今日不是陛下赐宴于本侯吗
“Isn't His Majesty hosting today's banquet in my honor?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来
“Cheers.”
今日 不是 陛下赐宴于本侯吗
“Isn't His Majesty hosting today's banquet in my honor?”
“You all belong to Prime Minister Wei's faction,”
“You have no right to question or trap me when I was summoned here by the Emperor himself.”
Invoking a banquet bestowed directly by the emperor is a potent rhetorical tactic to assert high status and intimidate lower-ranking political rivals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to bestow a banquet
A formal historical term used when an emperor or monarch treats subjects to a feast.
this marquis / I (the marquis)
A self-referential noble pronoun commonly heard in costume and period dramas.
Marks a rhetorical question to express incredulity and confront the interlocutor.