Huángdì wǎnnián chénmí xiǎnglè, cháozhèng jiànjiàn luòdào le huànguān shǒulǐ.
In his last years the emperor gave himself up to pleasure, and the affairs of state slowly fell into the hands of eunuchs.
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朝 is cháo here, the imperial court, as in 朝廷 and 王朝, not zhāo 'morning'. Two common phrases: 把持朝政 (to seize control of the government) and 不理朝政 (to neglect state affairs).
