Multiple Choice
Which of the following text citations from "From Emperor to Citizen" best supports the answer selected above?
(1 point)
O"When I heard people telling the story of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty who had only one eunuch left with him at the end, I felt very uncomfortable."
"To show how they loved me and cared for me, the High Consorts also sent a responsible eunuch to report on how I had 'consumed viands. This too was a formality."
"Including the Dowager, the Consorts, and myself, the monthly consumption of pork was 14,642 catties at a cost of 2,342 72 taels of silver. On top of this there were the
extra dishes we had every day, which often cost several times as much again."
the very height of the buildings was an imperial prerogative that served to teach me from an early age that not only was everything under heaven the emperor's land
but even the sky above my head belonged to nobody else"