"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 107 - 114

[x_los]

Weeks 27 - 28 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 107 - 114. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on November 14th.

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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 108

[x_los]

“even Grand Princess Liyang would return to her hometown” Isn’t that the capital city?

‘he would likely never step foot again in the capitol.’ I mean like, why though? People ride out this type of shit all the time, it seems like, and he himself never did anything objectionable.

‘own doing, and were not schemed or designed by you... You and I both understand, what caused me unmeasurable pain was the truth itself, and not the hands that uncovered it.’ See, I also pretty much think this.

I think that perhaps the drama's translator did a slightly better with Jingrui’s parting speech.

Re: Chapter 108

[superborb]

Her fief is probably the better translation.