Striga wrote:The assassins were portrayed as avenging their master, and Quan genuinely seemed to be afraid of taking on the task at hand, even giving the main section of it up to Zhou Yu. Ce also seemed to care for his little brother quite a bit, so I don't see Quan hating or disliking him.
There is a suggestion, found in GoTS, that Sun Ce was begining to build Sun Yi up to be a potential rival for Sun Quan as Yi was the more skilled in military matters. Maybe Quan was exhibiting the callusness he showed later (like Lu Xun) and did away with Ce before Yi could become any more of a threat.
