那个可是伯娘府里的墨雨 除了她还能有谁啊
“Is that Mo Yu from Aunt's household? Who else could it be but her?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是为了给娘子找好东西才去的
“I only hung out with him to find nice things for you, My Lady.”
那个 可是 伯娘府里的墨雨 除了她还能有谁啊
“Is that Mo Yu from Aunt's household? Who else could it be but her?”
娘子不在府上的时候 她天天都来打探消息
“When you weren't home, My Lady, she came every day to snoop around,”
“It is obviously her, don't even bother questioning it!”
In traditional multi-branch aristocratic households, relatives often employed their personal maidservants to spy on rivals to maintain an advantage in domestic politics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who else could it be besides...
A rhetorical question pattern used to express absolute certainty that a specific person is responsible.
snoop around for news; spy for information
Common collocation referring to illicit or stealthy eavesdropping and information gathering.
Conveys an urgent, emphatic rhetorical tone, demanding the listener agree with the obvious fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What ink recipe? Zhen, don't listen to him.”
“I have zero interest in being the Princess's Ink Supplier.”
“Eldest Aunt, Zhengyou is a promising talent in ink-making,”
“Aunt, I know I was wrong.”
“She locked Bai Shu up at home, and you let her out. So she hates you.”
“Because of Chen Yumo, he fell out with his parents”