Chapter 601

"My lord, Cao Cao's envoy is here to visit."

After Sun Quan met the envoy and learned that Cao Cao had appointed him as the successor to Sun Ce's Yangzhou Governor and General Who Pacifies the East, he felt settled.

"Cao Cao also wants his second son Cao Pi to marry my little sister?"

Sun Quan was one hundred percent willing to form a marriage alliance with Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao was treacherous and had ill intentions toward Jiangdong,

However,

Liu Bei's threat was right before his eyes. With Cao Cao as a backer and the two forming an alliance, the safety factor was much higher.

After Sun Quan finished receiving Cao Cao's envoy, he asked the others,

"Gongjin, what do you think about the marriage between Cao Pi and Shangxiang?"

Zhou Yu cupped his hands,

"My lord, our army's greatest enemy right now is Liu Bei. Forming an alliance with Cao Cao to stabilize the situation north of the river is indeed a good move."

Sun Quan frowned slightly,

"My little sister is strong and brave, and she has sworn to marry a great hero. I'm afraid this Cao Pi will find it hard to catch her eye."

This matter was a bit difficult to handle.

Zhou Yu bowed,

"My lord, this matter can only be sought from the Grand Empress Dowager."

Sun Quan had no choice but to go find Lady Wu himself.

He did not expect that Lady Wu would be unhappy,

"I only have this one daughter; you want her to marry into the family of Cao Cao, who kills people like hemp?"

"Are all the men of my Sun family dead, that a woman needs to be sacrificed?!"

Sun Quan hurriedly shifted the blame,

"Mother, Gongjin said that a marriage alliance between the two sides is very important for stabilizing Jiangdong."

Lady Wu was furious,

"What a Zhou Gongjin! Call him here; I want to scold him to death!"

After Zhou Yu arrived in the backyard, not only was he not scolded to death by Lady Wu, but he also persuaded her that for the sake of Jiangdong, Miss Shangxiang had to be sacrificed.

"Bang!"

Sun Shangxiang, with her vigorous posture, flower-like beauty, and heroic face, received the news and rushed over, kicking the door open.

She drew her sword,

"Zhou Yu, I am not marrying that Cao Pi! This young lady only marries a great hero!"

"My father was such a hero; now we actually have to rely on marrying off a daughter to maintain Jiangdong? Sun Quan is truly my father's good son!"

Lady Wu slammed the table in anger,

"Shangxiang, stop talking nonsense!"

Sun Shangxiang pouted,

"Mother, I would rather marry Lord Xuande as a concubine than marry Cao Pi as a wife!"

Lady Wu was furious,

"Talking about Liu Bei, Lord Xuande, all day long! He is how much older than you! Liu Bei is the great enemy of my Jiangdong! If you talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth apart!"

Zhou Yu also advised,

"Miss, Liu Bei is nearly forty; he is more than twice your age."

(Sun Quan lost his father at nine, and Sun Shangxiang is eleven years younger than him? So it should be that Luo got the age wrong.)

Sun Shangxiang looked indifferent,

"So what? He is a great hero of the Han, and the number one fierce general of the Han. I heard he is extremely handsome and looks only in his twenties, much younger than you, and his body is much better than yours!"

Zhou Yu? That was truly heart-piercing!

Sun Shangxiang added,

"Xiao Qiao is not even twenty, and I think she is quite happy."

Zhou Yu... was truly hurt.

Ye Huang rolled her eyes secretly. This young lady was indeed sharp; she didn't let Zhou Yu have an easy time,

So she made Zhou Yu unable to go on...

The Goose's broadcast room exploded, with netizens from all countries,

"Little Sister Sun is truly hot-tempered; every word is heart-piercing!"

"Too heart-piercing! My Zhou Lang is not even thirty, with a handsome appearance, yet he is actually disliked for being old!"

"I didn't expect there to be a fan girl of that eared thief here!"

"It's normal. This Sun Shangxiang likes to dance with swords and spears and likes to lead troops in battle, so it's normal for her to be obsessed with the Han God of War, Liu Bei."

"That eared thief is truly lucky to have such a fresh and lovely girl."

"It's useless. Sun Shangxiang will still have to listen to Sun Quan in the end and marry into the Cao family. Cao Pi is in for a treat!"

"A treat? Cao Pi probably won't even dare to enter the room!"

Ye Huang cupped her hands,

"Grand Empress Dowager, we seem to be discussing the matter of the young lady marrying into the Cao family, not marrying some Liu Bei."

Lady Wu came to her senses; they had all been led astray by Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Shangxiang rolled her eyes,

"General Ye, you must be nearly thirty, right? Although you look like you're twenty, why don't you hurry up and find someone to marry? Marrying Cao Pi wouldn't be bad either."

Ye Huang cupped her hands,

"I won't trouble the young lady to worry about me."

Lady Wu...

She looked at Sun Shangxiang, already tearful, and began to teach by personal example,

"After I married into the Sun family, I lost my husband before I was thirty and experienced the loss of a son before I was forty. I survived just for the foundation of the Sun family. I, an outsider, am like this, and you have the blood of the Sun family..."

With a series of arguments, she made Sun Shangxiang cry her heart out.

"Facing Liu Bei's tiger-like gaze, Jiangdong can only form an external alliance with Cao Cao..."

Sun Shangxiang had no choice but to compromise. She threw down her long sword and ran away, crying like rain. Marrying a great hero was always just a dream.

As the daughter of a warlord, sacrifice for politics was unavoidable.

Sun Quan agreed to Cao Cao's marriage proposal, and while preparing the dowry, he sent troops to crusade against Sun Gao, who was garrisoned in Kuaiji.

The first ones he dealt with, however, were Sun Ben and Sun Fu.

Sun Quan used the excuse that the two had colluded with Liu Bei to detain them and killed all their close officials!

The troops of the two were also handed over to Zhou Tai and others by Sun Quan.

Zhuge Jin played no small role in this.

He cupped his hands and said,

"My lord, the friends I recommended to you last time, Bu Zhi and Wei Jing, have left Kuaiji and lost contact with me. I heard they headed to Yuzhang."

"Liu Bei is recruiting talent in Yuzhang, and some scholars who came to Jiangdong to avoid disaster are heading to Yuzhang one after another."

Sun Quan was very annoyed. Was he really not that highly regarded?

Actually, it was not the fault of these scholars. Liu Bei already occupied Jingzhao, Yi, Bing, and Liang provinces, connected to the Western Regions, and had recently acquired Jingzhou and Yuzhang Commandery, with extremely high prestige.

How could he be compared to Sun Quan, a warlord who had just inherited Sun Ce's position and only had the territory of four commanderies?

In these four commanderies, Danyang and Lujiang were still surging with undercurrents...

Zhuge Jin saw Sun Quan frown,

"My lord shows respect to the talented and appoints the virtuous. These scholar-gentry just don't understand. I have a plan to win Bu Zhi's heart."

"Oh? Ziyu, tell me about it."

"My lord, Bu Zhi has a younger cousin named Bu Lianshi, who is virtuous and beautiful. She lives in seclusion with her mother in the Wancheng area of Lujiang. My lord can take her as a concubine to draw closer the relationship with the Bu family..."

After finishing, Zhuge Jin even took out a portrait of Bu Lianshi; he was clearly prepared.

Sun Quan took one look. If the painter hadn't exaggerated, then this woman was indeed as beautiful as a flower and grew according to his aesthetic!

"Good, let it be done. Send someone secretly to Wancheng to complete this matter and bring Bu Lianshi to Wu County!"

Sun Quan secretly thought that since he was working so hard to recruit talent, taking a Bu Lianshi wouldn't be too much, right? It was also to recruit talent!