Wu County was the capital of the Sun regime in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, which is today's Suzhou City. It was built by Wu Zixu, and the city lasted for 2,500 years until today in later generations.

On Lingyan Mountain outside the west city of Wuxian, an exquisite and elegant building complex was built, covering an area of ​​about 100 acres. The jade pavilions and jade pavilions complement each other with the mountains and forests, which are extremely elegant.

This is the Li Palace of the Wu mother of Sun Quan. It was originally the Guanwa Palace built by Fuchai for the beautiful girl Xishi. It was later burned down by a fire. However, Wu liked the scenery here, so Sun Quan rebuilt the Li Palace on the basis of the original Guanwa Palace to live in for his mother.

Shortly after the New Year, Wu fell ill and asked famous doctors to delay treatment on many occasions, but no results were found. The disease became worse and worse. Several doctors said clearly that the old lady could not survive today's summer.

Sun Quan was not untied and served his mother day and night. As his mother's condition deepened, he felt particularly heavy.

A courtyard not far from Wu's ward was set up as Sun Quan's temporary base. This small courtyard, which covers less than three acres, became a gathering place for the military affairs of the Eastern Wu regime. Every day, servants would come to report various documents from the city.

In the study on the second floor, Sun Quan was sitting behind several desks and writing quickly, stopping his pen from time to time and thinking deeply.

Sun Quan is twenty-one years old today, and is the youngest lord among all the separatist princes. He has purple beard and blue eyes, bright eyes, square chin and big mouth, and a strange appearance that is different from ordinary people.

When the imperial envoy Jia Xi Sunce, he asserted, "I see that although the Sun brothers are all talented and wise, they are all not worthy of their fortunes. However, they are filial and honest, with a magnificent appearance, and their bones are not constant, and they are very noble."

Sun Quan took over his brother Sun Ce's Jiye two years ago, and he was worried about internal and external troubles. Sun Fu had the ambition to seize the throne. His relative Sun Fu wanted to seize Kuaiji and establish himself. Li Shu, the prefect of Lujiang, even publicly rebelled.

However, Sun Quan was pacified and safe from the inside and outside, suppressed the rebellion, and selected talents to appoint talents, pacified Shanyue, and opened up territory. Not only did he completely control the power of Jiangdong, but he also had sufficient soldiers and enough food to use his life.

Last autumn, Cao Cao's army attacked Liu Bei in Runan, and Jingzhou was shocked. Liu Biao mobilized 100,000 troops to guard Xiangyang, resulting in insufficient troops in Jiangxia, which made Sun Quan have an idea in his mind.

At this moment, Jiangxia, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun were dissatisfied with Huang Zu and wanted to claim to be a rebellion. They specially sent someone to secretly send a letter to Jiangdong. Under Lu Su's persuasion, Sun Quan resolutely decided to send troops to Pengze to watch the situation.

If Liu Biao was unable to quell the Zhang Wu and Chen Sun's rebellion, he would take the opportunity to conquer Jiangxia. If Liu Biao's army arrived westward, the Jiangdong army would not move.

But Liu Biao ordered Liu Bei to lead his army to the west and quickly quell the Zhang Wu and Chen Sun rebellion, and did not give Jiangdong army any chance.

Just as Sun Quan was considering whether to increase his troops to Peng Ze and took Chaisang as the bridgehead to attack Jiangxia, his mother unfortunately fell ill, which forced Sun Quan to stop fighting and pray that his mother would recover from illness.

At this moment, footsteps came from the door, and then a crisp voice of a girl sounded, "Brother, can I come in?"

It was the voice of his sister Shangxiang. Sun Quan's father, Sun Jian, married the Wu sisters together. The eldest sister, Sun Quan's mother, gave birth to four sons, while the sister only gave birth to one daughter, named Sun Ren, whose courtesy name was Shangxiang.

Although they are half-brothers, the Sun brothers love this only little sister very much. They have treated her as a treasure since childhood and have taken care of her. She was called Princess Jiangdong by the people of the Eastern Wu.

Sun Quan also loved this sister very much. He told his young generals more than once that those who can marry my sister must be the greatest husband in Jiangdong.

However, last fall, the fourth brother Sun Kuang took Shang Xiang to Jiangxia with his uncle Wu Jing, and something almost happened. While Sun Quan blamed himself, he also severely punished Sun Kuang and his sister Shang Xiang and was jailed for two months.

"Come in!"

Sun Quan's tone was very gentle. Shang Xiang's punishment period had passed, so he loved her even more, as if he wanted to make up for the shortcomings of these two months.

A slim figure entered the room. It was the princess Sun Shangxiang of Jiangdong. A trip last fall brought her unforgettable memories.

She also brought her severe punishment for two months of confinement, but even if her brother couldn't help but take a step forward, she wouldn't go out. The few blood marks on her face made her depressed and refused to go out to meet people.

She also hated Liu Jing very much. She later realized that the young officer who kidnapped her was actually Liu Biao's nephew. This surprised and made her feel embarrassed. She also promised to make him a tooth general, but she didn't know how he laughed at him at that time.

However, as the bloodstains on her face gradually disappeared and her beautiful face was restored, her annoyance towards Liu Jing slightly faded. After all, she was just a twelve-year-old girl. Although she was a little precocious, her essence was still innocent and could not tolerate too much hatred in her heart.

The aunt was seriously ill in the past two months, and Sun Shangxiang cried many times. Although she was not her biological mother, the aunt loved her since she was a child. Every time she bullied her brother naughtyly, the aunt always favored her.

When Sun Shangxiang heard that the aunt had not been cured and had to prepare for her funeral, she felt even more sad and shed tears every night.

"Brother is looking for me?" Sun Shangxiang asked sadly, lowering her head.

Sun Quan shook his sister's hand and felt her hands were cold. When he saw her eyes crying like Tao'er, he felt pity in his heart and said with a forced smile: "You have been serving your mother these two days. You didn't seem to sleep last night. You are still young and weak. You should pay attention to rest. Don't stay up late tonight, we will serve your mother!"

"Brother hasn't been asleep for two nights. He has to be busy with military and government affairs during the day, so you need to rest even more. I have nothing to do. If I am sleepy, just take a look. Brother, don't worry about me."

Sometimes Sun Quan was worried about his sister dancing swords all day long, but this time his mother was seriously ill and his sister showed the unique gentle and considerate side of a girl. He was relieved. After all, he was a girl and his gentle temperament would never be lost.

Sometimes he also considered finding a husband who was satisfied with his sister, but when he thought about her just turned twelve, he suddenly burst into laughter. It was still early! I don’t know who would be worthy of his sister in the future.

At this time, Sun Quan unexpectedly found that there was a little thin blood mark on his sister's neck, and he couldn't help frowning, "Shang Xiang, you're on your neck..."

At that time, Liu Jing left four blood marks on Sun Shangxiang's face and neck, and now the rest have faded, but a little blood mark on her neck has left her, which makes her feel depressed.

Unexpectedly, she was discovered by her brother. She was so scared that she hurriedly covered her neck, "It's nothing, it'll be fine in a few days."

Sun Shangxiang was afraid that her brother would be annoyed, so she would not allow her to go out from now on. Although she hated Liu Jing in her heart, she didn't want to make trouble at this time. She would rather bear this anger than mention her brother again.

Sun Quan's face turned gloomy. He didn't hate Liu Jing. Liu Jing even let them go even though he knew their siblings. This surprised Sun Quan, and even felt a little grateful.

He was angry about his brother and sister's adventure. When he thought of this, he would blame him a few words. Sun Quan complained again: "It's just a horse. If you hurt your life, how can I explain it to my mother?"

Sun Shangxiang pouted, shook her brother's arm and said coquettishly: "I understand. Last time it was just an accident. I promise not to make the same mistake again. Brother, don't mention this matter again."

Sun Quan had no choice but to sigh and said, "Forget it, let's talk about this later. You go and accompany your mother first. I still have official duties."

Seeing that his brother no longer cared about this matter, Sun Shangxiang became happy again and slipped out like a bird. Looking at his sister's cute back, Sun Quan smiled and shook his head. When will this baby sister really grow up?

Sun Quan took back his thoughts and asked the guard next to him, "What's the matter?"

"Report to the Marquis of Wu, Zhou Guardians ask for a visit!"

Sun Quan was overjoyed. He was about to send someone to find Zhou Yu, but he didn't expect that he would come by himself. "Please invite him in!"

Soon, Zhou Yu walked in with a majestic spirit. Zhou Yu was only twenty-eight years old this year. He was handsome and heroic, and had extraordinary appearances. He was especially good at music. He was very famous in Jiangdong. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "there is a mistake in the song, Zhou Lang is a friend", so the people in Jiangdong also like to call him Zhou Lang.

Sun Quan also attached great importance to Zhou Yu. After he inherited his brother's position, he appointed Zhou Yu as the Central Guard Army and took charge of the military affairs of Jiangdong with the Chief Secretary Zhang Zhao.

Zhou Yu walked into the room, knelt down and bowed to Sun Quan, "Zhou Yu pays homage to Marquis Wu!"

"You don't have to be too polite, please sit down!"

Zhou Yu sat down, and a guard served tea. Sun Quan took a court edict from the table and said, "I received a court edict a few days ago, asking the Sun family in Jiangdong to send his legitimate son to Xudu as a magistrate. I am very embarrassed about this matter. If I do not accept the edict, I will be the name of a rebel minister. If I send my brother to Xudu according to the edict, I will probably be controlled by others."

Zhou Yu smiled coldly, "What kind of edict is this? It is clearly what Cao thief means. Two years ago, didn't Cao thief also order Liu Biao to be the host? However, Liu Biao clearly rejected it, and no one was talking about Liu Biao being a rebel minister. Justice is in the hearts of the people. Why should the Marquis of Wu obey Cao's orders?"

Sun Quan nodded, "Just be fair and free in the hearts of the people." This sentence is very good. In fact, Sun Quan did not want to send his brother to Xu Du as a hostage, but he was not sure about it. Zhou Yu's persuasion made him make up his mind.

"The ministers are undecided, which has made me hesitate until now. Gong Jing is determined and I know what to do."

Zhou Yu smiled again and said, "Actually, I came here to discuss the march to Jiangxia with the Marquis of Wu. Cao Cao was focused on pacifying Hebei and had no time to look south. Yangzhou Governor Liu Fu trained troops in Huainan. According to Gu Hui's investigation of the enemy situation, Liu Fu devoted himself to defense and went south. It can be seen that the focus of Cao's army was in Hebei.

Xiahou Dun stationed 30,000 troops in Nanyang, threatened Jingxiang, and restrained Liu Biao's main force. Jiangxia only had 25,000 troops in Huang Zu. Why don't we take this opportunity to seize Jiangxia?"

Sun Quan sighed, "I don't want to do it, but my mother is seriously ill. I dare not act rashly, for fear of leaving behind the name of unfilial piety."

Zhou Yu lowered his voice and said, "I asked the sorcerer to observe the celestial phenomena at night. Although the Tai Madam was seriously ill, there was no sign of the main star falling. Moreover, I heard that Hua Tuo was accepting disciples in Guangling and ordered someone to invite him. It is coming soon. Perhaps the Tai Madam's illness can be cured, but the fighter's opportunity is fleeting. If Wu Hou should break it, it will be cut off."

Sun Quan pondered for a long time and said, "My mother's disease needs to be treated, and the fighter's opportunity must be grasped. Why not do this? Please ask Hua Tuo to treat it first. If you can stabilize your mother's condition, regardless of whether it is cured, we will first capture Chaisang and leave a foothold for the attack on Jiangxia. What do you think?"

Zhou Yu nodded, this is OK, he immediately said: "I recommend Xu Sheng as the vanguard, prepare for Pengze, and attack Chaisang at any time!"
Chapter completed!