Sibling Relationships
Palace Cats and Their Many Affairs
My imperial sister’s tomcat set his sights on my female cat and was rejected.
My mother consort ordered me to apologize, so I did.
The tom still refused to give up, and my cat’s other suitors beat him up.
Then Mother Consort told me to kill my “femme-fatale cat” to appease my sister…
This time, I refused.
“Think about who she is and where you stand,” Mother Consort advised.
Understanding dawned on me. “Oh. It’s because my mother is a coward.”
My mother might be a coward, but I was not.
Neither was my cat—she was, in fact, the greatest feline beauty in the entire imperial harem.
