The king and the queen have decided to join forces against the emperor. The queen has been punished by the emperor for consorting with the spirit queen, and the king has decided to fight her side by side. The king tells the queen that he will try his best to defeat the emperor even if he loses. He also tells her that he has sent a letter to the emperor asking him to pay back the money that the queen has given him. The general has already sent the money, but the king says that he is waiting for the general to break the emperor and help him take the throne. He has confiscated money from the queen's daughter and imprisoned her in the palace. He says that the empress and the dowager have given him a favor that he had to accept. He asks the queen if she has a hidden meaning, and she says that she does not. He then asks her to buy him a cat for himself. She says that since he likes cats so much, he should buy one for her. He gives her permission to do so until 1 o'clock in the morning.