My Cousin Wants to Land a Rich Husband, but There Are Too Many to Choose From

[Irresistible beauty adored by all + cousins-to-lovers trope + driving the aloof beauty to the brink + powerful men bowing to love + romantic rivalry + Taoist girl who hunts demons and ghosts + landing a wealthy husband]

Cui Lingtang is the pampered daughter of the richest family in the Wu-Yue region. She grew up surrounded by wealth, doted on by her father and brothers. Secretly, she's also a young Taoist priestess. Her main business is commerce, and her side gig is monster hunting.

But merchants can't stand up to officials. A cruel and powerful prefect wants to take her as his concubine and seize the Cui family's fortune.

So she has no choice but to head north to the capital and stay with her aunt, hoping to find a good match and marry into an official's family, high enough in status to make that treacherous wolf back off.

The Shen family is a ducal house, a distinguished clan whose ancestors helped an emperor ascend the throne. The family is prosperous and influential, with wealth and honor in abundance.

The Shen sons are all handsome, each one strikingly beautiful and possessed of elegant bearing. Cui Lingtang is dazzled by them, so she decides to make a play for them one by one.

Every one of her cousins is so taken with her that he can barely look away. But the elders of the Shen household insist on a match between families of equal standing, and Cui Lingtang keeps losing out.

With the gap in their status, tangled relationships, and opposition from the elders, Cui Lingtang is on the verge of giving up in despair. Fortunately, her elder brother passes the imperial examination, and she is suddenly transformed into a successful candidate's sister. With her beauty on top of that, finding a husband is no longer so difficult. Then come the face-slapping twists...

The heroine is neither an innocent little white rabbit nor a paragon of virtue. On the surface, she's a delicate, breathtaking beauty; underneath, she's a shrewd pragmatist who always puts her own interests first.

In the early chapters, she'll actively pursue her targets to secure a good marriage. At first, it's like picking stocks, with romantic prospects blooming everywhere. From the middle onward, the male lead starts making his move. One-on-one romance.