She was somewhat puzzled, "Does His Majesty really need to be so particular when asking for the Pulse of Peace?"
Why not just take the pulse on the original table? It would be much simpler, without the need for all this fuss.
Then it occurred to her that when His Majesty said he would diagnose the pulse with her, this was what he meant by "together"—that they would be taking the pulse at the same time.
Having understood this, she couldn't help but lift her head to look at the Emperor, her smile extending to her ears, "Your Majesty, did you arrange this on purpose?"
The Emperor's heart skipped a beat, had she seen through him?
His arrangement had deep implications. When he and Nannan took the pulse together, the two Imperial Physicians could quickly stand up and switch places, unlike around a round table, which was not so easy to switch and involved too much going around, wasting Shichen and making the truth too apparent.
