The power struggles within the imperial family are essentially no different from commoners fighting over inheritance; Immortals vying for resources and monopolizing legacies are exactly the same as the mundane world's battle for power and establishment.
In reality, someone who does well in a village truly isn't any less talented than a prince or minister; the level of strategy a small gang leader possesses might surpass that of an emperor. Transform a village chief into an emperor for three to five years, and they would absolutely become a generation's great emperor—certainly better than directly allowing an emperor's son to inherit the throne.
This is why one county in Pei was enough for Liu Bang to establish Han, why a common village can produce a lineage of generals...
Similarly, what's so remarkable about Immortals?
They aren't necessarily wiser than mortals.
"Hmm, I will consider it."
Gu Xuening nodded, indeed making additional preparations as Li An had suggested.
