My Husband Turned Out to Be My Brother-in-Law

In the seventh month of the fifteenth year of Shunming, a noblewoman from the Marquis of Chongyang’s household married the second son of the Yin family.

On her wedding night, the reluctant Zhu Yingqiu lifted her veil and lazily raised her eyes.

The man standing before her wore a red wedding robe. His skin was fair as snow, and the firelight did nothing to warm his cold, sharp features. He seemed like a ruthless, beautiful ghost wandering the banks of the underworld.

One glance was all it took for Zhu Yingqiu, who was hopelessly obsessed with looks, to fall for him.

She was no longer reluctant and clung to the man, sweetly calling him her husband. Unfortunately, he was as cold as an iceberg and never returned her affection.

One day, Zhu Yingqiu went to look for him as usual and stumbled into the scene of a murder.

A blood-smeared man pointed at her husband and shouted hoarsely, “Yin Jue, you have no regard for human life. Sooner or later, you’ll get what’s coming to you!”

The smile froze on Zhu Yingqiu’s face.

Yin Jue, Commander of the Imperial City Bureau, was a ruthless killer, as fearsome as a rakshasa. He liked wearing dark robes embroidered with strange flowers, and his strikingly sinister beauty had earned him the private nickname “Yin Ghost.”

He was the sharpest blade in the emperor’s hand, and the elder brother of the second son of the Yin family she had married.

Zhu Yingqiu hurriedly packed up and ran.

Because she had suddenly remembered that not only was the groom a fake, she, the bride, might be a fake too.

…

On the eve of the wedding, the groom-to-be, her husband’s younger half-brother, ran away from home. His father naturally ordered Yin Jue to take his place and marry the noblewoman from the Marquis of Chongyang’s household.

At the awkward, pleading look in his stepmother’s eyes, and remembering the kindness she had shown him in the past, Yin Jue smiled coldly and agreed with a nod.

At first, Yin Jue planned to keep Zhu Yingqiu around as an idle dependent. But somehow the young lady had learned to wheedle and act adorable. She wanted him to feed her water, carry her when she walked, and hold her in his arms every night so she could sleep.

Spoiled and troublesome.

Completely unlike the virtuous, dutiful woman people had described.

Yin Jue was fed up and began to grow suspicious.

After investigating, he learned that the marquis’s daughter had caught the eye of a member of the imperial family and was eager to escape the marriage. Somehow, she had found a woman to marry into the Yin family in her place.

So who exactly had he married?

Before Yin Jue could find out, the young lady packed her bags and ran away.

Facing the empty room, Yin Jue felt his usually hard heart suddenly grow hollow for a moment.

[Clingy, pampered beauty who loves handsome faces × sinister, cold, and stunning beauty]

Theme: Have the courage to pursue love.