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Chapter 969 Liu Bei is coming
"Yes, we made the rules. Now we say that women don't have to marry, so you don't have to marry. If you want your own child, you can just kill the father and keep the son. It's no big deal." Ou Mengmeng spread her hands. Her life is her own and there is no need to put herself in a difficult position.

Sun Shangxiang was stunned. Even though she had a free and easy personality, she was not so free and easy.

"Okay, it's really okay." Ou Mengmeng patted her face gently and thought, "No matter what your second brother says to you, don't believe it, and don't do anything he asks you to do."

"What would my second brother ask me to do?" Sun Shangxiang was stunned. Sun Quan was busy with state affairs and seldom got together with his brothers and sisters.

"If I'm not here, he is the head of the family, and he is the one who arranges the in-laws. I will tell him that everything is up to you, but you, too, must not be soft-hearted. Don't believe anything he says." Ou Mengmeng said as she took notes with a pen.

No matter how obedient Sun Quan is now, he is still a politician. Moreover, in this drama of the Three Kingdoms where political intrigues prevail, she can stop him this time, but who knows what will happen next time?
At this time, daughters were used for marriage alliances. If they were considered useful, they would use their daughters to win over others. This was what Ou Mengmeng hated the most, but she had no choice. She was lucky enough to be able to keep Sun Shangxiang now, and she was not sure if she could keep her.

"Queen Mother, the lord sent someone to tell her that Uncle Liu has arrived in Jiangdong. He knows that Queen Mother is not feeling well and wants to come in to pay her a visit." The maid came in and reported in a low voice, as if she would scare Queen Mother if she spoke louder.

"Okay, let them in!" Ou Mengmeng smiled. She didn't let Sun Shangxiang leave, but sat behind the table, waiting for Liu Bei and the others to come up.

There was no strict separation between men and women in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong also described a woman named Zhu Rong, who was the wife of Meng Huo, who was captured by Zhuge Liang seven times. The description was very wonderful. How great was Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Huo, and how miserable was Zhao Yun's defeat by Meng Huo's wife. Although she is described as a minority woman here, it can be seen that there were not so many requirements for women here.

What's more, Sun Shangxiang is a female general who can train female maids into female guards, and she will not act like a little girl.

Liu Bei originally came to propose marriage, but halfway through the journey, word came that Wu Guotai was critically ill and that the famous doctors in the world were summoned to Nanxu (Zhenjiang). Liu Bei and Zhao Yun were really dumbfounded.

Should they still enter Nanxu? But they were in a dilemma. They said they came here to get married, but if they returned to Jingzhou halfway, they would be criticized.

Zhao Yun opened the brocade bag and asked them to go and pay a visit to Qiao Guolao first.

The two thought about it and decided to go to Nanxu. The one who came to greet them was the doctor Lu Su. When Liu Biao died, Lu Su came to express condolences on behalf of the Eastern Wu, and it was Lu Su who proposed the plan of the Sun-Liu alliance. Now seeing Lu Su, Liu Bei felt relieved. Lu Su had always been kind to them and was a pro-Liu faction on the Eastern Wu side. He personally arranged a guesthouse for them and made arrangements everywhere, as if he was determined to make them feel at home.

But Liu Bei wanted to find out about Wu Guotai, but he couldn't find out anything. Lu Su really didn't know that Wu Guotai was a low-key person, unlike the previous Mrs. Wu, who often summoned foreign ministers. In their minds, Wu Guotai was just a wealthy woman in the inner house who didn't care about state affairs. So they were not very familiar with Wu Guotai.

However, Lu Su was convinced of Wu Guotai's illness. After all, it was Sun Quan who personally arranged to summon famous doctors from all over the world to Wu. Zhou Yu, who was originally going to return to the army, could only stay in Nanxu and build a national medical clinic. Obviously, this meant that these doctors would stay there permanently, which showed that Wu Guotai's illness was very difficult to deal with.

As for what Sun Quan planned to do with his sister's marriage, Lu Su didn't know. When he went to meet Liu Bei, he did ask Sun Quan for his opinion. Lu Su felt that he and his lord were of the same mind, that is, they were in favor of peace, and only Zhou Yu was in favor of war. When he asked, Sun Quan just glanced at him and didn't answer him at all, but asked the eunuchs if all the medicines were ready. Lu Su understood what Sun Quan meant. In the situation of Queen Mother, he dared not let her know about the marriage. If something went wrong, who would be responsible? Sun Quan dared not bear the crime of being unfilial. At this time, to be an official, Xiang Kun had to recommend him to the government and be called Xiaolian. The meaning was very clear. Even if Sun Quan was a separatist, he had to listen to the orders of Emperor Xian on the surface and care about the opinions of the people. Although there was no saying that he who won the hearts of the people won the world at this time, everyone knew the meaning.

So Lu Su did not dare to mention it again, how could he dare to tell Liu Bei now? He could only answer without knowing anything and only cordially invited Liu Bei to drink without saying anything more.

Since he had arrived in Dongwu, he had to meet Sun Quan. Lu Su couldn't refuse and took him there. Zhao Yun followed the instructions in the brocade bag and took the gifts to see Qiao Guolao. Qiao Guolao said that he had gone out of the city to see Sun Ce's wife and was not in Nanxu. So the first brocade bag was useless.

The first tip is useless, and the second and third tips are even more useless. The second and third tips are based on the success of the first tip. You can't just ask him to withdraw from Jiangdong immediately, right?

Meanwhile, the enthusiastic doctor Lu Su had already arranged for Liu Bei to meet Sun Quan. Liu Bei had no choice but to meet Sun Quan, who met him together with Zhou Yu. Although it was Sun Quan who had sent someone to Liu Bei to propose marriage, what should he do now? It was not appropriate to propose marriage. The two leaders must meet together.

"Uncle, please forgive me. My mother is seriously ill. I am afraid that mentioning the marriage at this time will make her illness worse. Can we put this matter aside for now?" As soon as Sun Quan saw Liu Bei, he bowed deeply to express his apology.

"Marquis Wu must not do this. Our Han Dynasty governs the world with filial piety. If Marquis Wu does this, it will make me look wrong." Liu Bei waved his hands quickly.

"That's exactly why I told you, my lord. Your Majesty, your uncle is known for his benevolence and virtue, and he lives up to the expectations of heaven and earth. How could he let this affect the grand plan of the Sun-Liu alliance?" Zhou Yu nodded hurriedly and said seriously.

"Yes, yes, two years ago, my biological mother, Madam Wu, passed away. Before she died, she held my hand and told me earnestly that Queen Mother had loved Quan and my brother very much since they were young. She was not their biological daughters, but she was better than theirs. She told me to be filial to Queen Mother and regard her as my own mother. It has only been such a short time now..." Sun Quan's eyes were red, and his acting was really heartbreaking.

Liu Bei looked at this and thought, well, who doesn't have some acting skills when they are in the martial arts world? Although he didn't admire this, he couldn't refute it. He could only look at Zhou Yu.

"Isn't the commander-in-chief supervising the battle in the army?" Liu Bei thought that Zhou Yu would not be in Nanxu at this time, but unexpectedly, Zhou Yu did not go to the army.

"The Queen Mother is seriously ill. I remember when I was in Wu County, I was on good terms with Bofu. The two Queen Mothers treated me like their own son. I am like the lord to you, so how can I care about managing military affairs now? We should save the Queen Mother first." Zhou Yu sighed. Although he looked tired at this time, he looked fine.

"In that case, I should go and pay my respects to the Queen Mother." What could Liu Bei do? They kept saying that they were more filial than each other. What could he do?

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