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Both contain an ethnic-Han princess who is married off to a nomadic nation and her struggles with adapting to the lifestyle. One is a Han dynasty princess married into the Wusun kingdom, and the other is a Sui dynasty princess married into the Ashina Tribe of the Gokturks.

Both are about a princess marrying off to a foreign country. They also show nomadic ethnic groups living in the northern grasslands and desert.

Both are about a princess marrying off to a foreign country. They also show nomadic ethnic groups living in the northern grasslands and desert.

Both dramas follow Xiao Yanyan as she marries the Liao Emperor and assists him in governing their country and settling wars with the neighboring Song dynasty.

Recommended for people interested in Khitan culture.
Both dramas have a main character that is Khitan, and related to the royal family of the Liao dynasty.

Recommended for people interested in Khitan culture.
Both dramas have a main character that is Khitan, and related to the royal family of the Liao dynasty.

In both, the Princess is betrothed to a man she doesn't love. She falls into deep grieve when her lover is wrongly accused and banished.

Both are about a queen who is reborn (Renascence is more like body swap though). She attempts to get revenge on her husband and half sister for killing her loves ones. In her new life, she realizes her brother-in-law is her true love.

Exact same tropes:
- Prince does all sorts of unethical things to become crown prince.
- Prince kills FL's whole family and lies to her.
- Prince loves his throne more than FL.
- FL commits suicide and life is reset.
- Toxic second marriage, FL is constantly tormented and mistreated.

Both dramas have a FL who elopes with her lover immediately after learning that she has an arranged marriage with the crown prince. Their forced separation breaks her heart and leaves her devastated on her wedding day. She eventually falls in love with her husband despite hating him at first.

It's not everyday that you'll find a drama where a princess in distress juggles between two very toxic, obnoxious men- and ends up with NEITHER!

I CANNOT believe that nobody noticed these two shows have the EXACT same tropes-

- Airhead FL chases after honor student childhood friend who seems very cold to her. But he's actually just bad at expressing his feelings due to abandonment issues.
- Second FL has advantage in spending alone time with ML just because she's also an honor student.
- Second ML makes ML very jealous, which eventually helped him realize his feelings.