The Longest Promise Episode 19 Recap, Plot

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Zhu Yan thought that Shi Ying asked her to leave the mountain and return home because he knew that Lord of Chi and his wife had come to pick her up. In order to avoid causing difficulties for her master, Zhu Yan decided to follow her father and mother back home. She hoped that Shi Ying would take care of himself, and wherever she was, her heart would always be with her master. Zhu Yan looked forward to seeing Shi Ying again, but he didn't give a direct answer. Shi Ying gifted her the Jade Bone, an ancient artifact passed down by Empress Bai Wei, as a token of her apprenticeship completion. Reluctantly bidding farewell to her master, Zhu Yan prepared to leave the mountain with her parents.

Chong Ming didn't expect Shi Ying to really let Zhu Yan go, but Shi Ying believed that in his current situation, it would be more dangerous for Zhu Yan to stay. The Jade Bone was a token of love given by the Star Sovereign to Bai Wei, and it was also the betrothal gift that all the emperors of Kongsang Langxuan gave to their queens. Shi Ying had already pledged his love to Zhu Yan and would not give the Jade Bone to any other woman. He hoped the Jade Bone would accompany Zhu Yan throughout her life.

After returning to the Wujifeng City, Zhu Yan found Zhi Yuan and expressed her gratitude. If it weren't for the jade he had given her, the Dragon God wouldn't have spared her and her master. Zhu Yan confirmed to Zhi Yuan that she was the predestined one for the Dragon Blood Ancient Jade, but she didn't know the connection between her and the Sea Emperor. Zhi Yuan congratulated Zhu Yan on realizing her initial aspiration. Now the Young Prince she longed for was Shi Ying. Zhu Yan was indeed happy about it, but she had to leave the mountain because Shi Ying's identity had been exposed. She only hoped that Shi Ying would overcome his difficulties.

The Wife of Lord of Chi arranged a blind date with a scholarly gentleman for Zhu Yan. Zhu Yan deliberately behaved rudely in front of him. Later, at a tavern, she encountered someone harassing a common woman and intervened to teach him a lesson. The scholarly gentleman disapproved of women stepping forward and wielding weapons, accusing Zhu Yan of meddling where she shouldn't and lacking proper decorum, claiming she had no virtue. However, Zhu Yan didn't believe she was at fault and stated that she would always be the first to stand up in such situations. This infuriated the scholarly gentleman, and he stormed off.

After returning home, Zhu Yan wrote a letter to her master, believing that if all men in the world were like her master, there would be no injustice. Zhu Yan continued to participate in the arranged blind dates set up by her mother. This time, she directly informed her suitor that she had no plans to marry within the next three to five years and already had someone in her heart. In order to get rid of the suitor, Zhu Yan casually pointed at Zhi Yuan and declared him as her beloved. The suitor looked down on Zhi Yuan due to his merfolk lower status, which further infuriated Zhu Yan. She publicly admitted that Zhi Yuan was her beloved and that he was far nobler than those who abused their power. To support Zhu Yan, Zhi Yuan also proclaimed that the princess was the most important person to him. Seeing the genuine affection between the two, the suitor angrily left.

Zhu Yan took Zhi Yuan to Yanfeng Tower for a meal and complained to him about her mother arranging eleven blind dates for her. Although she knew her parents meant well, she couldn't stand any of those men. Zhu Yan praised Zhi Yuan for his handsome appearance and remarkable talents, and she asked him what kind of woman he would like. Zhi Yuan talked about his beloved and expressed that genuine affection would make one happy and worried for the other person. Being with that person would make everything interesting, and they wouldn't want to be apart for a moment. They would even want to protect them. Hearing Zhi Yuan's description, Zhu Yan realized that she had feelings for her master, Shi Ying. But she didn't want to defile her master and could only deny it in her heart.

Zhi Yuan quietly confided his thoughts to Yao Yi. He didn't know when his feelings for Zhu Yan had changed from protecting her. He also knew that Zhu Yan wasn't Yao Yi, and he shouldn't continue to have feelings for her. Therefore, he decided to leave the residence of Lord of Chi. Despite being separated by distance, both Zhu Yan and Shi Ying missed each other.

In a dream, Zhu Yan unexpectedly found herself in Shi Ying's spiritual realm. There, she longed for her master, and to her surprise, Shi Ying appeared before her. Zhu Yan embraced Shi Ying, expressing her longing, thinking that her master had actually come in person. But soon, Shi Ying sensed something amiss and disappeared from the spiritual realm. Zhu Yan saw the Wishing Tree in the realm and felt that it resembled her master greatly.

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