After a long while, the emperor finally looked up and saw Ye Xinyan standing alone to one side, looking quite pitiful in her demeanor. A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he gestured to the chair beside her: "Sit down."
Ye Xinyan hurriedly thanked him for the seat and sat down on the edge of the chair.
Immediately, a Young Eunuch brought a cup of tea and placed it beside her hand. As Ye Xinyan nodded in thanks, she heard the emperor above say: "The suggestion you made earlier about incorporating patent protection into the law is indeed reasonable, but progress has been extremely slow. Recently, there are even signs of stagnation."
The emperor's words seemed less like he was consulting Ye Xinyan's opinion and more like he was talking to himself.
To Ye Xinyan, it was particularly speechless. Shouldn't such matters be considered by a person of authority like you, the emperor, and high officials like Han Yanhui?
