Really? Even a Gentleman Needs Defense

In the first year, Princess Li Qian first met the 'gentleman'. That person was upright and fair, presiding over justice. She sneered: "A hypocrite."In the third year, during the struggle for the imperial succession, a single misstep led to complete defeat. Closing her eyes and seeking death, that person was the only one who stepped forward, protecting her with his life and returning her to the capital. She scoffed: "He's still somewhat of a gentleman."In the fifth year, after the coup and ascension, the Empress ruled. She bestowed high-ranking officials, generous rewards, noble women, and beauties upon him, all of which he refused. She frowned slightly: "Indeed, a gentleman."In the tenth year, waking up in the morning with a sore body, she gritted her teeth and cursed the person beside her: "A wasted gentleman!""Three things can make the empire great again: the sword, your servant, and Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism."He said this to the Empress.—————【I have already written a two-million-four-hundred-thousand-word masterpiece of Xianxia 《I Have a Sword Immortal Wife》, brothers who are starved for books can check it out~】