朕准许楚楚进入三法司任仵作
“I permitted Chu Chu to serve as a coroner in the Three Judicial Offices”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
非议她
“to cast doubt upon her?”
朕 准许 楚楚进入三法司任仵作
“I permitted Chu Chu to serve as a coroner in the Three Judicial Offices”
“I broke convention because she has rare talent, so do not question my royal decree.”
Female coroners were extraordinary anomalies in imperial courts; royal sanction was required to shield them from conservative scrutiny.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to permit / to grant approval
A highly formal verb used by an authority figure or institution when granting official permission.
the Three Judicial Offices (supreme judicial organ in ancient China)
Historical term referring to the combined high judicial bodies responsible for major trials.