal.

"What happened to Mary?"

Mrs. Bennet realized what the two daughters were talking about belatedly at this moment, and reacted quickly.

She stretched out her hands to hold Manli's face, her eyes were full of pity: "Oh, my baby, you must be exhausted! It's all because they came so early! You didn't even have time to take a nap! Come on, My poor little boy, hurry upstairs to rest, get a good night's sleep, don't worry about anything else, and I'll call you up at supper time."

Mother babbled on and on, but Mary didn't bother her at all.

Following Mrs. Bennet's caring words, the last trace of regret in her heart disappeared, and her whole body was surrounded by warmth.

Just when Manli was about to follow her mother's advice and go upstairs to rest, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes outside.

Immediately afterwards, I heard my father shouting loudly outside: "Manli, honey, come out quickly and see what I brought back for you!"

"pork?"

Manli's eyes lit up, and she blurted out without thinking.

Then she quickly broke free from her mother's arms, lifted her skirt and ran towards the door.

But as soon as she reached the door, she pouted in disappointment.

Where is there any pork?Only her father was on the horse, grinning silly at her.