少在朕面前 这般作态
“Stop putting on that act in front of me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没有父皇恩准 儿臣 不敢擅动
“without your permission, Father, I dare not act on my own.”
少在朕面前 这般 作态
“Stop putting on that act in front of me.”
传朕口喻 提审万喜
“Convey my order: bring Wan Xi in for interrogation.”
“Drop the act; I know exactly what you are playing at.”
In imperial court culture, sons were also subjects; an emperor's reprimand cuts through ritualistic filial piety to assert absolute authority over political maneuvering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stop doing something in...
A blunt, commanding imperative used by a superior or elder to tell someone to stop an annoying behavior immediately.
to put on an act; strike a pose
A literary and formal term describing affected, insincere, or hypocritical behavior.