The Legend of Zhuohua

Both have slowish mutual respect and then romance between a cold well off official and a warm but smart woman who works with him.
Both have past and present royal plots and betrayals that need to be resolved.

- Hardworking FLs that remain strong through adversity
- Somewhat aloof but supportive and caring MLs
- Healthy and mature romance between the leads
- SFL is a princess with the same arc in the story
- ML working together with the crown prince to secure political power
- ML is a noble/royal while FL is a commoner (noble in ADltTL, royal in TLoZ)
- Role reversal themes (ADltTL has more)

Plots are quite different save for SFL. TLoZ is more political and girlboss-y while ADltTL is more of a story about the struggles of average people.

A strong female lead who is willing to risk everything in order to achieve her goal.

Both have a tough life following the death of their mother and learn how to protect themselves from all adversity.

The opening is quite similar in that the FL runs away from home to avoid a marriage forced on her by her family. She also becomes involved in politics.

She becomes a female official to fight her stepmother. She plays a strong female character similar to the character in legend of Zhuohua.