The Illegitimate Daughter: A Companion Short Story to Triumph

Some tragedies are quiet. They’re a ledger of disappointments—a slow burial of joy with slight after infinitesimal slight. Even if they fade with the passing years, they still have their own weight.

Securing a safe future for the one you love most can come at a steep price—but certain sacrifices are worth any amount of pain. As a neglected concubine’s daughter who marries in as the third concubine of Duke Zhou, Luo Xinwei understands that reality, or so she thinks. Living on the periphery of a great man’s life and seeing someone else enter it with destructive force, she will come to understand the principle far better than most.