Golden Branch, Phoenix Crown

Living a second life, the top scholar who once treated her like trash now offers her the tiger tally, provisions, and connections with both hands, kneeling on the ground and begging her to love him once more. Yan Ruxu has long since turned her attention to Xie Qingchuan, the Imperial Factory eunuch governor who died saving her in her previous life. In this life, Xie Qingchuan puts on a very good act, and he's adorable too. Blushing bright red, he softly calls her "Your Highness." But Yan Ruxu has known all along that Xie Qingchuan is a mad dog, the kind who could make a three-year-old cry at night. Xie Qingchuan is self-effacing, sensitive, and suspicious. He has devoted his heart to one person, yet doesn't dare approach her. Later, after countless hardships, when dead wood meets spring, he kills one man every ten paces, bathing in blood at the edge of the blade, a demon from the depths of hell. No one knows what the fearsome Xie Qingchuan is like in the princess's tent. His cheeks flushed, collar open to reveal his wheat-colored abs, he can only softly and reverently repeat a few lines. "Please, Your Highness, look at me." "Please, Your Majesty... make me feel loved again." "Sis, please, just like me a little." Main plot blurb Millennia-old clans, dynasties that rise and fall. The Wang clan of Langya and the Xie clan of Chen command a glorious reputation and unrivaled prestige. Since ancient times, everyone has preferred to be a swallow beneath the eaves of the Wang and Xie families rather than a guest of honor in the imperial household. She rises at the crow of the rooster and studies late into the night, poring over her books until they're worn out. She dreams of giving the children of poor families a chance, and letting ordinary women who have faded into the dust glimpse the light of day. This is the story of a lazy princess turning her life around. My next novel is coming soon: The Villain Dies in the Snowstorm History records: "The rebel Xie Ruzhuo froze to death in the snowy winter of Xuanyuan Year Three." Lu Chengge, a history major, turned a page. Her pale fingertips happened to stop on the three characters of the name 'Xie Ruzhuo.' It's a rather nice name, what a shame he's a villain. Xie Ruzhuo set fire to the army's provisions during a campaign, embezzled disaster-relief funds, and even flirted with women while exiled to the wilderness. So Emperor Ying Wuwei of the Southern Dynasty stripped him of his military power, confiscated his estate, and severed the tendons in his hands and feet. For a villain from the history books, that was all perfectly normal. History is one-sided, but who would take unofficial accounts seriously? "A twenty-year-old youth, newly come of age, so brilliantly gifted. With the sword 'Spring Outing' in hand, no one could match him." Xie Ruzhuo spent his life repaying kindness with betrayal, and was left with only teachers and friends to mourn him in life and death. He had thought himself infamous, destined to leave a foul name for ten thousand years. But a thousand years later, someone used countless scattered unofficial accounts, working from dawn to dusk and keeping a lamp burning through the night, to piece together the truth, so different from the history books. History records: "Emperor Ying Wuwei of the Southern Dynasty pacified the Western Regions in his youth and raised his banner at Mount Langjuxu. After ascending the throne, he brought the people peace and prosperity. Markets stayed open at night, and nothing was ever lost on the roads." After searching through countless books, Lu Chengge discovered that Emperor Ying Wuwei of the Southern Dynasty was nothing but an incompetent fraud who stole others' glory. From the history books, full of holes, she discovered that someone had killed countless historians just to erase his achievements. In Xuanyuan Year Three, a young man holding a broken sword awoke in the snow. He looked at the girl beside him, unsure what to do. Theme: Those who love one another are a perfect match