让王妃验尸吧
“and have the Princess Consort conduct the autopsy?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“do you intend once again to defy established norms”
让 王妃 验尸吧
“and have the Princess Consort conduct the autopsy?”
“Vice Envoy Gao, that argument does not hold.”
“Stop fussing about social conventions and let the capable person do the autopsy.”
Noblewomen performing forensic examinations challenged Confucian propriety, which deemed touching corpses ritually unclean and improper for women.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
perform an autopsy / examine a corpse
A formal term common in legal, police, and historical investigative contexts.
Softens an imperative into a pragmatic suggestion, urging consensus.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Thank you then.”
“You really went to great lengths.”
“Being a princess consort is much harder than being a coroner.”
“Princess Consort, are you treating our prince like a corpse?”
“Then isn't Her Highness mad?”
“So, Her Highness is mentally sick?”