Empress's favorite

Empress n. 皇后；女皇（第一眼看成了princess）

閱讀了這一章后，開始對宋朝的歷史感興趣，林語堂在這一章說到宋朝有好幾位賢能的皇后。這顛覆了我對久居深宮中女人的印象??

此外，這一章和之前的幾章內(nèi)容中介紹了神宗皇帝對于蘇軾才華的喜愛，我每次讀到這里都不由得緊張起來，感覺皇帝馬上會對蘇東坡予以重任。有時也會感概，怎么皇帝也會身不由己呢……

下圖：宋朝市井的生活??

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How did the empress help Su Tungpo? Did Su Tungpo like living in the capital city?

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表達積累

1??? Su Tungpo always had luck with empresses. 蘇東坡總能得到太后的蔭蔽。

2??? erobserve （熟詞僻義）常用的解釋是“觀察”，這里是“遵守”的意思

原句：…… to make up the three years' mourning for his mother which he had failed to observe.

3??? 起草圣旨 the work of drafting imperial edicts

4??? sonorous??adj. 響亮的；作響的；能發(fā)出響亮聲音的

5??? at the height of one's fame?