She placed her hands on her hips and said fiercely, "Isn't that the case? The place is so small, it's not enough for playing. If the palace is considered a mansion, then it is big enough, but if it's for raising children, it is too small, much smaller than the town I used to play in as a child. It's really not sufficient for play, and there isn't much to do."
Upon hearing this, he suddenly understood. His Majesty was speaking literally about "small households"; there was no metaphorical meaning behind it, focusing on the "small" rather than on the "doorways and households."
Indeed, compared to the towns where His Majesty ran about as a child, the palace was smaller. No matter how large the palace was, it couldn't be as big as a town, otherwise, it would be extremely extravagant.