After the events of the day, Bai Wutong felt a sense of aversion toward the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Not wanting to linger, she took her palace maids and returned to Tishun Hall.
Once she had gone, Zhang Chengyan immediately summoned Imperial Physician Ji. "Today, when I met with those two Tujue beauties, I once again found myself unable to maintain control, and this time, the situation was more severe than ever before. I also caught a strange and peculiar fragrance; there is definitely something suspicious about it."
Imperial Physician Ji dared not show the slightest negligence. He hurriedly took out paper and brush to record the details of the Emperor's account, then looked up respectfully and asked, "Your Majesty, besides this fragrance and the loss of self-control, have you noticed any other abnormalities?"
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