00:00A little mouse in the temple of the God of Fortune, while stealing offerings, accidentally
00:03knocked over a candle from the altar.
00:05The flames spread immediately, and everyone present fled in fear.
00:09Not even the statue of the Goddess of Wealth was spared.
00:11When it fell to the ground, it revealed its true body.
00:14When she tried to use her magic to extinguish the fire, she was shocked to discover that
00:17her powers had disappeared.
00:18At that moment, a burning beam fell on her, striking her and leaving her unconscious.
00:23A man, seeing her trapped under the debris, rushed in fearlessly and rescued her.
00:27When she awoke, she fell in love with that handsome stranger, and from then on, their
00:31destinies were bound together.
00:32Without her divine powers, the woman remained in the mortal world.
00:35She accepted the marriage proposal of the man who, at that time, had nothing.
00:39For ten years, she worked tirelessly from dawn to dusk in a small tea house.
00:43He promised her he would never take concubines, and she assured him that as long as he never
00:47betrayed her, she would help him achieve wealth and glory.
00:49Ten years later, the man had become the largest tea merchant in the region, but with wealth
00:53came arrogance.
00:53One day, he brought home a seductive young woman, and, in front of everyone, announced
00:58that he would make her his main wife, arguing that his wife of ten years had not borne him
01:01children, and should be demoted to concubine.
01:03He did not know that his wife was a goddess, and that she could never bear children with
01:07a mortal.
01:07The young woman then caressed her belly, boasting that she was pregnant with triplets.
01:11The goddess grew alarmed, for she knew the man's destiny, and that he was fated never
01:15to have descendants.
01:15She opened her divine eye, and discovered that the woman was in fact a golden-furred rat spirit,
01:21one that stole the fortune of others.
01:22It was the same creature that had once eaten offerings in her temple, but she did not reveal
01:26the truth.
01:27She only asked the man if he remembered the vow he had made to her in the temple.
01:30He had completely forgotten, and replied that everything he had was the fruit of his own
01:33effort and had nothing to do with her.
01:35The goddess did not argue.
01:36She only warned him that by breaking his promise, his fortune would gradually fade away.
01:40Enraged, he thought she was cursing him, and raised his hand to strike her.
01:43But at that instant, thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed as an imperial edict arrived.
01:48A eunuch announced that the man's tea was the emperor's favorite, and he was being
01:51named the official supplier to the palace, also granting him a plaque proclaiming it
01:55the finest tea in the kingdom.
01:56Overjoyed, he convinced himself that the young woman was his lucky star, forgetting that the
02:00tea was the fruit of ten years of his wife's labor.
02:02The young woman then said she liked the goddess's jewelry, and without hesitation, the man ordered
02:07that her adornment be taken from her and given to the newcomer.
02:09They did not know that this act was a grave offense to heaven.
02:12Soon after, the servants who had humiliated her began to break out in rashes on their hands,
02:16with an unbearable itch.
02:17Terrified, the man accused his wife of witchcraft, but she calmly replied that they were only
02:22receiving the punishment they deserved.
02:23The young woman then used a minor spell and instantly healed their hands.
02:27The people immediately knelt, worshipping her as a goddess, unaware that she was secretly
02:31stealing their fortune.
02:32At once, the true goddess saw how they were all being marked by misfortune.
02:36The young woman pretended to care about the wife's wounds and tried to absorb her energy
02:39as well.
02:40But the goddess pushed her away forcefully.
02:42The young woman pretended to fall to the ground.
02:43And when the man saw her, he brutally slapped his wife and ordered that she be whipped 100
02:47times.
02:48With every strike, the merits and blessings the goddess had accumulated for him over 10
02:52years scattered into the air.
02:54Heaven grew furious.
02:55Thunder and lightning roared over the mansion.
02:57And in that moment, the punishment for the unfaithful man finally descended.
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