If Liu Bei wanted a place to settle down, he would choose Yizhou over Jingzhou.
The prosperous region, with Chengdu in Sichuan as its center.
This would also prevent a tangled conflict with Sun Quan over the Jingzhou issue, and avoid the possibility that Cao Cao in the north might become even more covetous and launch another large-scale southward invasion.
By then, Liu Bei would have neither gained Sichuan nor lost Jingzhou, and he would have also lost Sun Quan as an ally.
Liu Bei believed that with Zhuge Liang's intelligence and wisdom, the strategist should have been able to think of these problems.
Don't get entangled with Sun Quan any further on the issue of Jingzhou!
Moreover, Lady Sun, Sun Quan's sister, is now wholeheartedly devoted to Liu Bei and is on her way to Chengdu.
It's also Liu Bei's fault for being too arrogant.
He thought that Madam Sun was completely infatuated with him and couldn't live without him.
Lady Sun was young and beautiful. She traveled a long way, abandoning her wealthy life in Jiangdong, to come to Jingzhou with him. Now she has traveled thousands of miles again, leaving Jingzhou to come to Sichuan to follow him.
The thought of Lady Sun filled Liu Bei with sweetness.
While Liu Bei was waiting for Lady Sun to arrive in Chengdu.
The local powerful and influential families in Chengdu were not idle at all, and presented Liu Bei with one difficult problem after another.
The most egregious of these was Liu Yan, a relative of Liu Zhang, the former governor of Yizhou.
There is a young widow in this family.
Widow Wu lost her father at a young age. Because her father, Wu Yi, was a close friend of Liu Yan, the whole family followed Liu Yan to Shu. Previously, Liu Yan had heard from a fortune teller that Wu had the appearance of great nobility, so he arranged for his son, Liu Mao, to marry her. Liu Mao later died, and Wu became a widow.
After Liu Bei arrived in Sichuan
The powerful families in Chengdu tried every possible way to win over Liu Bei and become his ally.
The best solution would be to marry Liu Bei the person he trusts most.
Although Liu Bei had just married Sun Quan's sister.
Who says Liu Bei could only marry Sun Quan's sister and couldn't marry someone else?
Liu Bei was still eagerly waiting for Lady Sun to bring A Dou to him, and for Zhuge Liang to wave his feather fan and bring his brilliant, intelligent brain (IQ 251) to Yizhou to help Liu Bei strategize and conquer the land.
The local powerful families in Chengdu were already eager to recommend Wu, a widow who was no longer as beautiful as before, to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei instinctively wanted to decline.
I strongly refuse.
Resolute and determined:
"How can that be! Liu Bei already has a wife, no, no!"
Li Yan and his associates, who acted as pimps, repeatedly stated: "For a real man, having three wives and four concubines is standard!"
"It's too embarrassing for someone who achieves great things to only have one wife!"
Moreover, Lady Sun was not by Liu Bei's side at the moment.
It wasn't a big deal for Liu Bei to marry a new wife.
The point is that Liu Bei can't just maintain relations with Sun Quan; the prominent families of Chengdu must also get involved.
Liu Bei repeatedly stated, "Lady Sun is on her way with her sword!"
Li Yan and the others said, "Isn't that perfect? From now on, our lord will have two wives on either side and enjoy the blessings of having two wives! Lady Wu is gentle and virtuous, and Lady Sun is young and lively. Congratulations, our lord!"
Behind this string of congratulations and well wishes lies the fact that if Liu Bei had refused repeatedly, it would have meant he hadn't integrated himself with the local powerful and influential families.
They are not on the same side as the Chengdu Haozu Chengxin.
Liu Bei thought about it himself and realized how powerful it was.
He said he needed to think about it.
Liu Bei pondered this alone for three days and three nights.
Then, Liu Yan himself came.
He personally recommended his widowed daughter-in-law, Wu.
If Liu Mao, the husband of that widow Wu, could know this in the afterlife, he would jump out of his coffin and beg Liu Bei, this benevolent and righteous man, to take good care of his widow for the rest of her life.
The main reason is that Liu Bei was a benevolent and righteous person, and the people supported him.
That's what they say for appearances.
These people's calculations boil down to nothing more than self-interest.
Liu Bei gritted his teeth and persevered.
In his letter to Madame Sun, he wrote the following:
"Since we parted, I have missed you dearly! Widow Wu next door has been eyeing me for a long time. If you don't come to Chengdu soon, I might not be able to hold on much longer!"
Sun Yerong and Adou traveled a long and arduous journey, but they did not shirk their responsibilities.
They traveled upstream along the Yangtze River, passing through Enshi, the Three Gorges, Jiangyang, and Rongzhou. At the confluence of the three rivers in Rongzhou, they followed the Minjiang River to Jiaozhou, then along the Huanglongxi River and the Jinjiang River, finally reaching Chengdu at Sima Bridge.
This long journey to find her husband is so moving that anyone who witnesses it would be moved.
When Sun Yerong met Liu Bei, she didn't mention her hardships at all; instead, she gazed at the old man with affection at the dock.
But.
Suddenly, a new lover, Lady Wu, stood beside Liu Bei.
Sun Yerong remained unfazed.
Still filled with deep affection and tears.
How strong must Liu Bei's heart be to be able to take Lady Wu's hand and come to greet Lady Sun?
Liu Bei also intended to ensure that Lady Sun and Lady Wu would live in harmony from then on.
Sun Yerong was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Sun Quan, and she endured this unreasonable situation.
It firmly held Liu Bei's aging heart in its grasp.
And they hold custody of Liu Adou.
Far away in Jingzhou, Lü Meng, Lu Xun, and others were already furious about Liu Bei's new marriage to the widow of Wu in Chengdu.
There is also Sun Quan on Beigu Mountain.
Liu Bei had already left Jingzhou and gone to Sichuan.
At present, Sun Yerong is not in Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang has just left Jingzhou, leaving only Guan Yu guarding Maicheng.
What are we waiting for?
Let's just do it!
In this matter, Sun Quan was far more astute than Lü Meng, Lu Su, Zhou Yu, and others.
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