Spring in Liangcheng

[Pure historical fiction, palace and household intrigue, political schemes, the fate of the nation, woman disguises herself as a man, no System, no golden finger, not a transmigration story, not reborn] Her own father falsely accuses her of having an affair in her chambers, has her cast out of the clan and sold off, then forces her into concubinage as a good-luck bride. On her wedding night, her dying groom reeks horribly. The servants brought by the household matriarch are brutal, while the guards outside threaten her with swords and insist she consummate the marriage... She struggles to escape across the wilderness through the night and finally makes it home, only to discover that her entire family has been executed. Her father and brothers were tortured to death by slicing... Humiliated and harassed by her former fiancé, pressured by her colleagues, betrayed by her own sister, and met with cold indifference by a swordsman, she is also relentlessly pursued by Lord Lu. She disfigures herself, learns martial arts, and disguises herself as a man. She never looks back, pressing onward in pursuit of the truth.