Mrs. Darcy's daily life

Early this morning, Charles received the news that Caroline and the others were coming to London, which made him overjoyed. He thought that Caroline might spend Christmas at Pemberley Manor this year, but he didn't expect them to come to London. He thought of Caroline for a long time. Having never been back, Charles couldn't wait to invite Caroline and Darcy to Bingley's house.

Charles rushed back to his private study in a hurry, picked up the pen and was about to write the invitation letter on the letter paper, but he stopped suddenly when he was about to write. He thought of her wife Jane, and Elizabeth who was at Bingley's house at this time.

Charles frowned and put down his pen. After hesitating for a while, he decided to discuss this matter with his wife first. If she disagreed with Caroline's visit at home, then he would visit Darcy's mansion alone. He respected his wife's opinion .

With heavy steps, Charles walked into the living room. At this time, Jane was sitting on the sofa with her head bowed and doing handwork. The gentle and beautiful side face looked even more gentle and moving under the light of the fire in the fireplace. Charles' hesitant steps suddenly Become firm.In his heart, his wife is gentle and understanding.

The footsteps were silent on the soft carpet, until Charles walked up to Jane and squatted down, Jane raised her head from the needlework to look at Charles, her eyes were soft and full of love.

Charles held her hand and said softly, "Jane".

"What's the matter, dear?" Jane asked with a smile on her face.

"I..." When it came time to speak, Charles hesitated. This matter would definitely not make Jane happy, but would make her sad, but it is impossible for the two families to sever contact. Sooner or later they will still meet , The two emotions were intertwined in his heart, making Charles feel like an ant on a hot pot, anxious and contradictory.

"Honey, is there something bothering you? You can talk to me." Jane asked with concern looking at Charles' tangled expression.

Hearing Jane's gentle words, Charles was finally convinced, stood up, leaned over and kissed Jane's forehead, sat next to Jane, looked into her eyes and said, "Honey, the thing is like this, today In the morning, Caroline wrote to say that they have arrived in London, I...I would like to invite them to my house, what do you think?"

Jane's expression immediately faded, as if a blooming flower suddenly dried up, her whole body lost her spirits, she was stunned before she raised her pale eyes and said to Charles in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, my dear, this matter I can't agree to you right away, I want to ask Lizzie's opinion, you know, she—" She lowered her head in pain as she spoke, tears filled her eyelids, "I don't want to make Lizzie sad, forgive me My selfishness, Charles."

"Oh, no, no, dear, don't say that, I didn't consider this matter carefully, we should ask Elizabeth's opinion first, you are right, Jane" Charles panicked and wiped the cheeks for Jane He was so annoyed and blamed himself that he would die, he knew that this matter would make his wife sad, but he still brought it up.

"Really? Charles, thank you. I really don't know how to express my gratitude to you. For this matter, if Lizzie agrees, I will definitely write to invite Darcy and... and Carlo Lin, come home, okay?" Jane put the needle and thread aside, leaned into Charles' arms, and said gratefully.

"Okay," Charles hugged Jane and nodded gently.

After Charles left, Jane was not in the mood to do her needlework. She knew that Elizabeth was in the study, and she hesitated whether to go or not.But thinking that this matter has to be faced all the time, Jane finally stood up and walked towards the study on the second floor.

Walking slowly to the door of the study, Jane's heart hesitated. She was a little scared, afraid of mentioning Darcy and Caroline, afraid of making Lizzie sad, but thinking of Charles, Jane pushed open the door of the study and walked gently. went in.

The whole study room is neither big nor small. Many books are placed neatly on the bookshelves. Only a large space in the center is vacant. There is a sofa and coffee table here, and a large desk behind it. This is a place for entertaining guests. study room.The Bingley family does not have as rich a collection of books as Pemberley Manor, so there is such a study room for daily reading.

Elizabeth was sitting on the sofa reading a book facing the door at this time, so when Jane pushed the door open, she immediately found Jane.

Elizabeth put down the book, and said teasingly to Jane: "What's the matter? I'm willing to put down your sewing. I told you not to do these things. Now you should enjoy the life of Mrs. Fu instead of doing these things all day long." Seeing Jane opened her mouth to speak, Elizabeth immediately said first: "Come on, dear Jane, don't tell me what you are used to, you know, my ears are almost callused, okay, now we Closer to home, what do you want to see me for?"

Faced with Elizabeth's teasing, Jane didn't feel happy at all, but her face became more worried. She walked to Elizabeth and sat down, her eyes glanced at the book she was reading just now and then at her face, but when she met her eyes, For a split second, he immediately avoided her gaze, his eyes drooped slightly and he said, "Sorry, Lizzie, I might tell you something that is bad news."

Seeing Jane's sad and embarrassed look, Elizabeth already had a faint premonition in her heart, she immediately showed a bright smile, straightened her waist and said loudly: "Oh! Jane, what makes you so hard to say, I am your Lizzie , is your closest sister, what can you not tell me. You don't have to feel sorry, you just need to tell me the truth. "

Jane lowered her head, and after a while she raised her head and looked into Elizabeth's beautiful eyes and said quickly, "Caroline and Darcy have arrived in London, and Charles wants to invite them to his house. Let me ask you Opinion", and then added in a hasty tone: "Lizzie, if you disagree, I will immediately reject Charles."

"Oh, no, no, Jane, you don't have to do this, they come as they come, you shouldn't refuse Charles' request for me, Caroline is his sister, Darcy..." Elizabeth paused , A sourness slipped through my heart: "Mr. Darcy is his friend, he will invite them sooner or later, won't he, and I am your sister, we will meet one day."

"But, you..." Jane said worriedly.

"Don't worry, Jane, you can go and tell Charles, I don't mind their coming." Elizabeth straightened her back, staring at Jane with slightly wide eyes.

Under Elizabeth's gaze, Jane was defeated, nodded, stood up and went out the door in silence.

As soon as Jane left the study, Elizabeth's expression immediately faded, she turned her head, and stared blankly at the garden outside the window.When Jane heard that Charles wanted to invite Darcy, she was very happy, even her heart was so happy.Yes, she wanted to see Darcy again, she hadn't seen him for a long time, but thinking of the relationship between them, Elizabeth immediately felt sore and uncomfortable.

"Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy...", Elizabeth whispered over and over again.The scenes of meeting Darcy all slipped through her mind.

Their meeting in Longbourn, her misunderstanding of him, his proposal to her in Rosings Garden, his nervousness and condescending words when he proposed, etc. all quickly slipped through her mind. At this moment, her heart was full of Gentle and sweet, there is no more anger at the beginning, and even Darcy's embarrassment when she rejected him at that time could not help but make Elizabeth smile knowingly.But then... Later Darcy married Caroline, thinking of this, the smile on the corner of Elizabeth's mouth disappeared, followed by a pale face.

She regretted it, regretted rejecting Darcy's marriage proposal at that time, and let him be treated like this by Caroline.Caroline!These three words filled Elizabeth with deep hatred and disgust. How could she avenge her kindness, how dared to force Darcy to marry her so despicably, how could she be so shameless!

If it wasn't for the despicable Caroline, would she and Darcy... Thinking of what Jane told her, Elizabeth's heart jumped suddenly, and she couldn't help thinking about another result.

"Ma'am, this is a letter sent by Mrs. Bingley." Karen walked into the living room and handed the letter to Caroline who was having afternoon tea with Louisa.

"Well, I see, you can go down," Caroline said calmly after taking the letter.After Karen left, she put the letter on the table, took a sip of coffee leisurely, and was not in a hurry to open it to read the contents.

"Aren't you going to take it apart and have a look?" Instead, Luisa asked impatiently.

Caroline pursed her lips, straightened up and pointed at the letter with her index finger, looked at Louisa playfully and said, "Why don't we guess what is written in this letter?"

Louisa's eyes fell on the letter, and then shifted to Caroline's smiling face. After a moment of silence, she said, "I think it must be something about Charles and Jane's coming to Darcy's mansion tomorrow."

Caroline shook her head: "No, I guess Darcy and I are invited to Bingley's house."

Louisa immediately widened her eyes and shouted in disbelief: "Jane is crazy! How could she invite you to Bingley's house? You must know that Elizabeth is also at Bingley's house now. I never believe that she will invite you to go." Louisa Shaking her head vigorously, she couldn't believe that Jane would invite Caroline to Bingley's house.

"Then why don't you open it and have a look."

As soon as Caroline finished speaking, Louisa reached out and took the letter in front of her, quickly opened it and glanced at it.

Luisa paused for a long time holding the letter before looking at Caroline complicatedly.

Caroline hooked her lips and smiled, it seemed that she guessed right.

"How do you know?" Luisa said sullenly.

"Well~, that's because if this letter is a greeting card, then it will never be written by Jane, but by Charles. After all, I am the one who robbed Elizabeth of happiness in Jane's eyes. How could she Come visit me."

"Then she invited you to Bingley's house now?"

"I'm afraid it's due to Charles and Elizabeth. I'm Charles' younger sister. I haven't been back to Bingley's house for so long. It's normal for him to invite me to come home and have a look. As for Elizabeth, she is so smart, how could she want Jane? Because of her influence and Charles' relationship. Although it may not affect the relationship between the two at all."

"And maybe Elizabeth wants to meet Darcy through this opportunity." After finishing speaking, Caroline leaned back on the chair leisurely and showed a bright smile to Louisa: "Of course, it's just me. It might just happen to be right.”

Louisa was not as leisurely as Caroline. After hearing what she said, her whole face was filled with sorrow and she finally decided: "Then I will go with you tomorrow."

"No, don't do this, Louisa, you were not invited in the letter. If you go there, Charles will be unhappy if you have a conflict with Jane and the others. Now Hester still needs his help in many places. You'd better It’s better not to go.” In case Charles became angry and became a beauty, it would be miserable if he was picked. It’s not that he is important, but Darcy is important. Charles is the most important connection point between Darcy and the Hearst family. Louisa must not be involved in these things because of her.

Once Louisa went, once she had a conflict with Jane and Elizabeth, it would be tantamount to offending Charles and Darcy.

As for Caroline herself, she didn't care, she was just going to the theater, and what could happen, even if something happened, Charles and Darcy couldn't do anything to her.

The author has something to say: This chapter is so difficult to write...