Tigers Sniff the Rose episode 4 recap: The tiger and the rose

In short

Yan Shang tells the princess how war destroyed his family. She decides to take him to Chang'an, where she joins the Crown Prince against the eunuch Yu Cheng'an.

What happens in episode 4

Half joking, the princess threatens to geld him and keep him as an attendant. Yan Shang tells her about the Rebellion of the Seven Vassals, in which his mother and younger brother died and his elder brother was left with a brain injury.

He also tells her the legend of Lady Jiang and the tiger. The princess, who was once forced into a marriage alliance, resolves to be the tiger's master rather than its prey, and takes Yan Shang with her to the capital.

In a thunderstorm he covers her ears and guesses that someone once tried to kill her on a night like this. She kicks him out of the carriage.

In Chang'an the eunuch Yu Cheng'an runs the court, Emperor Mu Yu is often ill, and Crown Prince Mu Xun is held back. When she learns that Yu Cheng'an imprisoned her mother, who then took her own life, the princess joins forces with the Crown Prince to bring the eunuchs down. She turns down a match with Yang Si.

Why it matters

The tiger image gives the drama its English title, and the eunuch faction becomes the first big enemy.

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