他们害怕我在我父王病重时
“They are worried that I might get more merit”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
虎视眈眈
“are keeping a close eye on me.”
他们 害怕 我在 我 父王病重 时
“They are worried that I might get more merit”
再立新功
“while my father is gravely ill.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A monarch's fatal illness was historically the most volatile window in palace politics, where heirs scrambled for political capital or military merit to secure the throne.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
royal father is critically ill
A formal historical expression referring to a ruling king or prince falling gravely ill.