Chapter 3966: Precisely Hitting Sister Nian’s Bottom Line

Chapter 3966: Chapter 3966: Precisely Hitting Sister Nian’s Bottom Line

"At that time, she had a lover whom she loved deeply. They had already reached the point of discussing marriage. But in the end, they couldn’t be together, and he died at the hands of your grandfather... Because of this, the empress nearly went mad back then."

"Later, she relied on her willpower to walk out of it slowly and gained a foothold in the reclusive family step by step. At the start, she didn’t intend to use harming the young lady to gain her own position, but the young lady wouldn’t heed advice and insisted on researching things she shouldn’t. The empress privately persuaded her many times to stop. The young lady wouldn’t listen!"

"At that time, various forces pressured the empress to step in and resolve this matter, leaving the young lady with certain death. Even if she didn’t die at the empress’s hands, she would have died at someone else’s. The empress had thought about it for a long time and didn’t want the young lady to die at the hands of outsiders..."

Shadow spoke emotionally, slowing down several tones, like an elder who knows the inside story earnestly advising a reckless youth.

"She didn’t sleep that night when she made the decision, always waiting for the young lady to bow her head and admit wrong, agreeing to stop the research. But she waited all night and didn’t receive the young lady’s call, which led to the tragedy that happened back then..."

Qiao Nian understood, and said nonchalantly, "You’re telling me that not only Nie Qingru was wrong, but my mother was wrong too."

The meaning Shadow wanted to convey was exactly what she said, yet he feigned some additional words: "I just want to tell you that any situation is not caused by one side alone, both sides have their problems. You shouldn’t blindly blame the empress’s mistakes. If you were in her position, you’d understand how much pressure she was under back then for the young lady, always trying to secure a chance for her to live on!"

"Miss Qiao, she is not a heartless person!" Shadow said earnestly, clearly wanting to persuade Qiao Nian to believe him.

"Haha." Qiao Nian heard his heartfelt words and couldn’t help but laugh: "So she didn’t make any mistakes at all, and even if she did, it was because others forced her to. Just like how it was me who forced her to act against Ye Wangchuan last night..."

"Last night..." Shadow was at a loss for words, furrowing his brow and looking intently: "Miss Qiao, the empress didn’t act against you. She just wanted to teach you a lesson. Like when elders see the younger generation misbehave at home, they want to reprimand them a bit. But because she’s been in a high position for so long, her reprimand was a bit heavy."

"Fine. Everything you said is correct!" Qiao Nian was too lazy to argue with him, bluntly throwing his logic back at him: "Then my action was also just a bit heavy. Your ’deeply emotional’ elder shouldn’t mind a junior, right?"

"..." Shadow didn’t expect her to be so articulate, leaving him speechless.

Seeing that Qiao Nian was about to hang up the phone.

He couldn’t care less and loudly stopped her: "Miss Qiao, after all, the empress is your grandmother! You can’t treat her like this, you’ll face retribution! If not for yourself, you should accrue virtue for the elderly in your family."

Qiao Nian, hearing Shadow’s words, knew he would say something shameless, she just didn’t expect Shadow could surpass her lowest expectations time and again, becoming even more shameless.

He actually had the nerve to bring up doing it for Jiang Weishang’s merit for pleading for Nie Qingru, truly calculating. At the same time, it accurately hit Qiao Nian’s nerve.

The girl’s tone suddenly turned cold when Shadow heard it.

"Try mentioning my family again?"

"..."

Shadow secretly cursed himself for saying the wrong words.