The Romance of Tiger and Rose Episode 5 Recap
> The Romance of Tiger and Rose Recap
Lin Qi and Chen Chuchu grew up together, and Lin Qi, fiercely loyal to Chen Chuchu, despises Chen Qianqian, leading to constant clashes since childhood. With the Young Owner selection exam approaching, Lin Qi, suspecting Chen Qianqian has lost her martial skills, suggests adding a martial test to the exam to humiliate her and ensure her defeat. Chen Qianqian’s only strength is her martial prowess, rivaling Chen Chuchu’s, while she’s otherwise hopeless.
The Owner, hoping Chen Qianqian will prove herself and avoid passing the title to the non-biological Chen Chuchu, agrees to Lin Qi’s proposal without hesitation, adding the martial test. Chen Qianqian, actually Chen Xiaoqian, knows no martial arts and protests loudly, but the Owner dismisses her objections. Unwilling to become Young Owner, Chen Xiaoqian seeks Han Shuo’s help to avoid the martial test.
Han Shuo examines the bamboo fireworks, identical to the secret message container, and recalls Chen Qianqian’s words from the previous night. After investigating her, he concludes she’s feigning weakness to lure him, suspecting she orchestrated the earlier trap. Furious, Han Shuo’s heart condition flares, and he faints. Chen Qianqian returns, force-feeding him medicine with her mouth. Upon waking, he demands why she deceived him.
She admits to the secret letter scheme, claiming it was for his benefit, but he doesn’t believe her, resolving to poison her and inviting her to a banquet that evening. Panicked, Chen Qianqian, desperate to change Han Shuo’s mind and avoid his wrath, consults the three storytellers. She remembers the Dragon Bone—Han Shuo came to Huayuan City for it. If she gives it to him to cure his illness, might he be moved to spare her?
Chen Qianqian rushes to the ancestral hall, ignoring the female officials’ pleas, and takes the Dragon Bone. She stews it into a small pot of soup. Zi Rui and others, horrified at cooking the national treasure, try to stop her but fail. The Dragon Bone, merely an ancient beast bone, produces a foul-smelling soup that nearly knocks Chen Qianqian out.
Enraged that Chen Qianqian took the Dragon Bone, the Owner storms to the princess’s residence, threatening to punish her for squandering it. Chen Qianqian, preparing the evening banquet, apologizes to Han Shuo for her actions and reveals she stewed the Dragon Bone as a gift to cure him. Skeptical, Han Shuo checks the kitchen, stunned by the stench and the sight of the soup.
Knowing Han Shuo poisoned the wine, Chen Qianqian pours it out and pretends to drink it, feigning death to gain his trust. Zi Rui, hiding nearby, enhances the drama with music and fireworks, unaware that Chen Chuchu, tracking spies, uses fireworks as a signal. Her ambush fails, and she’s injured. As Chen Qianqian plays dead, the Owner panics, ordering the Dragon Bone soup to be given to her as an antidote. Han Shuo, anxious, feeds it to her mouth-to-mouth.
Chen Qianqian, resisting, nearly gives herself away. To maintain the ruse, she persuades the Owner to let Han Shuo drink the remaining soup. Relieved to see Chen Qianqian recover, the Owner worries about the backlash from officials and citizens over the lost Dragon Bone, fearing for Chen Qianqian’s safety.
