The sun never sets rose

Jiang Xinyan was tortured by recurring nightmares. She woke up in panic and screaming for several consecutive nights. She had already slept in a separate room with Elizabeth. Every night when she woke up from a dream, she looked at the dark room with no one around her. I can't help but feel a strong sense of loneliness.

She has deep doubts about herself and everything around her. Who is she?from where?It even had the illusion that this was a dream.

The desire to go home was overwhelming.

Then there is the resistance to that woman.

Elizabeth had to stay with her for a long time every day, and would rather leave those ministers and a bunch of state affairs behind, and sit beside her without talking, just holding her hand and accompanying her quietly.

Unless Jiang Xinyan took the initiative to talk to her...

But the most talked about is nothing more than "I want to go home".

No matter how much she begged, no matter how many times she begged, Elizabeth remained unmoved and silently expressed her tough attitude, even though she felt sorry for Little Rose's sluggish appearance.

"Why can't you let me go?"

"I'm not your pet, Elizabeth, do you think it's fulfilling to hurt me like this?" Under the stubbornness, Jiang Xinyan was a little angry and punched her hard.

Elizabeth just frowned slightly, without saying a word, the arms around her were tightened, all the arrogance and majesty disappeared in front of her.

Don't let go, or the little rose will run away.

In fact, Jiang Xinyan can only move around in the room, which is equivalent to being under house arrest, like a bird kept in a cage. She longs to return to the sky, but she no longer remembers how to flap her wings.

"Xinyan, you promised to stay by my side."

"Then you also promised not to kill my friend!"

The tears of the two fell at the same time, so tacit understanding.

Elizabeth buried her head in her neck, sobbing and whispering: "Forgive me, Xinyan... the last time, okay... I really know I was wrong..."

"I didn't blame you. How can I forgive you?"

"Come on, hit me, hit me hard." He grabbed her hand and slapped himself on the face.

Jiang Xinyan struggled to withdraw his hand and turned his head: "I want to sleep, you go out."

"I watched you sleep."

"Are you trying to piss me off, Elizabeth?"

She swallowed the words again, she still couldn't bear to lose her temper with this face that had been kissed countless times, and hated herself for being useless, her heart became impatient, and she shed more and more unsatisfactory tears.

There was a long silence, only low sobbing could be heard.

Elizabeth held her hand and kissed it, stood up and wiped away her tears: "Then you have a good rest...I'll come back later."

Staying here caused Little Rose to dislike her. She didn't know when her heart became so fragile, and she couldn't bear a little bit of Little Rose's cold eyes.

With that said, he turned around reluctantly and left the room.

"Don't come!"

When she stepped out of the room, Jiang Xinyan yelled full of resentment from behind her, her body trembled slightly, and her heart throbbed with pain.

After closing the door, she regained her masked face.

Sitting in the study, Elizabeth listened to Cecil's nagging, and her mind wandered to the sky, staring blankly at the square words on the paper with her chin propped up: Jiang Xinyan.

The following is a sentence: Jiang Xinyan loves Elizabeth.

There are many strokes, and writing is slow and cumbersome. She complained more than once about how oriental people would use such characters that affect work efficiency. It was not until Little Rose explained to her the cultural heritage of square characters that she felt a little bit of interest.

The corners of her lips lifted slightly, and she smiled unconsciously.

"Your Majesty, are you listening?"

"what?"

"..."

Cecil sighed and stroked his beard helplessly: "There is a Scottish armed force on the northern border, and there was a small-scale conflict with our garrison. The cause was a cart of grain. The Scots claimed that the grain cart was stopped by us and looted. .”

"Really, I'm worried that I can't find a reason to send troops."

"???"

"Scotland is the first to use force and provocation this time, so I won't be polite." The bottom of her eyes flashed, her sly smile was a bit weird, she was thinking of Little Rose in her heart, and her tone was a little more serious.

Mary, Mary, let her wait and see what has happened.

"But Your Majesty, that cart of grain was bought in Scotland..."

"As long as it is in our country, it is ours."

"..."

This unreasonable gesture made him look at it with admiration, thinking that his queen would only advance by retreating, full of "benevolence, righteousness and morality".

Elizabeth picked up the quill, dipped it in the ink, and began to write the name of Little Rose on the paper. She said casually, "Just because of the provocation of the bandits on the Scottish border, we will fight back twice."

"You are not so active in French affairs..." Cecil muttered in a low voice. Unexpectedly, Elizabeth, who was possessed by Shunfeng's ear, heard him, raised her eyes and threw him a sharp eye knife: "Less nonsense, more work .”

"I'm thinking of you..."

"Shut up, do what I said just now!"

"Yes……"

The study without Cecil was strangely quiet, with only the slight sound of the pen tip scratching the paper in the air. Worthingham sat on a chair beside him, playing with his fingers, and glanced anxiously at the queen who was obsessed with writing square characters from time to time.

Should he take the initiative to plead guilty?

He didn't watch Jiang Xinyan that day, ruined the queen's affairs, and made the couple restless. He felt very guilty and felt that he had to bear a lot of responsibility.

"Your Majesty..." After struggling for a long time, he finally opened his mouth.

Elizabeth quickly interrupted him without raising her head: "I can't stand anyone, so bid farewell to your half-year salary."

"..."

His face twitched with paralysis, and his head was covered with black lines.

"Your Majesty, I... have been tense recently."

"Stop crying to me about being poor, I rewarded you with so much property last time."

"But I'm not alone now..."

Originally, Worthingham was quite rich, and he didn’t need much as a rough guy, but in the past two years, he worked hard to operate the intelligence network, and all kinds of rewards were spent on his own money. If it weren’t for the wine specialist Selling rights can earn some extra money, otherwise the salary alone would not be able to support the beautiful wife at home.

Suddenly, Elizabeth threw away the pen, frowned irritably, and raised her eyes to stare at him: "Xinyan has broken up with me now, how dare you show it in front of me? If you didn't keep an eye on her, would it have become like this?" ? You are not alone anymore, I will soon be!"

"..."

"She said she was going home, oh...God..." Staring at the newly written words on the paper, her voice choked up.

The paralyzed face was thoughtful and silent, and she lowered her eyes consciously, not to look at the grievance that she might cry - at this time, I have to take care of the queen's self-esteem.

"I think it's the best choice to let Miss Jiang go back to her hometown."

"Do you know what you're talking about!" He slapped the table angrily.

Worthingham immediately faltered, shut his mouth and stopped talking.

"My heart...my heart..."

"How to do…"

Elizabeth lay on the table and began to cry. She had no scruples now, and all she could think about was Little Rose. Her intestines were green with regret.

"I suggested that you don't execute publicly, it's better to assassinate and then blame others, but..."

"It's all your fault!"

"..."

He shouldn't talk too much, and burn himself on fire.

Elizabeth made up her mind not to let Little Rose go home, and the number of guards sent to watch increased from two or three to a dozen, while the maid who took care of Jiang Xinyan took turns reporting the situation every day.

Frozen for a few days, she found that things were out of her control, because Little Rose began to go on a hunger strike and deprivation of water...

On the first day, the food was brought out untouched.

The next day, still.

On the third day, I stopped drinking water.

Day [-]...

"Xinyan, please, would you like to eat something?"

"Don't punish me like this..."

The little man lying on the bed has lost a lot of weight. He didn't have much flesh at first, but now he is skinny and bony. His small body is huddled under the quilt, revealing a pale ashes face. His eyes are dull and empty. There was only a dead silence in his eyes.

Elizabeth sat on the edge of the bed and kept begging, holding her withered arms and kissing her hands over and over again, tears rolling down her cheeks like broken beads, hitting her warm skin heavily, dizzy blossoms Astringent tears.

"Words..."

There is no response when she is air.

In fact, Jiang Xinyan was already dizzy from hunger, her mouth was so dry that her lips cracked, her throat was sore, and it was hard to even blink. For a moment, she really wanted to die like this, without having to endure her soft heart from time to time, and she didn't have to bear it. These things make her hard to let go.

She who used to be confident and sunny is extremely cowardly at this moment.

I really want to go home, even though the eastern country across the ocean is not my real home.

"Let me go."

"Don't, my heart..."

"Then let me die here."

Elizabeth was stunned, her red and swollen eyes drooped slightly, tears hung on her slender and curly eyelashes, she trembled slightly with the twitching of her body, her gray-blue pupils magnified with sadness and despair, she clenched her hands tightly. The lover's hand is so strong that it seems to crush the fragile bones.

She hated threats the most in her life, but this time, she had to compromise.

"Okay..." She let go of her hand, and a self-deprecating smile curled up on her lips, "I'll let you go and let you go home."

"fraud."

"I'm not lying, as long as you stop torturing yourself." She turned her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. The pain of suffocation in her heart forced her to take deep breaths.

"You will be alone forever."

"Yeah, I will use my whole life of loneliness to atone for my sin..." Nodding with a tearful smile, he bit his lower lip and tasted a bit of blood on the tip of his tongue.

You deserve it, don't you?

The day the fleet set sail was May [-]th.

This day belonged to the two most important women in Elizabeth's life. For the first time, she did not go to Greenwich Palace to commemorate her mother, and it was too late to fulfill her promise to Little Rose for her birthday.

Standing on the shore, she let the salty sea breeze mess with the broken hair on her forehead. That strand of hot and dazzling red hair fluttered and fluttered, blocking her sight from a distance from time to time. When the sail of the last ship gradually disappeared At sea level, it means that she watched her lover leave her...

There was no farewell, no extra words, and even her coming to see him off was sneaky.

The endless ocean is empty, and at the end of the field of vision is a color that blends with the sky, such as her eyes, gray blue, with a turbulent undercurrent hidden under the cold and deep surface.

Feeling empty in my heart, Little Rose left...

Being sent away by her personally, the feeling was as if a piece of flesh had been plucked out of the heart, and the body was soaked in the gushing blood, full of bitter and astringent smell, but she didn't even have the strength to cover the wound.

The cool sea breeze dried her cheeks, and they were re-covered with fresh hot liquid. Elizabeth stood on the shore like a statue, weeping alone, her back was so lonely and desolate, no arrogance and toughness, only fragility remained.

"His Majesty."

Walsinghan, who had been following her, couldn't help but came out, opened the cloak in his hand, and put it on her: "It's windy here, go back."

"she left."

"Ah."

Responding silently, following her line of sight to look at the vast sea, narrowing her eyes slightly.

There is only the sound of the wind and the circling calls of seabirds.

After a long time, Elizabeth turned around slowly, raised her arm, took off the coat of arms from her right hand, and put it on her left hand.

"As of today, I am married to England."

Far from the coastline, for a long time, Jiang Xinyan still stood on the deck in a daze, with his hands on the mast and his chin, staring at the direction of the land that had disappeared from sight, with complicated emotions.

The Daming Kingdom far in the east is not her home.

For her who is not familiar with Chinese history, her contemporary hometown is a place that scares her even more.

She doesn't even know who the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty is.

And whether this voyage will be smooth or not is still unknown, not to mention that she will be floating on the sea with a large group of men for several months, and it is scary to think about it.Looking at the sparkling waves on the vast and boundless sea, she suddenly felt an inexplicable fear...

"Hey, Miss Jiang, what are you thinking about?"

A hand patted her shoulder, turned her head, it was Hawkins.

"Uh...it's nothing..." He smiled awkwardly, and took half a step away without any trace.

The young sailor wiped the braids on the back of his head, and smiled at her boldly: "Are all oriental women as beautiful as you?"

"almost."

"Haha, those oriental men are really happy."

"..."

Jiang Xinyan felt that he had met a wretched man.

"I heard that you came to England the year before last, and you have always been valued by His Majesty because...you know knowledge of hydrology and geography? But I believe this is your talent." Hawkins didn't realize that he was being treated as a wretched man at all. , chatting with her enthusiastically.

"Why talent?"

"I heard from the elders that a long time ago, an oriental sailed with hundreds of ships and arrived at the old nest of the Ottoman Turks. In the end, he didn't do anything, but exchanged some gifts and the like, and then went back?? "

Jiang Xinyan was stunned for a long time before he realized that he was talking about Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Immediately, his vanity began to swell, and he smiled and said, "Ah... yes, that is an... official from our Daming Kingdom, um, he sailed on the sea under the emperor's order, and visited the countries along the way, mainly for friendly exchanges."

To tell the truth, she didn't even know Zheng He's official position.

In high school history, I only care about memorizing "influence", "significance", "function" and the like, which have become fixed templates for answering questions.

"Your emperor is so stupid. You don't want overseas resources, and you give away luxury goods for nothing. I don't understand."

"What do you know, this is the self-confidence of a big country!"

"Really?"

"of course."

Hawkins shook his head with a smile, and looked at her with interest: "Then do you still do business? The Portuguese have monopolized this area. I really don't know where to start."

"Do it, from Guangzhou Port..." A vague impression flashed in his mind, Jiang Xinyan paused, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

She remembered that the Ming Dynasty should be in the "sea ban" at this moment?

Oh my god, don't waste your time...

"what happened?"

Just as Jiang Xinyan was about to say something perfunctory, he caught a glimpse of a black shadow out of the corner of his eye, and turned his gaze: "What is that?"

Blurry black shadows appeared on the sea level, like several ships, hung with brightly colored "cloth strips". However, following her gaze, Hawkins' face changed instantly.

"It's Spain!"

A crew member stumbled over and said out of breath, "Captain, there is a situation, we are surrounded by Spaniards..."

"!!!"

Jiang Xinyan looked at the sailors on the ship full of confusion, as if they were preparing for something, even the guns were mounted.

"Get in the cabin, don't come out!"

"Oh... good."

Then a loud noise exploded nearby, billowing black smoke billowed in the air at the moment of flames, the hull violently bumped and swayed, Jiang Xinyan was thrown to the side of the fence by inertia, hit the wooden pole, turned over with an unstable center of gravity fell down...

"Ah... help..."

- Pfft!

The cold sea water poured into the ears, nose and mouth in an instant, and before he could call for help, Jiang Xinyan drank a mouthful of the salty sea water, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears, his head went blank for a moment, and he instinctively struggled with his hands and feet.

Fear grew wildly in her heart. When her body sank into deeper water like a weight, she suddenly lost all senses. She was immersed in the deep and cold water without sound or light.

Is she dying?

liz...

Elizabeth...

A seductive and glamorous face, a pair of gloomy and indifferent gray-blue eyes, and that doting smile that only belonged to her appeared repeatedly in her mind.She was gradually swallowed by the coldness in the darkness, her closed eyes seemed to perceive a touch of red light through the thin skin, like a burning flame, warm and bright.

Fingers hurt like they were burned.

During the rapid sinking and sudden ascent, she lost consciousness...