He drugs himself deliberately.

Half the time when he should be soaring in his thoughts, he descends of deliberate intent.

Instead of his flower, he makes his woman the partner of his grossness." "The master speaks," Li Wen murmured.

"But what of the woman?
She awaits your pleasure." "I shall hear what she has to say," Prince Shan decided.
Walking backwards as nimbly as a cat, his head drooped, his hands in front of him, Li Wen left his master's presence.

A moment later he reappeared, ushering in La Belle Nita.