Chapter 29 - Puzzle Box
A squat little creature with legs flaring out to either side as it viewed the moon peacefully. Only denoted by the hand painted, calligraphic light blue of the moon 's light along its back, face, and legs edge. An artist of any caliber would be proud of the subtle execution. She could just feel the heat radiating from Yue 's cheeks, she didn 't even have to look. All of his years of palace training, diplomatic tet-a-tets, delicate negotiations, none of it- NONE OF IT- prepared him on how to react to such a beautifully articulated gift. It 's innocent intent marred by easily the most embarrassing moment of his life.
'Oh we have frogs in the ponds, they keep the pest population down, ' Shu answered.
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