The sun never sets rose

"what happened?"

After dismissing the two men, Elizabeth went around the desk and walked in front of them, habitually holding Jiang Xinyan's hand.

Eleanor curtseyed, raised her head, and a pair of red teary eyes kept dripping warm and transparent liquid.Looking at this face similar to her own, Elizabeth felt as if she was looking in a mirror, lamenting that there are people so similar in the world, as if she was another self.

When Cecil found her, she had no father or mother, and she was living under the fence. She was almost sold to a brothel by her uncle. She was only 16 years old at that time, and Elizabeth was 20 years old.These years, Cecil has been secretly raising her, saying that she will be useful in the future.

It did come in handy this time, and I almost forgot about it.

Seeing her sobbing and crying all the time without speaking, Elizabeth felt soft-hearted. She let go and hugged her, and said softly, "Tell me, Ella, what happened?"

As a result, the little girl cried even harder...

"Your Majesty, she is pregnant." Really worried, Olo whispered for her.

Startled, frowned: "Whose?"

"It could be my father's... or it could be... the Duke of Norfolk's... or... someone else..." Olo said in a low voice, and lowered his head in embarrassment.

In the past few days, something happened to her duke's father, and he died. All the servants in the family were dismissed. She, her mother, and her brother were all ridiculed under the title of "family of traitors". Yesterday, she went to the palace to find Jiang Xinyan. Almost kicked out by guards.

Knowing that Eleanor was temporarily staying in the palace, they came to visit together and told Jiang Xinyan what had happened in the past two months. They didn't expect to know such news.

After a long silence, the air seemed to freeze into ice.

Elizabeth's face was gloomy, her tightly pursed lips squirmed slightly, her eyes fell on Eleanor's flat stomach, and a trace of coldness burst from the bottom of her eyes. Suddenly, they opened the door of the study and whispered to the guards stationed outside. A few words.

The guard nodded and left, she closed the door, turned around, and her expression returned to calm.

She took Eleanor's hands, wrapped them in her palms, and said comfortingly: "I know you have been wronged. Those who participated in this incident have all been sentenced to death, and the death will be quite painful. It is revenge for you."

"Your Majesty... I don't want this child..." the little girl burst into tears, her voice piercing, "but taking the abortion pill will cause you to bleed to death...I won't be able to support you after giving birth...and no one will marry me …what to do…"

"Of course you can't take medicine. It's too dangerous. I caused this incident indirectly. I will take full responsibility. Don't worry." The tone was as gentle as possible, as if she was the one who made her pregnant.

"During this time, you are temporarily living in the palace, and someone will take care of your daily life. You just need to worry about raising your baby. After Christmas, I will allocate a manor for you to live in. You can earn about [-] pounds a year, even if you don't get married. You can live a good life, enough to support you and your child, and I will solve the child's education in the future, huh?"

This annual salary is equivalent to that of a small nobleman.

"Thank you Your Majesty..." Eleanor gasped and nodded.

If Elizabeth were a man, she would fall in love with her right now. This treatment sounds like the king's mistress. Although she didn't want this child very much, she didn't want to take the medicine at the risk of death.

"Okay, wipe away your tears, don't cry, it will hurt you." She was so gentle that she could drown someone, like coaxing a little sister.

Seeing her crying and helpless, Elizabeth couldn't help thinking of herself.

At the age of 14, Henry VIII died, and her stepmother, Queen Parr, remarried to Thomas Seymour, Lord of the Navy. She lived with her stepmother and lived happily at first, but soon she discovered that her stepfather had unruly thoughts on her. It even intensified, from verbal molestation to direct hands.

For example, he would break into her room directly every morning, lift her quilt, and tickle her jokingly.

So rumors spread that she had an affair with her stepfather... As a result, her reputation was damaged, and she was gradually alienated from her stepmother, who had a good relationship with her, and she was almost imprisoned.

The shadow caused by this incident will be difficult to get rid of for the rest of her life.

Once Eleanor was settled, time seemed to be free.

Another year of Christmas is approaching. Affected by the purging of the rebel party, the joyous atmosphere in the palace came a bit late.

Jiang Xinyan lived in the queen's bedroom as a maid and shared a bed with the queen.This happened before. When Elizabeth first came to the throne, she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep well. Everyone thought it was normal for Mrs. Ashley to sleep with her.

One morning when I woke up, I saw Olo...

"Eh??"

Jiang Xinyan was so frightened that he quickly got up from Elizabeth's arms, faltering: "You...how are you..."

Olo just gave her a sly smile, shrugged, and said nothing.

"She's my lady officer now."

A lazy and soft voice came from beside her. Elizabeth turned over and pressed her down, kissing her thin chin with her head buried in her face. A strand of red hair fell to her ears and brushed against her collarbone, making it itchy.

Just like that, in front of Olo, she showed her affection.

Jiang Xinyan's face turned red immediately, and she closed her eyes in shame: "Hey, you..."

"Xinyan, you smell so good."

"Someone is here..."

"I really want to pin you on the bed and fuck you hard for three days and three nights."

"..."

She doesn't want this face anymore.

Olo coughed twice, and looked away consciously: "Your Majesty, do you want to get up?"

Pretending not to hear, continue to tease Little Rose.

"The boobs seem a little bigger."

——Baji~ Sucking and planting a strawberry.

"..."

"Hey, don't have such tight legs."

"..."

Just when Olo was ready to go out with red cheeks, Elizabeth stopped her explicit teasing at the right time, sat up with her waist twisted, covered her little rose tightly with the quilt, and got out of bed alone.

"Uh, Your Majesty?"

"I have Kate and the others. It is enough for you to serve the queen well." After speaking, she smiled coquettishly, opened the door and walked out in her nightgown.

It seems to deliberately leave space for them to speak.

Olo shook his head helplessly, looked at someone on the bed who was covered with only two eyes, and finally couldn't help laughing: "Hahahahaha...Jiang Xinyan...So you are the one who suffers, hahahaha..."

"certainly not!"

"I only believe what I see, hahaha..."

"you……"

Annoyed, Jiang Xinyan lifted the quilt and sat up, glared at her angrily, and muttered, "I don't know what's wrong with Elizabeth, and I don't need anyone to serve me, really."

"I told her."

"what??"

"This way we have a lot of time to talk, and we can keep your relationship a secret, how nice."

"Xiao Xiao..." Jiang Xinyan climbed out of the bed, took her hand and sat on the chair, with a frowning face, "I'm very worried when I say this, if someone accidentally finds out, the consequences will be very serious."

She told Olo all of her experience in France for the past two months, including the "threat" from Mary Stuart. Although nothing happened so far, the calmer the weather, the more frightened she became.

Olo patted her on the shoulder in relief: "Don't worry, even if someone says it, no one will believe it, unless you are seen kissing or having sex, but... your queen doesn't seem to be so unrestrained, she dares to be outdoors Do that?"

"Certainly not."

"Yes, it's normal for a noble lady to have a few close female companions, who eat and sleep together, let alone a princess and queen?"

Jiang Xinyan looked at her silently, without saying a word.

"Ann, trust your queen, she is such a cautious person, get dressed soon."

With a wry smile, he made a face.

Elizabeth took Little Rose to the study, and showed her the "Empire on which the sun never sets" on the map. The densely packed model ships hung the flag of England, spread all over the world, and it was very spectacular.

Jiang Xinyan stared at it for a while, then silently removed the boats placed at the two ends of the North and South Poles: "Don't think about occupying these two places, there is nothing, what are you going to do? See polar bears? See penguins?"

"Oh? Native creatures?"

"Ah."

America and Africa are full of English ship models, and next to them are the downturned Spanish ships. Jiang Xinyan knows that it probably means to get rid of Spain and replace them. However, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, there are only English ships and Portuguese ships running side by side. ship.

"Why did you leave the boat at my house? Do you want to invade?" He was slightly angry and frowned.

Elizabeth hugged her slender waist from the back, and quickly explained: "No, Xinyan, I want to do business with the Ming Dynasty, how could it invade? We can't even beat Spain now."

If you think about it, the current strength of the Ming Dynasty is still very strong. It had already exchanged fire with the Portuguese as early as 1521. A naval battle beat the shit out of Portugal.

The current nautical giants are divided into two groups. Spain mainly plunders the American continent, while Portugal controls the sea routes of eastern trade. At this time, England can only rely on robbery if it wants to get a share of the pie.

"Liz, do you... have something to say?"

"Little Rose understands me best." The hot and humid breath brushed her neck and kissed her ear softly, "Yesterday, the Spanish ambassador conveyed to me King Philip's protest that England's pirates violated Spain's interests and asked me to arrest them immediately, especially It's Hawkins."

"and then?"

"If I leave it alone, Spain will go to war against England."

Jiang Xinyan played with the model ship in his hand, and shook his head: "They're scaring you, they won't fight, you just let the pirates go and rob, as much as you can, money is the most important thing."

Recently, she is also thinking about this question, should she tell Elizabeth about some inventions that she knows and will be used in the future, such as the "British Battle of the West" 30 years later, a modified small warship will be used, If only I could make it earlier...

But now there is no money, how can I do it?

"In addition to robbing money, can you also do business to make money?" Elizabeth smiled, and her fingertips landed on a small island below South America: "This strait is currently controlled by the Portuguese, and we have no way to go to the east through here." .”

"Then take a detour."

"Ok?"

Jiang Xinyan gestured with the ship model: "Bypassing the southernmost tip of the mainland, you can go directly to the Pacific Ocean. There are many small islands in this sea area, which should be able to provide rest and supplies. Here..."

When I saw Australia, my eyes lit up.

"Eh?? Occupying this place is fine too!"

"The Southern Continent?"

Elizabeth blurted out the word "Australia", which turned out to mean the southern continent in English.

"That's right, there are resources here too! And no one has found out, or we use this land as a transit point to establish a colonial stronghold. Its location is very convenient whether it is going to the New World, the East or Europe!"

The Dutch were the first to discover Australia in history, at the beginning of the next century, but the Dutch gave up this land because they thought it had no development value, so that when European countries competed for colonies in North America, it was still very primitive.

Until a British captain discovered it, and after on-the-spot investigations, overturned the Dutch's statement that "it has no development value", and later, it became a place where the British government exiled criminals.

Now that the Dutch are not yet independent, they have every chance.

Elizabeth glanced at the land, and she really ignored it, floating alone on the sea, frowning: "What kind of country is this going to be?"

"Indigenous tribes, one shot at a time."

There was excitement and greed in his eyes, and he completely forgot what kind of crime he was planning.

"Is there any gold?"

"Yes! Probably in this position."

Jiang Xinyan pointed to the southeastern part of Australia. The reason why he was so sure was that some people discovered gold mines here in modern times, setting off the so-called "gold rush".

"What about other resources?"

"It's mainly minerals, and then... the Midwest is suitable for raising sheep. There is not enough land in England, so we can transfer it here. Aren't we also mainly exporting wool?"

Due to the "enclosure movement" in China, a large number of farmers lost their land and became homeless. The reason is that England is too small and has few resources, so it must look overseas.

Elizabeth took a model ship and placed it lightly on the location of Australia: "At present, with our capabilities, we cannot develop it for the time being. Even if we go, if the Spaniards find out, they will definitely come to fight for it, and a war will still be inevitable. "

In the final analysis, the national strength is not strong enough.

"This continent will not be discovered until at least 50 years later, Liz, we have enough time."

"At that time, I'm not here anymore, am I?" Sighing, he patted her little head helplessly.

"..."

Jiang Xinyan lowered his head and silently clenched his fists.

Yes, they still have a lot of unresolved matters. When Mary Queen of Scots is removed and the Spanish "Invincible Fleet" is defeated, it will be 30 years later. She is not sure whether she can accompany Elizabeth until that time.

The furthest distance between them is time.

"Words."

"Ok?"

"Nice to have you."

With a soft kiss on her forehead, she was embraced into a warm embrace.