还想栽赃给端王 你是何居心 曹大人
“and trying to pin this on Prince Duan! What are your intentions? Lord Cao!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
平日里看你老实巴交 竟然与刺客有牵连
“You usually seem so honest, yet you're connected to assassins”
还想 栽赃 给端王 你是何居心 曹大人
“and trying to pin this on Prince Duan! What are your intentions? Lord Cao!”
你莫要胡说 庾少卿 从未参与党派之争
“Don't talk nonsense! Minister Yu has never been involved in factional disputes.”
“How dare you frame Prince Duan; what evil plot are you hiding?”
In Chinese administrative disputes, attacking someone's hidden intention (居心) is a lethal rhetorical strategy to destroy their moral legitimacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to frame / plant evidence on someone
Used to describe wrongfully pinning a crime or conspiracy on an innocent party.
what ulterior motives / what sinister intentions
A sharp rhetorical formula (你是何居心) used to demand the hidden reason behind someone's malicious act.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You betrayed the Prince of Duan,”
“That's the Prince of Duan's daughter for you.”
“Otherwise, how are we different from Prince Duan's sycophants?”
“If you say His Majesty and Prince Duan didn't plan this together, I simply don't believe it.”
“I was worried you were concerned about His Highness, so I went out to find a way to help.”
“he's not doing well with Prince Duan”