Comment by StoppingCorpses on Blossoms of the White Night - Chapter 19

Nah. I still am holding on to my beliefs that Shuraka smells like perfume because of the pear blossoms that he keeps in his room/somewhere else and that the concubines are for show to appease to the court/royals, as a distraction. Because he still is being poisoned by his own blood for not having s** and not reproducing. I know everything he is doing is for Tei, and all will be revealed in due course.  ...............or I'm delusional