I feel the same! It's been nothing but fillers and characters doing the opposite of what they've lead me to believe…
I skipped some of the scenes because I am so fed up with drama now. There are scenes in the novel that could make this drama better but the love plot between MZH and LD should have been kept minimum and more on the evil plots that come from both PR and the Princess of the Northern Liang State.
So, I think she is just a cousin sister of the Gong boys.
He would never betray the Gong family because it would never benefit him. The back hill are full of mythical people.
SGQ is already a dead woman walking from the moment she stole GYZ's poisoned darts.
If she was related to the family, she wouldn't have been nervous.
Furthermore, the old lady who identified her was short sighted and agreed with another woman who claimed to have known the real YWS.
The next thing is will he be able to master the sabre technique?
She killed the husband and son.