"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 146 - 153

[x_los]

Weeks 36 and 37 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 146 - 153 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on January 16th.

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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

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

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Comments

Chapter 146

[x_los]

‘and a chill reflected in those autumn waters’ ?

Why can’t this once-martial emperor use a sword anymore? Is that like, a ritual Thing?

Re: Chapter 146

[superborb]

I think he's just like, old now. Also has lived in luxury etc since /his/ rebellion.

Chapter 147

[x_los]

‘His body enveloped in a cold air’

This doesn’t work in English, stopppppp. And right after calling him ‘coldly elegant’, as well! English *hates* word-for-word repetition, unless it's specifically load-bearing.

Chapter 148

[x_los]

URGENT UPDATE: the creature was just dirty.
Prince Jing:

Chapter 149

[x_los]

Some fuckin' *parrot* survived this entire siege???

Chapter 150

[x_los]

Moving Mei Changsu into his bed, eh? Finally, this book gets gay!

Chapter 151

[x_los]

‘The capital has also once always been partial to Prince Yu’ What now? I get the idea, I think, but this is awkward.

‘I’ve always looked at the heart, not the person’ That could be a bit clearer as well.

‘Aren’t we all flesh and blood?’ A bold statement of family unity given Prince Qi and Prince Yu's final residences, but okay.

Chapter 152

[x_los]

This disguise plan just feels like an unnecessary risk and complication .

Re: Chapter 152

[superborb]

I really don't understand why they need this to happen IMMEDIATELY. There seems little strategic purpose? And Nie Feng and Xia Dong are both safe, surely this is already an improvement on the previous 13 years.

Chapter 153

[x_los]

‘if I were his highness Prince Jing, I wouldn’t give you’ 'Up', I guess, rather than 'you'.

Wait, how is Prince Yu's mansion already ruinous? Did a mob trash it or something?

Re: Chapter 153

[superborb]

Yep, typo there.

I guess no one's going to live in the mansion of a traitor anyway, but it sure seems... wasteful.