The next morning, Linyuan is still in her room, but she is not able to wake him up. He tells her that he has something important to deal with, and that he needs to go out. She asks him why he hasn't come back yet, and he says that he heard that she had been poisoned, so he went to the imperial physicians and got them to concoct a "sullen bath" . Linyuan says that this is a good thing, because it can suppress most of the poisons in the body, even if it's not effective at removing them. He also says that after the bath, he feels like he's "regaining strength and spirit." Linyuan asks if she's had sex, and she says that they haven't yet