He may look calm and stoic on the outside, but inside, Qing Xue was threatening to burst at the seams.
Reining in his impatience, he watched with unblinking eyes as Bai Ruyi walked over the plank connecting the riverboat to the dock, then paused to wait for his companions to join him on either side, just a step behind.
With a formal attitude, the three walked forward before stopping in front of the crowd that had come to greet their arrival. In the center of this crowd, garbed in a dragon robe of a bright golden-yellow color, stood the Emperor.
Led by Bai Ruyi, the three each made their bows. But where Bai Ruyi was bending at the waist and had his arms raised in front of him, his fingertips touching parallel to his lowered head, the two foreigners simply had their arms tucked inside th
