如今谁能证明 她腹中的孩子是圣上的？
“So who can prove her child was His Majesty's?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可太医署现在没有记录
“But the Imperial Medical Office has no record.”
如今 谁能证明 她腹中的孩子是圣上的？
“So who can prove her child was His Majesty's?”
“She slept with someone else and got pregnant with a bastard.”
“Nobody can verify this pregnancy, which means we can easily brand her a traitor.”
In traditional imperial courts, questioning an unborn child's legitimacy was a lethal political weapon capable of deposing consorts and triggering dynastic purges.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unborn baby; child in the womb
A literary and formal phrase often used in historical or serious dramatic contexts when referring to pregnancy.
the Emperor; His Majesty
An honorific court address used in period dramas when referring to the reigning monarch.
Functions structurally to complete the possessive nominal phrase and strengthen assertion.
