诛什么九族 睿昌王是先帝的亲兄弟
“What do you mean execute his entire family? Prince Ruichang is the late emperor's own brother.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而且我还听说 睿昌王要诛九族
“And I also heard that Prince Ruichang's entire family will be executed.”
诛 什么 九族 睿昌王是先帝的亲 兄弟
“What do you mean execute his entire family? Prince Ruichang is the late emperor's own brother.”
谁
“[The Fragrant Brocade Pavilion] Who is it?”
“Think for a second—wiping out his entire clan would mean the Emperor executing himself!”
While 'executing nine generations' was the ultimate treason penalty, it could not strictly apply to royal clan members, as doing so would encompass the reigning emperor himself.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extermination of nine familial generations
A severe collective punishment in ancient China reserved for treason, affecting nine degrees of kinship.
full biological brothers
Used to emphasize direct blood relation sharing the same biological parents.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Selling imperial gifts is punishable by the extermination of an entire clan.”
“a crime punishable by the extermination of your entire clan!”
“even the execution of nine relations wouldn't be enough.”
“How dare you rebel? Your whole clan may be executed!”
“It seems Prince Glorian is plotting something big.”
“would have been exterminated.”