Chapter 4023: Chapter 4023: Hard to Accept This Outcome

"You have the energy to teach me here, why not go back and think about who deceived you and played you for a fool!"

She hurried back from the illegal zone and didn’t have much time to deal with the impeachment matters, so she had to entrust part of the family affairs to Nie to handle for her.

Nie Tao always reported good news to her.

She mistakenly thought those families were all persuaded to stand by her side.

Not until today, when she saw the voting numbers with her own eyes, did she realize how many families only agreed on the surface while secretly voting in favor.

"I didn’t expect..." Nie Tao was scolded by her out of nowhere, his face turning blue, red, and finally white, as he opened his mouth, just about to say something.

But seeing Nie Qingru’s cold and stern expression, looking at him with contempt, she turned slightly, letting her hand hang down, and said, "I’ve fallen, but I’m not dead."

"Don’t forget, I still have Smith Bank. Big brother wants to educate me on how to behave; let Nie stand up first. Don’t get too used to living off others and forget how to stand up and speak."

Her words were full of pointed reminders of the scandal when Nie previously pushed her out for marriage alliances.

Nie Tao, feeling embarrassed and humiliated, and with Nie Qingru’s threats carrying significant weight, had to suppress his arrogance and speak humbly: "I didn’t mean to lecture you, just talking. If you don’t want to listen, so be it. We’re family, no need to speak too harshly."

"Alright, I still have things to do. If you have nothing more to say, I’m leaving," Nie Qingru interrupted him.

What could Nie Tao say? He could only smirk: "When you have time, come home once. The Old Master still needs you to speak to him."

Nie Qingru acted as if she didn’t hear, turning away and leaving without looking back.

Nie Tao watched her and Shadow’s departing figures, his ingratiating expression turning sinister, muttering a mockery under his breath: "... No longer the empress of the reclusive family, yet still putting on airs!"

But after all, he still had to rely on Nie Qingru for shelter in the future, even if unwilling, he had to reluctantly turn back, ready to leave.

Nie Qingru lost a great deal of face.

Those reliant on Nie Qingru’s status in the reclusive family were equally ridiculed.

Nie Tao didn’t want to stay behind and be watched like a spectacle; he had to leave quickly before others were engrossed in the voting results.

...

"Empress, please don’t be angry," Shadow comforted the woman with a face like frost all the way.

Nie Qingru remained silent, striding forward.

Only after Shadow opened the car door for her did she bend down to get inside, rolling up the window, isolating the world outside with the glass.

Only then in the narrow space did Nie Qingru find a place where she could breathe, raising her hand to pinch her brow, leaning back against the seat.

Shadow let the driver out, he himself circled to the front seat, entered and closed the door, constantly observing Nie Qingru’s expression through the rearview mirror.

"Empress, things haven’t reached a point of no return, let’s think of a way." But these were only words of comfort, as Shadow knew well how formal and solemn the Privy Council’s impeachment meeting was. Once the results of such an important meeting were out, they were difficult to change.

The empress wanting to return to how things were before seemed almost impossible.

In other words.

Qiao Nian truly managed to pull the empress down from the altar, bringing her down from her high throne with just a hand.

Shadow couldn’t imagine how terrible Nie Qingru’s mood was at this moment, for even he hadn’t yet come to terms with this outcome.

He saw in the rearview mirror Nie Qingru just kneading her brow, eyes closed and silent, making him worried.

"Empress?"

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