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10 titles with free spirit characters who have to or choose to live in the suffocating palace as a member of the Royal Family (by birth or marriage)

1. Under the Queen's Umbrella - Queen's second son and his wife

2. Moon Lovers - ML

3. The Red Sleeve - FL

4. Goodbye my Princess- both FL and ML

5. The Princess Wei Young - FL

7.  Truth or Dare - Chinese historical - FL is street acrobat who accidentally marries a prince when her wedding carriage is mistaken for an identical one with a princess. There are a number of versions of this, usually under title Wrong Carriage, Right Groom.

 maidenholmes:

7.  Truth or Dare - Chinese historical - FL is street acrobat who accidentally marries a prince when her wedding carriage is mistaken for an identical one with a princess. There are a number of versions of this, usually under title Wrong Carriage, Right Groom.

If I remember correctly, he isn't a prince but a general/son of a general. I suppose he could live in the palace or be some extended royal family, but I don't recall that detail. I was under the impression they lived in the city. She swaps with the princess, who ends up staying  with the other groom, outside the palace after they inevitably fall in love. I don't recall her having to go back to palace life, at least not long-term by the end of the show, I guess it depends how literal OP wants to be about Royal Family and living in the palace. I have only seen the Truth or Dare version, so the other ones could have a prince instead?

8. Who Rules The World - ML & FL lived with hidden alter egos roaming free in the world of martial arts  most of the show until politics came calling 

9.Love Like the Galaxy-FL  had to learn to be a lady and give up her independence  a bit  once she got engaged to ML

 maidenholmes:

7.  Truth or Dare - Chinese historical - FL is street acrobat who accidentally marries a prince when her wedding carriage is mistaken for an identical one with a princess. There are a number of versions of this, usually under title Wrong Carriage, Right Groom.

If you Wrong Carriage, Right Groom 2023, it's general's son, not a prince. I wanted a Royal member who isn't suitable for the palace but lives there. So, these are king, prince or their wife/concubine

9? The starry love - another version of wrong carriage right groom. FL got into wrong carriage & mistakenly took to heaven palace

10. The King's Affection


10 dramas/movies that are really refreshing to watch

1. Mr queen -  time travel story with unique queen 

2. Run On :

At first, I thought that it will be another drama with the usual cold, emotionless male lead! But boy was I wrong. He was just so amazingly weird and OMG so cute and sweet. The FL was strong, independent, smart, spoke her mind but most importantly was not psychotic . Usually k-dramas writers show us FLs with psychotic, abusive and violent tendencies as strong and expect us to be happy that they gave us a strong female lead! NO! This drama showed that you can be strong and standing your ground without having to stab someone or be unnecessary aggressive! The 2 of them make one of the healthiest, sweetest and realest k drama couples out there! Every scene they had together make me smile and swoon like a teenager, some thing that , being the cynic that I am never though will happen to be again! 

3. Time and Him Are Just Right - I remember thinking when I watched this that it was better than the typical school romance drama

4. My Little Happiness - in addition to the steaminess, also appreciated the truth seeking and justice fighting

5. Lovely Us - while the outwardly physical romance is more muted than other shows, the story of their collective growth and development was really good

6.Gaus Electronics- It was just fun and a bit quirky 

7.My Liberation Notes- The content is bit melancholic at times but it feels relatable. The themes and messages just hit. They captured the feelings feeling stuck and wanting more out of life 

8.Not Others- The mother and daughter relationship  dynamic was very different and  open. It  had some crazy moments but still has heart and humour.

9. - The King’s Avatar - drqma about game with no romance & unique character