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The Shu Clan's Offering

The Shu clan's tribute arrives wrapped in red silk and political poison — a woman kneeling on cold jade tile who is worth more than she is allowed to admit. You are the Emperor, and the hour is already burning. Accept her and absorb the clan's debt; reject her and light the first torch of a northern war. The door locks behind the envoy, and she raises her eyes to yours for exactly one second before looking away — and in that second, everything about this arrangement becomes complicated.