宋姨娘不可能不知道 周妈妈做的事情
“that Concubine Song must have known what Nanny Zhou was doing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老爷明知道
“The Lord Gu knew full well”
宋姨娘 不可能不知道 周妈妈做的事情
“that Concubine Song must have known what Nanny Zhou was doing.”
却没有任何处罚
“Yet she received no punishment whatsoever—”
“She cannot play innocent; she is definitely behind this scheme.”
In traditional Chinese patriarchal households, concubines often manipulated trusted senior servant-maids (mamas) to carry out covert schemes while maintaining plausible deniability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot possibly not know / definitely knows
A double negative used to emphatically assert that someone must be aware of the facts.
deeds committed / actions taken
A general noun phrase often carrying negative connotations when referencing misdeeds in context.