Zhang Chao left, leaving behind an edict, with which Sun Shangxiang could go to see his brother Sun Quan once. After a brief tidying up, she said to the door: "Come on, get ready, I'm going to leave the palace." ”

Celestial Empire death row.

As a place where important prisoners are held, it has always been very tightly guarded. Unless there is an order from the emperor Zhang Chao or the crown prince Zhang Tian, otherwise, no one wants to take the prisoner away from here.

Even for the safety of this place, in case important people escape, Zhang Chao also specially transferred a team of brocade guards to be responsible for security, and two iron guards were their leaders, on duty day and night.

In charge of the safety here are Iron Twenty and Iron Twenty-One. On this day, it was the former who was on duty here, and suddenly heard that his subordinates came to report that Hua Guifei had come outside the cell.

In this regard, Tie Twenty hurriedly walked out of the room and came to the door of the cell with a group of brocade guards.

Here, Concubine Hua's reliance has already been laid out, in addition to a large number of palace maids and a small number of eunuchs accompanying her, there are also eight brocade guards responsible for safety.

"My subordinate Tie Twenty has seen Hua Guifei." As soon as he saw this frame, Tie Twenty hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a very respectful tone.

"Well, this palace is here to see a prisoner, please open the cell door now." Through the car curtain, Sun Shangxiang's voice came out.

Needless to say, if it was in other places, if they wanted to see it, no one would dare to stop it. But after hearing this, Tie Twenty only half-knelt on the ground, indifferent.

Tiewei is under the direct management of Emperor Zhang Chao, that is, when the crown prince Zhang Tian was in charge of the country, he only had the right to make suggestions, and he was powerless to judge Tiewei's life, death and future.

As the most direct army, Tiewei is only loyal to Zhang Chao alone. And now that he was arranged to be responsible for guarding the safety here, naturally, he could only obey the emperor's orders. Therefore, even if Sun Shangxiang arrived in person, Tie Twenty also had no intention of opening the prison door and letting people in.

The words were spoken, but no one moved, and for a while, the leader of the brocade guard who was in charge of Sun Shangxiang was not happy, and said sternly with a dark face: "Tie Twenty, didn't you hear the words of Hua Guifei?" Quickly open the cell door. ”

The dignity of the Iron Guard is inviolable, and even the head of the guard of Concubine Hua is no exception, as soon as he said this, Tie Twenty raised his head and shouted angrily: "Who are you, how dare you accuse the Iron Guard of doing things, and someone will take it down." ”

As soon as the words fell, four brocade guards appeared behind him, and stepped forward to surround Hua Guifei's security leader.

"Wait, there is an edict from the emperor here in this palace." Seeing that the two sides were about to meet each other, Sun Shangxiang said a little anxiously.

"Wait a minute." After Tie Twenty heard Zhang Chao's edict, he also hurriedly got up and spoke, and then stepped forward and strode to the sedan chair, and took the edict written by Zhang Chao from the hands of the palace maid.

After looking at it carefully and making sure that there was no problem, Tie Twenty stood aside respectfully and said: "Even if there is an edict from the emperor, Concubine Hua Guifei should be allowed to enter, but she can only bring two palace maids at most, and as for others, they must not enter." Also, this subordinate of the concubine is untamed and provokes the iron guard, which is a provocation of the imperial power, and must be punished by the above, and the concubine is also asked to understand. ”

After speaking, Tie Twenty waved his hand, and his brocade guard was about to take down the unruly man, and then he let go of half of his body, indicating that the road had been opened.

The leader of the guards was still taken down, and even though Sun Shangxiang didn't like it, he was really helpless. The dignity of the iron guard is inviolable, this is what Zhang Chao said personally, and she is powerless to change it. But through this incident, she was even more determined to convince her younger brother Sun Quan, because in the face of a country and monarch who were selfless and selfless with the rule of law, Soochow was really difficult to defeat.

"Okay, the head of the guard will temporarily detain you, and the palace will personally intercede with the emperor in this matter. Also, I only took two palace maids into the prison, and I had to go through the trouble of leading the way. After figuring out everything, Sun Shangxiang didn't have the slightest intention of blaming Tie Twenty, on the contrary, he still said it well.

"Subordinate Concubine Xie understands, please." Tie Twenty immediately said gratefully. Although he has the identity of an iron guard, after all, the person who came is the emperor's concubine, and if he offends such a person, if people are bent on dealing with themselves, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to have any good fruits to eat.

Under the guidance of Tie Twenty, Sun Shangxiang took two personal palace maids into death row. In the No. 3 room of the first word, I saw Sun Quan resting on the wooden bed.

Although he is said to be a prisoner, because of his status, even if he is on death row, there is no one to make it difficult for him. So much so that he is still fine, without a single scar on his body, the only thing is that his clothes are not as neat as outside.

Suddenly, the cell door was opened, and the sound of the iron door opening and closing woke up Sun Quan, who was about to fall on the bed. As soon as he turned around and saw that it was Sun Shangxiang, he immediately shouted happily, "Sister." ”

"Little brother." As soon as he saw Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang was also very excited, and after screaming, he took two quick steps forward.

Since childhood, Sun Quan and his sister Sun Shangxiang have been extremely close, which may have something to do with their similar age, and it is also related to the fact that Sun Jian and his eldest brother Sun Ce are usually busy with outside affairs, and there is a certain reason why they are snubbed.

Because they are often left at home, the two usually spend more time together, so their natural relationship is closer. Now that we can see each other, we are naturally very excited.

Sun Quan got up from the bed and came to Sun Shangxiang, and after calling his sister, tears couldn't stop flowing.

Thinking that Sun Quan is also a very proud person, he became famous from a young teacher, and his father Sun Jian had high hopes and invited a lot of famous teachers to be masters, so that he was not very old, but his knowledge was indeed not small.

When you are young and want to do a great job to prove the value of your life, you don't want to become a captive, and if you are anyone, your self-esteem will be hit so badly, I am afraid that you will be a little unbearable.

In the past, Sun Quan's heart was still holding on to the familiar people, but now when he saw his sister, the sense of grievance suddenly arose and he couldn't suppress it.

"Little brother, don't cry, with my sister here, you will definitely be fine." Seeing that the proud Sun Quan began to cry, Sun Shangxiang was also very unbearable, and immediately comforted him.

"Sister, the younger brother is not afraid of death, but he is worried that after I die, what will Dongwu do? What about my father and eldest brother? Sun Quan forcibly suppressed his crying and said with a look of shame.

I have to say that Sun Quan still has a very big picture of the overall situation, and what he thinks about is the affairs of Dongwu, but he does not see his life and death as very important.

Listening to this moment, Sun Quan was still worried about Eastern Wu, and Sun Shangxiang knew that it would be difficult to persuade his younger brother to return to the Heavenly Empire. But no matter how difficult it is, she has to give it a try, because she knows that if she can't succeed, I'm afraid that her father, mother, brother and younger brother will be worried about their lives.

For the safety of his family, Sun Shangxiang must convince Sun Quan.

"Little brother, the strength of the Celestial Empire, I know far better than you, with the strength of Dongwu, it will never be its opponent, if you really want to use troops, it will almost be defeated, at that time, I am afraid that our family will be affected." Sun Shangxiang spoke with a contrast of strength, thinking about convincing Sun Quan.

Although he was captured, his pride has not changed in the slightest, and now when he hears others say that the Celestial Empire is powerful, of course he will be displeased, that is, he shook his head and said: "Although the Celestial Empire is strong, I think that my Dongwu is also full of talents, and over the years, we have worked hard to accumulate strength, but we also have the qualifications to fight with the Celestial Empire." Sister, although you are older than many, there is no definite number of things to fight, no one says that the more soldiers will win, and in the same way, the few soldiers will not necessarily lose. ”

Sun Quan's words were heard in Sun Shangxiang's ears, and she really shook her head, "Little brother, you are wrong, the strength of the Celestial Empire does not lie in the number of soldiers and generals, but in the strictness of the system." Let's put it this way, just now, as I want to come here to see you, it still took a lot of trouble. ”

At that moment, Sun Shangxiang told the story of his guard leader being imprisoned by Tie Twenty.

Sun Quan listened very seriously, and when he heard that the head of the guard in charge of his sister was arrested because of a word, he was puzzled and said, "Sister, is the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty treating you badly?" ”

"No, Fei Dan is not bad to me, on the contrary, he is still very good to me, especially after you have a little nephew Zhang Zhen, the emperor will only be better to me. It's just that some things don't have anything to do with whether it's good for me or not, it's a system. Let's put it this way, it seems to be today's thing, don't say it's my sister, it's the queen herself, the result is the same, this is the system of the Celestial Empire, think about it, with this kind of iron system, how can the country not prosper, how can the army not be strong, and how can it not win the war? It's like how powerful the Rus Kingdom is, but is it not the same that it was defeated by the Celestial Empire? Then little brother, you say, why do we have a chance of winning in Soochow, or what do you think will be the result of today's events in Soochow? ”

Faced with Sun Shangxiang's questions one by one, Sun Quan wanted to explain something at this moment, but he found that no matter how he explained, it seemed useless, because facts are facts, and the system of the Celestial Empire is indeed strict enough. At least if the same thing happened in Soochow, it wouldn't have turned out like this.

There are many old ministers in Eastern Wu, and his father Sun Jian is a nostalgic person, which makes many people rely on the old traitors, ignore some laws and systems of Eastern Wu, and often do some trampling things.

In this regard, his father Sun Jian also turned a blind eye and closed one eye, after all, Sun's ability to become king in Eastern Wu is inseparable from the support of these people, so that chaos is not uncommon, and even some people in the army are relying on relationships and backgrounds.