After the Cousin Faked Her Death, the Obsessive Heir Went Mad

[Angsty romance + Ex-husband chases his wife to no avail + Historical romance + Emotional storytelling + Unhinged heir vs. Down-on-her-luck cousin] Mu Qingzhi is the cousin Qin Sui brought home, and the thorn in the side of every woman in the Qin family. By day, she keeps her head down and acts submissive. At night, she can only please her cousin in her room, hoping for his protection. One day, because the Qin family’s third young lady, Qin Yan, saw her fiancé glance at Mu Qingzhi a few times, Mu Qingzhi was punished by being made to kneel in the snow. Yet Qin Sui says that once he marries Princess Pingyang, he’ll take Mu Qingzhi as his concubine. Mu Qingzhi decides she can’t keep living like a caged songbird, and she can’t stay in this bloodthirsty marquis’s manor any longer. So she runs away.