Even If He Usurped the Throne, Great Scholars Would Naturally Defend Him! (Please Subscribe and Vote!)

Li Chen had listed quite a few of the Sixth Prince's strengths.

There was nothing embarrassing about that. He was outstanding to begin with, so what was wrong with saying so?

He was speaking to an older female sect cultivator who knew nothing about the Sixth Prince. Being modest would serve little purpose and might even make her think the Sixth Prince really was lacking.

Li Chen was selling himself. Of course he had to paint himself in a good light.

When did modesty become necessary?

Naturally, when the other person already knew your strength and what you were capable of.

Under those circumstances, a little modesty would make them think you had grace.

After listening to Li Chen, the Jade-Washing Fairy asked in puzzlement, "How strange. Why did I hear outside that the Sixth Prince usurped the throne and seized power?"

Li Chen smiled calmly and explained, "Struggles for the throne have always been like this. To the princes who failed to claim it, the Sixth Prince is exactly that sort of person. But think about it: if you were a prince in the saint realm, would you need to explain so much to the other princes? They should count themselves lucky you didn't kill them."

Li Chen understood this quite well.

When he had first ascended the throne, rumors about him had been everywhere, with every imaginable vile label heaped upon him.

Only later, after Li Chen's Northern Expedition, Western Expedition, and the introduction of all sorts of policies benefiting the people, had those rumors collapsed without needing to be refuted.

Never mind that Li Chen had not usurped the throne or seized power. Even if he had, given his current achievements, great scholars would naturally defend him. He would not need to explain anything himself.

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