Everlasting Longing Episode 9 Recap, Plot

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Xuan Lie and Jun Qiluo were trapped in a collapsed mine. Xuan Lie suffered only minor injuries, which were not serious, and he carried the injured Jun Qiluo out of the mine. Luo Qi arrived with a portrait of Jun Feifan, and the person in the portrait closely resembled Jun Qiluo, except for a mole near their eye. Luo Qi believed that this person was Jun Qiluo's brother.

Xuan Lie brought Jun Qiluo back to his residence, where Princess Xuan Qingkou arrived with a newly acquired slave. Jun Qiluo immediately recognized the slave—Shao Qimin. Although Shao Qimin’s life had been saved by the princess, Jun Qiluo, deeply grateful, hoped the princess would spare him. Shao Qimin had been with Jun Qiluo since childhood, quietly protecting her, and she considered him family. Princess Xuan Qingkou, however, was not so easily willing to release her favorite slave.

She proposed a hunting competition in the forest to settle the matter, and Jun Qiluo agreed. Xuan Lie began to worry, knowing that Princess Xuan Qingkou had grown up riding horses and hunting, and was an expert at both. On the other hand, Jun Qiluo, being from Yannan, was not skilled in horse riding or hunting, but she was determined to save Shao Qimin, regardless of the challenge.

Princess Xuan Qingkou, being clever, knew that Shao Qimin was skilled in martial arts but had always quietly followed her. She suspected he had another agenda and decided to add some soft muscle-relaxing powder to the incense burner, rendering him immobile. Jun Qiluo was worried about Shao Qimin’s situation, and her maid Dong Yin admired Jun Qiluo’s kind nature for caring so much about a servant. Jun Qiluo, however, had never seen Shao Qimin as just a servant.

They had grown up together and were like family to her. Despite this, Jun Qiluo was anxious because she knew that even if she won the competition, Princess Xuan Qingkou, as a royal, would likely not easily let Shao Qimin go. Xuan Lie came to visit Jun Qiluo and took her by surprise with a sneak attack. Jun Qiluo, however, was no match for Princess Xuan Qingkou in martial arts, so Xuan Lie believed she would never win.

Additionally, Xuan Lie felt a tinge of jealousy over Jun Qiluo’s concern for Shao Qimin. To ease the tension between them, Xuan Lie openly confessed that he was not the one responsible for the massacre of the merchant convoy and promised to strengthen management and assign more personnel to ensure nothing like that happened again. Xuan Lie hoped that once Shao Qimin was free from Princess Xuan Qingkou, the matter with the merchant convoy would be forgotten. Jun Qiluo agreed.

Feeling troubled by Jun Qiluo’s situation, Xuan Lie’s close friend Luo Zhizhou came to keep him company and drink. As another man, Luo Zhizhou understood Xuan Lie’s feelings and specifically reminded him not to get too deeply involved, as Xuan Lie’s legitimate wife could not be a foreign woman. Xuan Lie arranged for a letter to be sent to the Jun family, hoping to draw out Jun Feifan, but the letter was intercepted by Jun Qiluo’s uncle.

They decided to alter the letter in hopes of causing Jun Qiluo’s father to worry over his beloved daughter. The night before the hunting competition between Princess Xuan Qingkou and Jun Qiluo, Shao Qimin broke free from his restraints and went to find Jun Qiluo. He had planned to take her away from there first and then figure out a way to obtain the mysterious Xuan Iron Crystals they needed.

However, Jun Qiluo was not willing to leave without a fight. She had already found a clue and intended to compete with Princess Xuan Qingkou, as she and Xuan Lie had made a pact to clear up the matter with the merchant convoy. During the competition, Princess Xuan Qingkou intentionally led Jun Qiluo into a forbidden area to shoot a fierce tiger, hoping that Jun Qiluo would meet her end.

However, Jun Qiluo quickly thought on her feet and managed to kill the tiger. Xuan Lie arrived just in time to save her from the tiger’s jaws. Jun Qiluo won the competition and successfully took Shao Qimin away from the princess. Princess Xuan Qingkou, upset by the outcome, was reminded by Luo Zhizhou not to be too stubborn. Even though her brother, the king, couldn’t control her, if the Empress Dowager found out, Shao Qimin would surely die.

Fearing her mother’s wrath, Princess Xuan Qingkou reluctantly followed Luo Zhizhou back. Jun Qiluo discovered a note that Shao Qimin had left in her room. He had gone to the northern forest in the city to keep an appointment. Jun Qiluo immediately decided to follow, instructing Dong Yin that if she didn’t return by noon, she should inform Xuan Lie. Meanwhile, Xuan Lie received an imperial summons to the palace.

Dong Yin took the opportunity to inform him that both Shao Qimin and Jun Qiluo were missing. Xuan Lie immediately set out with his men to search the northern forest. Unbeknownst to them, Princess Xuan Qingkou also arrived, knowing her slave was there, and began searching as well. When Jun Qiluo and Shao Qimin met, Shao Qimin believed that Xuan Lie had led him there, but there was nothing they sought.

In fact, everything was being manipulated behind the scenes by Luo Zhizhou, who had no intention of letting Xuan Lie appear at the hunting competition.

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