Struck Down by the Rod: The Empress's Rebirth

The Fu family's eldest daughter—elegant, aloof, the Emperor's cherished childhood sweetheart—has everything except an heir. After five barren years, she summons her stepsister to the palace as a surrogate. In her past life, Fu Hanying became nothing more than a womb for hire. Two months after entering the forbidden city, Consort Rong crippled her with the crimson punishment rod and threw her into the Cold Palace to rot. Her beloved sister sent embroidered gifts to physicians, jeweled hairpins to guards, copied sutras for the state preceptor—but never once glanced at the broken woman dragging h…