It would be easy to investigate which household such a material went to. The palace would have kept records of outgoing gifts.

The Empress had bestowed the material to both her and Commandery Princess Xianyun, but she received only a small roll of the material. She ended up fashioning several handkerchiefs out of the material, which was why she found the current handkerchief so familiar. Lanning recognized it as well.

Most families wouldn't be able to afford to use ...