[Tess of the D'Urbervilles] Concubine Wan Gui counterattacks the doormat

The workers' plan to march on Westminster failed, and London was defended by the solidarity of ninety thousand policemen and dozens of self-organized citizens.

As a result, Alec's racetrack continued to operate.

Alec goes out early and returns late every day. In June, when horse racing festivals are held one after another in horse races all over the UK, he simply sleeps in the office of the racetrack and is very busy.

Occasionally, the empress would take the little guy to visit his hard-working father, and she felt relieved when she saw that Alec was really just forgetting to eat and sleep because of work.

As early as May, the empress sold the completed ancestral home of the d'Urberville family that Alec had given her, and all the money was given to Lisa to control.

Lisa was taken aback when she heard that my mother was going to do this, and quickly stopped her, "My mother, this is the ancestral home of the d'Urberville family. Besides, I have no experience in business, so why don't you worry about it?" Give me all the money?"

The empress raised her eyes and glanced at her, and opened her lips, "You don't have experience, do I have?" Lisa was stunned by one sentence.

"Then... well, I'll try my best, but I don't guarantee success. You have to remind me all the time."

Therefore, with the funds available, Niangniang and Lisa's department store began to jump from the successful idea to the stage of practice.

After Alec found out, he just let his wife play with his sister-in-law. In his opinion, although it is ridiculous for two women to open a so-called department store, as long as his wife likes it, he has no reason to stop it. Even, in his spare time, he is also happy to provide some help.

"A flower shop can be set up at the entrance on the first floor. The cost is not high, and we can operate it ourselves. The most important thing is that beautiful flowers can not only decorate our shopping malls more beautifully and fragrantly, but also make free gifts for us. Advertisement, ma'am, what do you think of this proposal?"

"good."

"I think the goods sold in the shops on the first floor are relatively cheap daily necessities, such as tea, bread, cakes, etc. You see, Hyde Park is near us. There are many tourists visiting the park every day. Maybe we can open a shop." coffee shop..."

Claire had been standing at the door for a long time, and the empress raised her chin slightly to signal him to come in.

Lisa stopped her eloquent speech and greeted Claire familiarly, "Good morning, Mr. Crick."

Claire bowed her head and nodded, "Good morning, madam, miss."

The empress picked up the teacup and looked up at him, "What can you do, Steward Creek?" She had always treated this butler Creek, who was praised by everyone, with a cold attitude. She didn't know that Alec had She didn't notice it, but it was not uncommon for her to see him staring at her with fiery and crazy eyes.

Claire lowered her head, trying to control her voice to maintain her usual calm and indifference, "Ma'am, I think there may be something I need to tell you."

The empress lowered her eyes, and slowly took a sip of black tea from the cup.

"Mister has been receiving letters from Fleet Street recently." Claire reported softly, "The other party is a lady who claims to be Miss Duterte."

Startled, Lisa suddenly raised her head to look at the empress, but saw that she kept her head down drinking tea, her eyelids were half-drooped, and it was impossible to distinguish her expression at the moment.

Claire continued, "Perhaps Madam doesn't know, the ladies in Fleet Street are not any of the polite ladies we usually see, they... are always good at pleasing the gentlemen... "

"Bang Dang!" The teacup with ears rushed straight at Claire and hit him. Claire didn't dodge or dodge, and directly met the hostess' anger.The tea spilled all over him, and the cup fell to the carpeted floor with a muffled sound.

"...and coincidentally, sir has been busier since then..."

"Enough." The empress raised her head, looked at Claire coldly, and said, "Go out."

Lisa looked at the empress worriedly, very anxious.

Claire looked at the empress calmly, then slowly moved, nodded to her, and then turned and left.

"Mother..." Lisa tried to speak, but didn't know what to say.

"You go out too." Her tone was extremely cold.

Lisa rubbed her skirt nervously, "Okay, ma'am, you must calm down, maybe this is just a misunderstanding, don't...do something irreparable..." Under the other party's cold gaze , Lisa's voice became smaller and smaller, "Then I'm going out now..." After saying this, she fled in despair.

It wasn't until Lisa disappeared behind the door that the hand that the empress had been holding tightly all along suddenly let go.

Lisa teased her little nephew absently, and looked up from time to time to look at the room upstairs where the empress stayed, only to find that the door was still tightly closed, and the worries in her heart rolled like snowballs.

Lunch time was over, and the empress seemed to be really angry this time, and she even forgot to feed Auston.She thought, wait a little longer, if the empress does not come out again, she will go up and have a look.

While Lisa was thinking this way, John the coachman came in.

"Miss Lisa, where's the lady?" John took off his hat as a salute.

When Lisa saw John, her eyes suddenly lit up, "John, it's you!" She turned her head to Nat, the boy servant who had been quietly protecting Auston and playing, "Look at the young master" and said to John: "You, follow me."

John was taken to the garden by Lisa without knowing where.

"Mr. d'Urberville isn't coming back today, is he?" As if to be considerate of his wife, Alec would send John back every time he didn't go home, lest his wife wait too long at home, even though he knew it was unlikely .But in any case, John's coming back alone has become a sign that Alec will not come home today.

John replied, "Yes, Miss Lisa."

Lisa's face became serious, she leaned closer to John, her short stature made John back away, "Miss Lisa, you..."

"You know, John, that in this d'Urbervilles house, Mr. d'Urbervilles are important, but Mrs. d'Urbervilles are also important. You know that Mr. d'Urbervilles loves his dear wife so much that if d'Urbervilles Mrs. Vail is not pleased, I suppose, and Mr. d'Urberville would not hesitate to dismiss a servant who has offended his wife, don't you think?"

Sweat began to drip from John's temples.

"Miss Lisa, did I do anything wrong?" He hurriedly asked humbly.

"Maybe you didn't do anything wrong, maybe it's just that your husband did something wrong, and you just didn't report it?" Lisa looked up at him, smiling sinisterly.

John's eyes immediately drifted away, and his back was wet with cold sweat.

"Now, John, please tell me where Mr. d'Urberville went when our wife couldn't see it, eh? Or, what kind of gentlemen did he go when he was taken away by your wicked servant?" A place you shouldn't be going?"

"No! It's not!" John quickly denied, with a nervous expression on his face.

Lisa stared straight at him without speaking.

John finally couldn't take it anymore, he sighed, and said in a low voice, "I don't know anything about Mr., but I just drove him to Fleet Street and the church school a few times."

"Address?" Lisa asked, dissatisfied with his answer.

John bowed his head, embarrassed, "This... sir ordered me not to say it."

Lisa felt ironic, she spread her hands, and the expression on her face was exaggerated, "Come on, Uncle John, you even said the last thing you should say, do you think I can't find it if you don't tell me where it is?"

John covered his mouth with his hands, expressing his determination not to leak the secret.

"Well, since you are so loyal to your master, maybe I can only find out by asking your master." Lisa pretended to turn around and leave, but John quickly grabbed her.

He surrendered, "Okay, I've said everything, but Miss Lisa, don't let your husband know that I revealed it."

Lisa nodded readily and agreed, so it is more fun to be funny than to be young. Even if she didn't say anything, as long as the matter was exposed, wouldn't Alec know that he was the one who got it right?

"Apartment 58 Fleet Street... Westminster Missionary School,... Anne Duterte."

Lisa didn't react, and exclaimed loudly: "He actually raised two women at the same time?!"

John couldn't help but retort: ​​"No, Miss Anne is only six years old, I guess she should be the illegitimate daughter of Mr...." But he just realized it now, and blurted out: "So you don't know anything Is it?" Didn't he become the first person to betray Mister?

The slyness on Lisa's face disappeared at this moment, she raised her head stupidly, and met the eyes of the empress standing on the window sill.

John followed her gaze to see the hostess on the other end, and was frightened for a moment, and sat on the ground all at once.

"Ma'am..." He murmured softly, but saw that the hostess he wanted to call had turned away from the window with a blank expression, and John's heart went cold instantly.

*****

Alec's hand holding the pen paused, and the ink dripped onto the paper like drops of water, slowly smearing.

For some reason, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, always feeling that something bad was about to happen.

He stood up, paced back and forth in the office for a few times, and found that he still couldn't relieve the sudden and dull mood, so he picked up the coat on the chair, opened the door and walked outside.

"Good afternoon, Mr. d'Urberville." "Mr. d'Urberville, hello..." People passing by him stopped to say hello to him. Normally, Alec enjoyed the atmosphere of being warmly greeted by everyone, but now He was not in the mood, and Mr. d'Urberville, who had a rare face, quickly disappeared from their eyes without even responding.

When Alec returned to his home at 36 Regent Street, Holborn, London, he didn’t know if it was an illusion. He felt that the servants who greeted him around today looked strange. Although he was puzzled, he didn’t think much about it. When he entered the living room, he saw his son crawling after dinner as usual, with his servant Nat protecting him tightly.It is undeniable that Alec's irritable mood immediately improved when he saw his son, and he couldn't help but secretly laughed at himself for being careless, and he couldn't wait to go home because of a sudden feeling.

Alec picked up his son who was about to climb up to him, kissed his chubby little cheek vigorously, and moved his mouth funny only after the little guy resisted.He scanned the surroundings, and saw Lisa who was burying herself in the sofa and muttering words in a small book.

So, he walked over with his son in his arms, and looked closely at the conversion units densely written in Lisa's little book.

1 pound = 1 Sorin gold coin = 20 shillings

1先令=1/2佛林银币=1/5克朗银币=12便士

1 penny = 1 penny copper plate

Alec looked strange, and couldn't help asking: "Lisa, why are you counting this?"

Lisa was taken aback by the sudden voice behind her, and recognized Alec's voice, so she said eccentrically, "Of course, this is not to prevent you from not knowing the conversion unit when you are self-reliant in the future."

Alec thought she was worried about the department store that was about to be leased, and comforted him: "Don't worry, even if your plan doesn't succeed, isn't there still your dearest brother-in-law here?"

Hearing this, Lisa raised her head and gave Alec a hard look, "Who are you saying didn't succeed?" If she didn't know what the empress was thinking now, she was about to scold this scumbag severely, but it really can't be changed by a dog Eat Shi!

Alec thought he had a good temper and would not quarrel with delicate girls. He smiled, "Well, please forgive me if I said something wrong. Where is my beautiful Mrs. d'Urberville? She is still sleeping upstairs right?" He quickly changed the subject.

Lisa suddenly fell silent.

Seeing this, Alec teased her narrowly and said, "Oh, I think I get it, I guess some kitty pissed off her mistress?"

Lisa smiled instead of anger, and said meaningfully: "Yes, that's really a kitten that can't wipe its mouth."

The bad premonition in Alec's heart was vaguely agitated again, and he tentatively said: "You are talking about..."

"Go up and coax our beautiful Mrs. d'Urberville, Mr. d'Urberville, oh, yes, our little d'Urberville will not bother you, please leave him to his equally beautiful aunt Lisa, she I will take good care of him." Lisa stood up and hugged the little guy who was playing with her finger.

Alec hesitated for a while, with a little bit of doubt and a growing sense of foreboding in his heart, he walked upstairs step by step.

Lisa hugged the little guy, watching Alec's figure finally disappear at the corner of the stairs, the smile on her face slowly collapsed.

"Auston, why is your father so hated by people?" She lowered her head and complained to the little guy who had been sucking her finger.

The author has something to say: The coach's mouth is so poisonous, I was scolded and cried~~~~(>_<)~~~~

It’s been a long time since I’ve updated it, and the writing style is quite rusty. Originally, this chapter was going to write about the grand event of British horse racing, but it was deleted half way through. . .