The Emperor's Concubine

Author's Note

Thank you so so much to everyone who's read and supported 'The Emperor's Concubine'!

I can't bring to words how touching it is, that so many readers have saved, voted, read, and commented on my story.
To put it into 'better' words, this story is and has been my baby for years. Seeing others supporting my 'child' gives me that motherly, proud feeling.
I began writing this story back in 2017. It was a very long time ago yes, but in 2017 I remember writing it for fun.
That's all my writing would be, I just liked writing for fun to read stories I would enjoy reading, and what better way than to write a story I know I'd love.
I wrote, planned, and eventually I realized I wanted more from it.
It made me so happy writing for myself, but I wanted to share this story because what if there could be others who'd like it too?
TEC is graphic and has sensitive topics, but I tried my best to write it in a way that'd actually show and almost bring attention to some of these things.
Almost everyone goes through something traumatic, and I wanted this to be a comfort story for it (the traumatic things the FL goes through though is A LOT and it's SUPER dramatic though lol). Aside from the fantasy, a majority of characters went through traumatic events that affected them, just like our real world.
In shows and books, it depicts the hardship, but it doesn't show the progress of growing. That's what I wanted, I wanted to try to show growth and the comfort in the slow journey of growing and healing.
It isn't that serious though, I don't expect my story to 'save people', because at the end of the day, it's just a fun fantasy romance anyways.
Personally, a character in a novel or movie having hardships, and seeing their growth of trying to re-invent themselves is one 'trope' or aspect I love.
I love seeing friends and family around me grow, I love to see my own growth, and to see it in a character's is comforting.
I'm so thankful for everyone who's supported my story, I hope you enjoyed reading it.
There are still a lot of things I need to improve, I don't believe I wrote a 'masterpiece', I believe I wrote something made with 100% of my effort, and I'm extremely proud of that.

'The Emperor's Concubine' may be ending, but not really (lol).
'The Emperor's Concubine' will have another book, filled with side stories!
Ending the main story at the wedding seemed to be the perfect place. However because of another project, and because if there are readers who enjoy 'The Emperor's Concubine', I wanted to be able to write about 'what happens after'.
The other project I'm hoping to work on, I find it necessary to have side stories written for it too.

TEC is currently in the slow process of being turned into a webtoon! (And for a webtoon to be perfect, side stories are A MUST in my opinion lol)

I'm drawing it myself, and writing the script so it may take a while, but hopefully I can have it released! (But with working and writing other stories, as well as finding time for a lot of other things in my life, it's definitely a slow difficult process)

But I love Webtoons/Manhwa's and so I really hope I can have it released as a comic!
The side stories will have multiple different stories, and focus on separate characters and not only on the protagonists! The side stories will also tie together little details I wrote in the main story. They aren't major details, but I found they added a small sense of mystery but revealing them in the side stories.

Anyways, moving onto the main point.
This is the end for 'The Emperor's Concubine'!
Thank you so much for reading it, and I hope you enjoyed it!
Please follow me if you'd like to know when I publish the side stories for 'TEC', and whenever I publish other stories I've written!
Thank you so much for your love and support, I can't thank you enough <3

Thank you, THANK YOU!
-With SO much love, Jihyun. C. Lee <3

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