The drawer contained an old handkerchief and a half-new, half-old map.
The map was nothing special, just a sheepskin map from the Great Zhou's nation-setting period, with a few locations circled for marking. Judging from the direction of the paths, it seemed like a route map connecting the north and south, with one endpoint being the capital city, and the other, Huzhou.
As for the handkerchief —
Princess Rong held it up to the Luminous Pearl, and only then did she see that it was a moon-white silk piece, the material not top-notch, but it had some years on it. Flipping it over, she saw an "Yi" character embroidered on one corner, next to which was a hard stain about the size of half a palm.
Bringing it closer for a look, Princess Rong suddenly put it down!
The hardened stain, turned black, was actually an ancient bloodstain!
Of course, Princess Rong had seen blood; on her way into the capital city with the Righteous Army, had she seen few casualties?
