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Just when Jiang Xinyan was so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, two more guards came, opened the cell door and dragged her out. She didn't even have the strength to resist, and no matter where she was taken, she could only resign herself to fate.

Going through the long tunnel and up the stairs, there was a gray castle outside, she didn't look carefully, she dragged her steps mechanically like a puppet with drooping eyelids.After entering a certain room in the castle, the guard pushed her and closed the door.

"???"

In the center of the room is a square concave sink, in which there is a bathtub-shaped wooden barrel filled with hot water, with a faint white smoke rising from the sparkling water, and a set of plain skirts on the shelf next to it.Two people who looked like maids came over, without saying a word, they grabbed her and began to undress her.

"Hey... what is this for?"

No one pays attention to her.

She was stripped naked in two or three strokes, pulled and pushed into the bathtub, and began to bathe her without any explanation.

"..."

Except for Elizabeth, no one has touched|touched her like this.

Blushing like a ripe tomato...

After washing for a while, it was quite comfortable. Jiang Xinyan didn't resist so much, and tried to chat with them by grabbing the edge of the bathtub: "Hello, two ladies, you are so beautiful~"

No one pays attention to her.

It's just that the younger girl among them glanced at her and seemed to be smiling.

"Thank you for helping me take a bath~" He grinned and smiled silly. "Well, let me introduce myself. My surname is Jiang, and I come from the Ming Dynasty in the East. Have you read "Marco Polo's Travels"? It's the very rich country in the book."

Still nobody paid attention to her.

"I originally traveled to Europe by boat, but I encountered a storm at sea and was washed to the coast of England. Then I walked and walked, blindly, and somehow ended up in the royal garden of Windsor..." Jiang Xin said to herself He started to make up stories.

After a lot of long-winded, finally, let's get to the point.

"Am I... am I going to see someone?"

Sending a special person to wait for her to take a bath and change clothes, this is not like the treatment of a prisoner.

Finally, the younger one spoke. "It's Her Majesty the Queen."

The Duke of Bee Gees spoke even worse, heavily accented English.

Even the maids can speak foreign languages ​​these days.

"Mary Stuart?" blurted out carelessly.

Sure enough, the maid frowned: "It is not allowed to call Her Majesty the Queen by her name."

"Okay I'm sorry."

Jiang Xinyan lay on the rim of the barrel with her neck crooked, flipping through the relevant materials of Mary Stuart in her mind. What she remembered most clearly was that Zweig wrote a biography for her, and then there was a legendary but tragic life , and, the bleak ending of being sent to the guillotine.

Thinking about it this way, she calmed down, and even got excited with a bit of a naughty taste.

Jiang Xinyan was taken directly to the queen's private reception room. Before pushing open the simple and heavy wooden door, she fantasized about Mary's appearance. After all, historians said she was a beauty.

The furnishings in the room are in a luxurious style, with exaggerated shapes, and the contrast and saturation of the color scheme bring a strong visual impact. She suddenly felt so cramped that she didn't know how to settle down, and she was dizzy from the shining gold and silver.

Or Elizabeth's "sex|frigid" style...

Sitting under the upright back of the chair was a gorgeously dressed woman, with brown hair and black eyes, deep eye sockets, and a slightly elongated face with well-defined outlines, but the nose was a bit too high, straight and long, and her complexion was healthy, ruddy and white. There is a bit of innate elegance and confidence.

It is indeed beautiful, like a real-life Barbie doll, exquisite and natural, just right. If Elizabeth is the cold ice, so indifferent that she is so indifferent, then she is the hot fire, so dazzling that people can't help it.

"Your Majesty the Queen."

In accordance with English court etiquette, lean over.

For a long while, there was no movement.

"..."

Staring at the girl who was as thin as grass, it took Mary a while to recover, and a mischievous smile appeared on her face: "Hello, cute little thing, welcome to France."

Girlish voice, without a French accent.

Mary is only this year, and her king's husband is one year younger than her. In front of Jiang Xinyan, she is completely a child.

After thinking about it, she raised her chin slightly, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "I want to know why Her Majesty the Queen sent someone to arrest me here."

"Because of curiosity." The plump apple's muscles moved, with a passionate smile on its face. "I heard that my cousin, Queen Elizabeth, took in a woman from the East. I want to see what it looks like."

"..."

Could there be a more ridiculous and speechless reason than this?

Hold your breath and keep smiling: "Now that your majesty has seen it, can you let me go back?"

"No."

"Why...!?" He gritted his silver teeth lightly.

Mary suddenly suppressed her smile, raised her eyebrows, got up, walked in front of her with leisurely and brisk steps, and looked down at her condescendingly with her absolute height advantage.

This woman is so tall...

I didn't feel it when I was sitting, but when I stood up, Jiang Xinyan looked short and small in an instant.

The historical Mary Stuart was 1 meters tall. Looking at it now, she is a full head taller than Elizabeth. If it weren't for this immature face and childish demeanor, Jiang Xin would never say Would not believe her only.

"Look, what is this?" Spreading out his palm, a gold-copper ring with a Tudor coat of arms suddenly appeared, and the ruby ​​inlaid on the ring glowed with blood-colored dark light, simple and strange.

Her heart shook slightly, the calmness she had worked so hard to maintain shattered, and she reached out to take it back, but she saw Mary quickly closed her palm, took a step back, and looked at her with a smile.

That look suddenly became unfathomable.

"This coat of arms can only be worn and used by the King of England, so... I'm curious, what is your relationship with Elizabeth?"

Originally, Mary planned to keep Jiang Xinyan for two days and then throw it back. It was just because she heard some news that this girl and Elizabeth were inseparable and very close.But the moment she got the ring, she suddenly felt that things became more and more interesting, and it was not as simple as the hearsay said.

No matter how you look at it, Mary hates Elizabeth, a lowly and humble Protestant illegitimate daughter, but sat on the English throne that should belong to her, and helped the hateful "Congregational Church" establish a Protestant regime in Scotland. She ratified the Treaty of Edinburgh.

She wished she could swallow Elizabeth alive.

Then, in front of Jiang Xinyan, he opened the lid of the ring, and showed her two mini portraits inside: "One is you and the other is her, right?"

Scalp numb, brain blank...

She looked up at Mary, trying to find something purposeful in those moving eyes, but all she saw was a childish, mischievous smile.

"Yes." Pursing her lips, her eyes fell on the ring, "Please return it to me."

"This is really an unexpected harvest, even God is helping me." Mary withdrew her hand, and blinked at her, her slender and thick eyelashes were like two beautiful little fans.

The finger bones were tightly clenched into fists, and then loosened again, enduring the anxiety in the bottom of my heart that was uncontrollable, Jiang Xinyan understood what she meant, and suddenly sneered: "Your Majesty, if one day, the French royal family no longer protects you, what will you do?" What to do?"

Mary's self-confidence stems from her noble bloodlines and her combination with a powerful Catholic country. It can be said that her growth path has always been smooth and carefree, which is why her enthusiasm is so contagious. It can be shown through demeanor.

However, in two or three months, her husband, the so-called backer, King Francois II of France, will die of illness. Once he dies, the bond that Mary has strengthened through marriage will be completely broken. , the new king ascended the throne, and there was no place for her in the French court.

Then she will return to the unfamiliar Scotland where she has been away for more than ten years, to be the Catholic queen of her Protestant people. With her naturally romantic and affectionate character, of course she can't beat those old foxes, and she is destined to end in tragedy.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinyan felt much happier. He had a little affection for this little girl just now, but it was all lost in an instant. If Mary stopped being so arrogant, she might be able to give her some advice.

It turns out that knowing history can make people so confident...

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing interesting, just a kind reminder. Everything in the world is changing rapidly. Who can guarantee that everything will go according to plan?"

The smile on Mary's face gradually froze, and was replaced by a puzzled look, like a young girl listening to an adult's reasoning.

"I guess you don't have a good relationship with your mother-in-law, the Medici Queen Mother? In fact, she doesn't hate you, but hates your relatives who interfere in politics. After all, her son is the king, but the power is in the hands of your uncle. This dynasty The surname is Valois, not Guise, let alone Stuart, and as the mother of the king, she should have such a reaction."

"Why are you so clear about these things?" Mary took a step back incredulously, clutching the ring tightly in her palm, her face full of defense. "Elizabeth told you? You and her..."

"No, because I know the oracle."

"I helped Elizabeth prophesy the future, and she gave me this ring as a recognition. There is a contractual relationship between us."

Jiang Xinyan started to make up things in a hurry. He had never realized that his acting skills were so good, and he frightened the little girl for a while.She just wanted to stabilize Mary, to save her life, and to return to Elizabeth alive.

"Prophecy? I think it's a liar?" Mary snorted.

"Your other uncle, the Cardinal of Lorraine, will die within half a month. The cause of death is unclear. I only know that he will die. You will know whether I am a liar or not by then."

Mary stared at her for a while, then narrowed her eyes slightly, because it was about her uncle, so she had to be dubious.

"If you lie to me, I will kill you immediately."

"no problem."