"Have you heard of the Privy Council?" Feng Yu asked her.
Qiao Nian read the first page quickly. "I've never heard of it."
"The reclusive families are made up of more than a hundred families. The Yu family that had a conflict with you this time is only a second-rate family among them. The other families are not to be trifled with.
"These families have jointly elected a leader, the Empress you offended this time.
"The Empress has absolute authority within the reclusive families. However, to prevent the leaders chosen in the past from having too much authority and harming their interests for their own selfish desires… the reclusive families created a regulatory body. This institution is called the Privy Council!"
Qiao Nian dragged a chair and sat down. She had already seen the page he was talking about.
Seeing that she was looking at him seriously, Feng Yu stared at her jawline and slowly continued, "If the Empress is their head, then the Privy Council is their heart."
