那世子殿下为何 还要纵容霍大人推脱其责
“Then why did Your Highness still let Prefect Huo shirk his duty?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让宋柔私通之事事发 宋国公会迁怒于他
“that Song Rou had an affair and the Duke of Song will take it out on him.”
那世子殿下 为何 还要 纵容 霍大人 推脱其责
“Then why did Your Highness still let Prefect Huo shirk his duty?”
“Is a human life worth less than his official title?”
“Why are you actively shielding an incompetent official from facing the consequences?”
Refers to the age-old bureaucratic phenomenon where nobles and mandarins protect one another to preserve collective power, which upright characters in dramas often confront.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Your Heirship / the Crown Prince / Heir Apparent
Formal historical honorific used to address the eldest son or designated heir of an aristocratic prince.
to connive at; to indulge; to turn a blind eye to
Has a strong negative connotation, implying that an authority figure knowingly allows improper conduct.
to shirk one's responsibilities
Formal idiom-like four-character collocation used to describe avoiding official accountability.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This lord is such a good man of integrity.”
“Now, I've made a bitter enemy of His Highness's right-hand man.”
“Please forgive me, Your Highness.”
“Whether he's an heir apparent or not,”
“Keeping it all these years has been no mean feat, Your Highness.”
“your Heir Apparent won't have an heir anymore!”