The Legitimate Daughter of the Noble House

(Love after marriage: the Marquis of the Lu family has a long road ahead as he pursues his wife.) One heroine, three love interests. The heroine is clear-headed and intelligent.

Pure historical domestic and political intrigue, with no transmigration or alternate setting. The heroine grows over the course of the story.

Jiang Wan, the legitimate third daughter of a Duke's family, wants nothing more than for her family to live in peace. But the Duke's family is on the brink of disaster at court, and only a marriage contract can protect them. She never expected that a young general she has known since childhood would seek her hand with his military accomplishments, while the powerful Marquis of the Lu family closes in on her at every turn. And lurking in the shadows is a figure no one knows about: the Third Prince, living in exile and secretly plotting to seize the throne.

[A refined young lady of noble birth vs. a proud, unruly, laid-back marquis]

Jiang Wan always thought Marquis Lu was an unruly man. He held a high position, yet she never imagined that one day even the lofty Marquis of the Lu family might feel aggrieved. His voice low and hoarse, he asked, almost pleading, "Wan'er, could you give your heart to me?"

That day, snow fell in great flurries. She knelt in the snow all night, just to let him be with his childhood sweetheart.

The day his beloved returned, she was desolate. She turned and accepted another man's proposal. On the day of the wedding, he stood in red, his eyes bloodshot. He gave a self-mocking tug at the corner of his mouth. "Don't marry him. Just take pity on me."

On the day his forces were defeated, he stood high on the city wall and looked down below. His gaze was as cold as winter ice, and his voice was calm as he said something shocking: "If you lay a hand on her today, I can overthrow the throne."