Broacade Like a Mat

When Qin Ruyin opened her eyes, she found herself transmigrated into the legitimate daughter of an official family in the Da Ying Dynasty. Before she could even enjoy the life of wealth and privilege, she ran into the marriage-swapping scheme of her cousin Qin Ruoyue.

Qin Ruoyue had been reborn. In her previous life, she married widower Jiang, a man who had risen to the very top of the court. She had thought she would bask in wealth and glory, but he was cold and indifferent, and no matter how she tried to please him, she could not win even a trace of his affection.

She was unwilling to accept that, and caused chaos in the inner courtyard. In the end, when her husband’s family ran into trouble, she was divorced and sent home, becoming the joke of the entire capital. After her rebirth, she discovered that Qin Ruyin, the cousin she had looked down on the most in her previous life, was once again going to be proposed to by the Wang family! That was the Wang family, who would in the future wield immense power over the court and the country! How could she let Qin Ruyin get her wish?

So she cried and begged her grandmother to swap the marriages, and forcibly pushed the cold husband from her previous life onto her cousin.

Qin Ruyin: There’s such a good thing?

She looked into it carefully:

Jiang is indifferent to women? Perfectly in line with her wishes!

No concubines or bedmates in the inner courtyard? Perfect!

A mother-in-law who doesn’t make things difficult? This is practically a marriage made for her!

She had wanted nothing more than to live steadily and peacefully. Since her cousin didn’t want this marriage, she would gladly take it. As long as she brought her rich dowry with her, didn’t fight or compete, and just lay flat and coasted through life, she could live comfortably for the rest of her days.

However, she miscalculated.

Lord Jiang was not impotent, nor did he prefer men. He was simply—an old house catching fire, and once it started, it was unstoppable!

Later, she often wondered: wasn’t she supposed to lie flat and coast? How did she end up lying flat into a doting husband maniac?