还想害死小皇子吗？
“Now you want to kill the young prince?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这方子会害死人 你好大的胆子 害死丽妃还不够
“Your prescription kills people. How dare you! Killing Consort Li wasn't enough.”
还想害死 小皇子吗？
“Now you want to kill the young prince?”
刘甲先前是否有其他疾病 未能说明？
“Did Liu Jia suffer from any other diseases that he didn't tell us about?”
“You are reckless and murderous, and I will make sure everyone sees you as a threat to royalty.”
In imperial China, endangering royal heirs was considered high treason, carrying the death penalty for entire extended families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cause someone's death; to kill through negligence or malice
A strong verb complement structure commonly used when accusing someone of disastrous negligence or murder.
still intend to; dare to contemplate further
Frequently deployed in rhetorical challenges to emphasize persistent wrongdoing.
Converts the statement into a sharp rhetorical question indicating moral outrage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't you want your little Crown Prince to live?”
“Treating the young prince matters most. Go back first.”
“die in place of your eldest?”
“I won't be able to stop myself from killing him too.”
“Do you want me to die for the Princess?”
“when carrying her first child.”