娘子难道不知道凶手仍在犯案？
“Don't you know the killer is still striking?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我身为妃子 自然要履行命妇之责
“I'm a consort. Of course I must do my duty.”
娘子 难道不知道 凶手 仍在犯案？
“Don't you know the killer is still striking?”
我当然知道
“Of course I know.”
“You are putting your life on the line for ceremonial duty; do you not realize how dangerous this is?”
Imperial subjects often prioritized fulfilling their ceremonial or political duties over personal safety, prompting subordinates to risk remonstrance to keep them alive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that (you) don't know; surely you know
A rhetorical framing pattern used to emphasize an obvious fact that the listener appears to be ignoring.
commit a crime; perpetrate offenses
A formal and legal term for criminal acts, commonly heard in investigative and judicial contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You knew nothing about it.”
“But you said the killer would make another move.”
“- No eyewitnesses came forward? - No.”
“[Yo Tzu] The video. You said the killer sent you a video.”
“and that the culprit might still be hiding in the palace.”
“(The diary doesn't say she's the killer.)”