臣妾怎么可能服用滑胎药呢
“How could I possibly take any abortifacient?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好陪伴小皇子呢
“to keep the little prince company.”
臣妾 怎么可能 服用 滑胎 药呢
“How could I possibly take any abortifacient?”
对了 太后娘娘
“Oh, Your Majesty,”
“It would be completely insane and suicidal for me to do that; I am clearly being framed!”
Imperial heirs were the ultimate source of a consort's security and status; deliberately harming one's pregnancy would be politically irrational, making this rhetorical defense potent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
your humble servant-concubine (first-person pronoun used by royal women)
Used by imperial wives and concubines when addressing the emperor or empress dowager.
how could it be possible
A high-frequency rhetorical formula used to strongly reject an allegation or possibility.
abortifacient herbal medicine
A common dramatic trope and historical term referring to medicines used to induce miscarriages.
Emphasizes the rhetorical nature of the question, heightening defensiveness.
