"Young Master, it's Great Shopkeeper Yan of Tongtian Trading House!" After taking a look outside, steward Hua Zhong hurried back to report.
The white-robed woman in palace attire who had just entered gave Ye Zhen an apologetic smile, then turned toward the tea house's front hall.
"I never expected that just after disembarking, while looking for a place to drink a few cups of fine tea, I would run into Great Shopkeeper Yan. It is truly this little woman's honor! My servants were insensible; I ask Great Shopkeeper Yan to be magnanimous!"
Great Shopkeeper Yan of Tongtian Trading House, who had been standing with his hands behind his back and an unhappy expression on his face, chuckled at this and smiled faintly at the white-robed woman. "What a coincidence. Had I known that Your Highness Changjun had arrived, I would have prepared good tea earlier and met with Your Highness Changjun."
"Please send this procurement list to Tongtian Trading House, Your Highness Changjun. I will prepare the goods for Your Highness as quickly as possible," Yan Chi said with a smile.
This stirred Ye Zhen, who was in the inner room. He had not expected Yan Chi to be acquainted with Hua Changjun. From the sound of it, the two seemed to be business partners.
Moreover, Yan Chi addressed Hua Changjun as Your Highness. Though such a form of address was not prohibited on the Primordial Continent, it was not something just anyone could bear. Hua Changjun's status was evidently far from ordinary.
At the very least, she was the child of royalty or nobility from a fief-holding kingdom.
"In that case, I shall trouble Great Shopkeeper Yan. Great Shopkeeper Yan is an important business partner of our Hua Family. Since an encounter is better than a planned meeting, I