The sun never sets rose

Jiang Xinyan had a dream.

I dreamed of Elizabeth and said I missed her.

She wanted to ask herself if she could be affectionate this time.

"let me see."

The hand clasping the back of the head slid to the shoulder, turning her body around with a little force on the wrist, the slender fingers picked apart the edge of the white cloth, a shocking reddish-brown scar twisted and stretched out, forming a thick scab Chunks, faintly visible pink flesh.

The pupils shrank suddenly, and he took a deep and slow breath...

"Does it hurt?" She suppressed the strangeness in her voice with her tightly knit eyebrows, and her fingertips trembled slightly.

"It doesn't hurt, it's just itchy, but it means that the wound is healing and it's about to heal." Jiang Xinyan smiled and shook her head, her tone relaxed and happy, but she would never say that the wound would hurt in continuous rainy days.

And this terrible British Isle rarely sees sunshine, maybe she will suffer some sins in the future, and maybe there will be sequelae when she gets old.

"how do you know?"

"Uh, it's a little common sense in my hometown."

"Hometown..." The word was repeated in an illusory tone, suddenly in a trance, "Do you really want to go home?"

"A little bit, a little bit..."

After a long silence, Elizabeth helped her straighten her clothes. Her downcast eyes deeply buried her pity, and she carefully arranged her messy hair from playing just now. She said softly, "I promise you, I will wait until the domestic issues are resolved. Trouble, I will send a fleet to take you back to the east, okay?"

"..."

Jiang Xinyan couldn't afford such a promise.

Ever since Queen Isabella of Spain sponsored Columbus's ocean voyage to discover the American continent in the last century, Spain and Portugal have always been at the forefront in terms of maritime trade, from the initial exchange of rare supplies to the later opening of colonies Burning, killing and looting, that powerful Catholic country has undoubtedly become a maritime hegemon.

England, on the other hand, is still a small backward island country in a peaceful corner.

Without a sufficient economic foundation, without a relaxed social environment, without a decent navy, and with constant internal and external troubles, what kind of wisdom and skills does Elizabeth, who sits on the throne in this troubled world, make a poor and backward country develop into the The "golden age" lays a solid foundation for the future "empire on which the sun never sets"...

The burden on Elizabeth's shoulders was too great for her to make a commitment.

"I..." The words stopped on the edge of her mouth, and she looked into those gentle eyes, and suddenly lost her courage again. She couldn't say the words that she was reluctant to part with Elizabeth, and she couldn't say the words that had been lingering in her heart for a long time.

"Ok?"

"You...do you really want to take me home..." She drooped her eyes in disappointment and pursed her lips.She will not tell Elizabeth that even if the fleet sends her back to the eastern country called Daming, it is not her true home.

"I don't want to, but you want to."

"..."

It feels like kicking a football, hiding something in each other's hearts without saying anything, this feeling is really annoying, Jiang Xinyan frowned and clenched his lower lip, and said helplessly: "Okay, but I'm not in a hurry, you finish what you want first thing."

There was a hint of sadness in Yao Hei's eyes, Elizabeth took a panoramic view of her little expression, couldn't help but smile fondly at the corner of her mouth, and rubbed her head, in fact, she knew what this girl was thinking.

However, she still can't figure out her own heart.

"Um... can I ask you one thing?"

"what?"

"Can you... let Miss Olo stay in the palace permanently?" She raised her head cautiously, her eyes were full of sincerity and hope, but her heart was very disturbed.

Hearing this name, Elizabeth instantly lowered her face, "No way!"

"All right…"

"Aren't you going to ask me why I refused?"

"This is your territory, of course you have the final say..." She whispered weakly, pinching her fingers, she was really wronged, she just wanted to finally have a friend from her hometown, so that she would not be lonely when talking together.

"You seem to know her very well?" He raised his eyebrows and reached out to grab her chin, forcing her to look up.

"After all, she saved me, and she's also a very nice person. She's the one who talks to me these days when you're not here..." As she spoke, her voice became softer, because she could clearly see Elizabeth's face turning cold, pinching her hands. The phalanx of the chin gradually tightened, and there was some pain.

"It's pretty good, that's right."

"..."

There was a violent storm in the bottom of the condensed eyes, and the turbulent waves flooded the warmth. Elizabeth almost gritted her teeth and said this sentence, but she couldn't read anything through her extremely calm face, so that , Jiang Xinyan didn't know that she was angry at all, but felt that such Elizabeth was very strange.

She let go of her hand suddenly, her eyes swept over the pinched red skin, and she began to wonder again why she was so angry.

Looking away, Jiang Xinyan glanced at a blueprint on the ground inadvertently. Jiang Xinyan followed her gaze suspiciously, and saw that a certain anatomical drawing he had drawn fell on the ground at some point. Desperate...

But it was too late, Elizabeth had already picked up the drawing, "What is this?"

"Yes Yes…"

Panic and fear quickly spread throughout his body, and his tongue got stuck in shock.

When it's over, she'll be caught and burned!

It's fine if someone sees it, it's okay to make a few sophistry and then destroy the evidence, but it happened to be seen by Elizabeth, this woman who can decide her life or death with one word... understand.

I saw that Elizabeth's expression became more and more dignified, she frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Who taught you how to draw?"

"I... myself..." The voice was crying, a little trembling, "I used to learn at home... I just..."

Can't betray Olo, the big deal is that he dies young.

However, the expected wrath did not come, Elizabeth just read it twice more, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the fireplace, and said lightly: "Don't draw anymore."

The ball of paper gradually turned to ashes in the bright firelight, brushed her face with one hand, and gently wiped away the crystal drops from the corner of her eyes, Jiang Xinyan realized that she was so anxious to cry, and lowered her head in embarrassment...

"I just want to study medicine."

"Then do you want to be executed? Do you want me to take you to the Tower of London to see the criminals who are being executed?" The tone suddenly became harsh.

"..."

Looking at the little face that was about to cry, Elizabeth sighed helplessly, and took her into her arms, "I have no objection to your researching this, but not now, please be obedient?"

"it is good…"

In a short period of time, Jiang Xinyan finally realized what it means to "turn your face faster than turning a book". This woman's temper is becoming more and more unpredictable for her. She is obviously rational and calm in front of the ministers. When it comes to her, hmph... just will bully her.

The Thames River under the night is deep and quiet. The dark river passes through the dotted lights on both sides. From a distance, it looks like a bottomless trench. Occasionally, ships pass by, dragging long ripples.

The candle flames danced behind Elizabeth, casting her elongated shadow on the wall. There were three people standing in the huge study room, but it was so quiet that only the crackling of the flames could be heard.

Walsingham had just reported on the tracking situation in the past few days, and then the Queen stopped talking, and quietly stared out the window with her back to them, wondering what she was thinking.

He and Cecil exchanged a troubled look.

"Since they will be silenced, it means that some of them acted without authorization. The assassination plan on Christmas Eve was not thorough, so there was such a stupid omission." Suddenly, Elizabeth spoke quietly, and her voice could not hear any emotion.

"It's just strange, why are they targeting Robert?"

"Maybe it's just a cover." Walsinghan frowned and thought for a while, as if thinking of something, "Your Majesty, these people are very cautious, and they are very aware of your reaction. It may be a temptation for Robert?"

"This can explain why some people are silenced. What you tracked down was only the lowest level of them, and they have been trained uniformly, so their skills may not be bad."

That night when he shot two guards in a row, they both shot through the throat and killed them instantly. The technique was very precise. As for why the third arrow entered the boat, there are only two reasons that can be explained: first, the assassin was not completely sure, Second, encounter superior obstruction.

As an intelligence spy, Walsinghan is very sensitive to these things, and immediately understood, "The core figure of this force should want to assassinate you, but the instruction to the following is Robert, and the following people are indeed domestic Catholics. The remnants of power, if you are caught, you can completely confuse our sight, after all, whether Robert was on the main ship or not that night, you must be there."

After a long silence, Elizabeth slapped her hands lightly and turned around, looking at him with satisfaction, "These young men are the killers of Big Fish. They expected you to investigate in this direction. Wrong instructions and silence are double insurance. , it seems that our enemy is very powerful."

Walsingham was not happy with the admiration in the Queen's eyes, but he blamed himself even more, because his momentary miscalculation led to so much wasted time, which undoubtedly brought the danger one step closer to the Queen.

He is also under a lot of pressure...

"Then why did they treat Robert as a false assassination target?" Cecil, who had been silent all this time, raised another doubt, "Because he is the closest to His Majesty? Or does he really have some secret that makes those people want to kill him?" ?still……"

"Is he one of the big fish?" Worthingham added.

"No, he doesn't have that ability." Sneering, the golden candle light flashed in her eyes, she went to sit behind the desk, rubbed her forehead, and her eyes fell on the paper full of square characters.

"It's useless to investigate again. The period of confusion is enough for them to destroy the evidence and redeploy the plan. Our high-profile capture of the Pope's scapegoats is a warning. They will not act rashly again in the near future. What I am worried about now is the relationship with France. war."

Speaking of this, Cecil remembered the meeting of the Privy Council last week. The queen actually sent the fleet commander to stand by for the Firth of Forth instead of fighting. He was puzzled and stroked his beard. , what are you going to do with those sixteen ships in the Firth of Forth?"

"There is nothing to do, we just need to wait for the news." When her eyes touched the girl's name, she was as gentle as water in an instant, with a slight smile hidden in the dim light. She raised her eyes and regained her indifference and calmness, "Worthingham, I want you to send a Catholic spy to lurk beside the Queen Mother of Guise, preferably a . . . handsome man who knows everything about her."

"No problem, Your Majesty."

The man nodded proudly, complacent, he is the best at this kind of thing.

"William."

She looked at Cecil, who kept stroking his beard, with a strange smile, "It's not the best time to rush the army into Scotland. The storm at sea this season is enough for the French fleet. Let's wait for Winter Great news for the Jazz."

"Your Majesty, why don't you make excuses for your indecision...? How do you ensure that it is good news and not bad news?" The old father-like Cecil began to babble again. He had the confidence and courage.

"Oh, William... Should I sew your mouth shut?" With a half-joking tone, Elizabeth smiled instead of anger, and the tense and solemn atmosphere eased.

"Of course, if I annoy His Majesty."

Cecil's curly beard fluttered, causing Walsingham next to him to laugh out loud...

"Okay, let's go back to rest."

After laughing, Elizabeth stood up, and the two men nodded to her and were about to leave, when she suddenly shouted, "Wait!"

"???"

"Don't let up on Robert's surveillance."

"Your Majesty..." Walsingham seemed to have something to say, after being reminded by the Queen.

However, Elizabeth's heart had already flown to Jiang Xinyan's place. She wanted to see her little oriental beauty again, so she waved at Worthingham impatiently: "Let's talk tomorrow."

"..."

"Yes…"