Comprehensive Victoria's Secret

Compared to Estelle who would nagged her for a long time every time she found out that there was something wrong with her, Elizabeth was actually more afraid of Dungal who was always being splinted between his wife and daughter.

The father and daughter arrived in the study, and Deng Gal sat on the sofa: "How many times have you been like this before tonight?"

"Tonight is the first time." It didn't work yet, Elizabeth didn't need to lie about it, but she was still a little shy facing her father.

"...It hasn't happened yet, so it's easy to solve."

"Dad!" Elizabeth realized the hidden meaning in Dungal's words: "Isn't it all about a marriage based on love now? We love each other deeply."

"Indeed, but Elizabeth, you are my only child." Dungal said, "Do you know what that means? That is to say, after my death, you will be the Countess of Glamorgan. According to your status, you should not marry him."

"He is also an aristocrat, and I am not considered deviant."

"But his father is only a baron." Dungall said: "Indeed, the family history is long enough, but the title is not enough, and the wealth is not enough, why did you marry him?"

Elizabeth was at a loss for words, and she didn't know what reason to give: "But I love him..." She didn't dare to speak directly to Dungal, and could only try to convince her father.

"Your future social status depends on your husband. Some daughters of earl families marry non-nobles for wealth, but his property—it's not a lot, at least not as good as the Morgan family. If this marriage can't do anything brought it to you, then why did you enter into this marriage?"

When people mention Lancaster, they probably think of the War of the Roses. However, after all kinds of wars and extinctions, the current Lancaster family only has a thick family history. In terms of history, the Morgan family is not bad at all— —The Morgan family had taken root in Wales long before the Conquistadors landed.

"I know you want to talk about feelings." Deng Gal said slowly: "You should be envious of the relationship between me and your mother, but before I got married, I only saw her portrait."

Elizabeth said: "I don't care about these, we have each other's income, we will not lack that title..."

Antonio has extra money from the Assassin organization's gangsters, and Elizabeth also uses Miss Isabella (Namor)'s name to serialize novels in magazines, earning a lot of money.

"On the other hand, I am now the grand master of the Knights Templar." Dungal said that although Elizabeth was surprised, but not particularly strange: "How could I marry my daughter to A master assassin?"

"François de la Serre..."

"I know you're going to talk about her, okay, even if I agree, the Templars won't say anything? What about the Brotherhood of Assassins? Will they agree to this?" Given that his daughter is still in love, Dungal He didn't say that Antonio might be a spy, but only indifferently described the difference between the two sides: "No matter from which aspect, I don't want to agree to your marriage."

"Father... I love him."

"Liz, love is important, but it's not everything. I never met your mother before I was married, but now I love her, and I love you too. Love is not everything. Money is not important as described in countless poems, but It is the most important thing to guarantee our lives. With your status, it is not difficult to become a duchess directly. When there is a manor five times larger than mine waiting for you to be the hostess, why should I let you go to the small one? What about suffering in the house?"

"But... Father..."

Dungar knew enough is enough, he stopped Elizabeth's attempt to continue: "You are only 17 years old, you are not sensible, you don't need to worry, think about it—you haven't agreed to his marriage proposal yet?"

"He hasn't proposed to me yet."

Deng Jia's worries deepened, but he didn't say clearly: "You will think about it, no matter what, you are my daughter, and I will always be behind you."

After Elizabeth left the study, she kept thinking about what Dungal said.

Although Elizabeth would not be shaken by this, what Dungal said was the social norm generally believed in the Victorian era.

A woman's social status was often determined by the social status her husband held.What Elizabeth enjoys is the young lady of the earl's family. After marrying Antonio, she can only be the baroness. Although the difference between them is the same as the nobleman, it is very different in people's eyes.

Although Elizabeth can indeed inherit the title, but...

Distraught, she looked up and saw Antonio after talking to Estelle.

"How about it?"

"My father does not agree with the matter between us..." Elizabeth felt that the previous titles and other issues were nothing, but the irreconcilable conflict between the Assassin and the Temple that had lasted for thousands of years was the problem: "He said, he is a Templar , and you are a Master Assassin, even if he could allow it, the Assassin Council would not tolerate us being together."

"Well, this is indeed a problem." Antonio looked at Elizabeth: "Young men and women under the age of 21 need the permission of their father or guardian to get married, so I can ignore my father's point of view, but your father cannot bypass it." .”

"Is your father not willing?" Elizabeth began to worry about getting along with her: "How about we..."

"No, I guess he is willing. I'll go back and tell him I'm with the count's only daughter and he'll faint with joy."

"Antonio..." Elizabeth had already begun to doubt their future: "Will we really be together?"

"If we always love deeply, we will always be together." Antonio: "Big deal, we wait for three years, or go to Scotland..."

"It was changed in 1856, and at least one of the men and women needs to live in Scotland for three weeks."

"But it's better than England and Wales. Or we'll live somewhere for a while and everyone will know we're a couple, and it won't make any difference."

"Mr. Antonio Lancaster, are you inviting me to elope?"

"Yes, my Elizabeth."

Elizabeth did not agree or refuse, but just took off the locket on her chest, cut off a short section of hair with a Hidden Blade and put it in the locket and handed it to Antonio: "Take my portrait and hair, see You should think of me when you do."

Antonio took the locket: "Thank you."

The two kissed again without knowing how.

"Boom—" was the sound of the cane falling to the ground again.

Elizabeth was already numb, and she was going to be watched anyway—if they eloped, the crowd would only increase.

However, this onlooker has a special identity.

—Henry Lancaster.

Antonio pulled Elizabeth behind him: "What do you want to do?"

"I won't do anything, Tony, you are my son." Henry bent down and picked up the crutch: "I love you."

"You also said this to my mother before. In fact, of course you will be proud of me now. You should be very happy that I am with the only daughter of the earl, right? Because then you can become the earl grandfather?"

"I didn't mean that, Antonio, you seem to have misunderstood me a lot." Henry shook his head: "You have a girl you like, no matter who it is, I will be equally happy, whether it is a middle-class girl or a girl from other families, I Everyone is equally happy..."

"That's because in fact Elizabeth is the countess." Antonio's expression was very indifferent, as if he completely ignored Henry's idea of ​​showing favor: "I will guarantee all her rights in the prenuptial agreement, and will not give irrelevant opportunities to meddle .”

Henry slammed the ground with his cane: "Antonio! Why do you talk to your father like that!"

"Because I hate you."

Antonio lowered his head and kissed Elizabeth on the forehead: "Liz, I will write to you."

Elizabeth went back to her room with a lot of thoughts, how could she delay it... Eh?Otherwise, how about going to a university?

She calculated that she still had more than half a year to prepare. After she was admitted to university, she would have an excuse not to marry for three years. When she was 21, she would have the right to marry independently.

Then the tuition fees... I don't know if Dungall will pay her tuition fees, if not, I have to save money... In this way, even if Denggall is still unwilling after three years, and even refuses to arrange their marriage, she still has enough capital to go out and work .

The important thing now is the tuition fee. Elizabeth got the manuscript fee that Anne got back: "20 pounds..." At least it was more than pocket money.

Because she couldn't let Estelle and Dungal know, Elizabeth had to adopt an alias. One of the advantages of English is that you can reverse the letters to become another name, so Elizabeth Morgan became Isabel. La Namo.

It is also for this reason that Elizabeth had to sign in advance every time she received the manuscript fee, and then she could ask Anne to pick it up.Because the stories she is currently serializing are relatively short, so basically one knot at a time.

She put the banknotes into the drawer, and there were already some fragmented banknotes in it: "Annie, do you think I should go to Standard Chartered Bank to deposit them?"

"If Miss wants."

In the end, Elizabeth still didn't save it. If she went to study, it would be more cost-effective to save it, but if it was elopement-the trouble of cash would be less.

It was very late, and Annie couldn't help it: "Miss, change into your pajamas and go to bed."

"Ah."

When Elizabeth changed into her pajamas and went to bed, she refused her bedtime tea and asked for a glass of milk before lying down.

Thinking of what Dungal said, Elizabeth felt that even if she lived with Antonio in the small room in the Whitechapel for the rest of her life, she would be very happy.

The author has something to say: Dungal is a standard male chauvinist, and the idea that men should raise wives and children is deeply rooted, so the reason for his opposition is that Antonio will not let Elizabeth live a better life.