General and I Episode 43 Recap, Plot

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After being rescued from the battle at Xiaoyang Pass, Chu Beijie's reinforcements expressed their unwavering loyalty, pledging to follow him and serve Great Jin. Chu Beijie, however, stated that his current mission in Bailan was purely for his beloved wife, not for Great Jin, as he wished to avoid implicating innocent lives. Nevertheless, his soldiers, having fought alongside him, considered him family and vowed to face life and death with him, trailing him faithfully.

Later, while Chu Beijie was buying clothes in a market, he was spotted by spies who had been searching for him. They tracked him to Spring Come Inn, where Chu Beijie, having anticipated their move, trapped and eliminated them. Meanwhile, Princess Yaotian received a secret report from Prime Minister Gui Changqing, indicating that Prince Consort He Xia was mobilizing troops towards Xiaoyang Pass.

Princess Yaotian expressed her admiration for Bai Pingting, stating that if not for the Prince Consort, she would have appointed Bai Pingting as her female prime minister. With Bai Pingting and Prime Minister Gui Changqing by her side, she believed she could rule without worry. However, she feared that if Chu Beijie found Bai Pingting, his power would multiply, making Bailan's unification of the world nearly impossible. Her only solution was to eliminate Bai Pingting.

Prime Minister Gui Changqing accepted the order, dispatching assassins to search the mountains and kill Bai Pingting on sight. In Great Jin, Xie Taiwei returned to the palace, unable to find Chu Beijie's whereabouts. The Jin King, furious and overwhelmed by stress, spat blood, realizing his time was short. He secretly instructed Xie Taiwei that once Bai Pingting was found, a decree should be immediately issued, bestowing upon her the title of Queen.

The Yan King discussed the brewing war between Bailan and Jin with his Grand Tutor. He lamented that Bai Pingting's letter had maintained a balance between Bailan and Jin, costing him the opportunity to exploit the situation. He acknowledged the saying, "He who gains Bai Pingting gains the world," was not baseless and admitted he could not rest until she served him. He hinted to the Grand Tutor that this was both a matter of state and family.

The Grand Tutor pledged to spare no effort in finding Bai Pingting to ease the King's worries. Suspecting the King's distrust, the Grand Tutor immediately ordered his men to find and eliminate Fei Zhao Xing, who had previously sent reports to He Xia, to ensure he never spoke to the Yan King. Elsewhere, Yang Feng received a letter from her close friend, Bai Pingting, who intended to seek refuge in Great Liang.

Yang Feng was distraught, asking her husband, General Ze Yin, "Which route will Pingting choose? Is anyone accompanying her along the way? She didn't state it clearly in her letter at all. I'm worried sick." She urged him, "General, you have to send men out to look for her." Ze Yin assured her, "All right. If we count the hours, Miss Bai should be here very soon. I will send someone out to receive her now."

Yang Feng cautioned him, "General, we must not let the King know that Pingting is coming to Great Liang." Ze Yin affirmed his understanding of the gravity of the matter, promising to do as she said. Bai Pingting and Zui Ju finally reached Pine Forest Mountain. With the weather deteriorating and night approaching, crossing the mountain that day seemed impossible. Pingting recalled a rumored abandoned checkpoint where they could stay for the night.

They spotted a guarded checkpoint on the eastern side. Zui Ju pointed out a trail without a checkpoint on the western side. Pingting explained, "The eastern side of Pine Forest Mountain has a sufficient amount of sunlight. It has lush vegetation and abundant rainfall. The western side, however, is prone to sandstorms and is arid all year long. So, of course, walking trails are built on the eastern side, making it easier for people to cross over.

Checkpoints are set up on the eastern side because it is hard to pass through the trails on the western side." Despite the difficulty, they decided to take the western path to avoid the checkpoint. Later, as they continued their journey to Great Liang, they encountered a wolf pack. Zui Ju bravely ran ahead to divert the wolves. Unexpectedly, the Wolf King was an old acquaintance of Pingting's from her childhood with her father in the outer regions.

The Wolf King howled, calling its companions back, turning a terrifying ordeal into a false alarm. Concerned for Zui Ju, Pingting searched for her, only to be found by Bailan soldiers. The soldiers demanded she return to Yun'an City, stating that Prince Consort He Xia was waiting for her and she would not be harmed if she complied.

Pingting retorted, "Rather than remain here to be battered by the wind and rain, it would be better for me to go back and be the canary in his cage, is that it?" The soldiers cautioned, "Miss Bai, you should know the consequences of resisting him." Pingting defiantly added, "I've come this far. What do I have to fear? I'll never go with you."

Zui Ju intervened, accusing them of following He Xia's orders and vowing that no one would bully her Sister Bai. Zui Ju was then struck down. At that critical moment, a figure strongly resembling Chu Beijie, wearing a bamboo hat, appeared and engaged the Bailan soldiers, allowing Pingting and Zui Ju to escape. Chu Beijie then confronted the captured soldiers, asking if they were Gui Changqing's men and where Bai Pingting was.

They pleaded for their lives, claiming they had not seen her. Chu Beijie continued his search, asking another general if he had seen her, but received a negative response. Pingting, increasingly unwell from fever, was urged by Zui Ju to wear a cape for warmth. Pingting refused, fearing it would slow her down. They then used a tactic to obscure their trail, Pingting saying, "It will slow them down if they try to follow us. We'll go the other way."

Pingting's condition worsened, suffering from a burning fever. Zui Ju, distraught, lamented her lack of medicine and needles. Pingting, weakened, murmured, "I'm sorry, my child. I am incapable. I am unable to bring you into this world," indicating a miscarriage. Zui Ju tried to burn Pingting's precious book to make a fire for warmth, but Pingting stopped her, holding onto the last remnant of her past.

Zui Ju tried to comfort Pingting by reminding her of their dreams of living in seclusion with children, wine, flowers, and poetry. Pingting, with a faint smile, agreed. Later, Pingting expressed a longing for her Suxiangbanyun wine, leading Zui Ju to ask if she was thinking of Chu Beijie. Pingting reflected on her fate, accepting it without regret.

She asked Zui Ju to convey a message to him should she see him, that she had not lived her life in vain because she had met him. Zui Ju vehemently refused, insisting Pingting would live and tell him herself.

Pingting then made Zui Ju promise to stay alive and look after Chu Beijie, to guard him until he grew old and died, because in this life, their relationship ran deep, and in the next, she would still wait for him. Meanwhile, Chu Beijie, under the guise of an assassin, infiltrated a Great Liang Army camp, effortlessly killing dozens of soldiers.

He confronted a general, threatening to kill all of Great Liang's generals one by one, starting with General Ze Yin, if the Liang King did not abandon his plans to exploit the Bailan war. He then vanished. News of this audacious infiltration quickly reached General Ze Yin, who was informed by a messenger that the culprit was believed to be Prince Zhenbei, Chu Beijie, who specifically threatened Ze Yin.

Just as Ze Yin received this warning, Chu Beijie appeared directly at Ze Yin's residence. Chu Beijie apologized for his "bad plan" of threatening the camp, explaining he needed urgent help and didn't know how else to reach him. Ze Yin, however, stated it was inconvenient to receive guests that day and asked Chu Beijie to wait. Chu Beijie tried to ask about Pingting, but Yang Feng immediately cut him off, accusing him of daring to mention her name.

Overcome with grief, Yang Feng bitterly reproached Chu Beijie, asking how he could not know his own wife's whereabouts. She recounted how Pingting had risked everything to find him, only to be abandoned to die alone in the barren mountains. Chu Beijie, in disbelief, asserted it was impossible, frantically asking where she was.

Ze Yin intervened, telling Chu Beijie that they had found Bai Pingting's body in the Pine Forest Mountain Range, along with her luminous jade hairpin that she always wore. Yang Feng, in a state of denial, cried, "You are lying. Pingting is here. She is hiding here." A memorial tablet for Bai Pingting was then shown. Yang Feng added that Bai Pingting had been treacherously murdered and her death was gruesome.

She told Chu Beijie not to touch the memorial tablet, stating Pingting would not want to see him. Yang Feng accused Chu Beijie of hurting Pingting terribly, causing her despair to travel thousands of miles to find her. Ze Yin, seeing his wife's unstable emotional state, urged Chu Beijie to leave. Chu Beijie, in a state of shock, asked when Pingting's funeral would be held. Ze Yin replied, "In seven days."

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