00:00The young woman often fed a stray cat in the garden
00:02Later, when she went into labor, she gave birth to two kittens
00:04The midwife fainted on the spot, terrified to death
00:07The young woman immediately panicked
00:08In the past, several concubines had given birth to children
00:11And every time the emperor saw them, he would immediately order both the mother and the child to be expelled
00:14from the palace
00:15Convinced that she had betrayed him
00:16So she had given birth to two cats
00:18Wasn't that even more terrifying?
00:19The emperor, impatient, rushed over to see his child
00:21In a panic, the young woman ordered her maid to hide the kittens
00:24Then, kneeling before the emperor and repeatedly kowtowing to beg forgiveness
00:27She claimed that she had not actually given birth at all
00:29But that an extremely foul-smelling mass had appeared
00:31Causing the midwife to lose consciousness
00:33Hearing that a simple delivery could be mistaken to such an extent
00:36The emperor showed no mercy
00:37And ordered the young woman to be locked away in the forbidden area of the palace
00:40To her great surprise, she felt relieved
00:42At least her life had been spared
00:43Not long after, the head concubine and the maid arrived in that desolate area
00:47Still, life had to go on
00:48The maid brought two bowls of rice porridge to feed the kittens first
00:50But they only sniffed the food and walked away
00:52Helpless, she suggested to the young woman
00:54Why don't you give them your milk?
00:55The young woman, deeply embarrassed, hesitated
00:57But after thinking it over, since they had been born from her
00:59She finally agreed
01:00This time, the kittens began to drink
01:02Yet she still couldn't understand how she could have given birth to kittens
01:04Before she had time to think further
01:06She turned around and discovered in shock
01:07That the two kittens had transformed into two children
01:09She was even more bewildered
01:10How could kittens turn into humans?
01:12But since they were her children, she embraced them anyway
01:14What shocked her even more was that the next day
01:16The children returned from foraging with a box of pastries prepared for her
01:18Along with an enormous gift
01:19The imperial seal and an edict appointing her empress
01:22She froze in place
01:23Before she had time to hide the items
01:24The maid shouted that the emperor was searching everywhere for a seal
01:27The next instant, footsteps sounded outside the door
01:29The two children immediately transformed back into kittens
01:31The young woman panicked even more
01:33In a cold tone, the emperor asked
01:35Why is my seal here?
01:36She could only lie
01:36Saying that when she woke up, the items were already there
01:38And that thieves must have planted them to frame her
01:40The favorite concubine then tugged at the emperor's sleeve and said
01:43She dreams too much of becoming empress
01:45She stole your seal out of revenge
01:47She even suggested expelling the young woman from the palace
01:49Just as the emperor was about to agree
01:50The kittens suddenly rushed out
01:52The concubine screamed in fright
01:53Insisting they be killed immediately
01:55The young woman firmly objected
01:56Shouting that they were already pitiful enough
01:58And that if anyone had to be punished
01:59It should be her
02:00To everyone's surprise
02:01The emperor suddenly crouched down
02:02And reached out to stroke the kittens' heads
02:04He did not get angry
02:05On the contrary
02:06He smiled, retrieved his seal
02:07And left the room clearly satisfied
02:09The young woman finally let out a sigh of relief
02:11However, once he had returned
02:12The emperor sent men to investigate the origin of the kittens
02:15They learned that the kittens had been personally brought
02:16Into the forbidden area by the young woman
02:18And that no kittens had ever been seen in her chamber before
02:20This only deepened his suspicions
02:22He immediately ordered the midwife to be summoned
02:24And questioned about what had really happened on the day of the delivery
02:26The midwife could only tell the truth
02:27That day, the young woman had indeed given birth to two kittens
02:30The emperor was shaken
02:31But instead of punishing her
02:32He was delighted
02:33Because the emperor himself was the stray cat
02:35That the young woman had once fed
02:36As for the former concubines who had been expelled from the palace
02:38It was because they had given birth to human children
02:40The favorite concubine suddenly burst into the young woman's room
02:43Accusing her of raising cats in the forbidden area
02:45She claimed she had come specially to ask for the kittens
02:47Saying she adored them
02:48The young woman immediately saw through the lie
02:50It was meant to flatter the emperor and politely refused
02:52But the concubine then tried to snatch them by force
02:54Terrified, one of the kittens rushed outside and bit a servant
02:57This sent the concubine into an even greater rage
02:59She demanded that the kittens be beaten
03:01Without thinking
03:02The young woman threw herself over them
03:03Shielding them with her own body
03:04The two kittens meowed desperately
03:06As the young woman was on the verge of fainting
03:08The concubine immediately ordered her servants to tear the kittens away
03:10The young woman screamed with all her strength
03:12No one will touch my children
03:13The concubine was stunned
03:14But the servants raised their sticks again to strike the young woman
03:17Who was no longer able to stand
03:18At that moment, the emperor finally arrived
03:20The io der robo
03:20The young woman named Mr. Zolt
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