"Among the high-ranking concubines, only Lady Xuan comes from a noble family with a strong background. Because Lady Xuan is so beautiful, the Emperor fell in love with her at first sight and made an exception to allow her into the harem.
Although Lady Xuan's maternal family is noble, their descendants are unfilial, and there is no successor. Now, apart from titles and the wealth left by ancestors, there is no one in Lady Xuan's family who holds real power. They might have the ability to ruin those who offend them.
As for promoting officials, they might be able to promote small officials of the seventh, eighth, or ninth grade, but to promote an ordinary person who is barely literate and not even a child student to an official position in this dynasty with its rigorous evaluation of official appointments, that is impossible."
