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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: what he said would never reach the ears of his enemies.
"You have no idea," said the Emperor, "what I suffer here."
"Indeed?" was the only reply of the official.
"Yes," continued the Emperor, "I am not allowed to speak to any
one from outside. I am without power, without companions, and
even the eunuchs act as though they are under no obligations to
respect me. The position of the lowest servant in the palace is
more desirable than mine." Then lowering his voice he continued,
"But there is a day of reckoning to come. The Empress Dowager
cannot live forever, and if ever I get my throne again I will see
to it that those who put me here will suffer as I have done."
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