Offer Emperor gifts before allied auction payment

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 # Rule decision index
 
+## Advanced Emperor gift before allied auction payment — 29 October 2026
+
+The supplied Advanced rules permit an allied gift at any time. The first
+clean ordinary-auction implementation offers the Emperor a uniform public
+opportunity before the original payment, independent of private card holdings;
+its priority and Continue are provisional online timing, not a publisher
+ruling. The original payer split remains committed.
+[Scope](EMPEROR_ALLIANCE_TIMING.md#advanced-allied-auction-payment--29-october-2026).
+
 ## Advanced Emperor gift during Guild timing — 29 October 2026
 
 The authorized revised Emperor sheet, physical p. 31, allows allied spice