总有贱妇要陷害本宫
[zŏng yŏu jiàn fù yào xiàn hài bĕn gōng]
A dramatic and theatrical term commonly seen in historical drama contexts. It literally means “there are always despicable women seeking to entrap me” and conveys an image often adopted in TV dramas about imperial court politics where intrigue and sabotage among royal concubines prevail. Here ‘本宫’ is used sarcastically referring oneself with imperial nobility, reflecting both arrogance and victimhood at receiving ill-treatment from malicious others in a dramatic setting.