The officials who had returned from the sea, their skin tanned to a deep bronze, looked like entirely different men. Only when they broke into wide grins, revealing teeth startlingly white against their dark faces, did Zhao Yan manage to find a flicker of familiarity.
"Lord Zhao, you are truly prophetic. Had it not been for your guidance, we could never have imagined that such a vastly different world existed on the other side of the ocean. It was truly breathtaking."
The lead official, in his excitement, grasped Zhao Yan’s hands, only to freeze as the realization of his actions struck him. He let go instantly with an awkward, dry laugh. He was so overwhelmed that his head was spinning; the man before him was a Grand Secretary, not someone to be trifled with by a lowly figure like himself.
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