Both leads are inexperienced! No angst involving the female lead.
The Ming dynasty's noble families fell into two camps, one from the founding of the dynasty and one from the Jingnan Campaign. This novel is adapted from historical events, using the internal changes within four major noble families during the upheavals between the Jingtai and Tianshun eras as its basis.
Both the male and female leads are hopeless romantics. When you're in love, you should be all-in. All the bittersweet drama comes from the male lead. The female lead's growth arc may be a little slow at first. For readers who want sweet romance, skip straight to Chapter 137, where they first meet.
After marriage, the female lead uses a single dog leash to keep her husband and mother-in-law, two mad dogs, in check. For readers who want a no-holds-barred showdown between a ruthless, self-serving woman and her equally ruthless mother-in-law, skip straight to Chapter 207.
No one is reborn, no one transmigrates, there is no System, and nobody has a golden finger. The female lead is a native-born daughter of the Wei Duke's mansion, and the male lead is a native-born son of the British Duke's mansion.
The mother-in-law is a native-born, self-serving villainess who clawed her way up from the bottom, slashing her way to the top.
The story focuses on the female lead's growth, with the male lead's revenge arc as a secondary plot.
It's pretty good, it feels like a long stream of water