不敢奉陪 I Dare Not Keep You Company
那妖王諾諾連聲道：「沒福，沒福，不敢奉陪。我還帶個宮女往西宮裡睡去，娘娘請自安置。」遂此各歸寢處不題。那妖王诺诺连声道：「没福，没福，不敢奉陪。我还带个宫女往西宫里睡去，娘娘请自安置。」遂此各归寝处不题。
逐句解 Line by line
The fiend king said yes, yes, over and over, "No such luck, no such luck. I dare not keep you company.
諾諾連聲 is agreeing over and over without meaning any of it. 沒福 — no luck, not blessed enough — is the same phrase the narrator used of him 600 characters ago, and here he says it about himself, twice.
"I shall take a palace girl with me and go to sleep in the western palace. My lady, please retire."
還 is hái, still, in addition. 安置 is the deferential word for going to bed, and the queen used it on him 988 characters earlier to get him out of the flaying pavilion. He now says it back to her.
And with that each went to their own sleeping place, of which no more for now.
Eight characters to close the whole night. 處 is chù, a place; 不題 is the storyteller's scene cut, we say no more of this for the moment.
沒福 is the word to watch. The narrator used it 600 characters ago, sneering — only he had no such luck, he could not touch her — and here the fiend says it about himself, twice, in a tone of genuine regret. He has no idea he is quoting the punchline of a joke made at his expense.
And there is a second echo. 安置, the deferential word for retiring, is what the queen used on him 988 characters back to get him away from the flaying pavilion and into the trap. He hands it back to her now, politely, on his way out of the room. The evening ends with the two of them exchanging the same courtesy in opposite directions.
The plan has worked past its own design. Wukong asked her to coax the fiend to bed so that he could get free to act; she did it, and the fiend declines. She does not have to go through with any of it. The bells are gone, the chest is locked on three hairs, and he takes a palace girl to the western palace instead.