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In early September the court moved to Windsor Castle.

Robert, who had finished his mourning, returned to the sight of the crowd, and the people who were waiting to see his jokes were disappointed, because the queen not only did not take back his title, but still let him be in charge of planning large-scale events.

For example, the Queen's birthday celebration.

On the morning of September [-], the hunters, dressed in the green and white Tudor livery and saddled with red Spanish leather, started the day with a deer hunt.

On the Queen's 27th birthday, the Treasurer of Windsor Castle was almost filled with gifts from royal families and nobles from various European countries. Robert gave her a new set of bridles. She was very happy in front of everyone.

Everyone only saw Robert's proud appearance, knowing that this notorious man might be active in the palace again.

The whole day is full of activities he carefully arranged, such as choir singing to her, stage performances expressing her praise, hunting dramas to her liking, etc. Princes, nobles and envoys surrounded the Queen like flies, flattering her. , flattery and flattery.

Although Elizabeth was bored and tired of this, she still maintained a decent posture to deal with it, living up to her excellent acting skills and perfect mask, and she looked like a cunning fox with skillful gestures.

In fact, she was absent-minded...

Little Rose doesn't like crowded occasions and activities, so she didn't attend, and not being able to spend her birthday with her lover was the most uncomfortable thing for her, but she couldn't help herself.

In addition, always being on guard against the dangers around her also made her not in the mood to celebrate this birthday. It felt like a sharp sword hanging over her head, but she couldn't find a way to move it away.

Of course, the most important thing is that she is 27 years old. The ladies of the same age have given birth to five or six children. As the king of a country, she is indeed worried about the issue of heirs, but this anxiety is far less than England's national security and security. Unity and stability.

Touching the ring on his hand, he thought of Little Rose again.

I really want to run back to that girl...

"His Majesty."

A soft call brought Elizabeth back to her thoughts. The actors on the stage were performing a "flattery show", and their eyes turned to the girl who was bending over to salute, surprised.

It was Catherine Gray, her cousin and niece who had moved back home in anger since she heard that she was going to get married. She hadn't seen her for a few months, and she seemed to be rounder, with flesh on her face, but her complexion was still pale.

Long pale golden curly hair hangs down her shoulders, and her dull eyes are faintly tired, as if she has been sleepy for a long time and has not rested. Her low-browed and pleasing posture is completely different from the arrogant and domineering appearance before.

"Get up and sit down." She tilted her head to signal the female officer to move a chair for her.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Catherine's body was a little swaying, as if she couldn't stand steadily, she frowned slightly when she got up, and pursed her lips tightly, as if trying to hold back something.

"Are you uncomfortable?" He looked at her suspiciously.

She sat down slowly and shook her head: "No..."

Elizabeth looked at her a few times, then turned to continue enjoying the drama: "You seem to be getting fat, how are you doing at home these days?"

A casual greeting, but she was so frightened that her hand trembled, she subconsciously placed it on her abdomen, and stammered: "It's...not bad."

"Your dowry is almost ready. If you move back to the palace in the next few days, there will be a female officer to teach you the wedding process and etiquette. Don't go out for the time being." While curling the corners of his lips to express his satisfaction with the drama, he smiled bitterly. Talking about marriage with a smile, Elizabeth seems to have split into two people, each doing different things, but there is no sense of disobedience.

Catherine clutched the skirt tightly with her hand hidden by her side, struggling to endure the nausea that churned in her stomach from time to time, and did not answer.

"Huh?" Turning his head, he raised his eyebrows.

Her head was bowed, her blonde hair covering the side of her face. "May I know the date of the wedding, Your Majesty?"

"October."

"Yes…"

Elizabeth stared at her covered silhouette, with a sharp dark light flashing across her eyes, she suddenly felt suspicious. She always felt that something was wrong with this child.

When it came to marriage last time, she resisted so fiercely that she didn't hesitate to slap her. How did she become obedient this time?

But I can't tell what's wrong...

After dealing with the activities of the day, when I returned to the room, there was a thin figure curled up in a chair by the window without any image, holding a book in his hand, and was lost in thought.Elizabeth lightened her steps, gestured to Hannah to shut up and go out, and walked over quietly.

Pulling the book away, the little person in the chair blew up in fright, looked up angrily, saw that it was his daughter-in-law, immediately put away his pretentious fierce expression, and smiled coquettishly: "You came back very early, I thought you Are you going to be annoyed till night~"

"Don't gloat!" Stretched out his index finger to poke her forehead, glanced at the book in his hand, it turned out to be a love novel written in French, raised his eyes in surprise: "Can you understand?"

"Of course, I'm making rapid progress." Rolling my eyes proudly, I'm fashion|forceful.

"This paragraph, translate it."

"..."

He took the book with a guilty conscience, glanced at the paragraph pointed out, and was stunned at the first sentence, biting the bullet and stuttering: "Bessie...in the coldest...winter...the castle passes by..."

Embarrassed, he raised his head silently, his eyes begging for mercy.

Elizabeth shook her head helplessly, and reached out to pinch her tender face: "You, you are so lazy, I won't learn unless I supervise."

"Who said that... I can see a half-knowledge, but I just don't understand the whole meaning." He argued in a low voice. It felt like doing English reading comprehension in high school. I stumbled and understood the general meaning, but I couldn't find the specific key words.

"How is learning how to ride a horse?" He picked up her slender body, sat down, and put her on his lap.

"I can ride alone now, hey, praise me!"

"Well, not bad." He kissed her on the cheek and rewarded her generously, "But I heard from your teacher that you dozed off during literature class?"

"Just... for a short while." Hippie smiled.

The small body in her arms was so sweet and soft that Elizabeth didn't care to listen to her. Her plump lips kissed all the way down her neck, her warm breath caressed her tender white delicate skin...

Jiang Xinyan was made... want by her.

How can I be kissed a few times... I'm so immodest!She scolded herself secretly, but she couldn't help being a little excited in her heart. In broad daylight, in front of the window, doing indescribable things, it sounded exciting.

I feel like I'm getting wet|...

However, Elizabeth stopped, gathered her collar, and said solemnly: "There will be a banquet tonight. If you want to go, I will arrange for you to sit next to Olo, so that you won't find anyone to talk to. If you don't want to go, Just stay in the room obediently, and I will try to come back as soon as possible."

In silence, he clenched his lower lip, and raised his eyes carefully after a while: "You...don't be jealous of Olo?"

"I want you to be happier."

"..."

Breathing slightly stagnant, he looked into those gray eyes full of doting, avoided them helplessly, and lowered his head.

"Thank you."

"Don't say that word to me." A strong and domineering kiss came over, like a superficial kiss.

In her heart, she wished she could protect Little Rose in a sealed jar. Ever since Jiang Xinyan was frequently mentioned in those intercepted letters, her peace of mind was completely disrupted. No matter how calm she was, she couldn't hide it. Can't get rid of her anxiety.

Before she knew it, this girl had become her deathbed.

"I still won't go, there are too many people." Jiang Xinyan raised his head and smiled at her, hooking her neck and leaning into a warm embrace. "Happy birthday, Liz, I don't have a gift for you, don't be angry."

"Why are you angry?" With drooping eyes, soft lips kissed the center of her brow, smoothing the shallow wrinkles there, "You are the best gift God has given me."

Suddenly, I remembered the day that was cherished in my heart.

May [-]th belongs to the two most important women in her life.

"Your Majesty, Princess Catherine is here..."

This ambiguous atmosphere was abruptly broken by Hannah's notification.

Like a frightened hedgehog, Jiang Xinyan struggled to get out of Elizabeth's arms, jumped up and stood up: "Let me avoid it for a while."

"This is our room, what are you avoiding?" He stretched out his hand to fetch the man back, pressed him on the chair and sat down, turned around and walked to the outside room.

"..."

Catherine stood there with her head bowed, her hands folded on her stomach, tightly clutching the floral ornament on her skirt, her knuckles were bluish white, her teeth were biting her lower lip, almost bleeding from the bite.

Not right, very wrong.

"Katie, what's the matter?" Pulling her arm, she wanted her to sit down and said, probably Elizabeth felt that she was too unfriendly to this niece, and she should show a good face as the wedding day approached.

Thinking of this, his solemn expression softened.

"I...I can't get married, Your Majesty..." He raised his head submissively, as if he was looking down on death, and as if he was guilty of guilt, carefully observing Elizabeth's face.

"Do you think you have the final say?"

Catherine looked at her timidly, her brows wrinkled slightly, her thin lips twitched, she suddenly raised her chin, and said word by word: "I'm married and pregnant, so I won't marry that illegitimate son from Scotland. !"

Although her back was straightened and her face was full of arrogance and unyielding, her trembling voice and body betrayed her real fear at the moment.

"Say it again." The bloody mist gradually gathered in the calm eyes, without the slightest warmth, and the hand that was holding the wrist bone like iron clamps suddenly increased the force, and suddenly let go.

"I said I……"

Lifting her immature but stubborn face, she opened her mouth, and the wind whistled in her ears, and a slap mingled with fierce anger slapped her firmly on the face, flying up her soft and long light golden hair, drawing a desperate arc in the air ,fall.

The sharp and burning pain spread along the fingerprints, and she lost consciousness for a short time. Catherine only felt numbness on the left side of her face, and warm liquid filled with the smell of blood slowly flowed out from her nose...

"When, who is the adulterer!" The deep voice suppressed the anger that was about to burst out.

Catherine covered her face, slowed down for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha...Why should I tell you, anyway, you can kill or cut as you please, since you decided to marry me to that illegitimate child, I am not me anymore ...Elizabeth, I hate you as much as I care about you!"

At this moment, she was happy for her bravery, because she knew that the marriage had failed, and she enjoyed the joy of revenge, but she also felt sad for her future fate, just "married without the queen's permission" A crime is not light, what's more, if a child is born, people will think that Elizabeth, an "old girl", will not have children, and she is more suitable to inherit the throne than her.

Although she didn't have that ambition...

She just wanted to take revenge on this woman severely.

Elizabeth stared coldly at her ferocious face, and looked into the pair of gray-blue pupils that were exactly the same as her own, filled with cruelty and madness, the burning anger was extinguished suddenly, and the rest was filled with sorrow.

"If you don't tell me, I'll know." With a mocking smile, he frowned in disgust, his eyes full of contempt, "Since you've made your own way to death, don't blame me for killing your relatives righteously."

"Kill me."

Elizabeth walked around her, walking at an unhurried pace, like a lion playing with its prey after a successful hunt, hooked the corners of her mouth: "I will not kill you, and I will let you give birth to a child safely, but... ..."

After a while, he stopped in his tracks, and his half-smile expression suddenly became gloomy and terrifying.

"Your marriage with an adulterer will be declared invalid, and your child will become an illegitimate child. As for you, your property status will be taken back, and then you will go to jail under the name of 'prostitute'!"

That ghostly cold gaze makes people shudder...

Catherine's eyes widened in horror, her chest heaved violently, and she shook her head desperately: "No... I'm not a prostitute... You can't make my child an illegitimate child!"

As he spoke, he knelt down, tugged at the hem of her skirt, and cried for mercy.

Jiang Xinyan hid behind the inner door, listening to their conversation, listening to the heartbreaking cry of the girl younger than him, unspeakable complex emotions lingered in his mind...

It turned out that Catherine had "that" kind of mind for Elizabeth.

They are aunts and nephews!

There were sour bubbles in my heart, but I felt a little sympathetic to this poor little girl.

Obviously, Elizabeth is very clear that the arbitrary execution of royal family members will be criticized by the subjects, and she also knows that death is actually a relief for Catherine, but she did not fulfill her wish and wanted her to live to suffer the greatest pain and shame, and her belief is that suicide is not allowed Yes, it means that Catherine will live in torment for the rest of her life.

This method is ruthless.

It was also a marriage without authorization. Historically, Leticia hooked up with Robert secretly, and all the children were born later. At most, she was expelled from the court. It was not as miserable as Catherine, who was imprisoned to death.

Elizabeth is obviously more partial to her natal relatives.

"Ugh…"

Sighing, Jiang Xinyan covered her ears not to listen to the tragic cry, went back to the chair and sat down, silently saying "it's none of my business".