Cao Pi takes it and puts it back in the pouch with the others. Chances are good the opal presently stashed in his armor will actually be chucked in the lake and not added to them, but he's not making that decision here and now.

"All things considered," he says dryly, "I would rather no one here got to meet her themselves. This is a small token of good will, I can accept being able to see her face whenever I want now. It's better she stays in the land of the living." And gets to enjoy a nice long stint as Empress Dowager, yes. "Although with the number of memories of her I've collected, there are now a fair number of people who know my dark secret...that I have a soft spot."