Goddammit, why is Tantai Lan so hot in her every appearance.

Same thought

General Lan looks smashing. The princess is foolish to mount any resistance.

Looks like the General is going to Divide and Conquer.

YEAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Things are going well. :D

General Lan looks smashing. The princess is foolish to mount any resistance.

Well we gotta have SOME flirty resistance, or else it isn't any fun!

It's fun how confidently wrong the Dowager is twice in a row this chapter

One thing that's interesting is our cool general Tauntaun who is very clearly and openly a hot, long-haired woman, and also a general with a literal post at the front, not just some, say, a weird ceremonial thing.

If this is at least somewhat realistic ancient china, like PLG up there says, how is she a general? This implies men take orders from her. Men have a hard time obeying women nowadays. Military is like THE powerbase and monopoly of violence instrument that men like to keep theirs, even over a rulership position if you note the occasional ruling female queens and other such in medieval europe.
If this is not a realistic china, and instead some slightly more equal fantasy version, and (even if she's really exceptional) people accept an openly female general, how is it a problem if the emperor is not a man? We've at least had like two or something ruling female chinese emperors in real life. Of course it's not impossible the standards might be different, but it feels annoyingly discordant.

I wouldn't be surprised if the author doesn't think about this at all and Lan being a general has no relevance to any sexism or filial piety questions

So fun thing, China had women as generals and Marshall’s around this period (Eastern Han IIRC), around the time of the turn of the first millennium BCE. So A-Lan isn’t too far fetched.

Holy shit. Lan cleans up nice.

Man, it's so nice to see Ming Wei HAPPY, but I fear potential fallout. I hope there's no punishment.

Lilies visible from space.

This extra chapter of Female General and Eldest Princess was a treat... oh, wait.

Also, if this is how the General leads her military campaigns, too, it's no wonder that she's in the capital so often -- there is probably no one left for her to fight...

Man, it's so nice to see Ming Wei HAPPY, but I fear potential fallout. I hope there's no punishment.

You know there will be. But the Dowager is too egotistical to recognize that the Empress and Tantai Lan have given Ming Wei a viable exit opportunity, so once her abuse crosses the line, Ming Wei will defect to the Empress' party. In other words, the more severe the punishment, the sooner Ming Wei will end up in bed with the General.

General getting fully in flirt mode now. :D

So much flirting XD

Look at the General showing her such a good time. Surely a kiss is in order.

It's nice watching the Emperor's Lily Court Party begin to take shape, though I am likewise worried about why the Dowager let Ming Wei out so easily. Perhaps she had an underling follow them and pickpocket Tantai Lan's purse to embarrass her in public? In that case, it's time to flex your tactical thinking, General. :3

The general and princess look great together. Great to know the princess is interested; how could she not be?!

Everything seems to be working out well, missing purse aside. Unless that's part of the plan too.

Amusing that she gets her purse stolen just after talking about how vigilant she is from all her martial arts training . . .

Amusing that she gets her purse stolen just after talking about how vigilant she is from all her martial arts training . . .

She was distracted by the sexy.

Rather than being a disaster lesbian, Tantai Lan is a lesbian force of nature.

AHA! Before it was revealed that she'd already paid I had a feeling it was all a play.

I think I'm going to need some cultural context on the geese and clovers on p. 2. For me those usually symbolize good luck, which doesn't make any sense?

Her hand at the end of the first page convinced me she still had her purse, and her plan convinced me she had actually already paid. Glad to know I was right, and nice to see how well this worked to show her princess a good time. Keep up the good job! ^_^

I am not sure that Ming Wei understands that she can never go back to the old her after this.