Fix spurious 0 complex part in Pauli evolution (backport #13643) #13646
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Summary
Fixes #13642.
Details and comments
This boils down to the fact that,
x * (1+0j) = 1.0*x + 0.0*I
but pre-1.3 we only multiplied by1
.This is an automatic backport of pull request #13643 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).