Birds Falling on Cold Branches

[1V1 + heroine + power struggle + group drama + woman disguised as a man] When he was ten years old, Xie Youning watched his mother die by a sword and his brother fell in a pool of blood. When the Xie Mansion was destroyed, she hid in the firewood shed and escaped with her life. Five years later, she changed her name to Liang Yanchu, passed the exam as a Hexi disaster victim, and entered the court. She wants to find out the truth about her father Xie An's "imperial examination fraud" and restore the Xie family's innocence. But there is an undercurrent surging above the court, and the Haixi people outside the border are watching eagerly. What's even more troublesome is that the heroic hussar general Qin Zhong always looks at her thoughtfully with his peach blossom eyes. He didn't know she was a woman, and she didn't know what secrets he was hiding. When the blond paganism spreads throughout the Western Regions, and when the fate of everyone is involved in a huge conspiracy - how long can her identity be hidden?