With the Eyes of a Close Servant, One Can See the Emperor Through the Ages

The personal attendants were the most contradictory people around the First Emperor: closest to the core of power and farthest from power itself. He could help Ying Zheng review memorials late at night, and could see the emperor's fatigue and loneliness occasionally revealed; he could also stand in the corner of the court and watch with cold eyes Li Si's shrewdness, Wang Jian's profundity, and Zhao Gao's humility and ambition. He is a witness to history, not a promoter.