我去和太后求个恩典
“I'll go ask the Empress Dowager to grant us permission to marry.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Yan Chi. I don't want to wait for some auspicious date anymore.”
我去 和太后求个恩典
“I'll go ask the Empress Dowager to grant us permission to marry.”
只是不知你愿不愿意
“It's just I don't know if you're willing.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, an edict from an Empress Dowager carried ultimate authority and could override customary waiting periods or marriage obstacles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to request a special royal favor or dispensation
A courtly idiom used when asking a sovereign or matriarch for a privileged decree or mercy.