最近好几个太后党 都递了参你爹的折子
“Recently, several of the Empress Dowager’s faction have submitted memorials impeaching your father.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谢陛下
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
最近好几个 太 后党 都递 了 参你爹的折子
“Recently, several of the Empress Dowager’s faction have submitted memorials impeaching your father.”
“I pretended to have a headache to brush them off.”
“Your father is under heavy attack by the opposing faction, but rest assured I am keeping them at bay for you.”
Chinese imperial history frequently involved intense power struggles between consort kin (the Empress Dowager's faction) and the monarch's inner circle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to submit an official imperial memorial/petition
A specific historical term referring to the submission of confidential memorials to the emperor.
to impeach; to lodge an official complaint against a court official
Historical court terminology for accusing a colleague or official before the monarch.
Marks the completion of submitting memorials to emphasize that the political threat is already underway.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm openly aligned with the Empress Dowager's faction.”
“There's a troublemaker in the Empress Dowager's faction named Mu Yun.”
“It seems the Empress Dowager means to make an example of him.”
“Can't be the Empress Dowager's faction fighting among themselves.”
“And whatever the Empress Dowager did, she gave her full support.”
“Is it the Empress Dowager who opposes it,”