我岂能容你这么多年
“how could I have borne with you all these years?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
若不是为了彻儿的皇位
“If it weren't for Che's claim to the throne,”
我 岂能容你 这么多年
“how could I have borne with you all these years?”
你以为 只要保证你的后位不倒 再有这北府军
“Do you think just by securing your position as Empress, and with the Northern Army”
“You are alive only because you were useful to my son's throne, not because you had any power over me.”
In power struggles, emperors and consorts often tolerate mortal rivals for decades until their strategic goal is achieved, after which all scores are ruthlessly settled.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could one possibly
A powerful rhetorical question marker expressing strong negation or disbelief in formal/written style.
tolerate you / endure your presence
Used from a position of authority to convey that one's presence is merely suffered out of forbearance.
