总不能是太后手下的人 在内斗吧
“Can't be the Empress Dowager's faction fighting among themselves.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
总不能是 太后手下的人 在内斗吧
“Can't be the Empress Dowager's faction fighting among themselves.”
如今朝堂上
“In the court today,”
“Could the Empress Dowager's own faction actually be turning on each other?”
Imperial governance often revolved around bitter proxy wars between the sovereign's allies and powerful dowager regents or maternal clans.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it couldn't possibly be...; surely it is not...
Used to express doubt about an unlikely explanation or to raise a seemingly absurd possibility.
internal friction; infighting
A standard term describing conflict among members of the same organization or political faction.
Softens the rhetorical question and invites confirmation or debate from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let the Empress Dowager and Emperor fight it out.”
“wanting to challenge the Empress Dowager.”
“Is it the Empress Dowager who opposes it,”
“And whatever the Empress Dowager did, she gave her full support.”
“Even the Empress Dowager could not pardon such a crime.”
“why don't you go to the Empress Dowager's chamber yourself and ask?”