No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 1031 The most ruthless imperial family
"Knowing that the outcome is inevitable, both sides will lose, and that's winning." Ou Mengmeng smiled, took the medicine and drank it all. This was not said by Ou Mengmeng, but she saw it somewhere and remembered it immediately. It's just like what people say, I'm covered in wounds, and I dare to pull down the emperor. I'm already like this, and we'll both perish, so you lose anyway. But isn't this statement more literary?

"Mother!" Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang were startled. They grabbed the bowl and looked at Zhang Zhongjing. "Is this medicine not poisonous?"

The two of them were frightened by the old lady's words. For Xu, killing the old lady would be a loss for both sides, but if she felt that there was no chance of winning anyway, exchanging herself for the old lady would also be a win. Of course, it was a win for her, but for the Sun family, it was really a big loss.

"No, it's also suitable for Mrs. Guo." Zhang Zhongjing shook his head. Now there are many famous doctors in Nanxu. Even if Mrs. Xu is mentally retarded, the doctor is not mentally retarded. If he prescribes the wrong medicine, she could die at any time. Don't think that only Cao Cao would kill the doctor. Therefore, this medicine is well prescribed and very expensive. It's okay for the old lady to take it occasionally.

"You are far worse than Doctor Hua Tuo in this respect. If it were Doctor Hua Tuo, what do you think he would say?" Ou Mengmeng smiled.

"He will do the same as I said. You can eat it or not. Just don't eat it every day." Zhang Zhongjing said hurriedly, still with an innocent smile on his face.

"The best thing that Chinese medicine practitioners told me is that there is no medicine that is not poisonous, and there is no medicine that is not poisonous. But medicine and food have the same origin, so if you can use food to supplement, don't use medicine to supplement." Ou Mengmeng nodded, "But at my age, it's okay to drink a bowl of tonic occasionally to boost my spirits. So don't worry, I dare to eat it, so I will be fine."

"You said it very well. I will write it down later." Zhang Zhongjing was still smiling and resolutely did not talk about Xu's problem.

"Why are you here again?" Ou Mengmeng also understood that her family affairs should not be exposed to outsiders, so she looked at Zhang Zhongjing with a smile.

"It's okay. My lord is worried about you, so he asked me to come in and see you." Zhang Zhongjing said with a smile.

"Really? Don't worry, don't worry. The old lady is reluctant to die even though you all haven't been settled yet." Ou Mengmeng patted Sun Quan gently. Come to think of it, of the five brothers of Sun Quan, only he and the fifth are alive now. She also sighed softly, thinking that Madam Wu must be very hurt. Her three biological sons died before her. After Sun Kuang's death, she really fell ill and began to seek immortals and ask for medicine.

Sun Quan was about to cry, and he was even more angry. From the previous conversation, he knew that it was better not to take the medicine. The old lady didn't want to embarrass him, so she drank it first. How could he deal with this?

Others don't know that it was the old lady who made paper and printed, but Xu knew it very well. So when the Xu family sent someone to ask for the recipe, Sun Quan gave it to them. He didn't give face to Xu, but to all the families. Now, whether Xu wanted to curry favor with the old lady or harm her, her heart was definitely not right. Since she didn't want to be a member of the Sun family, she didn't have to be one.

Of course, he would not reveal this to everyone. After everyone talked for a while, Sun Quan took Zhang Zhongjing out.

After everyone left, Ou Mengmeng glanced at Sun Shangxiang.

Seeing the old lady like this, Sun Shangxiang knew she was wrong. This game was too rough. If word got out, her sister-in-law would be too difficult to deal with. The main thing was that if the old lady hadn't made up for it, her suspicious second brother might have doubted her intentions. But Ou Mengmeng didn't say anything and waited until she fell asleep. When Sun Shangxiang was beside her bed, Ou Mengmeng said softly, "Do you remember when your aunt started to seek immortals and medicine?"

"When?" Sun Shangxiang was stunned for a moment, but soon replied subconsciously, "It seems to be after Fourth Brother's accident."

After she finished speaking, her heart sank. She suddenly felt that her brain was not working properly. She felt that this logical relationship was not right. She was regretting her mistake, but her mother asked her when her aunt would ask for medicine from the gods.
Ou Mengmeng smiled. Yes, that's not right. The third son of the Sun family, Sun Yi, died in office in the ninth year of Jian'an (204 AD) and was assassinated. The third son was the governor of Danyang at the time. He took over the territory of his uncle. And, interestingly, he offended the villains under his rule because of his bad temper within a few days of his arrival. Then after a banquet, he got drunk and was killed.

The fourth son, Sun Kuang, was born in the fifth year of Jian'an. Cao Cao wanted to attack Yuan Shao, and seeing that Sun Ce had unified Wu, he was afraid that Sun Ce would stab him in the back when he attacked Yuan Shao. So he decided to appease him and married his younger brother's daughter to Sun Kuang, and let his second son Cao Zhang marry Sun Ben's daughter.

The historical records give an interesting description of this incident: "At that time, Ai Shao was strong, and Cao Ce had annexed Jiangdong. Cao Gong was unable to exert his power and wanted to pacify them. He married his younger brother's daughter to Cao Ce's younger brother Kuang, and married Ben's daughter to Zi Zhang. He also appointed Cao Ce's younger brothers Quan and Yi with courtesy, and ordered the governor of Yangzhou, Yan Xiang, to recommend Quan as a Maocai." (It means scholar, but it was changed to Maocai to avoid the taboo of Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.)
You taste it, you taste it carefully!

Sun Yi and Sun Kuang died at the same time, both at the age of 20. They also left behind a son! From that day on, all of Sun Quan's brothers died, leaving behind a son each. However, his half-brother Sun Lang was blamed in the army and was imprisoned by Sun Quan for his entire life. The point is, Sun Lang had no son.

This led to conspiracy theories about the deaths of Sun Ce and other Sun family members. Some people wondered if it was Sun Quan who did it. After all, Sun Ce was hunting, so how could it be so coincidental that he was caught when he was alone?

The same thing happened to Sun Yi. Why did they let him be the governor of Danyang when they knew he was only 20 years old and had a violent temper? Even if they thought it was the old territory of the Wu family, didn't they have this foresight?

When it came to Sun Kuang, no excuses were given. No illness was mentioned, and there was no reason at all. There was only one section about early death, Yu Zitai.

Judging from Wu Guotai's memory, she was just an ordinary woman in the inner house, and she had never stepped out of the house by herself. When Mrs. Wu talked about political affairs, she took her children and hid far away. So when they reported that Sun Yi was killed, Mrs. Wu remained calm, but she almost fainted from crying. As for how Sun Yi died, it was Sun Yi's wife Xiao Xu who told them after returning to Nanxu. However, Wu Guotai did not listen seriously, but just hugged Sun Yi's son Sun Song and cried.

When Sun Kuang died, Madam Wu fainted and never recovered, so Wu Guotai began to take care of her. Sun Quan came in and told her not to mention the fourth son in front of her anymore, so she stopped letting anyone around her mention him.

After that, Mrs. Wu began to seek immortals and medicine, and then found a wife for Sun Lang, and insisted on marrying Sun Lang to the daughter of a squire. Before she died, she asked Sun Quan to be filial to Wu Guotai and earnestly entrusted her with the affairs of Dongwu! At that time, Wu Guotai did not even think that there was something wrong with the deaths of Sun Yi and Sun Kuang.

And Ou Mengmeng is not her. Thinking about it now, Mrs. Wu put state affairs first in her heart. Now that she only has one son left, she can only bear it.

I'm not saying that it was Sun Quan who did it. I'm just making a reasonable guess.