The love story between Darcy and Elizabeth, as a classic romantic symbol in English culture, is always innocent.

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Two hundred years ago, Jane wrote down the scenery of Derbyshire, North London, by the bright carbon-white windowsill with a quill stained with black ink:

The sun passes through the low clouds, and the wind blows the chill in the North Atlantic air. Those streams with fallen leaves, wet pastures, scattered trees and hills are slightly fresh and bright green after being washed away by rain.

Two hundred years later, as an oriental living in the British Isles, I was puzzled by this sense of fate in the face of the scenery on these original postcards. Jane? After two centuries of changes, the English countryside described by Austin has not seen the vicissitudes and obsolescence of the years. This also makes me believe that the origin of that beautiful love like a postcard was originally for mutual parasitism with this landscape.

Pride and prejudice begins by saying that all rich bachelors always want to marry, which has become a universally recognized truth.

As a respected family in the town, Li Bingran's family, a small national gentleman's dance, is a veritable social stage. The bachelors and the ladies to be married exchanged ambiguous eyes heated by Scottish red wine in the crowded space, and were boiled by the cheerful rhythm on the dance floor.

Darcy and Mr. Bingley suddenly appeared like two bright peacocks.

Their burning eyes stimulated every girl's excited face.

Elizabeth, with brown chestnut hair, is one of the two most outstanding girls in the Bona family. She is young and beautiful, but unlike her sister Jane's insistence and her sister Lydia's imprudence and innocence, she has a more independent view of love. She trusts her judgment about men. She believes that love should not be determined by material simplicity, at least she is not the kind of woman who tries her best to please men in order to become a mistress of a manor.

So, when Darcy looks at the girls with that usual aristocratic expression, I can expect what will happen.

I like Darcy. He is handsome, rich and single, just like many aristocrats in18th century English classical novels. I believe that when such a man rides a tall amaranth pony and crosses the tree-lined path in the country, he will take away all the women's uneasy hearts along the way.

Maybe he didn't expect that in such a small country gentleman's house, at a dance where the guests were not in class anyway, there would be a woman he was destined to meet. Darcy's face is as cold as wearing an iron mask. Accustomed to shuttling between senior duchesses, he may not be used to the noise of this small room, or he may have been numb by some hopeless future. Catherine menstruated in his luxurious castle, and arranged a seemingly suitable marriage for him while he was still in the womb.

So there was that unbearable arrogance in Elizabeth's eyes, which made her have an indelible prejudice against this man who owns half of Derbyshire, and also made love at first sight so alienated.

"Let me be like him, a Derbyshire is useless, let alone half ..."

She felt hurt.

It was Darcy who hurt her and her self-esteem.

This kind of injury is dangerous enough for a girl with an independent view of love. Fortunately, Elizabeth is a rational woman. Her reaction will not be too intense, but she will not compromise easily.

She needs a man who can give her a superior life, but that doesn't mean she will accept a man who is as arrogant as a king.

What's more, she hasn't reached the point where she regards the reserve of her middle-class housewife as a dowry.

The soft sound of the violin is full of British amorous feelings, goblets, small folding fans and various evening dresses highlight the enchanting texture beside the white candle lamp, and the sweet wine brewed in Li Bingran exudes attractive fragrance.

The appearance of Vika, a beautiful officer, deepened Elizabeth's misunderstanding of Darcy.

The violin accompaniment is very sad, as if the devil's fingers guide those strange changes.

I know Darcy is deceiving himself.

For Elizabeth, he is hopeless. He loves her, but he hurts her with words as sharp as skates. Compared with the lovely boy Li Bin, there is no warm smile and expression, and the indifferent Darcy is just a handsome plaster statue.

But Darcy still goes his own way. He was completely unaware of his strong hostility towards Miss Bennet. Aristocratic temperament makes him appear cold and conceited at any time.

They danced on the dance floor, spun in the waltz, and exchanged words instantly, as if killing each other.

The dance of the two ended in discord. Although they are partners, they cooperate so tacitly.

A dangerous storm is brewing, but the arrogant idiot still has illusions.

However, the man who is searching hard at the temperature of love is just a melting chocolate.

His one-sided maintenance of social class and aristocratic status made Mr. Darcy "lose both sides" with the enemy in this wrestling. He realized that this seemingly thin girl from a rich peasant family in the countryside, even some "wild" girls, could not be conquered by his elegant dance steps. His beautiful bow and gorgeous carriage make the distance between them farther and farther, and even half of Derbyshire is something she hates.

He gave in. One rainy night, he confessed crazily. He said, Elizabeth, I love you.

There is no suspense in refusing. But I believe that Elizabeth has absolutely no joy in her heart. On the contrary, she was heartbroken, unable to be indifferent and unable to let go. Just like in Pemberley, the absurd reason she found to make herself laugh was only because she was too afraid to see you again and reach the west.

He knew the result, but he was still desperate. Desperate night, in the face of such sad and helpless eyes, even if Elizabeth can't forgive her original injury, who won't be heartbroken?

The new flame can put out the old flame; Great pain can alleviate small pain.

Darcy, who received a good aristocratic education, should have read Shakespeare's Words of Wisdom.

Therefore, when he still has a choice, he would rather be in such an extremely painful state than be tortured by thinking about her day and night.

After that stormy night, Darcy left the letter with warm language and sincere and delicate words.

He said Elizabeth, none of this is true. Except I love you.

For a woman, nothing moves her more than letting her hold a broken heart.

Besides, she knew he was innocent.

Darcy never gave up Elizabeth, not their expectations for this relationship.

Darcy and Elizabeth. Li Bin and Jane. The ending of the story is as happy as a fairy tale.

For a long time, I always felt that the British society two centuries ago only existed in oil paintings. Smiling gentlemen leaned on crutches, aristocratic ladies wearing waterfall tassels looked out of the carriage, and old domestic servants waved whips. In my opinion, those ancient colors that have been dusty for a long time will never be bright and beautiful under the strong light penetrated by the museum, but those romantic temperament, like those vicissitudes of classical novels, are wrapped in time and as quiet as sleeping amber.

Regardless of whether Pride and Prejudice is tainted with critics' criticism of its "petty bourgeoisie Bible", the love story between Darcy and Elizabeth, as a classic romantic symbol in English culture, is always pure and flawless.

I've always liked the violin solo by Darcy and Elizabeth.

Later, my friend told me that the song at the dance was a postcard.

Love across Qian Shan is like the faded handwriting of lovers on postcards.