She shook her head slightly, and deep in her eyes there wasn't much discouragement, and even less anger, because after all, all of this had been within her expectations.
Although she had an iron fist in governing, and had suppressed quite a few spineless people over the years, some people's weaknesses wouldn't show on ordinary days, only revealing themselves completely when faced with major issues.
Moreover, as she knew, many officials in the Imperial Court were originally affiliated with Sects of Cultivation and Cultivator families.
She had not previously targeted the sects, so these people could afford to bear with it a bit, staying in the Imperial Court to continue gathering information, but now that they had completely fallen out, there was naturally no need for these people to hide any longer.
She feared that quite a significant part of her civil and military officials were even hoping that she, the Empress, would be swiftly taken down by these sects.
