In this short scene, Hu tells us that he's going to meet some new people. He's not going to see the emperor or the king, but instead, he'll go to see his concubine, who nearly killed him. Hu says that he was sent to Yuxuan palace when he was 16 years old. The emperor says that a man with a fair face, gentle character, and good looks deserves to be called a noble consort. Now, he says, he lives in a slave teaching chamber. At the age of 24, he got into a fight with a guard who killed the baby of the queen's daughter. He blames the cold, inhumane harem for the whole thing. He says that Hu should go to greet concubin jin, who's been with the emperor for seven years. Hu is shocked that Hu would want to go to the concubinal chamber. Hu reminds us that Hu once said that he would have been a better ruler if he hadn't had his mistress, and that Hu's mistress is crazy. Hu promises to tell his mistress how much torment his heart is suffering.