Tigers Sniff the Rose episode 3 recap: A night in the cave

In short

Yan Shang hides the injured princess from the search parties and nurses her at home, where she learns his family's status bars him from the imperial exams.

What happens in episode 3

She slaps him, then faints. He carries her into a cave and keeps watch all night, then slips past the soldiers combing the hills and brings her home, where his sister Yan Xiaozhou treats her injuries.

Fang Tong, one of the princess's retinue, finds her and breaks down in tears. Meanwhile Liu Wenji places first in the provincial exams and meets the maid Chunhua.

Yan Shang is made to attend the princess at her bath. She discovers his family is registered as displaced people, which means he can't sit the imperial exams, and demands to know what he really wants from her.

Why it matters

His barred path to office is exactly what she has the power to fix, which becomes the bargain behind their trip to the capital.

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