Because Shiya was given the court lady third rank, which is an official rank by the emperor. In contrast Siyues rank is first daughter. Which would fall below that. Thus the other nobles say she should bow to her, because shiya has the emperor given title thanks to her uncle vs. siyues lower rank.
So, if Shiya's uncle is such big shot, why is her mother is only a concubine? I thought that MC mother was official wife due to her family's higher ranking and wealth, and was just a pushover due to her timidity.
No, when shots got her tittle her mother was promoted to an official wife as well. She is still being treated bad by the father because of all the problems they have caused
Yep, because of Siyue exposing their true nature the father isn't treating Shiya and her mom all that good anymore, even though she is still technically an official wife. It's like she's fallen out of favor, and siyues dad prefers her because she's doing a bunch of good things compared to Shiya.
so basically siyue's mum is the da furen (the main 1st official wife) and shiya's mum who WAS a qieshin/concubine got promoted to secondary wife so while she is an official wife she ranks below the da furen. like if we bein historically accurate n throwing out the drama them shiya's mum could never rise above that. but for this dramatic webtoon since siyue's mum was poisoned/"sickly" he handed the power over to his qieshin (before shiya got title and promotion) so ho was going around acting like the zheng furen/official hostess of the household and upon the promotion she thought her ass was rly gonna be able to off siyue n her mum and become the legit da furen. much lols. and yeah the court rank thing; no matter your position in the household if you gain a court rank from the emperor that basically trumps anyone without a title or with a lower title
Can someone explain ranking in this manhua, its so complicated. MC is the oldest daughter of official wife and is ranked first. Lian Shiya who was only a daughter of a concubine, who although favored was not an official wife, so she was ranked low. Now Shiya was promoted to third ranked lady and started to pull rank on MC. But MC is still ranked first, still above her, so why does Shiya demands MC bow to her. Even if MC does not take her seriously, other ladies do and go "Shiya is a noble now, so MC should bow to her." How come?