Breaking the Golden Hairpin

Yu Jin was reborn on the day the Ling family came to break off her engagement. In her previous life, she refused to end the engagement just to save face, and she and Ling Munan spent their lives as bitter spouses, right up until death. Now she was back at the crossroads where it had all begun... Looking ahead, the Ling family was a mess, with her fiancé's beloved cousin already pregnant and a heap of troubles waiting for her. Looking back, her own household was hardly peaceful either. The second young miss was scheming to marry into a powerful family, the third had her eye on her future brother-in-law, and the fourth was waiting for an auspicious day to elope with her lover... The Yu family's eldest branch had no sons, so the title would pass to the wastrel son of the second branch. Before long, the family would fall into decline... Since nobody else could get their act together, why not all lie flat and let things fall where they may? After the eldest daughter, who had always been ambitious and fiercely competitive, broke off her engagement, she “fell into a slump,” and her family felt as if the sky had collapsed! The third young miss snuck out in the dark and gave Ling Munan a thorough beating in a sack. “You want to break off my big sister's engagement? Who do you think you are? I must have been blind to ever like you. Bah!” The fourth young miss cut ties with her lover on the spot. “My family is relying on me now. Romance can wait. Maybe in the next life, okay?” Her second aunt beat her son at home every day. “If you can't go to war, then bury yourself in your books! Get yourself appointed to the cabinet and become a minister, then give that Ling family a proper face-slapping!” Even her lame, disheartened second uncle started lifting weights, rain or shine... Yu Jin: “...” Since everyone was working hard of their own accord, surely they wouldn't mind supporting one more lazy fish like her? Then one day, the second young miss shyly tugged at her handkerchief and took her out to admire handsome men. “There's no shortage of good fish in the sea, Big Sister. Look at that Young Marquis Xuan. His family and looks are both top-notch, he's powerful and influential, and he keeps himself pure. Why not use a few tricks to win him over?” Yu Jin: “...No need. In my previous life, you married him, and he tormented you to death in less than a year...”