aristocratic engagement

Holding a candle in her hand, Annie walked through the dark corridors, and walked slowly towards her room on the top floor. The entire Earl's Mansion was silent, only her faint footsteps echoed.

Darcy's sudden return really gave her a lot of support, and finally let her breathe a sigh of relief.Fatigue hit her instantly—as she told Darcy, she hadn't slept well for a month.

Earl Fitzwilliam is her uncle, but, in a sense, Anne regards him as "father", a "father" who can rely on and show her the way.

When she was at Rosings Manor, Earl Fitzwilliam's words revealed her secret, and finally gave her the opportunity and determination to step into the bigger world of London.

Earl Fitzwilliam helped her hide her identity, contact her contacts, and covertly, he brought Richter's new invention company under his wing, which allowed Anne's "whimsical" and "daring" plans to be implemented.

Today, Phoenix has become the largest textile factory in London, and the new products of each season will be sold out by noble ladies entrusting various relationships.Due to the acquisition of the Davis factory, low-priced fabrics are also the first choice for girls in London to buy fabrics;

Rose products from Rosalie Gardens and Yun Luo from Phoenix became the most popular gifts among high society.Anne bought the Netherfield Garden near Longbourn, Hertfordshire three years ago, which became a test site for Rosalie Garden to breed new varieties of roses;

The largest investment of Richter New Invention Company is the improvement of Mr. Bergram's steam engine.Annie is never soft on this, she knows that once it succeeds, it will bring her untold wealth... The boat that Alan Egerton sold to her has become Mr. Bergram's experimental product.On the day of the public trial, its smoothness and speed shocked everyone. Before the ship docked, Annie had already received a snowflake of bids.

Everyone wants to buy Mr. Bergram's technology, but just as Annie promised Mr. Bergram, she has no plans to sell the patent.On the contrary, she proposed to share the technology with the shipyards in the form of technology shares, and at the same time obtain their shares... This approach aroused fierce criticism and opposition from the shipyard owners and investing aristocrats in London.

However, "Mr. Richter" has the final say on what to do.

Richter New Invention Company became a shareholder of each shipyard. Although the share was not large, Annie was satisfied.She understands the truth that too much is too late, and she also understands that once such a technology comes out, it cannot be hidden at all.If she had only sold it to a certain shipyard, perhaps within the next year, all the shipyards would have "obtained" it from various channels and by various means.

After completing the improvement of the steamship, Mr. Bergram set his sights on the "steam locomotive" under Anne's suggestive proposal, and it has already achieved some results.

But as her career grows bigger and bigger, she will inevitably be jealous and calculated.Mr. Richter, who was once unknown, is now a figure talked about by all clubs in London. No one has really seen him, and no one knows his origin... This man is like a hand hidden in the dark , arrogantly and easily controlling everything in London.

When the tentacles of countless investigations were about to reach out to Annie—when she came to London seven years ago, in order to bring Phoenix into the upper class, she had to stand up for herself, which was not wise, but she had no other choice— —Under many coincidences, Earl Fitzwilliam cut off those tentacles one by one, and stood at the intersection of the stage and the audience.

It was precisely because of this that after the earl's accident, Anne immediately guessed that he had blocked the knife stabbed in the dark for herself.

Maybe because she was running so fast, she forgot who was behind her.

Thinking of this, Annie's eye sockets instantly turned red.She leaned against the turn of the stairs and silently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Annie? Is that you, dear?"

Annie was startled, and immediately said: "It's me, Mom." She stood up straight, took a deep breath, suppressed the uncontrollable sadness, and walked out from the corner.

Lady Catherine was standing at her bedroom door looking at her with vague eyes.

"Is Darcy all right?" she said.

Annie froze for a moment, then nodded.

"He..." Madam Catherine hesitated to speak, she coughed and changed her tone, "You can imagine that he is still hungry, which is very good, it seems that Madam Black's teaching is necessary. As a lady, these Due diligence is a must.”

"..." Anne didn't speak, she realized that Mrs. Catherine was testing her thoughts again.

Since Miss Bennet invited herself to her coming-of-age ceremony the year before last, Mrs. Catherine finally realized that Anne was also a person who was about to step into society and find a husband.Lady Catherine no longer kept her secrets, and told her her plan in detail.

This made Anne very headache, but unfortunately, there was a little clever girl like Georgiana by her side.

Georgiana once told Anne one Christmas that her wish was for the family to be together forever.

Her parents died young, and for a long time her only relative was her elder brother.But her elder brother would never be by her side. As soon as Darcy became an adult, he traveled to Europe. If there was not a letter every few months, Georgiana would be worried that something happened to him outside.

At first, Georgiana cried many times because of Darcy's "disappearance".Under Anne's enlightenment, she finally accepted that her brother actually had bigger ambitions—those that went beyond the manor and the land.

Anne and Lady Catherine became her closest people—oh!And Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Gingerson, Mrs. Reynolds (the butler of Pemberley Park) . . . and Fenrir!

Fenrir has grown into a majestic big hunting dog and has become the most powerful bodyguard beside Anne.Georgiana has been trying to curry favor with Fenrir for several years, touching its smooth and smooth fur, but Fenrir always turns around and points his fluffy tail at her as soon as he smells her. .

To say the least, although Georgiana kept saying that her brother was no longer the closest person in her heart, when she knew about Lady Catherine's plan, she became her little helper.

"I want my closest family members to be together forever."

Anne sighed a long time. She walked towards Madam Catherine and put her arms around her shoulders: "Mom, I know what you mean, but I don't believe you don't know my attitude and thoughts over the past few years."

"It's just that you haven't seen each other for too long, and you are like strangers."

"Even if we get along day and night, we won't..." Annie shook her head with a smile.

"But you're going to marry!" Lady Catherine raised her voice.

"I'm not thinking about it now, mom, my uncle just passed away!" How could she still think about it now?

"Even if I die, you are qualified to take the important events of your life to heart."

"mom!"

Annie couldn't help shouting her nonsense loudly.

Lady Catherine opened her mouth, and after looking at Anne in silence for a long time, she said quickly: "Darcy has returned, I don't think he will leave in a short time. Even if Earl Fitzwilliam dies, he will not Affecting him—a cousin's marriage. He has already reached the time of socializing, and I, in whatever capacity, have to take responsibility for arranging social dances for him, just like seven years ago."

"Darcy is my favorite candidate. No one is more suitable for you than him, and no one is more suitable for him than you." After Madam Catherine said firmly, she turned and closed the door without waiting for Anne to answer.

Annie stood in the aisle, holding the candlestick in her hand, and was stunned.It wasn't until shivering from the cold wind that Annie returned to her room shivering.

Darcy and Georgiana were already seated at table when Anne came down into the dining-room.

"You've been asleep for a long time." Darcy's eyes moved away from the newspaper and slowly came to Annie's face, "However, you don't look like you were going to faint at any time like yesterday."

Annie nodded carelessly.Georgiana rolled her eyes, ran forward and pushed Anne down in front of Darcy.She pushed the bread, sausage and eggs on the table, and shouted, "Try it! This is the best breakfast I've ever had!"

Annie blinked inexplicably, and Georgiana couldn't wait to fork a piece of sausage and eggs and stuff them into Annie's mouth.

"It's delicious!" Georgiana widened her eyes expectantly.

Annie said vaguely: "It's not bad, this egg is fried very tender... The servants are not here, where did you ask someone to buy it—"

"I did," said Darcy casually, shaking the newspaper in his hand.

Annie choked, her eyes widened, and she looked at Georgiana in disbelief. Georgiana nodded vigorously, and then looked at Darcy, who pursed his lips tightly. After noticing Anne's eyes, he looked beautiful. His eyes lifted up.

Darcy raised his eyebrows: "Why? Not to your taste?"

Annie shook her head quickly, picked up the knife and fork, and began to solve this suddenly extremely expensive breakfast. "I didn't expect that you would go to the kitchen... This is not what a gentleman does." If others find out, Darcy must be laughed at.

"This is to repay your favor." Darcy didn't agree with her directly, "The sandwich you sent me last night can be regarded as saving me, otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't even have the strength to get out of bed when I woke up today."

"Last night???" Georgiana repeated the words, and her eyes flicked back and forth between Anne and her brother. After a while, she pursed her lips and showed a small smile.

"Ahem, you're welcome, this is what I should do... Where's Mom? Where have they all gone?" Annie immediately changed the subject.

"My aunt and aunt haven't come down yet, Lawrence and Lance are out early in the morning - Lance is going back to school in a few days, this is his last few months at school." Darcy put down the newspaper in his hand , on the corner of the newspaper, the obituary of Earl Fitzwilliam's death was being printed.

Annie took the newspaper, and after a moment of silence, she flipped through it.

She turned to the literature section familiarly, and a thrilling hunting story was updated to the latest chapter.Annie just glanced at it roughly, then put the newspaper down.

"Have you finished reading? Do you like this kind of...horror stories?" Darcy pointed to the newspaper.

Annie nodded, then shook her head again, and said, "Rather than saying that I like this story, it's better to say that I care more about the author."

Darcy took the newspaper and looked suspiciously at the page Anne had read just now.

In the author column, there is an unfamiliar name and a familiar surname: Charles Bennett.

"This young Mr. Bennet's work has been sought after by many readers since it was published!" Anne nodded proudly and showed a smile.

"Mr. Bennet?" Darcy didn't know what to think, and looked strange.

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