Mulan ordered to be a concubine, but commits suicide instead
After discovering that her father was dead, he mother remarried, the Turkic khan had ordered Mulan to become a concubine in his palace.
Did the real Mulan become a concubine?
In the "Sui Tang Romance" version of the story, first released in 1695, Mulan only has sisters and a baby son, so Mulan takes her father Hua Hu's place in the army. ... Mulan is ordered to become a concubine, so she kills herself.
What is the real story of Mulan?
Is Mulan Based on a Real Story? Mulan is based on an ancient Chinese folk story called the Ballad of Mulan (木兰辞 Mùlán Cí). The Chinese mùlán means 'magnolia flower'. It is a short folk story comprised of 392 Chinese characters that was created in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534).