Sun Shangxiang took Qiao Jingjing's hand with her small hand.
"Sister-in-law, your hands are so soft."
Qiao Jingjing was very embarrassed because of Sun Shangxiang's praise.
Looking down, I could just see my own hands.
Over the years, she has picked mulberry leaves, raised silkworms, washed clothes, cooked, raised chickens and ducks, worked in rice paddies and fish ponds, covered in mud, and shoveled duck droppings. Yet, her hands are still fair and tender, even whiter than the skin on her arms.
Sun Shangxiang got into a good mood and stopped riding her horse. She went back to the carriage with Qiao Jingjing.
"Sister-in-law, let me tell you, my mother and the other sisters-in-law at home are getting impatient."
The food at home was reheated again and again, and when it got cold, the servants were called to prepare it again, all in preparation for the return of the older brothers.
You're finally back!
Sister-in-law, was the journey smooth? Did you encounter any bandits?
With my elder brother's imposing presence, those bandits will surely flee at the mere sight of him and dare not come near.
But I'm still worried.
When Sun Shangxiang speaks, it's in a halting, disjointed way.
Qiao Jingjing just smiled silently.
Sure, you can.
At that time, Sun Shangxiang was very young, still a little child.
Liu Bei in the north had been tossing and turning in bed, having just acquired Lady Gan, who was as beautiful as a flower and as sculpted as a statue, and had also discussed heroes with Cao Cao over green plums and wine.
But who could have foreseen the Battle of Red Cliffs that would occur many years later?
Liu Bei and Sun Quan formed an alliance and decisively defeated Cao Cao.
In order to make the Sun-Liu alliance even stronger.
Sun Quan married his nineteen-year-old sister, Sun Shangxiang, to Liu Bei, who was already forty-nine years old.
Qiao Jingjing has always felt a deep sense of pity and sorrow for the character Sun Shangxiang.
I knew she was a heroine, as brave and fearless as her brothers, and unconcerned with trivialities.
At the tender age of nineteen, she married Liu Bei, who was nearly fifty. Yet, they were able to maintain a harmonious marriage because she had excellent judgment and did not judge men by their appearance.
Sun Shangxiang later truly respected and admired Liu Bei.
So much so that after the Sun-Liu alliance broke down, Sun Quan couldn't bear to part with his younger sister and insisted on bringing her back from Liu Bei's side, causing the couple to separate. Sun Shangxiang, however, chose to live a lonely and melancholy life in Eastern Wu for so many years.
Sun Shangxiang was actually waiting for Liu Bei to come and pick her up.
Unfortunately, it wasn't until Liu Bei entered Sichuan, pacified Yizhou, and married Wu, a famous widow from Yizhou, that he was able to make her his empress.
Until Liu Bei died, he never sent anyone to bring Sun Shangxiang to his side again.
The disappointment and sadness in Sun Shangxiang's heart can be imagined.
After Liu Bei died of illness, Sun Shangxiang surprisingly chose to follow him in a resolute way in Eastern Wu, jumping into the water and dying.
Qiao Jingjing held Sun Shangxiang's hand.
"You should still call me Sister Da Qiao."
"What? You don't want to be my sister-in-law?"
The clever and mischievous Sun Shangxiang seemed to see through Qiao Jingjing's thoughts at that moment.
"Oh dear, when I first met you, I thought you were a graceful and capable woman. Why are you so stubborn? The reason my mother rejected your brothers that day was because I hadn't met you before!"
If I see you, I will never let my mother let you go. You've waited in Lujiang City for so many years in vain, and my elder brother has missed you for so many years!
"Alright, alright, this time you two are truly bound together by the God of Love's red thread, you can't be separated. Stop thinking about things else, just be a good sister-in-law."
Despite her young age, Sun Shangxiang is quite knowledgeable about these gossips.
Qiao Jingjing looked at Sun Shangxiang's little face. The brothers in the Sun family had a deep bond, and this little sister was also very young. She was a precious darling of the family and was spoiled rotten.
She can say anything, dares to say anything, and knows everything.
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