Story of Kunning Palace

Jiang Xue Ning’s obsession with becoming empress strains her friendship with Yan Lin and leads to the arrest of Official Zhang Zhe. After a brief reign, guilt takes hold as rebels, led by Yan Lin, wipe out the royal family. In her final moments, she trades her life for Zhang Zhe’s freedom. Miraculously, she wakes up as her 18-year-old self before entering the palace. Determined to change her fate, she tries to escape the palace's political games but is pulled back into it, becoming a study companion to Princess Le Yang and a disciple of Xie Wei, the man behind her past downfall.

The political intrigue is intriguing so much, many plot twists in both dramas, both female leads are smart and bold and a bit kunning.. The male leads in both are a kind of obsessed and yandere, the plot is well written and the set is similar as well as the cgi and the characters setting.

Female lead went back in time to change the ill fate of her death and other decisions she made wrong previously...

When Xie Wei's rebellion starts, she had no choice but to give up all her assets in exchange for her life. She gets confined in the Kunning (Ningan) palace with Jiang Xuening. It is also from her where Jiang Xuening learns of the silk investment, Ren Weizhi's salt wells business, and the modern stocks trades system.

Once an innocent and carefree young lady, Ren Yao Qi—the fifth daughter of the Ren family—suffers the destruction of her family and is even offered to a eunuch. With the help of Xiao Jing Xi, the second son of the Prince of Yanbei, she ultimately perishes together with her enemy.

When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself five years in the past. Cherishing this second chance at life, Ren Yao Qi hides her strength and bides her time, determined to protect her family from disaster and turn the tide of fate. Through her own efforts, she builds a relationship with Xiao Jing Xi founded on equality.

A lot of similarities between the two!

- transmigration

- Initial Enemies to Lovers (hate to love?)

- Hidden motives for ML

- Smart ML

The writer back to past life and be the main character there.
And the male lead is a sinner too..
At first the female lead fall in love with another man.

Historical period drama,
The plot revolves around the leading women,
I'm adding it here in case anyone wants to watch it.

Similarity points:
- At first FLs only know the MLs as cruel & cunning, who will plot to overthrow the current rulers
- MLs are tormented by their past leading to their cold and aloof front
- FLs always attempt to go against the ML at first
- MLs suspect FLs intentions at first
- FLs always suspect the MLs of any crime or plot and for the most part they are correct
- MLs actions ofen misunderstood as they understand the undercurrents better

The rest I won't continue as they are spoilers but these 2 feel very similar

Réincarnation trope. Both FL commit suicide in front of Ml who they believe schemed against them. In new life they do their best to avoid ML and get a new life without trouble, but fate catches up as they inevitably get tangled up with ML.

Political intrigue, power struggle, war and conspiracy surrounding the royalty and court officials as a backdrop of an angst-filled romance between two smart and complex leads with their own agenda and ambitions. The empress dowager featured in both the stories give off a similar villainous characterization as well. The female protagonist in TLOA and the male protagonist in SOKP play a similar political chess with hidden identities as their trump cards.

So you like bad boys do you?

Lighter and Princess is set in modern times, but it has the life and death drama of a historical/wuxia and features a toxic bad boy. But, unlike Kunning palace, while he rages and is disrespectful to pretty much everyone, he is gentlest with the main female lead, and genuinely sacrifices his goals for her at various points.

Intelligent and layered characterization of leads with survival feats in the midst of chaos and tragedy. Stories featuring war, politics and rebellion.

A bad boy who suffers the consequences, and ruins the lives all around him.

Good Bye, My Princess features the main male lead as he walks the path into hell. Here, accurately portrayed, as the darkness eats him alive he treats the main female lead worse and worse. Obsessively trapping her and refusing to let her go, even though being with him is crushing her soul.

If you are going to portray toxic romance and dark storylines, this is how to do it.

Both have rich narratives that intertwine historical contexts with elements of romance and mystery, providing a captivating viewing experience for fans of the genre.