When Concubine Hui saw Song Jiu and Lin Sang standing at the door, a look of surprise flashed on her face, "Who are you?" She asked tentatively.

Song Jiu hurriedly took off the cloak on his head, "Concubine, it's me, I heard that the concubine was sick, so I came to visit." ”

The concubine was a little surprised, since the death of the first emperor, she, who has no power in the harem and no princess, has long been forgotten, and even the palace maids and eunuchs have not taken her in their eyes these years, she has long been accustomed to living alone.

Now that she is seriously ill, she can't even get together the decoction to treat the disease, Concubine Hui feels that it is not interesting to live like this, she wanted to die like this, but Han Jiang tried her best to treat her, even if it was for his heart, she had to work hard to live.

Concubine Hui couldn't figure out why the emperor came to visit her at this time.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with your face?" After a long while, Concubine Hui asked.

"I accidentally ate shepherd's cabbage, and I have an allergy." Song Jiu replied: "It will be fine in a few days." ”

Concubine Hui nodded and stopped talking, and the two fell silent for a while.

"Concubine, I came here to visit, don't you invite me in and sit?"

Concubine Hui turned sideways and let Song Jiu walk back.

The light in the hall is dim, the furnishings inside are very old, it looks like it has been used for many years, a teapot and two teacups on the table, Song Jiu picked up the teapot and poured tea, but what was poured out was boiled water.

"The palace is simple, which makes the emperor smile." Concubine Hui said.

Song Jiu looked around and couldn't help but speak: "Concubine, it's so dark in the hall, why don't you light candles?" ”

Concubine Hui smiled helplessly and replied, "The candles are used up." ”

"Since you're running out, let the palace maid send it over again!" Song Jiu said.

Concubine Hui shook her head and said, "If you run out, you run out, they won't give me more!" ”

"You are a concubine, and the palace still deducts the candles you use?"

Song Jiu was a little angry, "These minions are simply too deceitful!" Lin Sang, you go and invite the steward of the Minglan Palace. ”

Lin Sang's face was a little embarrassed, he had also heard of Concubine Hui being treated coldly, but because Concubine Hui had not made a fuss, but chose to go against the grain, no one had to care about this matter.

Lin Sang didn't want Song Jiu to intervene in the harem, after all, the harem has always been decided by the Empress Dowager Fu, and if Song Jiu took the liberty of interfering, it would be easy to offend the Empress Dowager Fu and cause trouble for himself when the time came.

Song Jiu saw Lin Sang standing motionless, she looked up at him and asked, "Lin Sang, did you hear what I said?" ”

Lin Sang nodded, and he walked out hesitantly.

Concubine Hui saw all this in her eyes, and she spoke: "Your Majesty, I've been here for so many years, I'm used to it, you don't have to worry about me." ”

Song Jiu saw that Concubine Hui's face was gloomy, and she asked, "Is Concubine Hui's health better?" ”

Concubine Hui gathered the clothes on her body and replied, "I'm just catching my breath, and my health is the same." ”

Song Jiu frowned and replied: "Concubine, in order to cure your illness, Deputy Commander Han has repeatedly begged me to come to me, even if you are not for yourself now, for the sake of his affection for you, you should cherish your body." ”

Concubine Hui was suddenly a little excited, and she said, "Didn't I let him beg you?" Why did he go again? ”

Song Jiu put the brocade box in his hand on the table and replied, "Deputy Commander Han is here for this. ”

Concubine Hui stared at the brocade box for a long time, she reached out and picked up the brocade box and opened it, when she saw the Tianshan Snow Lotus inside, Concubine Hui's hand trembled, "The emperor wants to give me this Tianshan Snow Lotus?" ”

Song Jiu nodded and replied: "Han Jiang wanted me to take out the Tianshan Snow Lotus, he was a tough guy who killed the enemy on the battlefield, and he knelt directly in front of me and kowtowed to me, and I couldn't bear to refuse him. ”

Concubine Hui's eyes were moist, she picked up the Tianshan Snow Lotus, smiled again, and sighed lightly: "Han Jiang, this fool! ”

"He's not a fool."

Song Jiu replied: "Concubine, you should understand in your heart that he is doing all this for you, and he hopes that you can cure your illness and live well." ”

Concubine Hui smiled bitterly and replied: "I don't understand his intentions, it's just that I'm really tired of living like this every day, and dying like this is a relief for me, not to mention ......"

Concubine Hui was silent for a moment when she said this, and Song Jiu saw that her face was wrong, and asked, "What's more?" ”

Concubine Hui looked at Song Jiu fixedly, and replied: "I am like a shackle now, deeply binding Han Jiang in this palace, as long as I don't die, he won't leave here, I really have no choice." ”

"Concubine, isn't it good that Han Jiang has been silently guarding you? Why do you want him to leave? ”

"Because he shouldn't be here."

Concubine Hui said a little excitedly, "Han Jiang, he should have been an eagle soaring in the sky, a fierce horse galloping on the grassland, he belonged to the military camp and the battlefield, if it weren't for me, he wouldn't be imprisoned in this red wall and green tile, he should have followed my eldest brother to fight on the battlefield, and now he should have made great military achievements." ”

Concubine Hui's eyes flashed when she said this, she remembered a lot of distant memories, smiled at Song Jiu, and said: "I met Han Jiang in the army, he was my eldest brother's deputy general, followed my eldest brother through a hundred battles, born and died, is the most courageous general under my eldest brother's command, when I first saw him, he was riding a horse to practice archery, ten arrows fired together, arrows and arrows were bullseye, I was fascinated by him in an instant, and then I pestered him every day to teach me to ride horses and shoot arrows, we were in that vast prairie, I was at ease every day, it was the happiest time of my life, and it was also the only spiritual comfort I can remember in the past ten years. ”

Song Jiu listened to her description, her heart was touched, and she said: "It seems that the former Deputy Commander Han should be a majestic and heroic person. ”

"He's always been like this!" Concubine Hui lowered her head as she spoke, "If it weren't for me, how could he ......?"

"Concubine, you don't have to blame yourself!"

Song Jiu opened his mouth and said: "All this is what Han Jiang is willing to do, and this path is also what he is determined to choose." ”

"But I don't want him to make such a sacrifice for me!"

Concubine Hui's eyes were flickering, and she said: "My life has been destroyed by this deep palace, I hope he can be free, he can go to fulfill our wishes, and walk through this vast mountain and river." ”

"Concubine, maybe for Han Jiang, the place with you is where his freedom lies."

Song Jiu thought for a while and added: "The freedom that a person should really have is not how many places he can go, but how much he can follow his heart to make choices!" Concubine, he doesn't need you to choose anything for him in the name of being good for him! ”