Logically, the members of the Imperial Medical Academy should have been the people most trusted by the Emperor. That they had now become untrustworthy was clearly beyond anyone's expectations.
In truth, the Empress Dowager had always trusted Xiao Chen, but the Emperor had previously been of a different mind. Because the Emperor had once feared Xiao Chen, he had even sought to use the Imperial Medical Academy to suppress him. He had never imagined that things would reach this point, nor had he ever dreamed that the Academy could be bought off by others. Yet, as it stood now, it was Xiao Chen who had become the one person he could truly trust.
The Emperor remained silent, likely feeling quite helpless. In reality, Xiao Chen was not a man who held grudges. Even though the Emperor had repeatedly feared him and even gone to great lengths to wrong him, Xiao Chen felt that it was of no consequence. People in high positions were, after all, different from ordinary folk. It was only natural for someone in the Emperor’s position to be wary. Xiao Chen harbored no resentment toward the Emperor for that apprehension; the only awkwardness now belonged to the Emperor himself.
Chapter 115