aristocratic engagement

Early in the morning, Anne was woken up by Georgiana.

"..." Annie opened half of her eyes in pain, "...what's wrong? Why did you wake up so early."

"You said you took me to train with Fenrir! You can't break your promise!" Georgiana shouted.

Annie blinked her sore eyes vigorously, and looked out of the window, only to see the fish-belly sky faintly peeking out through the curtains, and everything was completely silent.She frowned, buried her face in the bed and rubbed it for a while, then climbed up desperately amidst Georgiana's strange screams.The air-conditioning suddenly penetrated into her collar, Annie shivered from the cold, and finally woke up all at once.

At this time, the manor was still asleep, and the excitement of the previous night had exhausted the guests.Because of Georgiana's sudden early rise, she was so sleepy, Anne decided to give the maids a holiday, and urged Georgiana to wash and change clothes by herself clumsily.With curly hair brushed in front of her head, Georgiana put on a hood casually and pulled Annie out of the room excitedly.

They tiptoed through the long corridors and stairs to the first floor.At this time, there were only a few older servants who got up early and started cleaning according to the schedule. Anne came to the door of the ballroom, and through the crack of the door, she saw the mess inside.

"Thank you." Anne pushed open the door and said to the surprised servants who saw her appearance, "It's really messy here, take a good rest after tidying up. I asked Mrs. Jiang Jinsheng to prepare it for you. Some small surprises, just take it as my thank you gift." Cleaning up the mess is the most difficult thing, and they are assigned the hardest work, so it is inevitable that they will be dissatisfied.Annie's thank you gift is only one aspect, and on the other hand, it also implies that such a job will get them higher scores in the "assessment".

The servants looked at each other in surprise, thanked her in unison, and immediately got into work.

Annie glanced at the ballroom, and the servants' hands and feet became more agile, and they were ready to leave with confidence.As soon as she turned around, she heard an elderly maid calling to stop her.

"Miss de Bourgh... may I have a favor?" The old woman wiped her hands nervously with her apron, and dared not look at her with her old eyes.

"What? As long as it's within my reach."

"Ah——I, I want to ask, can those leftover desserts...can you take them back for us?" She stammered, her dark face flushed all of a sudden—for her extravagant request .

Annie looked at the leftovers on the table, all of them were beautiful in color and sweet in smell, even though they were left here all night, they still exuded a tempting aroma.Annie almost blurted out, asking the kitchen to make some new ones for them, but after thinking about it, seeing the old servant's nervous look, she swallowed the words back.

"Of course." Annie paused and agreed.

The old woman immediately showed a look of surprise and thanked her repeatedly.Annie nodded coldly and said, "Don't forget to thank the cooks."

After speaking, she pulled Georgiana and turned away.

Georgiana hesitated to speak, but Anne pretended not to see it.They left the manor through the side door and turned to the backyard.Before reaching Daniel's residence, he heard a loud bark, and Fenrir squeezed out from the gap in the fence of the yard, and rushed straight towards Anne.

Georgiana was taken aback. Before Annie could protect her, Fenrir had already slammed on the brakes amidst the man behind him yelling to stop, and stopped in front of the two ladies.Daniel hurried out with his clothes on. He didn't expect the two ladies to come so early, and even came directly to the door of the servant's residence.

Throughout the morning, Annie practiced tacit understanding and cooperation with Fenrir with Daniel's help.At first it was some synchronization training, Fenrir had to follow Anne's footsteps, walking or stopping.Fenrir was always too excited, and was still stepping forward when Annie stopped, and Annie had to give orders for him to recover.But after more than a dozen rounds of training, Fenrir has been able to concentrate on following Anne's footsteps and has never made a mistake again.

Georgiana also wanted to play with Fenrir, but although Fenrir seemed much more docile, he still only recognized Anne as his master and dismissed Georgiana.Georgiana didn't know who got the advice, so she brought a small piece of sausage to "seduce" it, but she didn't expect that it was Fenrir's frantic tail that answered her dismissively.

Anne was amused by Georgiana's distressed little face, and her laughter made Fenrir "laugh" too, grinning and circling at her feet affectionately.

Daniel clapped his hands happily: "It seems that Fenrir is your partner by nature. I have never seen a dog that can have such a high level of tacit understanding when training with its owner for the first time."

Fenrir's angry voice answered him.

Annie felt a little blushed, but in fact she didn't do anything - she was not used to such "getting something for nothing".Because of his cuteness, Fenrir was allowed to stay in the house with Annie for a day.Anne looked at the already bright sky, and Georgiana also cried out that she was hungry, and the two of them bid farewell to Daniel and walked towards the manor.

Before they reached the garden, they saw Darcy and the gentlemen riding on horses, the ladies sitting in the carriage, and the backs of a group of people leaving in a mighty way.

"Are they leaving now?" Georgiana's eyes widened.

Anne thought for a while, and then figured it out: "They should have gone hunting, don't you remember? A few days ago, Darcy went to the nearby forest for 'exploration'."

Georgiana suddenly realized, and said enviously, "I really want to go hunting too. I touched my father's hunting gun. It's so majestic!"

"In another ten years." Annie touched her head, but she didn't say that even in another ten years, Georgiana would be able to socialize, but she wouldn't be able to really pick up a shotgun—at least as a lady. , is not allowed.

The two returned to the manor and finished breakfast.Georgiana was sent to the study by Anne with a set of precious albums. After she stood by the window and waited for a while, she found a reason to leave the small study.As soon as Annie reached the stairs on the second floor, Du Li poked her head out at the door of a room and gestured to her.

Anne walked towards that room without haste, her steps were deliberate.

"Baoli went to Mrs. Jiang Jinsheng this morning and asked to leave with Sir Sterling." Du Li threw the explosive news at her, "Mrs. Jiang Jinsheng was very angry when she found out what happened, and now she has to be tied up locked here."

"Coincidentally, when Mrs. Sterling came out of Mr. Wood's room this morning, she was seen by Mr. Darcy and Mr. Fitzwilliam."

Anne's eyes widened in surprise.

TBC.