Compared to Cao Rui, who was ordered to move the capital in a hurry during times of crisis, Sun Quan's life has been much more comfortable recently.
Although under Zhuge Liang's planning, Zhang Zhao and Sun Quan, the important ministers of Soochow, almost broke up, and the political conflicts within Soochow were secretly intensified.
But Sun Quan was confident.
In his late fifties, after decades of ups and downs in power, he is no longer the immature young man he was in the fifth year of Jian'an.
Sun Quan believed that with his ability to control the political situation for many years, Zhang Zhao and his like would definitely not succeed in the end, and the political conflicts within Soochow would be gradually and quietly resolved by him.
With this determination, it is understandable that Sun Quan, who had fulfilled his lifelong dream of ascending to the throne of God, felt quite comfortable in his heart.
What made Sun Quan even more comfortable was that it was delivered to Sun Quan in Jianye City on the day that was about to enter February.
Looking at the conclusive information in his hand, Sun Quan was pleasantly surprised, and many strange emotions suddenly emerged in his heart.
Liu Bei actually died?
Liu Bei is finally dead!
It seems that there is no need to hide things like this that can greatly boost people's hearts in Soochow. Shiyi, who is in charge of Soochow's intelligence.
Therefore, when this shocking news first arrived in Jianye, the news of Liu Bei's death spread throughout the entire Jianye city in an instant under the operation of Shiyi.
What Yi expected was right. When the ministers and celebrities in Jianye City heard the news, they all rushed to tell each other, worship each other and celebrate.
However, Shi Yi was not satisfied with this phenomenon. What he really wanted to see was Sun Quan's ecstasy.
But it was obvious that Sun Quan's reaction made Shi Yi a little disappointed.
Although Sun Quan's face looked happy at the moment, it seemed a little restrained, which was far from the ecstasy he expected.
Shiyi expressed deep confusion about Sun Quan's reaction. According to common sense, Sun Quan's reaction should not be like this.
Yi Yi, who was also an important minister in Huaibei with Zhang Zhao, could not figure out Sun Quan's thoughts for a while, so he could only hang his head in panic.
Shiyi's reaction was clearly caught in the eyes of Sun Quan, who was sitting on the throne. What Shiyi was worried about was not difficult to see with Sun Quan's mind, but he did not speak to comfort Shiyi immediately.
Sun Quan's silence did not last long, and suddenly Sun Quan's voice sounded clearly in the hall: "Ziyu, come with me for a walk."
"Bring King Jin with you."
In order to stabilize the situation in Soochow under Zhang Zhao's fierce resistance, Sun Quan did not insist on making Sun Liu the crown prince. However, in order to reflect the special nature of Sun Liu in his heart, Sun Quan still gave Sun Liu the title of Noble Prince. King of Jin.
Shi Yi didn't know why Sun Quan suddenly had this idea, but facing Sun Quan's request, Shi Yi didn't dare to have the slightest objection.
After bowing slightly, Shiyi walked out. Soon after, Shiyi, who had arranged everything, entered the palace again and welcomed Sun Quan to the car outside the palace.
Because Sun Quan didn't want to disturb too many people when he went out this time, Eryi just arranged a team of fine armored guards to accompany him.
Under the escort of fine armored guards, the gorgeous chariot slowly walked towards the outside of Jianye City after welcoming its owner.
Sun Quan did not tell Shiyi at first where the destination of his trip was, but soon after Sun Quan's personal instructions, Shiyi knew where Sun Quan's destination was - it was Jingkou adjacent to Jianye City.
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Jingkou is an important town along the Yangtze River. Due to its special geographical location, Sun Quan deployed heavy troops here. The main purpose was to let Jingkou play the role of guarding Jianye.
As a close minister of Sun Quan, Shiyi certainly knew the strategic importance of Jingkou to Soochow, but Yi did not know why Sun Quan suddenly wanted to patrol to Jingkou today.
Could it be that Sun Quan felt that Mi Yang had great power after Liu Bei's death and would brazenly launch a war to destroy the country of Soochow, so he wanted to inspect the Jingkou border defense to reassure himself?
Maybe this kind of thinking is a bit underestimating Sun Quan, but based on Sun Quan's previous behavior towards Mi Yang, Si Yi had to think this way.
While thoughts were swirling in his mind, Shiyi led the convoy gradually to the outside of Jingkou City. Although Jingkou is a city in name, it is actually more like a large military camp.
After realizing that they had arrived at Jingkou, Sun Quan signaled the motorcade to stop. When the carriage came to a stop, Sun Quan slowly stepped out of the carriage with Sun Lu in his arms.
Originally, Ziyi thought that Sun Quan's direction would be the Jingkou Camp, but what made Ziyi even more puzzled was that Sun Quan and Sun Lu were walking towards a high slope outside the Jingkou Camp.
Shiyi overlooked one point. Jingkou was not only a military center of Soochow, but it also had another meaning in Sun Quan's heart.
In the fourteenth year of Jian'an, during the sweet period of the victory at Chibi, Liu Bei accepted Sun Quan's invitation and came to Jiangdong from Jingzhou to meet Sun Quan.
And that time, the place where these two heroes of the world met was just outside Jingkou City.
Every time he took a step toward the high slope, Sun Quan's indescribable emotions became more intense.
Ask yourself, doesn’t Sun Quan want Liu Bei to die?
This is naturally impossible.
Liu Bei's death means that Sun Quan will lose a powerful enemy in the future. No matter how you look at it, this is news that Sun Quan can be thankful for.
But under the natural joy, Sun Quan's heart was still filled with sadness and melancholy from time to time.
Over the years, he and Liu Bei have been relatives, allies, and eventually became sworn enemies. Such a relationship is unimaginably complicated by ordinary people.
Due to this complicated relationship, Sun Quan was not always afraid and hostile towards Liu Bei.
Although he didn't want to say it openly, Sun Quan himself knew that he had admiration for Liu Bei, or could it be said that it was the kind of sympathy between enemies and friends?
After standing on a boulder on a high slope, Sun Quan looked at the sword marks on the boulder, and his thoughts could not help but return to that day.
The sun was shining brightly that day, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan didn't have that much white hair on their heads. In addition, due to the excitement brought about by the victory in Chibi, Sun Quan and Liu Bei looked particularly high-spirited.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At that moment, Liu Bei and Sun Quan drank and chatted with each other, agreed on a marriage covenant, and thought about working together to help this chaotic world.
Maybe the power of the two of them at that time was not as strong as it is now, but with their ambition at that time, they both felt that their dreams were likely to come true.
When their minds were excited, Liu Bei and Sun Quan drew out their swords together, leaving a ferocious edge on the boulder in front of them.
Sun Quan also had heroic spirit.
But as the situation developed, somehow the rift between Liu Bei and Sun Quan inevitably grew from scratch and became irreparable in the end.
Time has changed, things have changed, and people have changed. Today, standing in front of this huge stone covered with sword marks, Sun Quan let out an uncontrollable sigh.
Sun Quan lamented the death of Liu Bei, but why didn't he also lament the death of himself who dared to draw his sword to ask the sky?
In fact, Sun Quan has been jealous of Liu Bei for many years.
Sun Quan was jealous of why Liu Bei could always stick to his true intentions, and why Liu Bei could create such a huge foundation without colluding with the world.
"Xuande, are you really right?"
Thinking of the past, Sun Quan couldn't help but mutter to himself, and Sun Quan addressed Liu Bei with honorifics at this time.
But after muttering to himself, Sun Quan struggled again and followed the trend. Can he completely blame himself?
The complex emotions in Sun Quan's heart grew stronger and stronger, and with the urgent report of a flying cavalry coming from far and near, Sun Quan's complex emotions in his heart were added with a touch of sadness.
"I am reporting to Your Majesty that after hearing the news of Liu Bei's death, Mrs. Liu was so filled with grief and anger that she threw herself into the river and committed suicide!"
The messenger knelt down in fear and reported the shocking news to Sun Quan.
Before Sun Quan could react after hearing the news, Yi and Sun Lu's expressions changed drastically.
There was only one person in Soochow who was called Mrs. Liu, and that person was Sun Shangxiang, Sun Quan's sister who was married to Liu Bei in his early years.
As Sun Quan's biological sister, Sun Shangxiang's status in Soochow is self-evident. What's more, when she married Liu Bei, she had a strong political intention - if Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei hadn't blocked it, Sun Shangxiang could have completely married Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's lifeblood Liu Chan brought back to Jiangdong.
Because of this, when Shi Yi and Sun Lu first heard the news, they couldn't hide the shock on their faces.
Compared to Sun Lu's sadness after being surprised, Shi Yi's heart was full of fear.
If we really want to talk about it, Sun Shangxiang's drowning in the river today seems to have an inseparable relationship with him...
Just when Shiyi was afraid and Sun Lu was sad, Sun Quan had just woken up from the sudden bad news.
At that time, he did not hesitate to disobey his mother and decided to marry Sun Shangxiang to Liu Bei. On the surface, he wanted to conclude an alliance, but his inner intentions could not be hidden from others.
When he heard the news that Sun Shangxiang had thrown himself into the river to follow Liu Bei, Sun Quan's first reaction was, if he hadn't done this back then, would his biological sister have ended up like this today?
The answer is self-evident.
The elder brother was ambitious, and so was the husband. Such a marriage was doomed from the beginning to have a tragic ending for Sun Shangxiang.
Perhaps thinking of the brother-sister relationship when they were young, and the lament for Liu Bei just now, Sun Quan, who had not shed tears for a long time, actually had some tears in his eyes.
But the current situation is like this, how can you blame him!
The sadness and lamentation on Sun Quan's face did not seem to be fake. After all, humans are not grass and trees, and how can they be ruthless?
Whether it was his sympathy for Liu Bei or his longing for Sun Shangxiang, Sun Quan did not need to pretend in front of Sun Lu and Shiyi.
This is Sun Quan's tender side, but Sun Quan is Sun Quan after all.
Sun Quan motioned to Sun Lu to bow in the direction of the Yangtze River and the boulder to express his condolences to Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang.
And just after Sun Lu obediently followed Sun Quan's instructions and completed this act of remembrance, before the tears in his eyes could accumulate into tears, Sun Quan reached out and wiped away the rare tenderness in his eyes.
Since you took the first step, I won't be polite next time.
The look of nostalgia on Sun Quan's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a firm and cold look on Sun Quan's face.
"Ziyu!"
Sun Quan's soft call almost scared Shi Yi to the ground.
"My lord, my lord is here!"
After receiving Shiyi's response, Sun Quan immediately ordered: "Order the navy to salvage Mrs. Liu's body, arrange the makeup, preserve the body with high-quality medicinal materials, and put it in the coffin."
"After all this is sorted out, an edict was issued to ask Zhang Wen to take Mrs. Liu's body and go as envoy to Chang'an!"
Sun Quan's speech was not fast, but Shiyi could hear every word of Sun Quan's words clearly. However, after understanding Sun Quan's meaning, the fear in Shiyi's heart instantly increased - Your Majesty, you are so cruel!
In Sun Quan's words, he did not feel any pity for Sun Shangxiang, who had just committed suicide by throwing herself into the river, and even called her the cold Mrs. Liu.
If that was all, that would be fine. The most important thing is that Sun Quan's disposal of Sun Shangxiang's body is truly shocking.
As we all know, after Sun Quan failed to use Sun Shangxiang to plot against Liu Chan, Sun Shangxiang, who lost Liu Bei's trust, could never return to Liu Bei.
After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, he married Wu as his official wife, and he directly announced to the world that Sun Shangxiang would have nothing to do with him in the future.
In this case, generally speaking according to legal principles, Chang'an has every reason not to accept Sun Shangxiang's body.
It's just that Sun Shangxiang's death was because he was sentimental about Liu Bei's death and threw himself into the river to follow Liu Bei. In this way, no matter how you say it, Sun Shangxiang's death occupied the word "righteousness".
With these two words, it is no longer impossible for Chang'an to accept Sun Shangxiang's body.
The reason why Sun Quan wanted to return Sun Shangxiang's body to Chang'an was definitely not to fulfill Sun Shangxiang's "righteousness". He wanted to use these "two words" to occupy the moral high ground and criticize the world for Liu Bei's "abandonment" during his lifetime.
The behavior of a head wife.
To put it bluntly, Sun Quan used Sun Shangxiang's death to create an impact on the powerful Han Dynasty who had recently gradually occupied the right position.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sun Quan wants to use this incident to announce to the world-if Chang'an accepts Sun Shangxiang's body, it means that Chang'an recognizes Sun Shangxiang's identity as Liu Bei's wife
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And once Chang'an admits this, then naturally, Liu Chan's identity as his nephew will be established again.
After this impression was re-established in the minds of the world, it was not so tenable for the Chang'an court, headed by Liu Chan, to use the name of righteousness to criticize or even attack Soochow in the future when human ethics was paramount.
Sun Quan's method was disgusting, but it was predictably effective because it was a naked conspiracy and an excellent demonstration of Sun Quan's extraordinary political talent.
As a courtier of Soochow, Shiyi should be happy for Sun Quan's intelligence, but when she thought that Sun Shangxiang would not have peace even after death, and would become a tool used by her brother, Shiyi's heart was filled with sadness.
But Sun Quan didn't care what Shiyi thought, not to mention the purpose of his move was not just that simple.
Thinking of the team of Tuogu assigned by Liu Bei in the intelligence he just read, Sun Quan couldn't help but smile.
Sun Quan happily picked up Sun Lu and warned him: "As a king, you must avoid one thing.
That is, don’t trust the minister too much.”
Is Liu Bei's support team luxurious?
Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Mi Yang, such a team must be luxurious, but in Sun Quan's view, Liu Bei made two serious mistakes.
Because he trusted the minister too much, Liu Chan had no power in his hands.
Secondly, it was not stated clearly in the edict who among the three assistant ministers was the first.
Wouldn't such a mistake be fatal?
The human heart is complex, but sometimes the human heart is also simple, so simple that it can do anything to achieve the supreme position.
Looking at the sword marks on the huge stone in front of him, which symbolized the support of the Han Dynasty, and then looking at the twelve imperial beaded crowns that were constantly shaking in front of him, Sun Quan was convinced of this.
There will only be one Liu Bei in the world.
And after Liu Bei died, what he had to do was to magnify the mistakes Liu Bei made before his death!
This chapter has been completed!