Chengdu.
Sun Shangxiang, who was holding her daughter Liu Ying, frowned slightly. For the first time, she felt that she could not lift her head in front of Lu Qiling.
The once arrogant tigress was embarrassed in the Shu Han court because her brother proclaimed herself emperor.
Even though she was the Crown Princess, Sun Shangxiang still felt the strange looks from the palace people.
"Brother, why are you so confused..."
"In the past, no matter what, he could choose the path that was most beneficial to Soochow."
"Why do you want to overstep your bounds and proclaim yourself emperor this time!"
Sun Shangxiang felt as if everything had changed overnight.
"Ying'er...if mother loses power in the future, you must live strong."
Sun Shangxiang knew that she and Liu Mang truly loved each other, but there were also political factors.
Otherwise, Lu Qiling, who had known Liu Mang earlier than herself, and Zhang Xingcai and Guan Yinping, who were members of the clan, would be more qualified to be the crown princess than herself.
What's more, there is Zhurong in southern Xinjiang, who can also help the Han Dynasty stabilize the rear.
"It's really not like you to be so decadent."
Lu Qiling held her son's hand and pushed the door directly in. She saw Sun Shangxiang with tears in her eyes.
"What? Did the tiger turn into a dog?"
"This is not the tigress I know!"
"If Liu Changqing treats you favorably because of Sun Quan's proclaimed emperor, I will never forgive him!"
Lu Qiling did not want to see Liu Mang become a heartless and unjust person, just like his father Lu Bu.
After getting Diao Chan, he always abandoned her biological mother.
"You...if I am no longer here, the position of Crown Princess belongs to you."
"No need to be pitiful, you little fox!"
Sun Shangxiang's heart warmed, but his words remained unforgiving.
"Hmph! If I wanted to be a princess, all those intrigues I learned at Tongque would have put you in the cold palace eight hundred times!"
"Don't forget that my incompetent junior sister Queen Guo was able to bring down Cao Pi's wife Zhen Mi, let alone me!"
"After all, my appearance is only inferior to Er Niang's."
What Lu Qiling said was the truth, but it made Sun Shangxiang feel uncomfortable.
"Bah! Is there a narcissistic woman like you?"
"Let's compete with each other if we have the ability. How can we women just stay at home to support our husbands and raise our children?"
"A true woman should go into battle and kill the enemy, no less than a man!"
Sun Shangxiang obviously used his strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, but Lu Qiling smiled brightly.
"This is the tigress I know!"
"But you and I are still the commanders of Feiyu. Your mother, Wu Guotai, seems to be dissatisfied with Sun Quan's proclaimed emperor."
"That brother of yours is so narrow-minded that he actually canonized his brother as King Huan of Changsha!"
What?
When Sun Shangxiang heard this, he couldn't help but clenched his silver teeth.
Everyone knows that the foundations of the six counties in Jiangdong were all laid by Sun Ce.
Sun Quan just took over Sun Ce's foundation. From a logical and emotional point of view, if Sun Quan became emperor, he would pursue Sun Ce as emperor.
This is good news. Sun Ce, who established the great cause of Jiangdong, became King Huan of Changsha.
The conscience of heaven and earth, except for Sun Jian who once served as the governor of Changsha, his Sun family has never occupied Changsha at any time.
"Brother... is not only confused, but he doesn't even have the last feeling of gratitude."
"Without eldest brother, how could the Sun family be in control of Jiangdong? What qualifications does he have to be emperor?"
Sun Shangxiang's heart was cut by a knife, and he smiled bitterly: "This time, I really have no face to face His Highness the Crown Prince..."
Lu Qiling stepped forward and comforted her: "What does the wrong thing Sun Quan did have to do with you, a tigress?"
"You are already married as a woman, and even more so as the crown prince of the Han Dynasty. Anyone who dares to slander you in the future will be my enemy, Feiyu!"
Before Lu Qiling could make any move, Empress Mi and Empress Gan had directly ordered that no one should gossip about Sun Shangxiang.
To sum up, the arrogant things Sun Quan did had nothing to do with Sun Shangxiang.
This also made Sun Shangxiang feel warm in his heart.
"One day, if Liu Changqing attacks Jiangdong, I will definitely go with the army. I will ask my brother personally what he is thinking!"
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Jiaozhou, Cangwu County.
Liu Mang took his three confidants Zhu Rong, Zhang Xingcai, and Guan Yinping, as well as Yu Jin and five hundred sergeants, to Jianye.
Before Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, he symbolically sent envoys to the Han Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, it was just a notification. Sun Quan didn't think Liu Bei would send an envoy at all.
Unexpectedly, after arriving in Chang'an, Liu Bei not only did not get angry, he even congratulated Sun Quan on becoming emperor and wished him an early meeting with his eighteen generations of ancestors.
He even sent Qiao Zhou as an envoy to go to Jianye in person with gifts to congratulate Sun Quan.
"Your Highness, let's go further east and enter Kuaiji County. This is the territory of the Shanyue people."
Yu Jin's face was full of caution. He had already heard about Shanyue.
Mountain crossing is like the Xiongnu and Xianbei to Cao Wei.
"It doesn't matter. There is no need to rush, just march normally."
Liu Mang saw the current situation of the people of Sun and Wu all the way. In order to imitate Liu Mang and withdraw from direct money, Sun Quan also issued currency belonging to the state of Wu.
The result was inflation, and the money soon became scrap metal.
If it weren't for the direct money from Shu Han, I'm afraid the people of Sun Wu would have returned to the primitive state of bartering just like Cao Wei.
"The mountain is coming!"
I don't know who shouted, and the passers-by instantly fell down trees and dispersed, while Yu Jin ordered his men to be on guard.
As expected of a soldier trained in Yu Jin, he not only has strict military discipline, but also responds to orders immediately.
The Han army formed a formation with one hundred sword and shield soldiers in front, one hundred spearmen in the rear, and then two hundred crossbowmen holding Zhuge Liannu.
The last one hundred personal guards were responsible for guarding Liu Mang.
Everyone in Shanyue grabbed anything they saw, but fortunately no lives were hurt.
Even so, Sun Quan had no intention of letting them go.
Many Shanyue people were captured to Soochow and eventually became slaves and soldiers.
"Wenze, go say hello, I'm going to see their leader."
Liu Mang was very excited at the thought of meeting Cheng Wu.
After many years of separation, Cheng Wu became the King of Shanyue, and he also became the Crown Prince of the Han Dynasty!
"Brother Liu Mang, leave this matter to me!"
Guan Yinping took the initiative to ask for help. Yu Jin knew the relationship between this woman and Liu Mang and decisively gave way.
Unexpectedly, Guan Yinping swung his hammers and rushed towards the group of Shanyue soldiers.
"Robbery! You! Call the things out!"
Liu Mang was a little confused. He asked Guan Yinping to say hello instead of asking her to rob!
"Xingcai? What's going on?"
Seeing Liu Mang's question, Zhang Xingcai blushed and started to blame her father, Zhang Fei.
"Oops! That time my dad taught us his way of greeting people in the ancient city."
"He also said that this method was used to gather many soldiers."
"The screen must have misunderstood!"
The soldiers in Shanyue couldn't help but be confused when they saw Guan Yinping's cute bun.
"Little girl, are you kidding me?"
"Fart! This is Zhang Yide's way of saying hello!"
