Of course, Lady Zhao was too liberal to bring out the Mythical River Crab. It was true that she maintained a good relationship with the "Five Gods" that owned Qidian online novel platform.[1] It was not by her luxurious spending on that platform, but with her true identity as Zhao Family member.
With a snap of their fingers, Qidian officials could easily "pacify" any novel they disliked. Why not do Lady Zhao a huge favor by "pacifying" the novel that incriminated and encroached upon her reputation?
After all, it was an insignificant and ordinary novel. Things would be different for novels that had a massive count of views, or tens of thousands of followers. In that case they would have to approach the author and drop a fair warning.