Miss Elizabeth Goldfinger Bennet

Chapter 30

On the second day, a group of people arrived in Rosings on time under Elizabeth's impatience in response to Collins' thousands of instructions. Rosings' housekeeper entertained them and said that his wife was going to pick up two distinguished guests and would be back soon. , Let them visit the house first.

The Rosings Manor occupies a very vast area. Looking out of the window, you will see a large pine forest. It is now a beautiful spring, and it looks like a lush and vibrant scene from Rosings.If Elizabeth liked the pine forest very much, she didn't appreciate the decorations of Rosings very much, which were inlaid with gold and silver, and the glitter of gold dazzled Elizabeth's eyes.

Elizabeth didn't know if it was because she belonged to the East and her aesthetics were different from those of the West. She preferred low-key luxury instead of decorating her home with sparkles like the nouveau riche.Elizabeth also doesn't like a house where the sun doesn't shine, so she likes floor-to-ceiling windows instead of castles.

It stands to reason that the Bauer family can be regarded as a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and their taste is not so 'upstart'. You must know that the former Mr. Bauer is very likely to get the title of earl. According to the queen, his death is too untimely. Ready to seal but before that Bauer 'quasi-earl' died.Moreover, he has no male heir left, and those who are interested can see that the future of the Bauer family is not very bright. A widow brings a female heiress and the female heiress is still in poor health.

In this way, after the death of Mr. Baoer, the family property of the Baoer family was divided up a lot by other clansmen, and less than one-third was left to the Baoer mother and daughter. After so many years, I don’t know how much is left.If the title of title is added, the lives of Baoer and her daughter may not be saved.

You must know that although you can buy a title with money now, it is a very small title, and it is always inferior without the official canonization of the royal family.Many nobles do not recognize these people.

Elizabeth was drawn back to her senses by Sir Lucas and Charlotte's clicks of admiration.

They were admiring the magnificent decoration of the Rosings mansion, the luxurious furniture brought from France, the decorations brought from the East and India, and the utensils made of gold.

Sir Lucas and Maria were completely shocked and didn't know where to put their hands and feet.All they can do is praise everything they see.What a shame for them!

Apart from being a little dizzy, Elizabeth was also speechless about these decorations. Yes, the luxury furniture shipped from France and the decorations from the East and India are all priceless in their eyes, but you don’t have to put them all away. Let's get together, the styles of these things are not from the same country, how can they all be piled up together, how awkward it looks.Moreover, the Chinese all know that the things exported to the West are not the best, not even middle-grade products. In her previous life, Elizabeth had seen a lot of real Chinese antiques. In this life, there are too many top products in the golden finger of the system. Counting, Elizabeth's vision has improved a lot, and of course she doesn't have any opinion on these defective products.

So along the way, her eyes didn't stir up any waves from the beginning to the end, and her unhurried steps were like walking in her own courtyard.The distance taken with every step seems to have been measured, and the eyes are not squinted as if everything around them is ignored. (Daughter, in fact, you are wandering! The result of years of training, even if you are distracted, you will remain graceful.)

On the contrary, Rosings's housekeeper took a few unexpected glances at her, and didn't give up looking at her until she reached her destination, and led the guest into the living room.What a country girl the Reverend Collins's cousin looked, she thought to herself!

"Good evening, everyone, I have kept you waiting for a long time." Mrs. Bauer walked into the living room and said loudly.

Her figure is very thin and tall, her hair is brown and combed meticulously, but her temples are a little gray, it can still be seen that this lady has had a hard time these years, her eyes are radiant and her cheekbones are high. Makes her look a little mean.Reminds Elizabeth of Miss Bingley.It's just that Mrs. Power's momentum is obviously much stronger than that of Miss Bingley. It seems that Miss Bingley still needs to practice hard.Elizabeth was amused by her own thoughts, but fortunately she just complained silently in her heart but didn't show anything on her face.

At this moment, Mrs. Bauer was raising her jaw to look at several guests, her serious expression showed a bit of pickiness and arrogance.Behind her were two men and a woman.The young and thin girl must be the ill-healthy heiress Miss Anna Power, and one of the two gentlemen is Mr. Darcy, an old acquaintance of the Bennets.

Elizabeth suddenly saw that Darcy was a little uncomfortable, but when she thought about why she was uncomfortable, she suppressed her inner thoughts and looked at them.

"Long time no see, Mr. Darcy!" Collins first bowed respectfully to Mrs. Power, and then greeted Darcy affectionately.

Sir Lucas also hurriedly saluted.

The three women nodded to them.

"Sit down. You must have met each other in Longborn, but I still want to introduce each other for you." Mrs. Bauer took the seat at the main seat with great momentum, and introduced her guests one by one.

Coming with Darcy was his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam. Although he was not as handsome as Darcy, he looked very decent.When introducing Elizabeth, he glanced at her several times, and then smiled mildly and courteously.Elizabeth looked at that Colonel Fitzwilliam was about 30 years old, at least two things could be confirmed for being able to be a colonel at this age: First, this person has good abilities, otherwise he would not be able to reach this height.The second family background is good. There are many examples in this world where abilities and positions do not match.But he was born well but chose to join the army, which proves that he is probably the second son in the family, and he probably has no inheritance rights anyway.Because of the current eldest son inheritance system, other sons can only rely on themselves if they want to live well.

These people with ambition either choose to join the army or choose to go into business, and those who have no ambition find a rich noble woman to marry back home.So according to the above analysis, Elizabeth had a good feeling for Colonel Fitzwilliam, so she returned a polite smile.

As for the expression of Mr. Darcy, who has been looking at Elizabeth, when he sees Elizabeth smiling at Colonel Fitzwilliam...

Mrs. Power also paid particular attention to Elizabeth.When the guests were sipping black tea, she said slowly, "You are Elizabeth Bennett? I heard that you rejected Collins' marriage proposal?" Her tone sounded very dissatisfied.

"Yes, ma'am." Elizabeth glanced at her indifferently, not being intimidated by her aura at all.On the contrary, it was Mrs. Bauer who felt uncomfortable at her glance.

Mrs. Bauer looked even more dissatisfied, and said coldly, "Let me tell you, girls nowadays are becoming more and more unrealistic. Missing Collins, can you find a better husband candidate with your meager dowry? I Dare to say, looking back in a few years, you will definitely regret what you have done now!"

She was dissatisfied that she was scared by a little country girl, so she acted domineering and superior.

"Ma'am, are you dissatisfied with Mrs. Collins? But during the past few days when I was in the Collins mansion, I always heard Mrs. Collins praise Mrs. Collins for being approachable and dignified. I thought Mrs. Collins was very satisfied with her."

"How can you say that? Of course I am very satisfied with Mrs. Collins. Are you trying to provoke our relationship?" Mrs. Bauer was obviously angry, and her voice was much higher.

"Madame is really overwhelmed. No one would provoke others in front of so many people. It's just that Madam loves Mrs. Collins so much. Shouldn't she be happy that I didn't agree to Mr. Collins' marriage proposal? Speaking of which, Madam has to thank me." Although what Elizabeth said made people feel aggrieved, but they couldn't find any mistakes, and Mrs. Bauer's expression became even more embarrassing.

Elizabeth, on the other hand, still looked calm and breezy, as if she was talking about the fine weather today.

Just looking at her momentum, Mrs. Bauer has already lost completely, she seemed to have noticed it herself, her face turned green and white, and she didn't know how to continue the reprimand.

Colonel Fitzwilliam looked at Elizabeth with admiration on his face. There are not many people who can choke their aunt.Miss Elizabeth's aura actually overwhelmed her aunt.

Although Darcy's expression didn't change much, the helplessness and warmth in his eyes were very obvious. He really wanted to tell his aunt that Miss Elizabeth had shown mercy, and she was even more impolite when she said that she was herself.

Darcy didn't want the two sides to have any further troubles.

"I think it's dinner time, Auntie." He said in a deep voice.

The nephew's reminder obviously gave Mrs. Bauer a chance. She stood up and said in a slow tone, "Please go to the restaurant for dinner, everyone."

Everyone moved into the restaurant and sat around the long dining table.

"Please help yourself." Mrs. Bauer squeezed out a smile.

"You mustn't be polite." Miss Anna Bauer added softly, intending to save the embarrassing atmosphere.She even smiled softly at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth also returned a smile. Of course she knew that this was not her territory, and she would not specifically find fault if the master didn't make things difficult for herself.

Elizabeth has not eaten the dark British cuisine for many years, and even Elizabeth only ordered French food at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen knew that Elizabeth was picky about food, and asked Elizabeth for a lot of recipes for the royal chef in the palace to study.Now that she has achieved something small, in the Queen's words, the dining level of the entire royal family has improved several levels.Let her steal the limelight at the state banquet.

So now the things on the table couldn't attract Elizabeth at all, but she couldn't just sit and eat nothing, so she chose a piece of steak that looked good, and ate it slowly.Because of the slow eating, Elizabeth's dining etiquette is highlighted.

Elizabeth's whole person is like a painting, every move is elegant and natural, without any craftsmanship, and everyone at the same table is pleasing to the eye.

But some people are experts at burning zithers and cranes, and Collins's endless praises didn't stop shortly after the meal was over.After admiring the deliciousness of the steak, he began to tout the freshness of the vegetable salad. Of course, the cream of mushroom soup was extremely delicious!His exaggerated expressions and gorgeous rhetoric made Mrs. Bauer laugh again and again.

Sir Lucas and Charlotte also spared no effort to agree.

On the contrary, Darcy was a little embarrassed. He had tasted the food of Bennett House, which was full of color, flavor and taste. Compared with the food of Bennett House, these dishes were not difficult to swallow, but they were definitely not delicious.

Elizabeth has no appetite at all now, how much she wishes to sew Collins' mouth shut.

At the end of the dinner, both Elizabeth and Darcy breathed a sigh of relief.The two looked at each other speechlessly~

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