朕已无人可信
“I have had no one left to trust.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
实在是 自从坐上这个位子
“Since I ascended the throne,”
朕已 无人可信
“I have had no one left to trust.”
朕知堂兄 能力卓然
“I recognize your exceptional abilities.”
“I am putting my trust in you, so you must prove your loyalty and help me.”
Chinese monarchs traditionally saw themselves as fundamentally solitary figures ('gu jia' or solitary ones) surrounded by potential conspirators, making professions of trust a loaded political maneuver.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having no one to trust
A formal and literary four-character expression used when completely betrayed or politically isolated.