Exiled as a Substitute Bride: The Capital Trembles When I Return

One misstep on a mountain trail, and He Lan awakens as the 'simple-minded' daughter of an earl—forced into marriage as a substitute bride to a poisoned, comatose duke's heir. Married at noon, her family is destroyed by nightfall and exiled to the brutal northern frontier by dawn. Surrounded by scheming relatives, ruthless bandits, and a husband whose icy demeanor could freeze hell itself, He Lan refuses to break. With grit and cunning, she transforms a crumbling shack into an empire, turning enemies into allies and her cold husband into an obsessively devoted protector. When he returns victori…