"I studied their effects, but admit I don't know the mechanism that well," he responds with a wry, self-effacing smirk. "And Luo Binghe never told me how he removed them. By some exertion of his will, perhaps? I sent as a friend as an emissary to Luo Binghe. He brought back the message that Luo Binghe had removed the blood parasites on his own, so negotiations were no longer necessary. A very cordial cessation to hostilities, all things considered." In a way, Claudius thinks, he calmed another potential conflict by arranging a match for Luo Binghe, like he might for a foreign power seeking better alliances. Politically speaking, things stand very well with Luo Binghe. Personally is another matter.