In the official history, Sun Shangxiang has never had a relationship with Liu Bei from beginning to end. His presence around Liu Bei is actually equivalent to spying on intelligence. Liu Bei is also a smart man. When he found that Sun Shangxiang could not assimilate, he simply established He built a new city and let Sun Shangxiang and her people live there, far away from Liu Bei, out of sight and out of mind. After a long time, Sun Shangxiang found that there was no point in staying here, so she took the initiative to return to Soochow. There is no theory that she was tricked into returning to Soochow. After the whole process, Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang had no feelings at all, so Sun Shangxiang would definitely not return to Liu Bei.
The story of Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei in the official history is relatively boring and has nothing to say, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is very exciting.
Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang didn’t have much affection for each other at first, but they couldn’t stand it. Liu Bei was handsome and he was an expert in love. After a while, Sun Shangxiang fell completely in love with Liu Bei. . During this period of time, the two of them should really appreciate and like each other. Sun Shangxiang was in love for the first time, and when she met a great hero like Liu Bei, she fell completely. But Liu Bei was fighting for half his life. It was rare to find such a gentle country, and he was naturally free and relaxed. The two of them were so sweet that Liu Bei even forgot about the incident in Jingzhou. Liu Bei's video circulated on the Internet some time ago: What happened to relaxing after fighting for a lifetime? In fact, it reflects Liu Bei's mentality at this time very well.
At this moment, Liu Bei really likes Sun Shangxiang, but Liu Bei is a hero, not an ordinary man. Naturally, he will not forget his great cause! Sun Shangxiang is a woman. She is completely in love with Liu Bei. For Liu Bei, she would rather deceive her brother and mother, and also protect Liu Bei from fleeing Soochow. Liu Bei, who returned to Jingzhou, actually treated Sun Shangxiang well. He even gave his only son Adou to Sun Shangxiang, which shows his feelings for Sun Shangxiang.
However, as Liu Bei's power grew, his ambitions grew bigger and bigger, and he began to prepare to attack Xichuan. When Liu Bei went on an expedition, he naturally left Sun Shangxiang behind. Sun Shangxiang was Sun Quan's sister, so people in Jingzhou were naturally wary of her, so Sun Shangxiang was actually very bored in Jingzhou, and it happened that Sun Quan sent someone to lie to him that her mother was sick, so she naturally followed him back to Soochow in desperation. . In fact, many people think that she should not have the intention to take Adou away, but there is also a possibility that after getting along for a long time, she really regards Adou as her own child and is reluctant to let him go. Moreover, she thought she was just going back to visit relatives, or was she just going back to visit relatives? Will be back.
It can be seen that Sun Shangxiang actually really likes Liu Bei, so why did she never return to Liu Bei after returning to Soochow? This can actually be viewed from three perspectives.
Sun Quan’s perspective
Sun Quan had no intention of marrying his sister to Liu Bei in the first place. The reason why he did this was to control Liu Bei, but he did not expect to lose his wife and lose his troops. Now I see that Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang have a good relationship, and I want to use Sun Shangxiang to threaten Liu Bei, but I didn't expect that Liu Bei would not accept this trick at all. To be honest, Sun Quan's operation was really too childish, and it just pitied Sun Shangxiang.
Liu Bei's perspective
Liu Bei must have really liked Sun Shangxiang at first, but Sun Shangxiang took advantage of his absence and wanted to take Adou to Soochow, which made Liu Bei a lot more troubled. He had doubts about Sun Shangxiang. Maybe Sun Shangxiang's purpose was very simple, he just liked Adou and didn't want Adou to be lonely, but in the eyes of a power-playing master like Liu Bei, Sun Shangxiang was suspected of helping Soochow. Since Sun Shangxiang's heart is not with him, Liu Bei doesn't need to force him. So later we can see that Liu Bei behaved very ruthlessly and was indifferent to Sun Shangxiang.
Liu Bei is a hero, not an ordinary man. He worked hard all his life, and his career began to improve only after he reached middle age. At this moment, he did not allow anyone to threaten him. Liu Bei was well aware of Sun Quan's childish approach. Therefore, he decisively cut off his romantic ties for the sake of his career and married her directly after taking control of Chengdu, which completely shattered Sun Quan's conspiracy. This kind of thing might be considered by ordinary people, but when it comes to Liu Bei, it is completely ineffective. In fact, in Liu Bei's heart, career comes first, brothers come second, and feelings can only come second. . Zhang Fei said this himself when he lost Xuzhou, and it later became a famous saying: Brothers are like brothers and sisters, wives are like clothes!
Sun Shangxiang’s perspective
From the beginning to the end, we can see that Sun Shangxiang loves Liu Bei deeply, and she is the biggest victim in the whole thing. At first, when Sun Shangxiang returned to Soochow and found out that she had been cheated, she must have been very angry. However, it was normal to spend time with her elderly mother after being away from home for such a long time, so she stayed for a while and did not return to Jingzhou immediately.
However, Liu Bei's indifferent attitude towards her made her very angry. She got into a bad temper and refused to go back if Liu Bei didn't look for her. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei directly married her. This time she regretted it and wanted to go back to find Liu Bei, but Sun Quan stopped her again, so she had no choice but to stay in Soochow. Later, Sun Shangxiang saw that Liu Bei was so heartless and went too far, so he had no shame and went back.
This is actually more in line with the mentality of modern women returning to their parents’ homes! At first, her husband was indifferent. He must be having fun. After a while, he started to have a bad temper. Why was he indifferent to her? Once the temper comes up, you will be in a state where if you don’t come to me, I won’t go back. As a result, news soon spread that her husband had married someone else. It was okay. I had to go back and ask for details. Unexpectedly, my mother-in-law's family stopped me from going, so I had no choice but to stay and never interact with each other until death.
In fact, Sun Shangxiang has always liked Liu Bei. She was just waiting for Liu Bei to take her back, even if it was a letter or a sentence, but she didn't expect anything. In the end, after learning that Liu Bei had passed away, she lost any hope and chose to commit suicide.