The Discarded Son Is Made a Marquis

After transmigrating as a concubine-born son of a marquis, I found myself in a desperate situation from the start.

The Crown Prince resented me, my own brother betrayed me, and I was sent to a remote border fortress to await my death. The civil officials in the city made trouble for me at every turn, the entire treasury had been embezzled, and the Xiongnu cavalry could break through the gates at any moment.

At this critical moment, the Mandate of Heaven Pillar of State System activated!

Win the people's hearts, and you win the realm. Use Mandate Points to obtain intelligence, root out the spies in the city, and take control of the situation. From this moment on, I would turn things around.

I thought my enemies were the Prince of Yan's heir, the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace, and the Xiongnu cavalry. Then I found a secret letter in the Prince of Yan's manor, sent from lands west of the grasslands, from a continent even farther away. It turned out that an even greater conspiracy lay behind this war...