I was thinking of that too! Plus xiang liu is "evil" since he takes life with his poison and her Dao is "eradicating evil" so by logic she will always be stronger than it 😆
May be because there's still a capable son to inherit the position, so she wouldn't think of shanet or a granddaughter even. Matriarchs I assume, tend to go into their position by "luck" such as becoming a widow with no capable or old enough sons and just being formidable enough to swat away the...