[Pride and Prejudice] Red and Black Queen

The candlelight flickered slightly in the dark room, and the slightly warm candlelight danced on a pale and haggard face.

When Qiao Qiao entered the room, he could smell the strong smell of wax oil and turbid fishy smell in the air.

"Why is it so dark in here?"

The maid said softly, "Madam, don't let too many candles be lit."

"Joe?" A woman's hoarse voice came from the big bed behind the curtain.

Qiao Qiao took a step forward and said softly, "Ma'am, it's me."

"You came……"

Jojo stepped forward.

The big bed was covered with layers of silk and satin quilts, and the excessively long lace was hanging down on the floor.

On such a gorgeous and rich bed lay a thin and haggard woman.

Qiaoqiao leaned down slightly, and gently stroked Mrs. Darcy's head with warm palms.

Mrs. Darcy slowly opened her eyes, and she focused on Jojo like a child looking at her mother.

She showed an embarrassed smile, "The air here smells really bad, it makes you uncomfortable."

Jojo shook his head.

Naturally, she could smell it. The smell in this room came from the smell of blood.

Mrs. Darcy slowly stretched out her hand from under the quilt.

With her movements, the wide sleeves slid down, revealing her bony arms.

Qiao Qiao immediately stretched out his hands and covered her protruding hands.

"It's nothing, Ma'am, you'll get better after a little sleep."

Mrs. Darcy smiled wryly, "I know my body,"

Jojo cupped her hands on his chest and looked at her tenderly.

Mrs. Darcy was bathed in such gazes, and there were many words in her heart that she couldn't help but say.

"I know I'm not going to live long, death is hovering over my head."

"Ma'am!" cried the maid, terrified.

Mrs. Darcy coughed twice.

Qiao Qiao leaned over, and slowly slid her gentle palms against her bony back, helping her to breathe.

Mrs. Darcy whispered: "You go out first."

The maid responded and left.

After the door was closed, there were only two people left in the airtight room.

Mrs. Darcy murmured softly, "Joe."

"Ma'am, I'm here."

Qiao Qiao sat on the edge of the bed, leaning against the head of the bed.

Mrs. Darcy moved over slowly, resting her head on Jojo's lower abdomen, and wrapping her hands around the girl's slender waist.

She slowly closed her eyes and let out a long breath, as if this was the only way to expel the pain in her body and slightly reduce her fear of facing death.

"Thank you, Joe, I don't know what I would do in these last days without you here..."

Jojo inserted her fingers into Mrs. Darcy's light golden long hair, combed it gently with her hands, and held her long hair in the palm of her hand.

"People will always die, and death is not terrible."

Mrs. Darcy trembled subconsciously, and the arms holding Jojo tightened suddenly.

Qiao Qiao took a deep breath, sucking a ray of black hatred into his body.

Hate death?

She stroked Mrs. Darcy's hair reassuringly.

"All will meet again in another place."

"I have heard such a story, everyone will see the angel who comes to pick him up before he dies. The angel is none other than his relatives and elders who have passed away. , you will become the little girl back then, holding the arms of your parents, walking towards the light step by step..."

Mrs. Darcy opened her cloudy eyes, looking at the tassels on the bed frame, and tears filled her eyes.

She said hoarsely: "But, I can't let go of my child."

"Joe!"

She raised her hand to hold Qiao Qiao's hand, her fingers trembling slightly.

"I know you are very powerful. Although you are younger than Fitzwilliam, you have always been calm, just like his sister. Can I entrust mine to you? There are no female elders around him. His My father is so serious and deep, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that he won't have anyone who can comfort him and take care of him after I leave."

Mrs. Darcy held Jojo's hand tightly, and said with tears in her eyes: "You can definitely, Joe, I watched you grow up, and I know exactly how powerful you are."

"If you promise me, I am willing to give you my dowry, Joe, don't refuse me in a hurry!"

She eagerly explained: "I know you want to enter the church, yes, you are a good girl with a clean heart, you don't care about the money, even if you only have a few hundred pounds in the future, you don't care about it .”

System: [Although the master doesn't care, it doesn't seem so sad to be told that by you. 】

Qiao Qiao listened to the system's complaints, but the expression on his face was as gentle as water and as holy as light, but there was no change in the slightest.

Mrs. Darcy hurriedly said: "Joe, at least let me do something for you. This is the only thing I can do for you."

"Fitzwilliam will inherit all the Darcys in the future, and my youngest son... Poor George, I don't know if he will live, if, if he lives, I will give him half of my dowry; if If he is not here, then all my dowry will be given to you."

"I'm not trying to make a deal with you, but a request from a dying mother."

"Joe, look after Fitzwilliam for me."

"You also need a way out, a way out once you can't stay in the church, Joe, at least don't let yourself fall into a situation where you have no way out."

"The church...the church is not that simple, it's as bad as our national recipe."

"Joe, if you really intend to go this way, the Darcy family can support you as vicar of the parish, but it will be very difficult to go up the road."

Qiao Qiao laughed at this moment, "Of course I know that."

She put her hand on Mrs. Darcy's forehead, and said in a soft voice: "Where there is light, there is naturally darkness. I just want to love the world as much as I can."

Mrs. Darcy looked at Jojo, who was so determined at such a young age, and was speechless for a while.

Qiao Qiao said softly: "I understand Madam's meaning, but I don't need it."

"I came with nothing, and I'm gone with nothing. I don't want anything from life."

"But……"

Jojo slid his fingers down Mrs. Darcy's cheeks, brushing her broken hair back.

She smiled slightly, "You can also rest assured that George is a strong child, and he deserves more from you."

Mrs. Darcy's family is superior, and she married an extraordinary husband. She often goes to high society and has seen some low-class people. However, no matter whether it is a high-class person or a low-class person, there is no one who does not care about money and interests. She had never seen anyone so genuinely indifferent to it as Jo Wickham.

If an angel is in the world, it must be what Joe looks like, right?

Mrs. Darcy had mixed feelings in her heart, and her mood fluctuated several times, but when she looked at Jo, her heart suddenly settled down again.

Even though she is young, she has a calm and refined temperament, as if no matter how bad things are around her, it doesn't matter.

I really want people to keep her by my side forever, to keep the rare peace in this world.

"Joe..."

Before Mrs. Darcy could speak, a maid exclaimed suddenly from outside the door.

"Ma'am, why are you here?"

Mrs. Darcy looked at the door, and raised her voice with difficulty: "Who is outside the door?"

The maid immediately said, "Ma'am, it's Mrs. Catherine."

Lady Catherine de Boer is Lady Darcy's sister and a plot figure in the world of the book.

The system whispered: 【Master, don't you also have Madam Catherine's idea? 】

Qiao Qiao said in his mind: "Everyone in the world is suffering, I am just saving them from the sea of ​​suffering."

System: [You believe in Protestantism now, the sea of ​​suffering is a Buddhist concept! 】

Qiao Qiao was puzzled: "Oh, I don't care anyway."

system:【……】

Those who praise your deeds and desperately praise you as an angel should see what you look like now.

Whose angel would say "the sea of ​​bitterness is boundless, and you will be right when you turn back".

Jojo: "What do I look like?"

The system subconsciously replied: [You are cold and ruthless, you are not trustworthy and unfaithful... Ugh! 】

It snapped back to its senses, realizing that it was screwed.

Qiao Qiao said softly: "I really don't have confidence in things that I can't fully control. Things like the half-life system are really cheating. On the premise that you know that it will never betray you, your tolerance for it will be high." Becomes high."

System: [Uh...Master...]

Qiao Qiao: "Don't pay attention to my words, I still like the surprise you brought me."

"After all, there are no surprises left on our planet."

system:【……】

That's because all the people on that planet live under your mental power scan!

Soon, the maid outside opened the door, and a lady in an exquisite dress walked in.

She looked worried, but when she saw Qiao Qiao for the first time, she showed undisguised arrogance.

Mrs. Darcy: "Catherine..."

"Sister." Mrs. Catherine quickly looked away from Jojo, and walked quickly to Mrs. Darcy.

"I rushed over when I heard the news that you were unwell."

"Why don't you open the windows for ventilation in this room? What about candles? What about perfume? Why don't you sprinkle some perfume on the quilt, oh, it's too bad here..."

Mrs. Darcy pressed Mrs. Catherine's hand, looked at Jojo, "You go down first."

Qiao Qiao saluted and left gracefully.

Until she left, she could still feel Lady Catherine's eyes looking straight at her

She seemed to be assessing something, but also seemed to be guarding against something.

Qiao Qiao closed the door, turned her head, and saw the maid standing by the door, looking at her with a complicated expression.

Qiao Qiao smiled, "I'll go back first."

Maid: "Well, yes, yes."

She sighed, and said in an envious and jealous tone, "Joe, you are really amazing."

Qiao Qiao tilted her head, making a look of not understanding.

She looks pure and beautiful, and she grew up under the eyes of everyone in the manor, and she has always had a good character.

Whenever she made that look, it was hard to think she was faking it.

The maid sighed, "Forget it, you kid doesn't understand anything."

Jojo smiled slightly.

In her mind, she said to the system in a cold tone: "Soon, everyone in this manor will know that Mrs. Darcy is going to give me her dowry."

"It's like pouring a bowl of cold water into a frying pan, and the frying pan will boil and burst, splashing out my favorite food."

System: [Yes, everything is within your plan. 】

With the master's mental strength, how could she not know that someone was eavesdropping outside the door?

[Money and interests are indeed a hotbed of intense emotions. 】