"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 13-16

[x_los]

Week 4 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 13-16. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on May 30th.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact superborb for an invite.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

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Comments

Chapter 15

[x_los]

- The LAST thing these two need is the emperor’s special dick-energy intensification perfume.
- This character's moment of wary chagrin is what’s often missing for me in face-slapping harem drama: the sense of any social consequences for making an idiot of yourself like this, with big public displays of poor behaviour others will hear of.
- Interestingly, it feels like Changsu doesn’t anticipate Tingsheng (or Prince Jing's involvement with him) at all.

Re: Chapter 15

[halfcactus]

The LAST thing these two need is the emperor’s special dick-energy intensification perfume.
THANK YOU for putting this so succinctly.

Interestingly, it feels like Changsu doesn’t anticipate Tingsheng (or Prince Jing's involvement with him) at all.
I suppose it makes sense for him to not suspect Prince Jing's involvement, but it did really seem that he didn't anticipate Tingsheng! I'm extremely curious to find out what MCS does know, because that entire scene (and the way it played out so differently from the novel) took me by surprise.

Re: Chapter 15

[xmarksthespotwhereistand]

That's funny because i was not surprised that Tingsheng's existence was news to him (he would have had to 1, either be in contact with someone in the secluded courtyard 2, guess that a person related to a now dead person was just pregnant at the time of his death and that, against all odds, managed to hide and keep the baby alive) but thought Prince Jing's involvement logical, if there is Tingsheng, Jingyan will be around.
The part where the concubine Just Happened to Be Pregnant At the Righ Time is still pretty well, it's fate or just soap opera twist to me.