The sun never sets rose

During the hunting season, banquets are held every day, and people sing and dance to celebrate the harvest. It is lively and peaceful, but under such a happy surface, there are undercurrents surging from all directions.

For crises, Elizabeth has an amazingly keen sense of smell. She has never let down her vigilance and is always ready to deal with the conspiracies against her. Now she has been on the throne for less than a year, the crown is unstable, and the future is still full of variables.

"There is violence in Scotland again, Your Majesty."

Still in the black robe, William Cecil came to the Queen's study early in the morning to bring the latest news.

Recently, there have been many small-scale riots in Scotland, mainly the conflict between the "Congregational Church" headed by the Protestant nobles and the Catholic government headed by the Queen Mother of Guise. If you pull on France, it will be tight.

This is from the previous generation.

Elizabeth's father, King Henry VIII of England, had a sister who married the King of Scotland decades ago, gave birth to a son who succeeded to the throne, and later married Marie de Guise, the daughter of the French aristocratic Guise family For the queen, gave birth to a daughter, named Mary - Stuart.

Six days after the daughter was born, her father died in battle, and she became Queen of Scots. Her mother, the Queen Mother of Guise, was regent. Both mother and daughter believed in Catholicism and wanted to overthrow Elizabeth's rule.

At that time, England was separated from the control of the Holy See and the Catholic Church after the religious reform of Henry VIII. It was a Protestant country. According to the canon, Elizabeth was the legal heir to the throne of England.

And Mary was sent to the French court to grow up since she was a child, and she was engaged to the crown prince Francis. She just became the queen of France this year, forming two intertwined Catholic forces.

Of course, it is impossible for Elizabeth to sit still.

After listening to this short report, she still had a calm face, slowly paced from behind the desk, walked to the window, and cast a long shadow in the late autumn sun.

Seeing that the queen didn't speak, Cecil considered for a while, and continued: "At present, Sufa has formed an alliance, and the French will not sit back and watch the Ghis government|government be overthrown, and they will definitely send troops to suppress it. After suppressing the rebellion, take the opportunity to invade our country."

"Has the Earl of Allen arrived in London?" The soft and gentle voice could not hear the slightest sense of tension when the crisis was approaching. Elizabeth put her hands behind her back and calmly watched the wooden boats on the Thames River outside the window.

"It's coming soon, about three or four days later."

"Very good." The corner of his mouth hooked up, as if confident in his chest, strange and mysterious, "Continue to secretly give financial support to the 'Axiom Society', the enemy's enemy is our friend."

While using the suitors to mediate with European countries to stabilize his throne, he also has to solve the mess left by his sister, the huge debts, the empty treasury, and the stagnant economy. dilemma.

She always believed that this was a test given to her by God.

"Are you planning to win over Earl Allen?"

Unable to guess what the queen was thinking, all Cecil could think of was this. The so-called "the enemy of an enemy is a friend" was nothing more than making good friends with the Protestant forces so that they could compete with the Soviet-French alliance.

The Protestant Earl of Allen is second only to Mary Stuart in the order of succession to the Scottish throne. The Protestant aristocrats of the "Congregational Church" are obviously very happy to see Mary's downfall, and then the Earl of Allen will take power, and then match the Earl Marry Elizabeth, so that the two Protestant countries can be united, even unified.

For this bright prospect, the "Congregational Church" will fight against the mother and daughter of Geese.

It can be said that Elizabeth understands the wishes of the "Congregational Society" very well, and this can just be used.

"No, it should be called 'Talking About Marriage.'"

Turning around, walking slowly back to the desk, a strange gleam of light faded from the bottom of her eyes, and the corners of her lips were lightly raised, evoking a charming smile, just like what she was good at.

Surprised, Cecil didn't quite understand, and asked tentatively, "Then His Majesty and Grand Duke Charles?"

"No definite answer."

While holding the prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Archduke Charles, at the same time, he handed out an olive branch to the Earl of Aaron in Scotland. This seemingly tricky method is still a familiar taste and formula, just like the previous routine of the King of Spain and the Prince of Sweden, Sisi Immediately understood what the queen was planning, and couldn't help but suddenly realized.

Those suitors are all tools used by the queen to consolidate the throne, and the person who really walked into the heart of the queen is probably Robert...

—Ah, that brat!

……

It seems that God heard Jiang Xinyan's prayer. Since she was disgusted that night, Elizabeth never sent anyone to look for her. She and Jane stayed in the room all day long, with daily necessities and meals. Some people gave them away, and they were raised as pigs.

This kind of life is so boring that it can't go on even if someone is with you. Soon, Jiang Xinyan misses the modern life, not to mention the mobile phone and computer. No matter how bad it is, he can still read books, and finally found a book here. A book about the size of a primary school student's dictionary has religious content. Does she have to talk about God every day?

However, according to Jane, the queen will return to London soon, and the entire palace will follow her back. There are still two months before Christmas, and preparations will begin at this time.

The Christmas of the later generations has long lost its strong religious atmosphere. It is equivalent to the Chinese New Year. It is a holiday purely for family reunion. Jiang Xinyan is a little curious about what Christmas will be like here.

"Miss, is there any holiday like Christmas in the East?" Jane is always curious about that mysterious and distant country, so it is obviously more interesting to discuss this.

Speaking of her motherland, Jiang Xinyan is very energetic. Whether it is ancient or modern, there are many places to talk about. She hugged a pillow in her arms and nodded: "Of course, the biggest festival of the year is called 'Spring Festival' , according to our calendar, the Spring Festival is the first day of the new year, and the day before the Spring Festival is called 'New Year's Eve', which is a day to reunite with family members."

"So how did you celebrate?"

"On the night of 'New Year's Eve', fireworks and firecrackers will be set off, which means to drive away evil spirits. The elders will give the children in the family 'lucky money', wrap it in red paper, and ask for auspicious lottery, and then the whole family will sit together for the New Year's Eve dinner. Eating dumplings is delicious, but you have to 'keep the year' after eating, and you can't go to bed until early in the morning."

"Dumplings?" Jane repeated the unfamiliar word, "What's that?"

"Hmm... it's made of flour, and it's wrapped with various fillings, including pork cabbage, pork leek, pork celery, shiitake mushrooms, shrimp..." As he spoke, Jiang Xinyan's stomach growled, and his eyes floated past One after another, the bulging big white dumplings couldn't help swallowing.

Then she suddenly felt sad.

I want to go back to modern times, my motherland, my own home, I want to eat the dishes my mother cooks, I want to eat a lot of dumplings...

The eye circles were a little red, and with the growling of his stomach, he felt inexplicably sad.

"Miss, what you said makes me really want to try it..." Zhen also licked the corners of her mouth, her eyes widened and she tried to imagine, but unfortunately she had never seen or eaten dumplings, so she couldn't imagine it.

"Miss?"

"Miss…"

His eyes were empty, his obsidian-like bright eyes stared at the flames jumping in the fireplace, and a transparent light was faintly visible at the bottom of his eyes. Hearing Jane calling her, he came back to his senses and blinked, "Huh? What's wrong?"

"Are you... homesick?" asked cautiously, a little worried.

Nodding, forced a smile, "I think so, but my house... is too far away from here."

So far away that I may never be able to go back in this life.

The innocent little girl didn't know what it meant, and wanted to comfort her, she took her hand, and a slight dimple floated on her cheek, "Don't worry, miss, you said you should trust Your Majesty, she will make England's navy stronger, Open up our own sea route to the east, and then you can go home."

When Elizabeth was mentioned abruptly, that haughty figure suddenly appeared in her mind, dressed in exquisite and gorgeous women's riding clothes, standing in the sun with a bow and arrow in her hand, with reddish-brown hair coiled up, straight back, high head, solemn And sacred, like a majestic lion, with confidence and arrogance intertwined between his eyebrows.

She still remembers the feeling of her heart skipping a beat.

But what happened at night suddenly shattered the image of the perfect historical figure in her heart, and also turned a little bit of her inexplicable fantasy into bubbles.

The softness behind her and the half-horizontal arm are all her inexplicable fantasies, a little pretentious.

"Yes, on that day, I can go home..." Taking a deep breath, put away the melancholy in my heart, held Jane's hand, smiled, and stopped thinking about messy things.

The knock on the door interrupted their conversation. Jane looked back and got up to open the door. It was the guard outside, holding a wooden cage covered with a black cloth.

"what is this?"

"Mrs. Ashley sent it just now, saying that His Majesty ordered it to be handed over to the foreigner inside."

Jane glanced curiously, nodded, took it, retreated into the house, and closed the door.

"what happened?"

It seems that I heard the key word "Your Majesty" just now. Could it be that Elizabeth is making trouble for her again?Jiang Xinyan was a little nervous, stood up, and put the pillow back on the bed.

"Your Majesty gave it to Miss."

The things were put on the table by the window, and Jiang Xinyan followed. Jane grabbed the black cloth and opened it. In the exquisite wooden cage, there was a gray and furry guy with two long ears erected, staring With dark eyes, he listened vigilantly, holding the unfinished vegetable leaves in his hands.

Such a fat rabbit...

so cute……

Jiang Xinyan looked at this guy blankly, blinked, and something seemed to come out from the bottom of his heart, which was warm.