"The Xiao couple truly are blind, saying that the Master of Tianji Pavilion is not worthy of the Xiao Family. No matter how great the power of the Xiao Family is, marrying a wife is merely marrying a lady from another aristocratic family. Which legitimate daughter can wield real power? A married woman couldn't possibly bring the family fortune along, any woman is far from being comparable to the Master of Tianji Pavilion..."
Currently, the court holds no real power; it has all been divided among the major aristocratic families. Even military power and court Ministers are entirely staffed by people placed by these major families, and the Emperor is nothing but a puppet.
Tianji Pavilion, the first-class Gongsun Family, the Xiao Family, Poison King Valley, and Pear Blossom Villa are evenly matched in power.
All the rest are male-dominated; only Su Qingyue, the woman in charge of Tianji Pavilion, is said to be the most powerful woman in the world, and this is not wrong.
