Chapter 137:

Regardless of the servant who secretly wrote to the old Countess Aldridge, Adonis was considering Felix's proposal.

As a newly appointed nobleman who is too young, the death of his father made Adonis take on the heavy responsibility of the family. Although the territory of the Aldrich family is prosperous and prosperous, it is also very powerful and difficult to control. At his age, even if his ability was outstanding, it would be difficult to convince the public. No matter how submissive he was on the surface, there were not a few people who didn't take him seriously in their hearts.

Of course, if he is given enough time, he is confident that he can make everyone surrender to him. Although the process is difficult, Adonis is ready,

and his mind is stable, but his relatives cannot do the same as him. This is why the always low-key Aldrich family agreed to the royal family's marriage request and married Adonis' sister to Prince Andrew. This practice can be said to tie the Aldrich family to the king's side. Adonis, I don't agree with my father's actions. He doesn't want to get involved in the battle for the throne at all, but I have to say that the ultimate beneficiary of this choice is him. After that, the small actions in private have been reduced a lot, and I dare not be as arrogant as before in front of him.

And the reason why Adonis sent his sister to the capital to get engaged to Prince Andrew, and he stayed in the capital for so long, was not as Felix thought, but from Adonis' mother, Audrey Mrs Chi's order.

She hopes that during the marriage, Adonis can find a suitable bride.

The so-called suitability is naturally not how much he likes it, but how much help the other party's family can bring him.

In other words, when he came to the capital this time, Adonis was urged to go on a blind date. His mother felt that he should marry a young lady from a big noble family, which would be more powerful for his future development. Adonis has always been a headache. His excellent appearance has made Adonis very popular, but he has never been attracted to anyone. Although he does not feel that his future wife must be more than he likes, he wants him Just like his younger sister, ignoring his thoughts and marrying entirely for the sake of the family is unacceptable to him.

Unfortunately, just like his mother and sister who couldn't persuade him, Adonis was also devastated by his stubborn mother in his marriage. He was really worried that his mother would ignore his wishes and order him directly. Family marriage and this kind of operation are very common in this era, and as children, they cannot resist, and the words of parents' life matchmakers are not unique to the East. To prevent himself from marrying a completely unknown wife in the end, when Adonis was in the capital, he actually quietly observed those young ladies who showed a good impression of him, but unfortunately, as always, He hadn't met anyone who interested him, so he would be reprimanded by his mother when he went back, but Adonis still had no plans to develop with any of them. In the end, he was ready to go back and be scolded by his mother, but he met Dolores in the middle. It's not to say how much he likes Dolores, but so far, she is the only young lady whose identity is both suitable for him and gives him such a different impression. But this is very rare for him. Although it can't be seen on the surface, in terms of feelings, Adonis is actually "spoiled". He has been very popular with women since he was a child. Unlike other men who need to use various means to pursue women, he is a He belongs to the party being pursued, and countless girls fall for him. If it wasn't for Adonis who didn't like emotional entanglements, he would probably be a well-known playboy like Ellen. However, because he has been pursued so much, he is used to ignoring those admirers. On the surface, he seems to be gentle and polite, but in fact, he can turn his head and leave people behind. Don't say his name, he may even look at the other person's face. don't remember. Therefore, Dolores, who didn't even say a word, but reminded him of it as soon as he thought about it, was of course rather special, although this was probably because she did have an unforgettable beautiful face.

If Felix hadn't made this trip in person, Adonis might have missed the chance to find out, but now he has noticed, and when he may be urged to marry at any time, he meets a lady who feels good, Ya, Of course, Adonis will consider whether the other party is a suitable candidate.

And knowing what Felix meant, he considered it very carefully. After thinking about it for a day, Adonis didn't go to Felix the next day, but went to Dolores himself and invited her to come with him. Go out for a walk.

He used to invite people very early, at eight o'clock in the morning, at this time, ordinary nobles had not even gotten up, but Dolores had already had breakfast in her room and was preparing to accompany the card as usual. Lorraine went to the garden to play for a while.

As a result, Caroline, who had also finished breakfast, was about to go out when she met Adonis.

The reason why Adonis was able to grasp the time so accurately was not that he was well prepared, but because his eventful personal servant helped him to inquire about Dolores' usual daily schedule on his initiative - this is the point. It is not difficult, although the servants of the castle were warned not to disclose the information of the masters, some unimportant things can still be found out from their mouths - and then told Adonis.

Otherwise, Adonis wouldn't have come to her so early. According to the nobles' work and rest time, he should choose the afternoon invitation.

However, Adonis' schedule is also different from that of ordinary nobles. Most nobles wake up late because they often attend various banquets at night, and they go to bed very late. Naturally, he also wakes up late in the morning. I like banquets, and although I have to participate, I don't play for too long, so I don't have the habit of staying up late. The schedule is not the same as that of ordinary nobles, but it just matches the schedule of the masters of the Williams family.

Dolores was very surprised at Adonis' invitation. She was not only surprised but also very nervous. She didn't forget that Wei Wei said yesterday that she would ask Alex to ask Adonis if she would like to be her dance partner. He came here especially to invite her to go for a walk. Does this mean he agrees?

As long as she thinks of this, her heart is racing, her cheeks are flushed, and her whole person has a shy urge to hide, let alone look up at each other.

But for this invitation, she nodded and agreed.

Being able to take a walk with someone she likes, even if she is nervous and at a loss, is something that makes her happy.

Adonis came to invite Dolores, but he hadn't made up his mind to be her dance partner. He knew very well the deeper meaning of this position. The reason why he invited her for a walk was mainly that he wanted to get in touch. If the lady made him feel good, he would agree to the ball invitation and try to get closer, but if the two sides didn't feel right during the walk, then Adonis chose to give up.

Even if he was scolded by his mother after going back, he didn't plan to force himself.

Adonis was prepared that the result would be the latter, but unexpectedly, when they came back from their walk, he reminisced about the date that lasted only half an hour and came to the conclusion that it was not bad.

Dolores is an introverted little girl, and she is very afraid of life. In front of strangers, especially the opposite sex, she tries not to open her mouth as much as possible, but she has changed a lot in the past two years. If the other party takes the initiative The topic is initiated, out of politeness, Dolores can't keep her mouth shut all the time. On the contrary, if someone asks her for her opinion, she can talk freely, and on the topic, she is interested in. , The things that are said are very meaningful, and the knowledge and knowledge are also rare among noble ladies. This is due to Wei Wei's teaching. In the beginning, Dolores who Wei Wei came into contact was not only introverted but also inferior. Because of her father's neglect, her education was not very good. The level of the tutors she invited was very good. In general, Dolores didn't like to read, she was an ordinary country noble lady at that time, with an average level of.

But after Wei Wei came, she accepted some of Dolores' education problems, which subtly eliminated her inferiority complex, and cultivated her interest in it interestingly. The more books she read, the more knowledge Dolores had, and later she followed Wei Wei to contact the outside world. Slowly, Dolores became what she is now.

She is like a polished jade. Although it is not as sparkling and attractive as a gemstone, the restrained beauty cannot be ignored as long as you understand it.

From the conversations that Adonis deliberately carried out along the way, Adonis heard a lot of fresh ideas, although he was young, and he also found that Dolores, who seemed very quiet, actually talked about his favourite topics. She is also very talkative when it comes to housekeeping, and she is very good at housekeeping, and even has very good computing skills, and her mastery is not even worse than that of men with a certain degree of education, which is surprising.

This is a smart girl, and Adonis does prefer smarter people, and what is even rarer is that she will not show off her smartness.

Adonis felt that he had made a wise decision. If he hadn't invited this young lady, he might have missed a hidden treasure.

And Dolores was unable to concentrate during the walk. She was always nervous, and she was a little dazed from beginning to end. She didn't even know how she got back to the room, let alone remember. They said something along the way.

But when she came back to her senses in a room with no one else, Dolores immediately threw herself onto the bed, then rolled over several times in excitement while holding the quilt, and even couldn't help covering the quilt and calling out in excitement. A few times to dispel the excitement from the bottom of my heart.

Although she couldn't remember the process in the middle, she remembered what Adonis said when she left.

He said he wanted to invite her to the Full Moon Banquet as a dance partner!

He wants to invite her!

He agreed! !

It's not that Dolores didn't expect him to agree, but the best result she thought was that Felix or Wei Wei came over and told her "Adonis agreed", such a sentence.

Instead of him personally, he made an invitation cautiously, right in front of her!

Dolores didn't even know what her performance at the time looked like to the other party, whether it was stupid, she remembered that she seemed to agree, and then the other party showed her a smile that made her dizzy. She didn't even remember when he left.

So after she was overexcited, she began to worry about whether her performance at that time was very bad, and whether she would scare people and regret inviting her.

The little girl who was worried about gain and loss was happy and worried in the room for a while, and her expression kept changing.

After that, she seemed to suddenly remember something, got up in a hurry from the bed, ran barefoot to open her closet, and started to get busy.

As a result, he was so focused that he didn't even notice the knock on the door.

Wei Wei received the news when Adonis came to invite Dolores. Because she cared, she peeked at the two people walking in the atrium garden from the height of the castle and watched for a long time. Came here a little late, just to ask how Dolores was doing.

Although she was secretly watching before, and she even took out a telescope to look at it, it could be seen that the two of them were talking and laughing when they were walking. Wei still came over to inquire about the situation in person for the first time.

She knocked on the door for a while and finally clapped the door before Dolores opened it for her.

The little girl who opened the door had a ruddy face, and her blue eyes were like a clear sky with a rainbow after the rain, and like a blue sea sparkling in the sun, sparkling and moving, and the braids she had meticulously woven every day were a little messy. Some tiny strands of hair came out, not as neat as usual.

Meeting her eyes, Dolores opened her eyes with a guilty conscience.

Wei Wei pointed to the inside: "Can I go in?"

"Oh, of course." Dolores then remembered, opened the door wide, and asked her to come in.

Walking into the room, Wei Wei looked at the various clothes stacked on the messy bed in the room and probably knew what the little girl had been doing in the room before.

Dolores' room has never changed. It is the place where she has lived since she was born. It's just that the furnishings in this room used to be very simple. Because she was not valued by her father, the servants would more or less ignore her. How the room is like, naturally no one will care.

But now, this room is already what a noble lady should look like. There are all kinds of bottles and jars on the gorgeous dresser, exquisite jewellery is exposed in the uncovered box, and the other side is neatly arranged. There are several combs made of gold and silver with different styles, and the oval mirror inlaid on the dressing table is a glass mirror with an extremely high definition like the full-length mirror next to it, and these are hard-to-find treasures placed outside. . Apart from this dresser that can make all women crazy, the other furnishings in the room are also gorgeous and elegant, and the cute dolls and dolls that can be seen everywhere in the house add a cute and girly feeling to this place. Wei Wei sat down on the sofa, picked up the pentagram-shaped throw pillow that originally occupied the sofa and placed it in her arms, teasing Dolores: "I heard that Earl Aldridge invited you to go on a date, how is it, you two? How are you getting along?" Dolores heard the words and immediately blushed and shook her head in denial: "It's not a date, we're just going for a walk together." But the corners of her mouth couldn't stop rising, obviously very happy. Originally, Wei Wei came here to see if the first contact between Dolores and Adonis went well, and what she thought of him, but looking at her expression now, it was clear that Dolores did not When she came into contact with Adonis and discovered his shortcomings, she diminished her goodwill. On the contrary, she knew from her appearance that she might be more addicted. But Wei Wei didn't say anything about it. At present, Adonis is indeed a good candidate, and he can think of contacting Dolores first, which is very satisfying. With a good score for Adonis, Wei Wei said, "So, did he invite you to the dance?"

Dolores nodded shyly: "Well, I'm invited."

Very well, the earl was indeed very polite, and he took the initiative to invite Dolores to the ball, which was more satisfying than telling Felix the answer. what. Wei Wei raised this person's score a little more.

Smart and sleek, and her family status matches Dolores's, if this pair can succeed, she will be very happy as a matchmaker.

"So you are preparing the dress for the prom now?" Wei Wei put down the pillow and got up, walked to the bed, looked at the pile of clothes that Dolores had put on the bed one by one, and took one of them Get up: "Isn't it ready to wear this early in the morning?"

Dolores has a lot of clothes now, and there are about ten pieces in her wardrobe that are suitable for this weather, among which the dresses suitable for banquets are more It's quite a lot, don't look at it sounds like the number is very small, but for people of this era, ordinary people don't even have a decent dress, but she has dozens of clothes in her closet, even if it is a noble lady. Among them, they are all treated as one of the best. But this is not a luxury, because many of Dolores' clothes are made by herself, and all they spend is the money to buy fabrics, and under the influence of Wei Wei, Dolores also has a soft spot for cotton. On the contrary, she does not like luxury fabrics woven with gold and silver threads, nor does she like to inlay jewellery on clothes in large quantities. Most of her favourite decorations are fabric flowers and lace, etc., and they are all made by herself and maids. Yes, the cost is low and it looks good. No matter how many clothes you make, it may not be more expensive than a dress of other noble ladies woven with gold threads and decorated with a lot of jewels, so her clothing costs are always enough. . Moreover, Dolores is still growing up. She has grown a lot taller recently and has surpassed Wei Wei's height. Naturally, the previous clothes will not fit so well, so it is very necessary to make some new clothes. And Antonio's full moon banquet was finalized early in the morning, Dolores had already prepared the dress, and she even helped Wei Wei, who could not do it, made one. Wei Wei had seen both of them's clothes. , Naturally, she picked out the skirt that Dolores was going to wear at once.

It is a fake two-piece long skirt with a lot of folds, the front half of the skirt is added with lotus leaf, and the back is a long fake two-piece long skirt with pink on the outside and white on the inside. The neckline and waist are decorated with bows on the chest, and the hem of the long skirt is set After the skirt support can hold up a lot of circles, the overall style is sweet and cute, and it is also Dolores's favourite style.

Wei Wei still remembered that this skirt was Dolores' proud work. She did the cutting and stitching of the entire skirt, the decorative lace, and the like. She did not ask other people to help at all. At the time, she also specially asked Wei Wei to show it off, to get her praise.

Although the pink and tender colour is not very in line with Wei Wei's liking, I have to say that this colour and style are suitable for Dolores, so she did not stingy praise at that time, and praised Dolores well and let Dolores The little girl blushed happily and shyly.

Now she is not satisfied with this dress, why?

"I think it's a little too childish..." Dolores said in frustration.

She is fourteen years old this year. Many girls of this age are married. Their dress will begin to develop into serious ladies, and their favourite colours are mainly red and green. The pink she likes is the colour of a girl. When Dolores attended the banquet in the royal capital before, she heard someone say that her dress was too childish.

Of course, she knew that the other party was just jealous of her beautiful dress, and even the clothes she wore at that time became popular in the capital shortly after, but she still remembered the words of the young noble lady who deliberately spoke loudly for her to hear.

She had never cared about it before, and with the support of her family, she could wear whatever she wanted, but today, after receiving an invitation from Adonis, Dolores was a little concerned.

What if Adonis, like those people, thought she was too childish? When she was in the capital, she heard other people discuss it, whether men or women, everyone said that men prefer mature women.

Thinking that Adonis would not like her dress, Dolores was inevitably a little discouraged. Seeing that the skirt she liked a lot, she didn't like it very much, but she looked around and found sadly that although her skirts were of different styles, it seems that they are all such sweet and girly skirts, and it is difficult to find a mature one.

"So what should I do?" Dolores looked at Wei Wei for help.

Wei Wei was very helpless. I didn't expect that this was just the beginning of contact. Dolores was so worried about gains and losses, which was not a good sign.

But she still had to appease the anxious Dolores: "Don't worry, if he likes these mature women as much as others, he should already have someone he likes now, where would he invite you to the dance? Since he agreed, he naturally won't regret it again because of this."

"But..."

"Okay, since you don't think it's suitable, let's find a way to see if we can modify it. There is not much time to go, don't think about those who have it."

Wei Wei sighed, rolled up her sleeves, and looked at the pile of skirts with her waist up, isn't it just a temporary change of skirts, such a simple thing, there is no pressure at all!