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- Oct 20, 202670% CONFIDENCEfrom sina.cn
Tigers Sniff the Rose (尚公主) Premieres
- 尚公主 ("Tigers Sniff the Rose") released a Mid-Autumn video of its two leads at a lantern fair on 25 September 2026. The drama has passed review, holds its distribution licence and has more than 3.8 million reservations on Tencent Video; it is reported as tentatively set for 20 October 2026, but Tencent has not announced a date[1][3][4]
- Filming began at Hengdian on 31 August 2025, on Tang- and Song-style palace sets built from July, and wrapped in February 2026[3][5]
- Meng Ziyi (孟子义) plays Mu Wanyao, the empress's daughter who breaks free of a marriage alliance and becomes a formidable political player, and Li Yunrui (李昀锐) plays Yan Shang, a poor scholar-strategist from Lingnan; it is the pair's third drama together after Blossom (九重紫). Quan Yilun (全伊伦) plays Liu Wenji, a scholar who becomes a scheming eunuch[5][6]
- Adapted from Yi Ren Kui Kui's (伊人睽睽) Jinjiang novel, it follows the princess and the scholar from mutual scheming to love as they fight together to build a peaceful realm in troubled times[5][6]
- It runs 40 episodes, is produced by Tencent Video with New Classics Television (新丽电视) and is written by He Fang (何妨), whose credits include 长月烬明[4][5]
- No air date has been announced. The leads' Blossom (九重紫) wrapped at Hengdian on 27 March 2024 and premiered on Tencent Video on 6 December 2024, about 8 months later[2]; the same gap from a February 2026 wrap points to October 2026
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- [1]50%sina.cn/news/detail/5346986217179178.htmlsina.cn· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Oct 20, 2026· 23% of score
Estimated: filming began at Hengdian on 31 August 2025 and wrapped in February 2026, and the drama has its distribution licence and is in pre-broadcast promotion. Drama bloggers report a tentative 20 October 2026 premiere on Tencent Video (21 October has also been mentioned), and a 25 September post on its Mid-Autumn promo says late October, but no date had been announced by 27 September. The leads' previous pairing, Blossom (九重紫), wrapped on 27 March 2024 and premiered on 6 December 2024, about 8 months later; the same gap from a February 2026 wrap lands in October 2026, so the reported 20 October date is used. Re-date when Tencent announces the date.
- [2]80%九重紫 - 维基百科zh.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 23% of score
The leads' previous Tencent drama Blossom wrapped at Hengdian on 27 March 2024 and premiered on 6 December 2024; this roughly 8-month gap supports the estimate.[1]
- [3]75%孟子义对接发布《尚公主》备播进度，剧集何时定档？最新宣发节奏全解读 - 新浪新闻sina.cn· Published Sep 25, 2026· 23% of score
Status as of 25 September 2026: wrapped in February 2026, licence obtained and review passed, 3.8 million reservations, and no official date, with 20 or 21 October only rumoured.[1]
- [4]70%九月剧集已开播 / 正在热播 - 新浪新闻sina.cn· Published Sep 12, 2026· Starts Oct 20, 2026 ✓· 22% of score
A drama blogger's September-October schedule listing 尚公主 as tentatively premiering on Tencent Video on 20 October 2026, with 40 episodes.[1]
- [5]85%《尚公主》横店开机，孟子义李昀锐物料恨海情天，全伊伦演太监_腾讯新闻news.qq.com· Published Aug 31, 2025· 5% of score
Reports the 31 August 2025 start of filming at Hengdian with the full cast, the characters, the Tencent Video and New Classics production, the novel by 伊人睽睽 and the screenwriter 何妨.[1]
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