perhaps the king would raise the ministers status single him out and give him precedence over all his entourage. one of the ministers tricks would be to pretend to be nice so that the king would visit him thus showing the public his status with him his honoring him and his favoring him.
وربما رفع الملك مرتبة الوزير، وخصه، وقدمه على سائر بطانته، فيكون من حيل الوزير أن يتعالل فيعوده الملك، فيظهر للعامة منزلته عنده وتكرمته إياه وإيثاره له.