Xianggong, Please Divorce Me!

Ch. 11: Lady of the House Doesn't Want to Manage the Household

[1] 1 mu is about 0.165 acres.  6.7 mu is about 1.1 acres or a bit over 4400 square meters.

[2] The text has 拢 (lǒng) though I believe that 聋 (lóng) is meant.

[3] 嫡母; Di mu is the term used by the children of concubines to address their father's official wife.

[4] 神诸葛转世; This is saying that someone is as smart as 诸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) aka 孔明 (Kǒngmíng) who was a historical figure in the Three Kingdoms period.  Zhuge Liang was a statesman and military strategist. He is also a character in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.  Equating someone to Zhuge Liang is saying that person is a mastermind and sage.

Ch 11 – Lady of the House Doesn't Want to Manage the Household

Jin Xiu continued to speak, "If you inquire then you will know. Yesterday, Mu Dan wanted to go there to you. On the way over she was stopped by young Lady Ru Yi who gave her a weaved gold silk garment to mend. Mu Dan has the most nimble hands in the manor.  What were originally good clothes were ruined due to not being careful. Each and every garment is passed to her for mending. Mu Dan understood the degree of seriousness and initially wanted to go to you and Xi Que to talk. Nevertheless, young Lady Ru Yi would not comply and merely had Mu Dan, in all haste, do the mending. Mu Dan didn't dare not comply and was forced to enter Xi Yuan. As soon as she went, it became the entire night.  She was not even allowed to go out the door...."

So that's what happened, Su Tang was keeping the score in her heart. If what Jin Xiu said wasn't false, then she originally truly misunderstood this master and servant. However, ha ha, wasn't this explanation given too late? They knew early on about Xi Que's matter, but all along didn't bring it up. They waited until she asked and then began to explain....as well as this jab, and by accident or design pointed to Xi Yuan.  Again, Su Tang made a mental connection with lao taitai just now wasting a lot of words raising the Xi Yuan matter, along with she and Jin Xiu smiling with the appearance of "exhausting everything in one's grasp".  Su Tang was also missing some brains if nothing was detected.

But Su Tang kept calm to the end. Lao taitai hadn't yet made this idea clear and then she pretended to be confused. She softly blew on the tea and sipped a mouthful.  Su Tang leisurely said, "Then I really want to greatly thank that Xiang Lan".

Jin Xiu spoke some polite banal words, neither soothing nor indignant that Xi Yuan intentionally or otherwise provoked. There was just one sentence avoiding the important, and dwelling on the trivial.  Contrarily, (I) would like to see what medicine you both are selling inside this gourd bottle.

For a while you, lao taitai, were as angry as thunder. For a while, you had a benign countenance. For a while, you exaggeratedly showed me generous consideration. For a while, you bluntly brought up Xi Yuan again using a new direction....giggle, making it difficult to grasp what is real or a falsehood!

A long time passed, but Su Tang didn't wait for lao taitai to speak again and couldn't help but raise her head to take a glimpse.  Who would have expected lao taitai to meet her eyes. Two sets of eyes looked at each other. Su Tang hastily smiled, lowered her head, and mulled in her mind, why did lao taitai's smile have the appearance of being completely satisfied?

"In the final analysis, he is an intelligent child." Lao taitai finally gave instructions, "Regardless whether intentional or not, these matters of Xuan Zi and Xi Que have already occurred. We will not bring these up again." She paused a bit, "Now you are already married into my Song family, and are a Song family person.  Afterward this general's manor will be given to you!"

"What?" Su Tang didn't understand what she heard, "Grandma, your meaning is?"

"In the future you will be in charge of the general's manor and will be the lady of the house!"