This is for the anti-theft Zhang Anna played with her current hair. It is black, which is different from her original yellowish and soft hair, but it is even more beautiful.
"However, I think I know you well enough that we can get married."
She said with bright eyes that in this very conservative era before the maiden, this move and proposal could scare away a company.
Karenin heard "marriage" for the second time from the lady in front of him, and he designated "the two of them", so he straightened his body and almost restrained all his expressions, lest it was some kind of prank, even if it wasn't a prank , To be honest, it's a bit scary.
"Miss Oblonsky, I think marriage is a very sacred thing." The man's tone still maintained a polite way without refuting the other party.
"Anna."
"What?"
The man's dazed expression made Anna really laugh this time.
"I wish you could call me by my name." Her gray eyes were shining again, as if they had been sprinkled with starlight.
"I know that marriage is very sacred, so I express my wishes to you from the bottom of my heart."
"It's not polite." Karenin said after a pause, his expression became a little stiff, he was sitting very upright, and now his eyes touched the roses that were already on the table, and it became a little bit stinging.
He withdrew his gaze and decided to treat this issue with the most serious attitude. After all, there was a very obvious thing on the horizon.
"There is a fourteen-year difference between us."
"I don't think that's a problem."
Anna's eyes were still looking at each other, and she looked at Mr. Karenin.
He is tall, and his body is thinner than traditional Russian government officials, but he is not too weak. He has brown-blond hair, and the golden part is already a bit dull. At first glance, he tends to be dark brown. It is properly and neatly taken care of.
Too stern face, only a pair of eyes are different. Such eyes are too beautiful on a man, but after years of growth, they have become calm now.
The decent three-piece suit is so suitable for this official gentleman. Anna smiled with her lips curled up, and she knew that there is no other dress that suits him better than this one.
It turned out that he was a government official in this era!
Before Anna finished sighing, the husband in front of her was slightly dissatisfied because of her distraction. After all, she was the one who proposed the marriage request.
She smiled again, and the dimples that appeared on her cheeks made her look even more beautiful.
"I can accept this age difference, even though I'm only eighteen now, sir, I hope you can understand that I didn't say this out of impulse." Anna blinked, "Besides, I don't think you look like that at all." Not old."
"But apart from impulsiveness and pranks, I can't think of a third reason to explain this." Karenin unnaturally passed over Anna's compliment.
"Such as I have insanity?"
Anna began to find reasons for Karenin, and then showed a satisfied expression after seeing the other party's strange expression.
"If we're going to get married, I think we should start by calling each other by first name. Please call me by my first name, Alexey," she said sincerely.
After one, two, three seconds passed, Anna still didn't get that sentence, and she was a little disappointed.
"So you intend to reject me?"
Anna was a little disappointed. She originally thought that it was an unlucky thing that she suddenly traveled here from the runway show.
There is no electric light, no network cable, traveling is still in a horse-drawn carriage, and women don't even have so many opportunities to go out casually...
There were so many bad things, but she saw him again, so all the bad things disappeared. She wants to seize the opportunity, after all, she doesn't believe that the same luck will happen twice, but...
"That's not what I meant."
A slightly deep voice sounded, Anna looked up, the man pursed his thin lips, and then continued: "I just don't understand, why did you suddenly choose me?"
Karenin was not evading or lying, he really didn't understand.
He had come to Moscow from Petersburg on business, and at this ball he had seen Miss Oblonsky shine like a jewel.
In fact, this is not the first time he has heard about this lady. He heard about it half a month ago, but at that time she was not famous for her beauty, but lost her memory because of falling into the water. After all, there are not many marriageable couples in Moscow. Age comes with a dowry, and she is also a beautiful lady from a famous family.
Single men feel sorry for this Miss Oblonsky, and don't want her to have an accident. To be precise, they don't want her life to be damaged, which will lead to the loss of dowry, and they don't want her face to be damaged, which will make people sigh , As for other things, there are really not many people to worry about.
Now, with her beautiful face upturned, the young lady told him seriously that she wished to marry him, which was astonishingly bold.
If Karenin was one of those men who claimed to be smart, he would not ask any more questions, but immediately held the other party's hand, said some affectionate words, and then happily prepared for the wedding ceremony, And generously provide people in Moscow and even Petersburg with at least one month's talk.
Unfortunately and fortunately, he is not.
Because it wasn't rejected, Anna's eyes lit up again. Karenin captured a hidden message and memory in his heart for this. He felt that the eyes in front of him were like fireflies when they were happy, and they were almost equally shining.
"Miss Oblonsky, intimate names are only allowed for intimate relationships blessed by God."
"I'll take it as a joke and assure you that no third person will know about it."
Anna knew that the other party was protecting her reputation, and she even understood what it meant.
For a person like Karenin, although he does not need marriage to make his official career smoother and increase his wealth, marriage has always been a weight of interest, even for the emperor.
"My God!" she exclaimed in a low voice, then looked up sharply, unable to stop herself from smiling.
"Now you can't stop me."
"What?"
Karenin frowned slightly, he thought he had proposed the best way.
"We're getting married," said Anna, confidently.
"I have no one I like better now, my family and who you are, we are a match, no, there is simply no one better than us. I think you can bear me, and I think you are very good, I I would be more than happy to marry you. Why would you refuse the marriage under the circumstances?"
"Wait!" She suddenly said nervously, preventing Karenin from speaking.
After speaking, Anna asked a well-dressed servant for a pen and paper, and that servant quickly brought Anna what she asked for. The paper was expensive parchment.
"Please wait a moment." She said apologetically, and then began to write on the parchment. After a while, she pushed the paper past her and motioned him to take a look.
While the man was reading, Anna rested her chin on her right hand, and looked intently at him with gray eyes under her long eyelashes.
She remembered this position. At that time, she was on the runway, and he was in the position closest to the aisle. He was in that position every time in the ten shows, and he gave the same kind of flowers every time but never struck up a conversation with her.
Ana admits that this man intrigues her.
Now, fortunately, there is another chance.
The pair of slender hands in front of him were white but not weak. They once wrote her a very beautiful card. Although it was brief, the words were steady and powerful, just like him, with a little coldness and sex appeal.
"I'm done."
"Your Answer."
"I will agree to your proposal."
So, on this day, on the dance floor one meter away, the noise was loud, and on the soft mahogany chair at the corner on this side, a marriage with a difference of fourteen years kicked off.
But in fact, Anna is grateful for Aunt Terrier's indifference. God knows how much she wants to marry that gentleman who is not very popular now, and, to be honest, people who have been in that circle are born not Say no to ways of making yourself beautiful.
Although the weather was still cold, Anna changed into a light blue skirt when she returned to her room, which was a little flimsy, so she added a white shawl with gold embroidery. After thinking about it, she made a camellia out of a silk handkerchief, and stuck it in her curly black hair.
She left a strand on purpose and made it more curly with a simple curling iron she made herself.
Luckily, she didn't need to iron her eyelashes, they were already thick and curled, and all she had to do later was to make herself look beautiful enough to charm that gentleman. Thinking of this, Anna gave herself in the mirror a smile that you should cheer for.
Ten o'clock, exactly on time.
The steward informed Mr. Karenin that he had arrived.
Anna is not allowed to go out yet. After all, she is an unmarried woman, but that doesn't mean she won't hide behind the curtains on the balcony and become the first person to see her fiancé-to-be.
Even if everyone thinks that it is enough for her to just listen to the words of the elders, in Anna's heart, this is just her own business.
So, when the man entered the house and walked on the road with his long legs, Anna's heart was already jumping for joy.
Standing on the window sill, she couldn't help opening the curtains. Now she didn't care about being seen, she just wanted to look at her to make sure it wasn't a dream.
"I just look at him."
"Will he see me too?"
The romantic scene didn't happen, Karenin didn't know that his bold fiancée was watching him, after all, even if he was used to political troubles, it would be the first time to propose a marriage.
Anna waited in the room for twenty minutes before the maid came and told her that her aunt had sent her to the drawing room.
She took a deep breath and walked over with steady and graceful steps.
The servant opened the door and Anna went in.
Everyone's eyes fell on her, and this appearance made her feel at ease. After all, she lived in the eyes of everyone in her previous life. As her favorite manager told her, this stage belongs to her, and she only needs to look at the person she wants.
So she raised her eyes and met the gentleman in mid-air, then smiled, moved away gently, and sat perfectly on Aunt Terrier's side, fully showing the elegance and demeanor that a noble lady should have.
Madame Terrier was evidently pleased with her niece's behaviour. Even if she thinks that Mr. Karenin is good enough, he is obviously not as good as the Oblonsky family in terms of pedigree and family status, and what she can't tolerate the most is that the members of the Oblonsky family give their family a black eye. Shame, if something like this happened, she would rather die.
"This is my niece, the eldest daughter of the Oblonsky family."
Mrs. Terier introduced Anna to Karenin. Although they both knew that the two people might have known each other for a long time, the modesty and pride of nobles could not allow such a private exchange. It is unseemly for two unmarried men and women to know each other without the introduction of the parents present.
Karenin knew these rules and etiquette better than anyone, so he did exactly what Terier asked. After he expresses his purpose of wanting to marry Mademoiselle Oblonsky, Madame Terrier lets him see her.
His little fiancée was indeed very beautiful, whether it was her curly black hair or her big gray eyes. If two days ago she looked like an unrestrained bold girl, all the behaviors she showed today are the elegance that a famous lady should have.
"My dear, Mr. Karenin thinks you are a noble woman, and he earnestly hopes to have you as his wife."
Madame Terrier looked at Anna, her thin lips were not at all amiable even if she said the word "dear".
Everyone knew it wasn't asking for advice, and Madame Terrier only accepted consent, not refusal.
"You brought me up like my mother. Dear aunt, everything is up to you." Anna deliberately said with a kind of shyness that a young daughter should have, and did not forget to flatter Mrs. Terrier.
Madame Terrier was very satisfied with this, and her gray eyes, which had inherited the Oblonsky family, looked Karenin again, and then said that she thought it was a well-matched marriage.
Then they began to discuss the wedding date.
"Two weeks?" Madame Terrier frowned. It was too hasty.
Karenin was neither slow nor slow, and he had already thought up an excuse for this.
Before he started to speak, he habitually looked at everyone, took note of their expressions and analyzed them, and finally he gave his fiancée a comforting look.
Karenin's blue eyes looked at his aunt-to-be. His eyes were calm and steady. They didn't have the usual flattering meaning of the niece-in-law-to-be, nor did they seem alienated, but just right.
"As you may have heard, it is His Majesty's order that I come to Moscow this time, in preparation for my one-month trip to France in two weeks' time."
The man's voice was unhurried, and Anna almost looked at Karenin with bright eyes again, hinting to her aunt that his going to France was so important that he might even be promoted again, and by then, the emperor's third The younger sister is coming of age.
Anna saw her aunt frowned slightly when she heard this, she knew that what Karenin said worked, but the emperor's third sister
She glanced at Karenin, and the young gentleman did not make eye contact with her out of courtesy.
He was sitting there, his long legs covered by straight pants, his slender fingers were clean without the rings she had seen in her previous life, and his thumb was slowly stroking the armrest. Eyebrows stretched, confident and calm.
Anna dares to swear that this indifferent gentleman must not know that he is surrounded by pheromones at this moment, declaring the words "look at me" forcefully to others.
Anna lowered her eyes to ease her emotions, and the moment she lowered her head, she didn't know that the walking Mr. Pheromones looked at him for two or three seconds, in a way that no one would notice.
In his pale blue eyes under the long and slender eyelashes, there is only the elegant and gentle silhouette of the girl. From the other party's thick eyelashes to the plump lips, it is astonishingly beautiful, like a picture scroll drawn by gentleness.
No one knows what happened in these two seconds, only the person involved knows what kind of deep trace the other party has left in his heart at this moment.
This ambiguity is the unique quality of a smart woman.
The fundamental reason why this type of woman is popular is that ordinary people can't get it, but Anna knows that she has been mixed with this type of woman since she was twelve years old. There is no shortage of cute and smart and excellent ones.
If a woman's meddling targets a man's purse, they will try their best to seduce him.
And a smart woman, if she accidentally loses her heart on someone, she will not be found out easily.
"I've heard about you before, but I haven't seen you. Now that I see you, I realize that the rumors are not true. You are even more beautiful than the rumors, Mrs. Karenin."