Almost same story similar to the double.Both are really well-made dramas that give similar vibes..Female lead characters are independent, strong, smart in every way Male lead characters are strong and mysterious characters.Story is mature rather than childish..
In Northern Song Dynasty
Female view
Female rights and powers
Movie-like visual quality
The story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised by her paternal grandmother. Growing up, she learns to hide her true genius self and use crafty and cunning methods in order to survive the tough conditions where family members are plotting against each other and where no actual familial love exists.
She then meets Gu Ting Ye, the second son of a rich marquis household, who is supposed to inherit wealth from both the parents and a noble title. Unlike Ming Lan, Gu Ting Ye is straightforward with his actions and never hides his true self, causing him to fall victim to all the planning and plotting against him, where he ends up losing everything.
Ming Lan and Ting Ye join forces, and through cunning schemes and daring endeavours, they both rise in position and work to obtain justice from those that have wronged them.
Female view
Female rights and powers
Movie-like visual quality
The story follows Sheng Ming Lan, an unfavored concubine-born 6th daughter of an official. After losing her mother at a young age, Ming Lan is raised by her paternal grandmother. Growing up, she learns to hide her true genius self and use crafty and cunning methods in order to survive the tough conditions where family members are plotting against each other and where no actual familial love exists.
She then meets Gu Ting Ye, the second son of a rich marquis household, who is supposed to inherit wealth from both the parents and a noble title. Unlike Ming Lan, Gu Ting Ye is straightforward with his actions and never hides his true self, causing him to fall victim to all the planning and plotting against him, where he ends up losing everything.
Ming Lan and Ting Ye join forces, and through cunning schemes and daring endeavours, they both rise in position and work to obtain justice from those that have wronged them.
A story with a strong female who start a buisiness and be strong in adversity. But, she fell in love with a strong male who work at capital defence.
Both dramas have a similar feel and pacing. Both have a strong FL that is used and discarded by husband/fiancée and then fights to rebuild a life that is not dependent on others. Along the way , both FLs create a support structure and community with other women. MLs are almost adjacent characters put supportive and romance is slow.
Similarities:
-Both leads are equal to each other and their love and bond is strong.
-Great sisterhoods in both series which is not typical in c-dramas.
-Both sets open up a restaurant and other businesses and count on each other's strengths to carry them through.
-Great comedy in both.
-Both leads are equal to each other and their love and bond is strong.
-Great sisterhoods in both series which is not typical in c-dramas.
-Both sets open up a restaurant and other businesses and count on each other's strengths to carry them through.
-Great comedy in both.
Same type of energy and chemistry between the leads. In both dramas both leads are smart and have deductive reasoning and work together to resolve problems.
They have a bickering type relationship and the FL is engaged to someone else and becomes a social pariah while ML is affiliated with officers etc.
They have a bickering type relationship and the FL is engaged to someone else and becomes a social pariah while ML is affiliated with officers etc.
The plots and settings are completely different, but if you like to see women supporting women and healthy relationships, these are the shows to see. The FLs have had hard lives but find support in the women around them, while the MLs are used as weapons and have rocky relationships with their fathers. Both dramas call out abuse and show how people can help each other heal.
