看在奴婢侍候您多年的份上
“for the sake of my many years of service by your side,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但求娘娘
“I only beg that Your Highness”
看在 奴婢侍候您 多 年 的份上
“for the sake of my many years of service by your side,”
求娘娘宽恕奴婢在宫外的家人
“show mercy to my family outside the palace.”
“I know I have no right to ask, but please remember my years of loyalty and spare my family.”
When facing strict imperial laws or punishment, subordinates often invoke 'qingfen' (emotional bonds of shared history) as their last resort to beg for benevolence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the sake of...; taking ... into consideration
A standard construction used when making an emotional appeal or asking for a favor based on past relationship or merit.
this female servant (self-deprecating first-person pronoun)
Used exclusively in historical dramas by female palace attendants or maidservants addressing superiors.
