* A subplot of ''Series/ThreeKingdoms'' has the eighteen-year-old Sun Quan inheriting the ''de facto'' state of Wu from his brother Sun Ce, including the officers such as [[TheDragon right-hand-man Zhou Yu]] and veterans who'd served under their late father Sun Jian. Unfortunately Sun Quan has no power base (and no claim to legitimacy except Sun Ce's deathbed words) is not only younger than his officers, but he's younger than some of their ''sons'' too. When one of the veterans "misspeaks" in suggesting in Sun Quan's presence that Zhou Yu return to take over, Sun Quan puts two and two together and, upon Zhou Yu's return, offers him the throne and to become one of Zhou Yu's officers. This is resolved when Zhou Yu refuses and then learns from Sun Quan's mother that her son actually expected to be usurped[[hottip:*:since he took the veteran's 'unwitting' preference for Zhou Yu as actually indicative of the officers' opinions]], and believed that simply abdicating now would prevent a SuccessionCrisis [[HeroicSacrifice and thus protect Wu]], after which Zhou Yu makes a point of leading the officers in officially swearing loyalty to Sun Quan.

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* A subplot of ''Series/ThreeKingdoms'' has the eighteen-year-old Sun Quan inheriting the ''de facto'' state of Wu from his brother Sun Ce, including the officers such as [[TheDragon right-hand-man Zhou Yu]] and veterans who'd served under their late father Sun Jian. Unfortunately Sun Quan has no power base (and no claim to legitimacy except Sun Ce's deathbed words) is not only younger than his officers, but he's younger than some of their ''sons'' too. When one of the veterans "misspeaks" in suggesting in Sun Quan's presence that Zhou Yu return to take over, Sun Quan puts two and two together and, upon Zhou Yu's return, offers him the throne and to become one of Zhou Yu's officers. This is resolved when Zhou Yu refuses and then learns from Sun Quan's mother that her son actually expected to be usurped[[note]]since he took the veteran's 'unwitting' preference for Zhou Yu as actually indicative of the officers' opinions[[/note]], and believed that simply abdicating now would prevent a SuccessionCrisis [[HeroicSacrifice and thus protect Wu]], after which Zhou Yu makes a point of leading the officers in officially swearing loyalty to Sun Quan.

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