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x_los ([personal profile] x_los) wrote in [community profile] dankodes2022-12-20 04:36 pm

"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 130 - 145

Weeks 32, 33, 34 and 35 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 130 - 145 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on January 2nd.

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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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Re: Chapter 130

[personal profile] superborb 2022-12-26 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[personal profile] halfcactus and I discussed in the discord, and concluded the intended meaning is XJ was getting in the zone.
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Re: Chapter 132

[personal profile] superborb 2022-12-26 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
She heard Xie Yu's confession, so she knows that the Chiyan army was framed by Xia Jiang. And therefore, she wants to rescue Wei Zheng because he was a brother-in-arms to her husband.

She's ready to take on a severe punishment (I think at some point she says she can take anything, even exile?), but the plan is strategic pleading on Consort Jing and Prince Jing's sides will save her.
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Re: Chapter 132

[personal profile] superborb 2022-12-26 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhhhh I see. I think it is just that she's supposed to be loyal to Xia Jiang above everything, perhaps with the additional ill-feeling between her and Prince Jing (because he insists that the Chiyan army is innocent, while before the reveal, she firmly believed that the Chiyan army was guilty and caused her husband to die) -- though the latter might not be enough to boldly frame a prince.
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Re: Chapter 136

[personal profile] superborb 2022-12-26 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose he'd have some of his jianghu people there, and they could have still gotten the word out the same way they'll do here... but without his help planning the response, eesh.
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Re: Chapter 139

[personal profile] superborb 2022-12-26 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
I think that's right. I did find it funny that the book can't let the question of if the disciples died hang around too long (or if it wasn't immediately corrected people might be more confused?)
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Re: Chapter 141

[personal profile] superborb 2022-12-26 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose Wei Zheng doesn't know about that.
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Re: Chapter 142

[personal profile] superborb 2023-01-02 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
They're still mourning the dowager empress.

It's 500 li, which is now 500 m but historically varied.
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Re: Chapter 145

[personal profile] superborb 2023-01-02 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's been long enough? (Or the Empress lifted the punishment, which seems somewhat of an overstep normally.)

I have heard a lot of negative opinions about tying Prince Yu's narrative to the Hua, but I think it ends up as a more compelling narrative overall.