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Originally Posted by NinjaKasumi123
Yes. But... Correct me if im wrong but it says that after Liu Bei died, Shang Xiang suicide by throwing herself at the river.
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Here's the story of SSX/Liu Bei's relationship :
Zhou You hatched a plan to seize the city of Jingzhou by luring Liu Bei into a trap. He convinced Sun Quan to use his sister SSX as a bait by way of a proposed marriage, since it was known that Liu Bei's wife, Gan, had recently passed away.
However when it came to SSX mother that her daugther was to be used in a treacherous ploy, she was not amused. Upon meeting Liu Bei at the Ganlu monastery she was so impressed by his bearing that she decided to marry her daugther to him for real, and dismissed the hidden soldiers Zhou You had placed to ambush Liu Bei.
Zhou was flummoxed to learn that Liu Bei was still alive and married to SSX for real ^^;
The story is not forthcoming with details of Liu Bei and SSX love life, but it is certain they had very little time to actually devellop romantic love. After the marriage Liu Bei had to escape Wu and never met SSX again. He died of illness after the battle of Yi Ling and SSX story of suicide out of grief might just be poetic licence from Luo Guanzhong, author of ROTK.
Source : Luo Guanzhong,
Histoire romanc�e des Trois Royaumes, �ditions Aurore