Amass Grain, Build High Walls: The Marquis's Abandoned Wife Becomes Empress

**Female Protagonist + Exile + Nation-Building + Chaos and Conquest + No Romance** With a single letter of divorce, Ling Xi became the discarded wife of a noble house. Her father and brothers died on the battlefield, yet the emperor exiled their orphaned family to the remote frontier. A grandmother nearing seventy. A little uncle with crippled legs. A sister-in-law heavy with child. A frail, sickly young nephew. A delicate younger sister, and herself—the discarded wife. A catastrophic beginning! The emperor is foolish, treacherous ministers hold sway, powerful enemies invade, and the nation lies in ruins. Since there is no place left for her in this world, she will carve out her ow...