你们离山书院当年桀骜不驯 顶撞太后
“Lishan Academy was insolent and challenged Her Majesty,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可你压根不配
“But you don't deserve it.”
你们离山书院当年 桀骜不驯 顶撞太后
“Lishan Academy was insolent and challenged Her Majesty,”
整个叶家险些遭蒙大祸
“almost bringing calamity upon the whole Ye family!”
“You have a history of reckless treason that almost destroyed your whole clan; you have no right to speak.”
In imperial China, offending the throne or Empress Dowager could result in collective punishment ('连坐') for the perpetrator's entire family clan.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stubborn and unruly / fiercely defiant
A formal four-character idiom describing stubborn defiance against authority.
to contradict openly / to talk back to a superior
Used when an inferior openly defies or answers back to someone in a higher social or political position.