Hemei and Henuan looked at each other, also not daring to be careless, watching Shi Jiayu vigilantly.
"Uncle Zhong!" Yun Jinnian called out in a deep voice.
Despite the shock in her heart, she quickly calmed herself down.
Since she could be reborn, what was a little cauldron that absorbed her blood?
"Uncle Zhong, have the carriage stopped, and please ask His Highness and Commandery Prince to come over for a moment," Yun Jinnian said calmly.
The carriage stopped,
Chu Yu, Prince Yanjun, Yuwen Ya, and Han Tianci also climbed into the carriage one after another. Although the carriage was spacious, it still felt crowded and stuffy with several more people inside.
Hemei and Henuan shrank into a corner. They were originally going to get out, but Yun Jinnian asked them to stay, suggesting it would be good for them to watch and listen more and gain some experience.
Since the object belonged to Shi Jiayu, naturally, they could not let her get down.
"What’s the matter?" Chu Yu asked.
Shi Jiayu glanced at Chu Yu and thought he was very handsome, but next to the ethereal Prince Yanjun in white, he did not seem inferior.
Shi Jiayu dared not look for long and lowered her gaze.
"This little cauldron absorbs my blood!" said Yun Jinnian, and she squeezed a drop of blood onto the cauldron, which quickly absorbed it cleanly.
Hemei and Henuan hurriedly dropped their blood onto it, but the cauldron did not absorb their blood.
Shi Jiayu also dropped her blood on it, still with no absorption.
Chu Yu and Yuwen Ya looked at each other and took the silver needle prepared by Yun Jinnian to prick their fingers and dropped their blood onto it.
The cauldron still did not absorb the blood.
Prince Yanjun looked astonished for a moment and tried it himself but to no avail.
"Sister, let me try as well!" Han Tianci said softly.
Yun Jinnian was silent for a moment, "Alright!"
But Han Tianci’s blood still was not absorbed. Chu Yu then summoned everyone to try, and none but Yun Jinnian’s blood was absorbed.
Shi Jiayu had no idea what to say.
After all, it was just an item from her grandmother, and she knew nothing about it.
"Miss, I’m sorry, I..."
"It’s okay!" Yun Jinnian said lightly, not blaming Shi Jiayu but picking up the cauldron for a closer look.
"Did you see anything?" Chu Yu asked.
Yun Jinnian shook her head, "I can’t see anything!"
Chu Yu also took it for a closer look; it was dark and unremarkable, and he handed it to Prince Yanjun, "Cousin, take a look!"
Prince Yanjun, who was also widely read, had never seen nor heard of such a cauldron.
After examining it carefully, he still could not figure it out.
He placed the cauldron on the table.
"Jinnian, put the cauldron away for now. When we get to Nanjiang, we’ll find someone to ask what exactly this is," he said.
Yun Jinnian nodded and put the cauldron into a brocade box, handing it to Shi Jiayu.
Shi Jiayu shook her head, "Miss, since this object can absorb your blood, it shows a connection with you; I give it to you along with everything else in this box!"
Yun Jinnian was taken aback.
"Miss, these things are just inanimate objects to me and of no use; for you, they may be useful, please accept them!"
Shi Jiayu said sincerely, and Yun Jinnian smiled faintly and shook her head, "Let’s leave the originals, but for these books, if you agree, I will copy them!"
This was her greatest compromise.
That settled the matter.
But since they were going to copy, the best rice paper was needed. Yun Jinnian, however, was not in a hurry. She first copied them onto ordinary rice paper, planning to copy them again upon returning to Capital City and then to preserve them.