The Promise of Chang’an (Season 1)

The Promise of Chang'an (长安诺, 2020) — watch online on iFILM, a Chinese historical romance directed by Yin Tao and led by Zhao Yingzi and Cheng Yi. Helan Mingyu and ninth prince Xiao Chengxu have history that goes back to childhood. A battle report declaring him dead cuts it short.

To shield someone she loves, Mingyu agrees to marry Chengxu's elder brother, King Xiao Chengrui, and steps into a court of shifting alliances and quiet betrayals. Meanwhile Chengxu — alive and fighting — earns military honours that only deepen Chengrui's jealousy. When the circumstances of Chengxu's mother's death finally come to light, a private grief becomes a public reckoning over who sits on the throne.

The series earns its length by refusing the easy resolution most period romances reach for. Stream The Promise of Chang'an (2020) on iFILM.