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On the day of departure for Scotland, Jiang Xinyan hid in a room on the second floor of the outer court of the palace. Through the window, he saw Elizabeth on horseback.

She is wearing a silver-gray armor with a cold light, and a golden crown inlaid with precious gemstones presses her high-up red-brown hair. There is a slight smile on her seductive and glamorous face, and the expression between her brows is confident. Calmly, she was surrounded by several noble ministers, and she calmly steered her horse towards the gate of the palace.

Jiang Xinyan hid behind the curtain, staring dumbfounded.

Swallowing quietly, she saw Elizabeth skillfully pulling the rein to control the horse's speed, talking to people around her from time to time, with a slightly serious expression, and Cecil, who was closest to her, nodded solemnly and said something, She smiled, a smile of trust.

I don't know what the direction of history is. In Jiang Xinyan's memory, there has never been such a war, and there is no description of the queen's early days in power. And about 30 more years.

Her only wish is that Elizabeth can return safely, and she also hopes that history will play its cards according to common sense. The Queen of England must live to be 70 years old, and one year less or one more year is not acceptable.

Walking out of the gate of the palace, there was a mass of black and ready-to-go figures waiting outside. The only person beside Elizabeth was the Duke of Norfolk. He was still the general of the battle and shouldered the important task of protecting the queen.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Jiang Xinyan always felt that she seemed to be looking this way...

"Miss Jiang, are you going to see His Majesty off?"

Mrs. Ashley, standing behind her, took a step forward, looked sideways, and smiled at her.

Shaking his head quickly, he said in embarrassment, "No, there are too many people, and I'm afraid of causing trouble to her."

The well-assembled army outside the palace gate began to move towards a certain direction. She watched the figure ride his horse and walk at the forefront of the team, gradually drifting away until it was blurred into silver dots that melted in the wind and disappeared from sight.

The palms were sweating, and an inexplicable anxiety lingered in her chest, which turned into sharp thorns and pierced into her heart in an instant, causing her whole body to tremble in pain.

Putting a hand on her arm, Ashley seemed to see her nervousness, and comforted her: "Your Majesty said that he will come back safely."

"But she didn't tell me..." She was a little disappointed.

These days, because of the witch, the relationship between them has become very awkward, it seems to be closer, but also seems to be farther away, she wondered if she should speak clearly, even if there is no good result...

Ashley was very clear about her thoughts, and said with a helpless smile: "Miss, in fact, His Majesty has always been protecting you. This time you were framed as a witch, and she handed it over to Lord Worthingham to investigate. It was just a superficial effort. Because Lord Walsinghan is her confidant, he will deal with this matter according to her wishes, if it is someone else, I am afraid that the matter will not end so easily."

Jiang Xinyan suddenly raised his head and suddenly realized.

She didn't know much about Worthingham, except that he was a lawyer and served as England's ambassador to France. He was exiled and was called back when Elizabeth ascended the throne. Engage in intelligence gathering.

Many of the large and small conspiracies against Elizabeth were strangled in the cradle before they surfaced. Worthingham contributed a lot, but his greatest contribution was to uncover the evidence that the Queen of Scots conspired to seize the throne of England. As a result, the poor Catholic queen was sent to the guillotine by Elizabeth.

However, this is decades away.

Jiang Xinyan thought for a while in a daze, and suddenly realized that with such a powerful courtier by his side, it is no wonder that Elizabeth knows most things well, and she must have her reasons for choosing to stay still.

"Madam, in the last battle we..."

"I lost." He interrupted her neatly, with a calm smile on his face, "Originally there was a chance of winning, but... something went wrong. Difficult children."

The result of the fiasco was being laughed at and humiliated. She would not tell Jiang Xinyan that the blood-stained flag of the King of France was hung in Elizabeth's bedroom, and she could see it every day when she opened her eyes.

"Is there a traitor?!"

"Maybe."

With his lips fluttering slightly, Jiang Xinyan felt that his mind seemed to be clearer. These days, his emotions have caused his whole body to be chaotic, but once he calmed down after figuring it out, he realized that he had missed so many things.

She knows the history, maybe she can help?

A timeline was formed and straightened in her mind, and she had more or less impressions of what had happened. In order to study Elizabeth, she searched all the English materials that could be translated, from the War of the Roses to the "Glorious Revolution", before and after 200 years.

"What's the reason why the reinforcements didn't come? And why did you send some children there?" This is a big bug. Even if there is a traitor, you have to think of a suitable reason, unless it's a one-shot deal, and Elizabeth will run away after cheating.

Ashley frowned and hesitated: "Say yes...the bishops of Yorkshire wanted to let those children humiliate the enemy army, because the battle situation was in our favor at that time."

Now there is a consensus in the court that those old bishops are causing trouble, and Ashley also thinks so, because they have different beliefs, and they are only superficially surrendering to Elizabeth.

So he went on to say: "At present, His Majesty adopts a policy of compatibility in religion. She does not intend to persecute heretics like her sister, so even if the traitors are among the bishops, His Majesty will not be able to publicly judge them through normal procedures. I guess they will That's pretty clear."

"If you can't be executed publicly, then assassinate~" Jiang Xinyan said casually, and then froze for a moment, "Your Majesty should have thought of such an obvious thing a long time ago? She is so smart..."

"Of course, but His Majesty didn't move them, and only asked Walsingham to send someone to monitor them."

"why??"

After staring at Ashley for a long time, the other party shook his head regretfully, saying that he didn't know what the queen was thinking, and Jiang Xinyan was a little discouraged...

Since Mrs. Ashley said those words to her, she has a better impression of the chief maid officer. Since she is someone Elizabeth trusts, she will trust her too.

Likewise, Kate Ashley thought so too.

In the afternoon, Olo entered the palace.

As soon as they met, the two cheered and had a bear hug, ate the snacks and fruits sent by the imperial chef, sat in the room and chatted while stroking the rabbit.

"Tsk, it's fat and gray, did you raise it like a pig?" Rolling his eyes, he rubbed the rabbit's fur fondly.

I haven't seen her for a few days, but Olo doesn't seem to have changed much. This well-developed body of aristocratic girl, coupled with the soul of a medical family hundreds of years later, has no sense of disobedience.

In her words, the magnetic field is getting closer and closer.

"Then we'll call it 'Grey Pig' from now on." He shrugged noncommittally.Seeing Olo's sweet angelic smile on the corner of his mouth, she couldn't help but feel happy.

"Grey pig, gray pig, your master is the worst."

"..."

Glancing at her green face, Olo couldn't stop laughing, showing two small canine teeth, and patted her: "Hey, what have you been doing for so many days? I don't see you missing me? By the way, are you Didn't you quarrel with the queen? I heard that she captured your little maid, saying what is it... a witch? Conspiracy?"

"..."

"Don't scare me, did that little maid hurt you?" Olo suddenly became serious, his face full of dignity, "My duke father said, someone sued you in the Privy Council, what do they have...' Witch's Evidence', you honestly didn't take those pictures away carefully, did you?"

Nodding with a wry smile, a look of sadness covered her brows. She was considering whether to tell Olo about it in full, but it seemed unnecessary now.

"So, your queen found a scapegoat for you?" She raised her eyebrows, and a hint of teasing flashed in her eyes.

"Um…"

Olo suddenly applauded, and his blue eyes smiled into two crescent moons, "Congratulations, congratulations, you have successfully captured the queen. I am very pleased that she can protect you like this!"

This tone sounds like a parent.

Melancholy filled the black pupils, and there was a hint of sarcasm. She was not in the mood to joke, she lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to talk about it anymore. What's bothering me now is the war. Elizabeth led the army to fight. You know that?"

"I know, the duke said at home every day, oh yes, have you comforted your queen? The last battle was a terrible loss. I heard that a group of little boys were sent there. Later, after a teasing meal, I laughed to death hahahaha..."

Smiling and laughing, seeing Jiang Xinyan's complexion was not very good, she restrained herself in time, coughed a few times in embarrassment, and shut her mouth.

"Because there are moles, and it's among the bishops who send boys to battle, I just can't figure out why Elizabeth doesn't get rid of them, so that it doesn't add to the trouble this time."

"Have you ever thought about the issue of generals?" Olo led her thinking into another direction, and analyzed: "Since ancient times, regardless of the east and the west, or which country, there must be generals in war, right? Generally, troops are deployed. Sending generals is handled by the general, at least he should know who he is going to bring, and then he can deploy the battle plan, right?"

Jiang Xinyan nodded, motioning for her to continue.

"Then no matter who transfers those brats, the person who commanded the battle on the battlefield must have accepted it, but would a normal general let the brats go to war? He can refuse, or ask questions at the time, let alone The original plan was to send 3000 reinforcements, but he didn't have any doubts, and directly led the brats to fight, does that make sense?"

Olo danced while analyzing. For some reason, she couldn’t enter the palace these days. She sat at home and listened to the Duke’s father and brother talking about it. She didn’t care about these things, but she wanted to help her friends.

Although, it's not really helpful...

This direction made Jiang Xinyan feel enlightened, and her thoughts stuck on the tip of her horns suddenly opened up. She stared at Olo for a while, and a cluster of small flames lit up in those dark eyes like night.

"I remember the Duke of Norfolk..."

This war was fought only once in history, and the British army did lose in the middle, but because all countries encountered their own troubles at this time, the situation turned sharply in favor of England, and this was the victory, and the biggest contributor was Duke of Norfolk.

"Who is he?"

Seeing her lost in thought, Olo couldn't bear to disturb her, and asked a question before making a sound.

Norfolk, Norfolk...

"not good!"

Jiang Xinyan yelled suddenly and stood up.

"What... what's wrong?"

"I'm going to chase Elizabeth..." His face turned pale in horror for a moment, he threw away the snacks in his hand that he hadn't had time to eat, and ran out of the room like a gust of wind.

"Hey! I just analyzed it casually... Hey! Come back!"