SunLiu

SunLiu is the slash ship between Sun Quan and Liu Bei from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fandom.

Liu Bei's marriage to Sun Ren
Zhou Yu suggests that Sun Quan arrange a marriage with Sun Quan's younger sister (in order to exchange Liu Bei's life for Jing Zhou), Sun Ren and Liu Bei, as Liu Bei's wife Lady Gan had died and Liu Bei fell into a state of distress. Sun Quan agrees but struggles to find an suitable excuse that his mother would accept, as his mother only had one daughter and is very protective over Sun Ren. Zhuge Liang knew it was Zhou Yu's scheme, but told Liu Bei to accept, even though he was way older than Lady Sun. As a safety precaution, he gave Zhao Yun three tip bages and told him to open them when he felt the need to.

Liu Bei made his way into Wu and Zhao Yun opened the first bag. Upon seeing the advice, Liu Bei ordered all the soldiers to spread the word that Liu Bei was going to marry Lady Sun. Upon hearing the news, Sun Quan's mother (Elder Lady Sun) was horrified and called for Sun Quan. Sun Quan revealed the plot, making Elder Lady Sun furious. However, when she eventually met up with Liu Bei and Sun Quan, he treated her well, leading Elder Lady Sun to believe that Sun Ren had the perfect husband.

However, Zhao Yun walked in on the moment and informed Liu Bei that there were soldiers hiding behind a curtain, ready to kill. Elder Lady Sun, furious, demand to know why Sun Quan did this, but Sun Quan blames Lu Fan, and Lu Fan blames Jia Hua, who has no one to blame and is punished. Outside a few minutes later, Liu Bei sees a rock and says to himself, "If I break this rock into two pieces in one shot with my sword, I will safely return to Jing Zhou." He then breaks the rock in perfect halves. Sun Quan sees the same rock and asks Liu Bei why he hates the rock so much, to which Liu Bei responds, "I am fifty and have not done anything for my country- I hate myself." Sun Quan sees a piece of the broken rock and thinks, "If I break this rock into two pieces in one shot with my sword, I will live to rule over Liu Bei." He also breaks the rock perfectly into pieces.

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SunLiu is not a popular ship in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fandom. Many fans interpret their relationship as enemies, as Guan Yu was killed by one of Sun Quan's generals, making Liu Bei and Sun Quan mortal enemies. The only time Liu Bei and Sun Quan interact face-to-face is when Liu Bei is getting engaged with Sun Quan's younger sister, throwing of would-be shippers. They also have a 20~ year age difference, making others hesitant to ship them. However, there are still shippers. This ship is rivaled by the more popular LiuGuanZhang (the sworn brothers) and XuanLiang.

There are currently 3 fanfictions on AO3.

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