aristocratic engagement

Chapter 92

"Blank?" Annie couldn't help frowning.

What the hell is this Alan Edgerton trying to sell?Annie's premonition was very bad, as if she was being targeted by a hungry wolf, it was creepy.

The uninvited visitor came to Pemberley Manor and left without saying goodbye.His goal is very clear, that is Anne.But what is his purpose?Just to see if she and Darcy are really together? ——But, what does it matter to him if they are together?

Alan Egerton knew that he hated him very much, even if it wasn't for Darcy, Anne couldn't change her mind.But making a special trip was just asking for trouble, which further escalated Annie's dislike for him.

Alan Edgerton was very clever, he could not have foreseen all this, but he came anyway.

A hand caressed Anne's eyebrows.Annie looked up, and Darcy was beside her, pressing her fingertips gently on the center of her brows, as if to smooth out the wrinkles between her brows.

"No matter what purpose he has, let the horse come over, I will not back down."

Annie's brows stretched, and Darcy moved his fingers slowly, smoothing Annie's hair and putting it on his chest, blocking the ambiguous red dots.Annie's ears were slightly red, and Darcy smiled softly.

His fingertips slowly moved to Anne's lips, brushing gently.Annie subconsciously lifted her head slightly, her breath gradually approaching.

"Cough cough."

Lance coughed awkwardly.

Annie's face froze, and Darcy laughed, and lightly kissed Annie's lips, and then straightened up.

Annie pursed her lips, picked up the teacup shyly, and took a sip of tea to hide her sexuality.

Darcy returned to his place and took his place when Lady Catherine and Georgiana entered the dining-room and took their places.Mrs. Reynolds led the servants to file in with trays, and served breakfast to everyone in an orderly manner.

"What is this?" Lady Catherine saw the invitation card on the table, and Georgiana raised her head when she heard that.

"The invitation left by Mr. Egerton." Anne replied.

"Oh? Invitation card?" Lady Catherine raised her eyebrows, her eyes swept across the dining table, but she didn't see the figure of the man, "Has Mr. Edgerton come down yet? This is not good, how can a young gentleman do this?" Lazy, it's not in his own house—"

"Mr. Edgerton left last night," interrupted Darcy.

"Last night?" Georgiana whispered, but she quickly remembered something and nodded clearly.

Lady Catherine was also a little surprised. She opened the invitation, scanned it hastily, and shouted even more in surprise: "Wedding? He is going to get married? Then why did he come to Pemberley Manor with such an affectionate look? Really? So disrespectful!"

Lady Catherine asked a question that everyone was curious about.

Anne and Darcy looked at each other and said, "Mr. Edgerton and I don't want to have anything to do with each other anymore. Even if he wants to get married, it doesn't matter who he is with."

"Aren't you going?" Lance asked.

"No." Annie shook her head.

Lance hesitated to speak, and after struggling for a moment, he said, "I have to go... Mother and the earl are in London, so they should have received the invitation. Appeared at Mr Jayden's wedding."

"For Miss Campbell?" asked Darcy.

Lance nodded.

"But—" Anne also picked up the invitation card, "He didn't write down the name of the bride. Are you sure that Miss Campbell is the bride?"

When Lance heard this, he tilted his head in doubt.

Mrs. Catherine was dumbfounded: "What does this have to do with Miss Campbell?"

The three people who knew the inside story exchanged glances, and finally Lance came forward and said vaguely: "This spring, Miss Campbell and Mr. Edgerton made a marriage contract. It's just that this matter has not been made public. After all, Lawrence..." Lance made a helpless expression, and Madam Catherine nodded with a sigh of relief.

After the meal, Anne and Darcy arranged as usual, planning to get up and take a walk along the lake in front of the manor before the sun scorched the ground hot.

Du Li handed them an umbrella. As soon as the two walked down the steps at the gate of the manor, they were stopped by Mrs. Catherine.

"I still decided to go to London." Madam Catherine said surprisingly, "It has nothing to do with Mr. Edgerton's matter. I have some personal matters... that must be done."

Annie's footsteps stopped.

"Is it related to Mr. Rommel?" Annie asked bluntly.

Lady Catherine was surprised, and after a moment of embarrassing silence, she nodded.

Doubts rose in Anne's heart - she remembered that before she fell into a coma, Du Li brought back the wooden box given to her by Rommel from London, and at the same moment, the port of London welcomed the royal family's distinguished guests.Combined with Darcy's conjecture about Lady Catherine's origin, Anne is sure that she has touched the truth.

"Since you have decided to go to London, I must not leave you alone." Darcy quietly held Anne's hand, "Anne and I also have things to do, so we can be with you."

Anne nodded cooperatively.

If Ellen made her avoid London, that would be the greatest irony.

Last night, Allen "threatened" her with the Duke of Bridgewater's influence in canals and shipbuilding, but Anne had already had a countermeasure for this matter.

Darcy is her new partner.

If they do not want to be restrained, they must take the initiative to attack.

"Let's go to London together!" Annie made a final decision.

When Lance learned that they were also going to London, he was very happy.Darcy originally wanted Georgiana to stay at Pemberley Manor and take lessons with Mrs. Black.But Anne reminded him that there was a despicable and shameful poisonous snake in the stable. Although Georgiana had seen through his nature, Anne was still worried that he might deceive Georgiana's simplicity and kindness with rhetoric.

There is no need to worry about where to live in London, Anne decided to live in the mansion left by the deceased earl.As it happened, her aunt and cousin were in London, and she wanted to take this opportunity to give it to them.

The servant went first and delivered a batch of necessary supplies early to clean the house. No one lived in it for more than half a year, and the mansion was already covered with dust.

On the day before their departure, they only prepared a carriage for Lady Catherine and Georgiana.

Anne and the two gentlemen rode around the carriage.

Lance was taken aback by her bold and unrestrained straddle sitting posture, blushing and turned his head quickly, not daring to look at her.Anne didn't care about it at all, and still went her own way.

The resplendent Pemberley Manor is behind, getting farther and farther away.In the hot summer sun, the ripples in the lake glisten like flowing gold.

Annie looked back at the manor where she lived for the past six months, as if saying goodbye to a beautiful dream.

When she came, her whole body seemed to be in a fog.The departure of Earl Fitzwilliam was like a dark cloud, covering her heart all the time; and Darcy suddenly broke into her world at that time, like the golden sunshine, directly hit the bottom of her heart, pulling her from an unprecedented abyss Li pulled out.

"What are you thinking?" Darcy's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Annie held the horse rope tightly, and after a moment of silence, she said in a low voice: "I remembered what my uncle once said to me."

'Ride the way you like, talk the way you like, make your own choices, marry whoever you like. '

Anne wrote down the earl's teachings exactly, and did it.

"What?" Darcy asked curiously.

Annie didn't answer, just pursed her lips and smiled.

Under the suspicious gazes of Lance and Darcy, Anne suddenly laughed brightly, raised the horsewhip, and whipped it hard.The horse neighed and started to gallop.

Lance opened his mouth wide, and Darcy ignored the smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves, raised his whip, and chased after him not to be outdone.

"...Eh?! Wait for me!" Lance came back to his senses and shouted.

The lovers had already run away.

Anne didn't ride horses very often-relative to gentlemen-and this time she rode as far as London, and her inner thighs were already sore on the way.So, she would ride sideways from time to time, and after her waist became sore, she would switch to a straddle from time to time.

Once she was not constrained by gender and other people's eyes, Annie had more choices.

When we reached the outskirts of London, it was another evening.

Unlike many years ago, ships on the Thames River are no longer sails.The logo of "Richter New Invention Company" is printed on all the giant ships docked on the shore-this shows that the core technology of their engines comes from Richter.

Although he had known for a long time that this was Anne's property, Darcy was still so shocked by the sight that he couldn't speak.

——Who would have thought that it was a young girl who had just grown up that caused the revolution of the entire shipping industry and even the navigation industry?

"I'm not the one leading the change." Annie shook her head when she heard what Darcy blurted out involuntarily.

Darcy's eyes were proud and full of fascination: "You are too humble, my dear."

Annie's footsteps stopped, she led the horse, and walked towards the shore.

"No, it's not modesty, I just recognize myself. Darcy, I tried to change the world, but I didn't succeed... If there is no me, the world will still develop along its established track, I It's just—" Annie turned her head and smiled brightly, "I just pushed the ball lightly and gave it an acceleration."

"However, to tell you the truth, I am far from satisfied with the current results." Annie shrugged, "Maybe you will say that I am too overreaching—but, I want to change the world, not just a push By."

"You always underestimate your strength." Darcy chased after him.

"No, I'm too small."

She still lives with a mask on.Yes, Mr. Richter made it all happen, not Anne de Bauer.

Would her name be hidden forever under this false name?Does she want to hide forever, not even daring to reveal her true colors?

Anne was a lady, she was a lady whether she wanted to or not.

A lady's powers and rights are very limited.She is already considered lucky. Sir Louis and his ancestors did not restrict her inheritance of family property in accordance with the law of limited inheritance.But is she going to attribute this to luck and ancestral benevolence?

Anne knew all along the plight of her close friend, Miss Elizabeth Bennet, and her sisters.

Therefore, Anne was the one who "pushed" when she realized Liz's intelligence and vague resistance and dissatisfaction with the rules.

When they came to the shore, Annie lifted her skirt and sat down on the lawn.In the river in front of me, many gentlemen and ladies crossed in the middle of the river in small yachts, lively laughter and exciting screams came across the water.

"The speed of the yacht is several times faster than paddling in the past!" Darcy also sat down beside her, "This is the most popular way to play in London now, exciting and novel. I have already booked one, waiting for us to settle in Next, you can take Lady Catherine and Georgiana to try it together."

Annie nodded, not pointing out that she is actually the inventor of this game.

"Ahhh!!! Annie! Is it Annie?!"

Suddenly there was a scream in the Thames.

Annie was stunned for a moment when she heard this familiar voice, then she immediately got up, waving her hands in surprise and shouting, "Lies?! You're also in London?"

A small yacht sailed slowly towards the shore.

The faces on the small yacht gradually became clear, they were two young ladies and gentlemen.

When Darcy saw clearly the face of the man who was screaming with Anne, he suddenly froze and frowned.

—Elizabeth Bennet?

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