The Longest Promise (2023) Episode 21

Zhu Yan couldn't accept Shiying's blessing for her marriage, so she snatched a horse from the palace and ran out of the city. Zhiyuan hurried after Zhu Yan after learning about it. Zhu Yan doesn't understand why Master treats her like this. Zhiyuan believes that Shao Siming is a cultivator, but Zhu Yan was born in the world of mortals. Qing Chi's marriage is the order of his parents. Shao Siming can't stop it and can only congratulate the marriage of the two clans . Zhu Yan said that she would not marry Qinggang anyway, so Zhiyuan had no choice but to help Zhu Yan find a place to live temporarily so that Zhu Yan could temporarily avoid marriage.

For two hundred years, Zhiyuan has been living a stable and stable life. This time, because of Zhu Yan, he contradicted the Red King, he took the initiative to come to the Red King to plead guilty. Zhiyuan believed that Princess Zhuyan was not willing to marry the two clans of Qing and Chi, and hoped that King Chi would not force the princess, but King Chi believed that Qinggang was a good match for Zhu Yan. Could it be that they watched Zhu Yan delay getting married and die alone? He ordered to stop Yuan confesses Zhu Yan's whereabouts, otherwise Zhiyuan will be punished severely according to the rules. Zhiyuan was willing to accept the punishment but was unwilling to disclose Zhu Yan's whereabouts, so the Chi King was furious and ordered Zhiyuan to be beaten with forty lashes.

Seeing that Zhiyuan was being punished by her father, Zhu Yan blamed herself for causing Zhiyuan to suffer, so she personally applied medicine to Zhiyuan's wound. Zhu Yan took the opportunity to ask Zhiyuan from whom he learned swordsmanship, and Zhiyuan said that his lover taught him his swordsmanship. Zhu Yan just learned that Zhiyuan's lover is also his master, she envies Zhiyuan very much. Zhu Yan knew in her heart that Qinggang was her best choice if she was talking about marriage. She originally thought that her relationship with Master was as close as Zhiyuan, and she could talk about everything, but this time Master sent her a letter of congratulations to let her know In Master's heart, I am an outsider after all. Now she has figured it out, knowing that it will be difficult for her to return to Jiuyi Mountain, she can only hope that Master will break the mirror soon on the mountain. Seeing that Zhu Yan was distressed by this, Zhiyuan persuaded Zhu Yan to go and talk to Chi Wang calmly about what was in his heart.

The military salary box sent by the special envoy of the imperial court turned out to be empty, and he excused it by claiming that the marriage between the Qing and Chi clans had not been completed. The Red King had no choice but to arrange for his subordinates to send the surplus food from the palace to the army for emergency relief, but his subordinates reported that the palace was out of food. The special envoy forced the Red King to marry the Qing and Chi clans, and the Red King's subordinates couldn't bear it and wanted to kill the special envoy. Zhu Yan came to stop her in a hurry, and also knew that her father had been under the pressure of military pay, so she asked the special envoy to send a message back in public, expressing that she agreed to the marriage of the two clans.

Concubine Qing gave Bai Xuelu a silver hairpin and wanted her to become Shi Yu's side concubine, but Bai Xuelu readily accepted and did not refuse. At this time, Qing Gang asked to see Concubine Qing and refused to marry Zhu Yan. Qing Gang said that Zhu Yan was not the one he loved, and he was willing to gallop on the battlefield for the Qing Clan, but he still wanted to marry the one he loved. Although the person he admires has no intentions for him, and he hopes that the other person will get what he wants, but he is still unwilling to give up what he thinks in his heart. He is willing to never marry and die alone. Concubine Qing was furious and threatened Qinggang by depriving Qinggangying of the position of warrior general. Bai Xuelu bluntly said that Qinggang was confused and gave up her bright future for the sake of marriage. And accused Zhu Yan of being arrogant in front of Concubine Qing, she didn't want this marriage to let Qinggang come forward to cover it up. When the special envoy came to report that Zhu Yan had agreed to the marriage, both Bai Xuelu and Qing Gang were quite surprised.

Zhu Yan entered Shiying's spiritual barrier again, and found that the flowers and leaves of the wishing tree in the barrier were withered. She wanted to get close to the wishing tree but was stopped by the barrier. Zhu Yan accused Master of sending a marriage letter for her, and asked Master if she really wanted to marry her and never see her again. In Master's heart, Zhu Yan thought that she was an outsider after all. Shi Ying saw that Zhu Yan was so sad, but he could only respond to Zhu Yan silently. Zhu Yan was the person he cared about most in this world, but he didn't want to hurt Zhu Yan and the Chizu. Zhu Yan believed that she would not be able to be with Master in the future, and asked Master to always smile and be happy alone. Zhu Yan cried and bid farewell to Master and the wishing tree. Shi Ying watched the wishing tree and Zhu Yan disappear in front of his eyes. Although this was what he hoped for, he still felt reluctant to part with it.

Chongming found out that the Ice tribe was in Songzhou, and Shi Ying guessed that this was the place where the Ice tribe landed. He was going to send the chief commander to fly to Jialan, and ordered people to strengthen their defenses to prevent more Ice tribe from flooding Kongsang. Shiying was going to take Chongming to Xifeng County to investigate. Chongming wanted to pass by Tianjifengcheng to visit Zhu Yan, but Shiying insisted on bypassing Tianjifengcheng not to disturb Zhuyan.

In order to thank Zhi Yuan for her company for many years, Zhu Yan planned to use the technique of paper cranes to help Zhi Yuan find his loved one, but Zhi Yuan said that his loved one was a woman named Kongsang who had passed away for many years. Zhiyuan thanked Zhu Yan for his kindness, and asked Zhu Yan to learn the technique of paper crane illusion. He wanted to use the paper crane to fly to Biluohai to find the old friend who passed away. Zhu Yan handed over the technique of paper crane illusion to Zhiyuan, hoping that Zhiyuan's old friend could rest in peace.

Zhu Yan knew that the pouch that Zhiyuan was carrying was a gift from her beloved, she secretly got the beads in the pouch, and cast a spell to make the person in Zhiyuan's heart appear, and also wanted to comfort Zhiyuan's longing for the past two hundred years. Yaoyi's appearance in front of Zhiyuan surprised him very much, and Zhiyuan couldn't help hugging Yaoyi, but he didn't know that Yaoyi at this time was transformed by Zhu Yan. King Chi and Princess Chi came to the courtyard with special envoys, and happened to see Zhiyuan hugging Zhu Yan, and King Chi was furious and slapped Chiyuan, thinking that his behavior had insulted the princess.