InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Emperor's Concubine ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Emperor Inu no Yasha of Han: He shall represent the Emperor Wu of Han, himself! Yeah, as it was stamped in history being the seventh Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China, ruling from somewhere between 130 and 141 BC to 87 BC. He was one of the greatest Emperors of China as he was best remembered because of the great expansion of his territory in China. Inuyasha will be the Greatest Emperor of China as well and will imprint his name forever in the records of history. He will be playing a great part as a great king that served his people and subjects. A king who had suffered a lot of humiliations due to him being as the son of a concubine of his father, Emperor Inu no Taisho, (Great Emperor Jing of Han) who had preceded the nation and now after a lot of “elections” the choice falls on his son who is going to be the successor, similar to the legendary Emperor, at the age of 15. He falls in love with his first wife Empress Kikyou and bragged on the idiom of building a golden palace for him. But his love is supposed to be soon faded for her as she will not be able to bear him a son for succeeding the throne of Han. Inuyasha will be the, “The Emperor Inu no Yasha” as I figured out that the name “Inu” suggests “Dog” while as opposed to the meaning of “Yasha” is “demon” which equals dog demon! Lol! Sorry if this gives on the Japanese accent! But I just can't change the hero's name now can I? Just because it is a Chinese based love story I tried being rational so did not completely change his name.

Empress Kikyou Chen Jiao: She shall represent the tragic Empress Chen Jiao who is supposed to be the cousin sister of the Emperor. As she is the daughter of his father's sister Princess Piao, so making them so-called cousins but to prevent the other concubines to suffer the same drastic fate of Consort Qi, Emperor Gao's favourite concubine so the Emperor Jing betrothed the young Princess to the Prince Liu Che (the Emperor's childhood and family name). So Kikyou is supposed as his cousin but they have the same fate. She is so insanely love with him that when Inuyasha will start to ignore him for Kagome (who will be his future wife and her rival) that she attempts to commit numerous suicides to lure him back to her bed. Not only that she even is caught red-handed for witch-crafting and for which she will be deposed according to imperial laws and was punished under house arrest bringing forth the famous Chinese idiom “Putting Jiao in the golden house” thus this golden palace becoming her eternal prison where she tries everything to bring him back to her but dies under suffocation and betrayal. Oh! I feel already bad for her… history wants Kikyou dead.

As for Kikyou… it's Kikyou as I can't change her emotional blackmailing habit so it just has to be the same and besides I like both the name and its definition “Chinese Bellflower” so indirectly the names Chinese, eh? Sorry, if that was intimidating!!! :D

Empress Gewei Zifu / Consort Kagome: Being Consort Kagome and Inuyasha's second wife representing Empress Wei Zifu of the story who held all innocence and such beauty that awed the Emperor himself. He shall see her as she will confront him as a dancer and the daughter of his first wife's lowly slave. Well, he shall have to forget his wife and who shall support him in his entire reign. Another important thing that I need to clear up is that as it is based on the lives of a Chinese Dynasty, so it would be strange and not to mention of course inappropriate to call them in their Japanese names. So I have thought of translating their names to the Chinese, that would Empress / Consort Gewei for Kagome and I know it kind of sounds odd to call her that but after all its my way of being honest (Okay this was not planned… ­_­)

Prince Li Qing / Prince Souta: Well, there is nothing new about him as always and mainly (according to the Manga) he is Empress Gewei's younger brother, who in the future is going to be the General and an intimate friend of the Emperor (no Inuyasha is not a gay!) he will play a minor role in the plot but is a great route for the romance between Gewei and Inu no Yasha, because Inuyasha saves him from the hatred and jealousy of Princess Piao and mother of Kikyou who secretly kidnaps him and planned to execute him as retaliation, just like the real history! He will be displaying the character of Consort Wei Zifu's half-brother, General Wei Qing.

In ACTUAL HISTORY, General Wei Qing was hated by his half-siblings and stepmother so much that it was claimed they even tortured him brutally (including Consort Wei Zifu But don't worry I will not make Kagome so ruthless!) so insatiably he fled to the Marquess's estate of Pingyang to work as horse-keeper making his only way for income during his early teens. When the Consort was married to the Emperor he was brought back and followed them as an accompanying gift to serve as a palace horse-keeper! When his sister began to gain the Emperor's love, the powerful Grand Princess Liu Piao abducted him and secretly planned to execute him as a revenge to teach the Consort a lesson as she had drained off the love of the Emperor that her daughter had enjoyed.

Crown Prince Sesshomaru: He will be playing the role of Inuyasha's half-brother as usual. Displaying the Emperor's true elder brother, Crown Prince Li. Not much just that he will be insanely jealous and hatred will eventually develop for his smaller brother as he will be crowned the EMPEROR! So it is usual in royal families (Except for the Elizabeth II's as William and Harry I guess have a good relationship? I do not know… oops!) So he just goes off wandering with his Consort Mëi Rin who will be his wife and mistress!

In actual History, Crown Prince Li was supposed to be the Emperor as he is the first son of the same mother but unfortunately due to Emperor Jing's another favourite concubine Consort Li's jealousy and Princess Piao's hatred he was forced to be deposed even before claiming it!

Grand Princess Liu Piao: Yes she will be playing a very important role as she is one of the biggest villainess in the story! And as in the Manga Kikyou's mother's name wasn't mentioned she will be having her real name here! She is the sister of the Emperor Inu no Taisho and mother to Empress Kikyou Chen Jiao and aunt of the Emperor Inu no Yasha… she is a very wicked woman and always feared of losing her nobility for which Empress Chen Jiao had to suffer so badly…

Well that's all about the characters so please make a note of any annoyance and keep it to yourself because as it is a historical romance no idea of Japanese culture will be tolerated. Hope you get my point… As of being honest, this will focus mainly on the lives being conflict with hatred and complete jealousy between Kikyou and Kagome! Well there is more to come from this beautiful at least that's what I feel!!!

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