Maria watched a little speechlessly as Mr. Collins gossiped with Darcy about her marriage, as if he were willing to let the five Bennet sisters choose from him.

As far as she knew, the ladies of the Bennet family annoyed him so much that they wanted her to say that only Jane in the Bennett family was suitable to be the pastor's wife, but if Jane was really not picky, how could she delay until twenty-five or sixteen and not get married, which showed that she was also a high-eyed person. There was no Charlotte to do this time, but I don't know where Mr. Collins would go to find a lady in this case.

Out of curiosity, Maria turned to Mr. Collins and asked, "I wonder which Miss Bennet got Mr. Collins's favor?" ”

Mr. Collins said complacently, "I should have proposed to Miss Jane Bennet, according to the rules, but Mrs. Bennet said that this cousin already had suitors, so ...... The next oldest member of the Bennet family is Cousin Elizabeth Bennett, so I'm going to propose to Cousin Elizabeth. ”

Maria turned her head and glanced at Darcy: "Tsk, dear Mr. Darcy, what a wonderful fate it is that your official partner has been targeted by Mr. Collins again.

Darcy didn't want to understand Maria's eyes, but he did. He was disgusted with Miss Elizabeth at first, but somehow there was always a voice saying "everything is messed up" and "Elizabeth is your wife", and Darcy once suspected that there was something wrong with his nerves, otherwise he would have such a ridiculous idea.

Darcy didn't say anything about it, and he wouldn't be angry with Miss Elizabeth because of it, but he didn't want to get involved with Miss Elizabeth anyway, and fortunately, Bingley wasn't a fool, otherwise he would be a real headache.

Elizabeth didn't expect that she would find Mr. Darcy without paying attention to her cousin, and thinking of the other party's performance when she went to Lucas's house for the first time, Elizabeth couldn't wait to faint and walked a few steps towards that side.

But Mr. Collins has not stopped his rhetoric: "I dare say that if I propose to Miss Elizabeth, she will agree to my proposal with tears of joy......

Looking at Mr. Collins's arrogant magic, even Darcy felt a little speechless, even if he didn't know much about Miss Elizabeth, but at a glance he knew that it was an arrogant master, Mr. Collins's conditions were indeed good, and the average squire's daughter would probably be as expected by the other party, but Darcy was not optimistic about this pair.

Maria quietly leaned into Darcy's ear and asked, "Why aren't you optimistic about this pair?" Do you think Mr. Collins is not worthy of Miss Elizabeth? ”

Darcy gently rubbed Maria's sideburns, and explained helplessly: "Mr. Collins is a priest with an annual income of 600 pounds, and his social status is not low, in addition, after a hundred years of Mr. Bennett, he will inherit Longborn, and his annual income will increase by at least 2,500 pounds, which adds up to 3,100 pounds." Mr. Collins is not very handsome, but he is definitely right, and Miss Elizabeth is quite tall under these conditions, but ......"

"But what?" Maria agreed with Darcy's words, and any lady in Hertfordshire would be more than happy as to Mr. Collins' financial condition.

"But as far as I can see, both Miss Jane Bennet and Miss Elizabeth Bennet have a bit of a high opinion of themselves."

Then Maria was surprised: "You said that Miss Elizabeth thinks very highly of herself, and I agree with this, but Miss Jane seems to have always been quite inferior-" At least in her opinion, Jane is not so confident in the face of Mr. Bingley every time, and it is also described in the original book, that is, Miss Jane Bennet is always very inferior because of family reasons, and she does not seem so confident in this relationship.

Darcy shook his head amusedly, "Innocent! If she really had low self-esteem, she would not have taken the initiative to appear in front of Bingley again and again, in my opinion, it was just a pretense and a means to catch the golden beetle, I have seen a lot of this kind of person, you think if Miss Jane Bennet really did not give Mr. Bingley the slightest response, how could Bingley fall so deeply. ”

After listening to Darcy's explanation, Maria somehow thought of those classic idol dramas in modern times, not to mention that this Miss Jane really has that flavor. Why didn't she notice it before? Maria self-criticized for half a second, she felt that it must be the protagonist's aura that was to blame, and as for the heroine Elizabeth, it was because the opposites of love and enemies were inherently incompatible.

Without waiting for the two to say anything, Elizabeth came over: "Hello Mr. Darcy and Maria! ”

Maria: "Hello Elizabeth! ”

Darcy: "Hello Miss Elizabeth! ”

Mr. Collins saw that the person was Elizabeth, and he didn't know what his psychology was, but he glanced at Darcy proudly, which stunned Maria, who would not think that Mr. Darcy liked Elizabeth, this is a big misunderstanding.

Not to mention Maria, even Darcy was also confused, and then thought of the scandal between him and Miss Elizabeth before, and suddenly felt a little funny in his heart, Mr. Collins really didn't need to show off his power with him, his wife would only be Maria, and Miss Elizabeth liked whoever he liked had nothing to do with him.

Speaking of which, Darcy and Elizabeth really have nothing to do with each other, but I don't know if the plot god is forcibly reversing the plot, and the whole Hertfordshire people will mention Miss Elizabeth Bennett every time they talk about Mr. Darcy, and even Maria, the real fiancée, has to step back.

Maria also changed from jealousy when she first heard these rumors to numbness, and she couldn't listen to them too many times, and she couldn't do it without being numb-

She thinks that she is no worse than Elizabeth, but the plot god always wants to pull the plot back, and Mr. Darcy has deep enough feelings for her, and the two can barely be regarded as childhood sweethearts, otherwise Maria would have to fast.

Maria only felt ridiculous about Mr. Collins' appearance of Darcy as a rival in love, and simply joked: "Mr. Collins, aren't you going to invite Miss Elizabeth to the opening dance?" "The average man who wants to pursue a woman invites her to do the opening dance, and her offer is not excessive, even considerate, but only for Mr. Collins, of course.

"Oh, thanks Miss Maria for the reminder." Mr. Collins hastened to Elizabeth and asked to dance together.

Darcy also extended his hand to Maria, "May I ask the beautiful Miss Maria, would you like to dance with me?" ”

Maria was very obedient and put her hand in Darcy's palm, "My pleasure. ”