The Sword and the Brocade

If you like love stories that start after marriage, this is it for you! RB has more cuteness more chemistry between the leads.

Main couple that needs time to warm up to each other. Smart female lead who helps her husband and further family to solve issues.

Although these dramas have different plots, I feel like they give off a similar vibe. There are harems, politics, and elaborate costumes.

The lead female uses her intellect through challenging obstacles and understands her purpose. She also wins the trust and love of the main lead. There are also jealous concubines and trickery. Both stories have a lot in common.

Set during the Ming Dynasty, the story revolves around the romance between General Xu Ling Yi and the concubine's daughter Shi Yi Niang, that starts from an arranged marriage. Despite being born with a low status, Shi Yi Niang is extremely assertive and believes that a woman's vision should not be limited to the household. She hopes to rely on her embroidery skills as a ticket to freedom. However, the once esteemed Luo family is in a state of decline. Hoping to save the clan through a marriage alliance, Shi Yi Niang is selected to become the wife of Yongping Duke and great General Xu Ling Yi. Things were not easy for her due to the Xu family's biases towards her. Nonetheless, she manages to win over their trust through her optimism and sincerity. Xu Ling Yi also becomes attracted to her various beautiful qualities such that husband and wife manage to find love after marriage.
Through Xu Ling Yi's support, Shi Yi Niang opens Xian Ling Pavillion to have her own embroidery workshop. Meanwhile, Xu Ling Yi experiences many setbacks as he tries to protect his homeland and improve the livelihood of the people by supporting the lifting of a maritime ban. As they face a crisis that could spell the end for the Xu family, Xu Ling Yi and Shi Yi Niang continue to support each other through thick and thin.

General and I is the best of the best romantic drama I have ever watched. Especially, Wallace and Baby acting very professional and match perfectly together .
Love all the songs also .
I watched 3 times already .
I am here for my favorite charming handsome incredible talented actor singer dancer and the greatest kisser Wallace Chung.

Male main character has powerful position in the imperials court.
Sword and brocade Female lead - soft outside, strong personality in the side.
Girl like me Female lead - hardcore strong personality inside and outside.

Same main character actress (Seven Tang).
Under the power much much better whereby the male lead aint having multiple wives and concubines and they dont portrait the internal harem fights.

-FL both fave hardships that the ML helps solve
-Smart and Strong FLs
-MLs will do anything to help FLs
-FLs' mothers both died
-ML both have cruel-ish parents
-Er Niang like Yi Cheng faces a lot of abuse
-both Historical Chinese Dramas

The story is about a young woman's whose direct family has been wronged but who achieves to right the wrongs. The family relationship is different, but the ML is a marquis, if not at all a villain. It is a very good Historical drama too, although no fantasy or wuxia is involved.