She poured half a glass of wine, put two cubes of ice in it and threw it into the vodka.
Then Nie Qingru leaned on the sofa, elegantly picked up the wine glass and shook it.
Shadow came in and saw this scene.
He walked behind Nie Qingru and reminded softly: "Empress, the doctor asked you to drink less, which is good for your health. Your blood pressure has been a lot higher recently."
"Yeah." Nie Qingru responded, but did not put down the glass in his hand. Instead, he put it to his lips and took a sip of strong wine. He half-squinted his shrewd eyes and asked him seriously: "You haven't contacted those people yet?
"
Shadow looked at the vodka in her hand worriedly and bowed his head respectfully: "The old lady and the others don't want to come back."
"Ha." A sneer escaped Nie Qingru's lips, as if he was surprised, but also seemed to be laughing at Nie Tao and others for not overestimating their capabilities.
This time she sat up and placed the wine in her hand on the coffee table. The aura around her body cooled uncontrollably.
"He just wants to force me!"
"..."
Shadow lowered his head and stayed by her side silently.
The Queen is right.
Mr. Nie refused to answer the phone and refused to come back from Independence Continent. To put it bluntly, he wanted to force the Queen to bow her head and comply with their wishes.
As a servant, he was not qualified to talk about the Queen's family affairs. When the Queen said this, even though Shadow felt sorry for her, there was nothing he could do.
After Nie Qingru's initial anger passed, he quickly sobered up.
"Where has the APE competition come?"
"Each designer has already submitted their design drafts."
Shadow stood behind her, folded his hands in front of him, and reported to her in a low voice with a very respectful attitude.
"I followed your instructions and went to the organizer to look at the design drafts this time. Except for a few design drafts that cannot be touched, there are many newcomers this year. Among them, one newcomer's work is very good, very innovative and suitable.
The theme of this competition.”
The theme of this year's APE is - Nostalgia.
The works of many well-known jewelry brand designers are instantly recognizable.
Because they focus on the nostalgia of their own brand’s classic designs, the design draft is almost a replica of their own classic model, with minor modifications based on the classic model.
In order for APE to ensure that the competition is fair and impartial and will not be influenced by brands, the artwork submitted by designers is not allowed to indicate where it comes from.
Shadow can still select from these unmarked manuscripts those that cannot be used and some that can be used by them.
"Are you sure the other party is a newcomer?" Nie Qingru softened the expression on her face.
Shadow was very sure.
"I asked a friend of the organizer specifically. It was his first time participating in an APE competition and he was not well-known in the circle."
Nie Qingru drooped her eyelids and said lightly: "Yeah."
This kind of person is exactly what she expected.
She asked Shadow to find someone like this, unknown, new, easy to deal with, unlikely to cause trouble afterwards, and even if there was a commotion, it would be easy to settle.
Nie Qingru ordered without any psychological burden: "Make things clean and don't let others catch you."
It was obviously not the first time for Shadow to do such a thing, and he agreed very easily.
"Queen, don't worry."
"Um."
Nie Qingru picked up the glass on the coffee table again and shook it. The vodka inside swayed and made some ripples.
There was no concealment of disgust on her face, and she still said with a deep look: "After you are done, send them a message later and ask them to get back to me quickly so that they don't embarrass themselves outside!"