It could be though that VP requires/prefers/wants to being CCed when certain things are being communicated to employees. It’s not an unusual practice.

We have couple of such directives “when communicate to so and so in regardless to XYZ task, always CC so and so”. It’s often done for documentation and/or monitoring, sometimes for collecting evidence of something. Now if she CCed the whole company that would be inappropriate. We have someone who does “reply all” all the time. That’s not acceptable

That’s why I personally would ask for an appointment and talk it through, perhaps with VP present. I’d not expect them to be honest but at the very least I’d watch their reaction to my questions.