The following morning, the Emperor was late for the imperial court again. The reason? He had overslept!
After drinking that bowl of chicken soup Li Tianzhuo had brought the day before, the Emperor felt a sudden clarity of mind. Through the middle of the night, there were no more auditory hallucinations or visions. It was just like it had been before the rains came: he fell asleep as soon as he went to bed and stayed under until dawn. For a middle-aged man who had suffered from insomnia for a month and a half, the Emperor felt that being able to enjoy a good night's sleep was pure bliss. He knew it was all thanks to that bowl of soup.
"Tianzhuo, there is no need to hide it from me anymore. What exactly was in the soup you brought yesterday?" the Emperor asked, calling Li Tianzhuo into the Imperial Study after the morning court session. "And whose idea was it to come up with a cure for my illness?"
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