[Pride and Prejudice] My husband loves me again

Everyone is happy for Elizabeth, but Mrs. Bennet is sad.

"Oh, Liz, you don't have the right clothes to go to that occasion," Mrs. Bennet turned the suitcase upside down: "What kind of people are there in the club? What kind of title is there, your clothes are too ordinary and disrespectful, what should I do? You don't have jewelry to wear, you don't have a lot of lace, and you don't have feathers on your head. , God, you don't even have a father right now!"

It seemed to Mrs. Bennet that the sky was falling.

Elizabeth sat comfortably on the sofa and drank tea with Jane, and persuaded her after she had finished her rest, "Mom, let me tell you, even if we spend all the money we have on us now to buy a set that is currently able to The most beautiful clothes you can find in London, you can't wear them better than some hostesses in the club. In this case, I will just dress up as best as I can, and do not be rude, so that the host can see you The emphasis on invitations is more effective than any kind of jewelry and costumes."

Mrs. Bennet still muttered: "With your unkempt appearance, the master may not see you at all."

This kind of situation is absolutely impossible to happen. If it is not out of respect for the almack's club, the posts of London's high society wanting to come and visit must have filled Uncle Gardiner's mailbox, and even Uncle Gardiner's business partners We all know that now he has a hot lady in London in his family.As for Dr. Brown, the frequent requests for his visits in letters these days are actually nothing more than exaggerated headaches from ladies and ladies, mainly to inquire about his new wife.

Dr. Brown was never soft on his fees, and he never said anything about Charlotte.

This extra cost is enough to add several Charlotte dresses for social occasions next season.

Of course, the biggest surprise will be revealed at the almack's club. The "Queen Sarah" will introduce these two mysterious guests to London's high society.

Elizabeth was a little worried about Charlotte at the beginning. It took quite a while for her to enter the Pemberley Manor, and when she first entered a social occasion in London, these participants would naturally look at you with a judgmental eye, not like this Her actions are malicious, but this is the inevitable treatment she encounters when she enters a brand-new circle. Elizabeth cannot say that she has not encountered the slightest difficulty. Fortunately, Mr. Darcy is her biggest reliance, and she properly relied on her own Ability to resolve one by one.

If she asks Darcy for help in case of trouble, Darcy will definitely solve it for her, but this will become an unnecessary burden on Darcy, and other people's impression of Mrs. Darcy, the mistress of Pemberley Manor, will become a "pityable person". delicate beauty".

This is a social rhetoric. In layman's terms, it means "no ability", and then people will come to bully you one after another, because they have money and leisure and have nothing to do all day long.

Therefore, when the two met to go out to buy hats, Elizabeth pretended to be a little nervous to test Charlotte: "Are you nervous, Charlotte? I am a little nervous. After all, the stage of the almack's club is much bigger than the Meryton dance."

"It's not only bigger than Meryton, I'm afraid Mr. Darcy's family owns half of Derbyshire, and it can't be higher than this club," Charlotte teased Elizabeth: "It's not like you, Liz, I know There are a lot of nobles in the club, but don't they also only have two legs?"

The two laughed loudly, causing the shopkeeper to raise his head frequently to see what happened.

"And Mr. Darcy?" asked Charlotte, in a low voice, "doesn't he want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fuss?"

Elizabeth is no longer an unknown person in London today. Maybe as long as she appears in the almack's club, there will be a lot of suitors, and Mr. Darcy will be unattainable in a blink of an eye. They danced a waltz that day, but everyone present knew that the two were inseparable.However, because there was no definite news of the engagement, the guests at the banquet were relatively low-key in their gossip, but women knew best how quickly secrets spread.

"He didn't receive an invitation to the almack's club. It seems that women are more favored by the Countess of Jersey than men," Elizabeth roughly guessed what Darcy was doing, but she couldn't tell Charlotte, because according to common sense, she I don’t know Sir Canning at all at the moment. It’s strange for an unmarried lady from the country to care about cabinet members. What she cares most about is the ball and jewelry and how to marry herself: “I think the next time we meet , I have something to interest him in. You still remember the bored look on Mr. Darcy's first appearance in Meryton."

"You hold a grudge too much, Liz." In terms of friendship, Charlotte and Elizabeth have a deeper relationship, and Darcy is just an incidental product of Elizabeth.Seeing that Mr. Darcy fell in love with Elizabeth, Charlotte was really happy for her friend. Although it was not kind to think so, she wished that Elizabeth could hold Mr. Darcy in her hands.

Elizabeth joked with Charlotte: "Don't you hold any grudges against Dr. Brown if you get married?"

Charlotte was still a newlywed after all, so she blushed immediately, but fortunately she responded quickly and calmly: "Liz, you don't understand that, when a man becomes your husband, you don't have to hold grudges against him Yes. You can spend his money, take pictures of his horses and things like that..."

Or keep him from coming to your bed at night.

Of course Elizabeth understood what Charlotte meant, which was simply unimaginable after Charlotte married Collins.Their life was simply the benchmark of the entire parish, and Elizabeth suspected that they would have a Bible spread out by the bedside at night, and their posture would always be that of a missionary.Of course, she only realized this after she got married. If the husband and wife are happy and the husband is in good health, marriage is actually a happy thing.

Fortunately, Charlotte was now able to enjoy married life.

She was deeply grateful for it, which was one of the few lucky things she had done since she was reborn.

At this time, Darcy is also working hard for himself to be able to enjoy his married life in the future, and it is absolutely impossible for any woman except Elizabeth to let him use the word "enjoyment".

Although Sir George Canning had already worked in the cabinet, his life was still poor and simple, and the only person who came to answer the door was an old servant.If Darcy hadn't been used to having fun with his classmates after school when he was in college, he could hardly have found the house of the former foreign minister hidden in the alley.

Darcy had been in his teens the last time they had met at Pemberley Park.

At that time, Canning made his mark in the cabinet as a Tory. He had just been hired by the new prime minister, the Duke of Portland, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs to be in charge of foreign affairs related to the Napoleonic War. army.As a former friend, although he has different political views, he still comes to Pemberley Manor to catch up with old Mr. Darcy.But soon the old Mr. Darcy passed away, and the relationship between the successor Darcy and him was not very close, but the Duchess interacted with him more frequently.

The Duchess said it was obvious Darcy had no interest in politics.

"You don't quite look like your father." Sir Canning asked him to sit down and smoked his pipe himself.

It is well known that Sir Canning is an excellent orator, and Darcy hopes that his eloquence will help him.But he said he was not like his father. I don't know if he was talking about appearance or his lack of enthusiasm for politics. Old Mr. Darcy didn't want to become an MP, but he spent money on the Whigs and helped them campaign. MP, for the benefit of the constituency of Derbyshire.

Local development depends on how many people you send into the government to speak for Derbyshire.

Spending money is much less labor-intensive than being in politics, Darcy thought, although he apparently only has an annual income of [-] pounds, it is actually because it is not convenient to include campaign expenses and other movable and real estate in it.

This was the advice old Mr. Darcy gave him.

"Maybe I'm more like my mother's family in Fitzwilliam." Uncle Earl Fitzwilliam is typical mediocre, at least relying on his ancestral property to eat and drink, Darcy thinks this kind of life is quite stable.

Sir Canning made no comment. As for Darcy's purpose, he had written clearly in his letter.

"I've thought about it for a long time, but I still don't understand Madame Grenouille's thoughts. After all, she has no public intention to marry her daughter to you. Are you really not misunderstanding what she means, Darcy?" Sir Canning thought of a politician, He couldn't see the benefit of Mrs. Grenoye's doing so: "The regent's ascension to the throne is a certain thing, and she will seek greater benefits just around the corner. Even if the regent doesn't like Princess Caroline, it has nothing to do with her. She What I want to think about is to marry my daughter to a powerful and good family, so that she will have security in the future."

Darcy is still far from this standard, and Sir Canning's brain is not big enough to guess why Mrs. Grenouille did what she did, and she was obsessed with Two-dimensional characters. To people at that time, it was like Greek mythology. Some people Will you be desperate for the myth?What an international joke.

Because he and Princess Caroline are good friends, even if Mrs. Grenouille is just a plaything, Sir Canning is also slightly dissatisfied.

And the regent also wants to marry him and the princess' only daughter, Charlotte, Princess of Wales, abroad.Marrying the sole heir of the entire British kingdom abroad, Sir Canning felt that the regent was as crazy as his father, His Majesty George III, who was unable to govern.

Not only did he want to enter the cabinet to seek a higher position, but he also wanted to fight against the regent.

As for Madame Grenouille's plans, who really cares?They are all men. Even if Canning lives in poverty, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know what tricks are going on between the Prince Regent and his mistress.

"To be honest, no matter what Madame Grenoye's plan is, I won't give in." Darcy was actually impatient with the politician's rhetoric, and he straight-forwardly stated his request: "I already have someone I want to propose to. "

Sir Canning became a little interested: "Oh? Which family's lady is it?"

"She is not the heiress of a famous family," Darcy said frankly. Even without wealth, Elizabeth was perfect enough for him. Daughter of a squire Bennet."

"Bennet?" This surname has become popular in London recently, and Sir Canning became interested: "Isn't it the lady who received the invitation from the Countess of Jersey?"

Darcy acquiesced.

Sir Canning laughed: "Then I will have to meet her. Even if it is a small benefit of agreeing to help, people in London are very curious!"

Mrs. Jersey probably didn't send invitations to Darcy's house or Sir Canning's house. Darcy didn't know how they were going.

Sir Canning patted him on the shoulder: "The Duke of Devonshire will also be there, his face is enough for him to bring two more people in."