A Son by Surrogate? The Consort Takes Over Kunning Palace

[Palace intrigue + no golden finger + cherished exclusively in the later stages + satisfying revenge + childbirth]

Jiang Ning is the Prime Minister’s illegitimate daughter. Raised in the countryside from childhood, she has never known her father’s affection or her mother’s love, while her birth mother is plagued by illness.

Then, out of the blue, her opportunistic father brings her and her mother to the capital. It turns out her legitimate elder sister is ill and unable to bear children.

Her father and stepmother treat her with excessive courtesy, but hold her mother hostage and force her to accompany her sister into the palace. Once Jiang Ning bears a royal heir, they will hand the child over to her sister to raise, and then the two of them will be free to leave.

By day, her sister keeps the emperor company. At night, Jiang Ning takes her place in his bed.

Obedient and compliant, she draws the emperor in until he spends every night with her.

Her sister thinks she is just a pawn to be manipulated at will… But she isn’t. Jiang Ning knows that only those who stand at the top earn people’s respect and keep them from looking down on them.

Now that she has entered the palace, she intends to become the most honored woman in the land.

Later, the young woman’s skin is pale, her eyes tinged red. She gently rests her jade-like fingers on her rounded belly and speaks with graceful authority and ruthless resolve.

“The child is here, Elder Sister… It’s time for you to step aside.”

The emperor believes that, as a man in the highest position, he must weigh every advantage and disadvantage, and that he can never afford to be softhearted again.

But he never expected to meet Jiang Ning. For her, he is willing to abandon the calculations and suspicions of an emperor… and willingly offer her the throne beside him with both hands… as long as she stays by his side for a lifetime.