The sun never sets rose

When receiving the news, Elizabeth was discussing with the ministers of the Privy Council. The Scottish "Congregational Church" faction was defeated in the initial confrontation with the Guise government | If the army lands, there is bound to be a fierce battle to be fought.

Regarding whether England should intervene openly by force, one faction of ministers headed by Cecil expressed support, while the other faction headed by Nicholas expressed opposition.

"Your Majesty, if the rebel army loses to the Guise government, the Catholic forces will regain control of Scotland. At that time, we will be truly besieged on all sides. Not only will the Protestants be isolated and helpless, but even your throne will be in jeopardy," Cecil said sternly. His face was old and stubborn.

Nicholas immediately jumped out to retort: ​​"The war needs money, do we have it? The financial revenue is not even enough to pay off the debts. Most of the nobles have nothing in their pockets, and the bishops are also poor, let alone the common people. How long has the plague and famine passed? There is not even enough manpower for farming, tell me where to find people to serve in the army?"

"But if we don't keep our government|government, everything we have done before will be in vain. England ruled by the devil is equivalent to hell on earth." Cecil is still plausible, and his curly beard is no longer fluttering.

In the beginning, they were able to speak well with reason and evidence, and they would listen to the opinions of other ministers as well. Later, they simply turned on the confrontation mode. You blushed and your neck was thick when you said something, and the huge Privy Council only heard their quarrel. .

Elizabeth on the throne always maintained a straight sitting posture, listening to their quarrel quietly, like a stone sculpture that has stood for thousands of years.

Until the guard came in tremblingly, and whispered something in her ear.

"Enough!" There was a muffled sound of clapping the table, cold eyes swept over everyone's faces, and the quarrel came to an abrupt end, "We will discuss this matter later, and don't forget the lessons learned by Calais."

Impatient all of a sudden, she couldn't wait to see how the girl was doing, got up, and left the Privy Council under the blank eyes of the ministers.

fever……

As long as you hear this word, you can think of the plague. It is a punishment from God to the world. Every outbreak will kill thousands of people. Those tragic pictures come to mind from time to time, even though Elizabeth believes that she is blessed by God. , also had to feel fear.

Will that girl die...

The footsteps speeded up unconsciously, and when they reached the door of the room, Jane and Kate-Ashley stood outside, looking in and pacing impatiently, seeing her figure, they went up to her, "Your Majesty!"

"what's the situation?"

"Miss just woke up this morning and couldn't talk. Let me help her... I found her body was very hot, she was having a fever..." The little girl cried so much that her eyes were red and she couldn't breathe.

Raising her eyes, she glanced at the half-dead person lying on the bed in the room, and was about to go in without even thinking about it. Ashley quickly stopped her, "Your Majesty, don't go in, you will be infected."

Frowning, he hesitated for a moment, but still pushed Ashley away, walked to the bed and sat down, grabbing the girl's hand.

It's hot, almost burns the skin...

Half asleep and half awake, Jiang Xinyan seemed to be in the hot magma, smoked all over his body by the fire, a cold hand grabbed him in the haze, couldn't help but tighten his body to hug that hand, greedily absorbing The temperature made her feel comfortable, and she opened her eyes in a daze. Is it an illusion, as if she saw a tyrant...

"Elizabeth...so cool..."

"Will I... die here..."

"Elizabeth..."

"Remember to help me collect the corpse..."

There was a crystal tear in the corner of her eye, which blurred Elizabeth's face, which was disastrous to the country and the people. In fact, thinking about it carefully, this tyrant treated her very well. He didn't throw her into prison, and even entertained her with delicious food and drink. It was kind enough.

"You are much more beautiful than in the picture...I like you so much...But after studying you for so long, I still can't find anything...I might as well see you with my own eyes..." Thinking that I am going to die, no matter whether everything is a dream or not, those words that I have no chance to say must say.

My heart trembled slightly, as if I had been stabbed in the heart, I turned my head away, "You won't die."

Hearing the girl call her name, my heart seemed to melt.

If it was an infectious disease, she would not be immune to such a close contact with Jiang Xinyan. That brief hesitation could not allow her to return to her brain and make a correct judgment. If she also contracted the disease and died, the country would fall into endless chaos. How could the civil war in China be so impulsive...

Unlike those flattery, Jiang Xinyan spoke the truth, she understood, and because she understood, she couldn't look directly at the strange restlessness in her heart.

The so-called reason does not exist from the beginning.

"I'm already suffering from the plague...I'm sure I'm going to die...cough cough..." He coughed as he spoke, his nose was stuffed and he couldn't breathe well, and suddenly remembered that there was something important that didn't seem to be here.

tissue! !

"Your symptoms don't look like an epidemic." Frowning, his tone became serious, he rolled up Jiang Xinyan's sleeves, and checked carefully. His skin was still delicate and smooth, and there was nothing abnormal.

It should not be smallpox.

"Is there anything else that feels uncomfortable, tell me."

"What's the use of telling you, you're not a doctor..." She pouted, her voice changed because of her severe nasal congestion, and she was aggrieved, but the queen was not angry, "Then let the doctor come and bleed you. "

"Don't...! Cough cough..."

It suddenly occurred to me that doctors in this era are extremely unreliable, thinking that illness is caused by an imbalance of elements in the blood.

I don't know where the stupid statement came from, it kills people.

"I just have a stuffy nose...sore throat...no energy...cold...ahhh!" Jiang Xinyan sneezed, feeling his nose was about to flow out, and shouted anxiously, "Tissue, tissue, give me a tissue..."

The yelling made my throat hurt even more.

But she seemed to suddenly understand something.

"Go get the handkerchief." Turning her head, she told Ashley who was hiding at the door in a dilemma. Although she didn't understand the word, she could tell by Jiang Xinyan's actions.

Two beautiful towels embroidered with exquisite patterns were placed in front of them, and they didn't care about wasting them. They just grabbed them and wiped their noses. It was embarrassing to do such a thing in front of the queen without image.

"Aren't you afraid of being infected by me? If you die too, what will happen to your country?"

"That's not your concern."

"..."

Tyrant, obviously so gentle just now.

She curled her lips, threw away the towel, and continued to hold Elizabeth's hand as a cooling weapon. After all the tossing just now, her mind suddenly turned around. It might not be an infectious disease at all. With her symptoms, she undoubtedly had a cold.

It was so cold last night, she fell asleep lying on the ground outside again, no wonder she didn't have a fever.

If so, it would be much easier.

When she was sick and had a fever when she was a child, she would be caught and sent for injections. Later, she went to study in the UK, and the medical expenses were expensive. She had a cold and a fever by herself. As the saying goes, a long illness becomes a doctor.

"Your Majesty, that..."

"Why don't you call 'Elizabeth'?" He chuckled lightly, and his playful eyes flashed past, which seemed to be mocking.

Pursed his lips, remained silent, and held the hands in his arms tightly, "I don't think I have the plague, I can get better on my own..."

The scorching heat coming from her hand seemed familiar. In her memory, her short-lived younger brother, Edward, had been weak and sickly since he was a child, and fever was commonplace. Every time, it was not an infectious disease like the epidemic, but healed up on its own after a while.

Could it be the same for Jiang Xinyan?

But my brother died of illness at the age of 16 after all...

There was a hint of worry lingering in a corner of her heart, she frowned slightly, and a small crack suddenly appeared on her disguise mask, as if something was about to overflow.

"Your Majesty?" He asked cautiously.

After recovering, he quickly hid the strangeness in his eyes, and calmed down, "Are you sure you can get better by yourself?"

Otherwise, the doctor would be unreliable... Jiang Xinyan complained silently, wanting to roll her eyes. She found that her skin had changed. It may be because the queen has been gentle to her wife recently.

"About [-]% certainty, but I need some assistance..."

Jiang Xinyan mentioned two auxiliary things: wine and ginger.

Drink boiled ginger water as a beverage, rub the body with wine to cool down, keep plain water in hand, go to bed early every night, sleep until you wake up naturally, sleep after lunch, add firewood to the fireplace continuously to ensure that the house is warm enough, that's it keep.

On the fourth day, the fever subsided completely, and the cold was still not healed.

Those who thought she had the plague and avoided seeing her, seeing that she was not only alive but also in good spirits, immediately spread the word as gossip.

"Miss, ginger tea is here!"

Jane ran in with a silver pot in her hand, smiling, and put it on the table.If she hadn't taken care of her these days, running around the kitchen in the house, her illness would not have improved so quickly. Jiang Xinyan was grateful to her from the bottom of her heart.

"Thank you for your hard work. When I recover from illness, let's make hot pot and eat together~"

"The young lady needs to get better quickly!" The little girl's eyes lit up. This is the result of too much science popularization recently, which made her yearn for oriental food.

Holding the jar, Jiang Xinyan stuck out her tongue and checked the temperature. It was a little hot, "Well, I have to call Your Majesty, she will definitely like it."

A beautiful figure can't help but float up in my mind, the hazy lines outline the perfect facial contours, or the arrogance of the aloof, or the warm heart as gentle as water, those unpredictable gray-blue pupils seem to be impossible to see through forever. The accidental surprises brought to her all touched a tight string in her heart. She couldn't describe what kind of feeling it was...

These days, Elizabeth would come to visit her every evening, and sometimes she would bring radishes with her, and feed the rabbits while chatting with her, and she also learned the pronunciation of "Huishi". Linguistic genius.

Jiang Xinyan knew that she was busy, but still wanted to see her every day.

On the day she learned from Jane that she was lost, Elizabeth ordered the entire city of London to be sealed off, and sent all the guards to search for her from every house to every corner, and finally found her in the labyrinth-like garden. Already desperate, he was so tired that he fell asleep in the bushes, hoping to return to modern times when he woke up.

The moment she opened her eyes and saw Elizabeth, it was like she was her salvation.

Probably only Lu Chi can understand her mood at that time...