It's just that the descendants of the Xu Family are disappointing; not a single one can hold up the family's gate plaque. Their noble rank has dropped with each generation, and by the time it reached this generation's Xuanping Marquis, he's only a third-class marquis—weak and spineless, shameless in conduct, a master of eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. His son has followed in his footsteps—don't even talk about achievements; if he can just avoid causing trouble, it'd already be thanks to the ancestors of the Xu Family burning high incense.
When Xu Man's father died, the hereditary title ceased to exist. The Xuanping Bo Mansion is now cold and deserted; the menfolk are ignorant and useless, while the women are each scrambling on their own merits.
After all, unlike the men, women are meant to be married off.
If they can marry up, they can escape the current desolate and neglected natal home of the Xuanping Bo Mansion and once again enjoy splendor and glory.
