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The First Frost is like Hidden Love — slow-burn, nostalgic first love with heart-fluttering, emotional vibes.

If you loved My Demon, watch Goblin! Both mix fantasy, romance, and that fated-love vibe with a powerful male lead and heart-fluttering chemistry.

If you live Nut i recommend you watch his earlier drama 'something in my room' it shows his development as an actor and is a really nice watch.

he has really matured as an actor in my beautiful count where the campiness is actually quite difficult to pull off the way he does, its well acted and shot with a great cast.

Both FLs marry the emperor, only to be betrayed, murdered, and travel back to the past, trying to change what happened then. Both MLs are brothers to the emperor, and have been in love with the FL since before she married his brother.

Both FLs marry the emperor, only to be betrayed, murdered, and reborn/soul swapped in a different girl's body. Both MLs are generals, brothers to the emperor, and have been in love with the FL since before she married his brother.

Both dramas involve rebirth, a complicated relationship between the leads, and two versions of the FL existing in the same time and space.

Both are mini dramas in which the FL in stuck in a time loop of one significant day, finding love along the way.

Both FLs are betrayed by their husbands and buried alive. Both MLs have unknown motives at first and carry a fan. Both plots involve the FL (or the person she's posing as) being framed for a miscarriage.

- Historical adventure with survival elements
- Escorting a royal to safety (Korean king in WotD, Chinese princess in TW)
- MCs are skilled warriors
- Interesting and thrilling movies with a lot of action and heart and beautiful cinematography

Wu Xie and Wang Pan Zi are investigating the truth behind The Mystic Nine’s trip to Parcel Island and Wu Xie’s uncle’s past while dealing with the disappearance of Wu Xie’s friend, Zhang Qi Ling/"Xiao Ge." Their quest leads them into a dangerous conspiracy. After reuniting with Xiao Ge and joining a new group of explorers, Wu Xie suffers a devastating blow, and Xiao Ge loses his memory once again. They later return home and, seeking answers, embark on another adventure that takes them back to their previous expedition. There, they uncover dark secrets and encounter Madam Huo of the Jiumen Sect, who leads them on a tomb raid of Zhang Manor. A puzzle is wrongly solved, causing Xiao Ge and others to disappear, leaving the mystery unresolved. But Xie Yu Chen offers Wu Xie a glimmer of hope.

The play tells the story of Chu, who came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine in the early years of the Republic of China. During her time there, she met three men: Xia Chu, Chen Da Shun, and Wen Zhi Qiu. They did not succumb to the unfair arrangements of the times and fate and gradually experienced the ups and downs to become a female national entrepreneur who was bold, steadfast and trustworthy, and finally set her sights on... The story of the rise and fall of a country.

As China becomes a major commercial economy, the silk, embroidering, and weaving trade is booming – and a few influential families have risen to the top.

As such, the head of the family is nominally Ren Xue Tang, a gentle-hearted soul with a love for poetry and philosophy – and no head for business. His wife of some 10 years Shen Cui Xi is the polar opposite. Fiery, opinionated, and fiercely competitive, she keeps the family business firmly on track, with her peerless embroidery skills.

After Lu Yuan Zhi fell apart from his teacher and suffered oppression from his seniors, he left Beiping and headed to Shanghai. With his hard work, he earns recognition in Shanghai. When war erupts in Beiping, Lu Yuan Zhi heads back and swore not to make cheongsams for the Japanese. He uses his skills to become one of the greatest costume designers in China.

Shen Jia Lan, once a nobleman's granddaughter, falls from grace after her family is falsely accused of treason. Abandoned by her fiancé Lin Jin Qi, she is forced to assume a servant's identity in his household. Despite hardships, she refuses to bow to fate. With resilience and wit, she rises above class barriers, wins Lin Jin Qi's heart, earns the family's respect, and ultimately clears her family's name. (Source: WeTV)

Princess Jiang Tao Hua of Zhao seeks freedom from Empress Lu’s control by proposing a political marriage to the state of Wei. But upon arriving, she’s attacked and falsely accused of an affair with Chancellor Shen Zai Ye. To survive, she offers herself as his concubine, secretly tasked with toppling the Crown Prince while also searching for the antidote to a poison in her body. Shen Zai Ye, a principled yet ruthless official, becomes unwillingly entangled with Tao Hua amid court conspiracies and power struggles. Though he initially plots to get rid of her, Tao Hua’s courage and cunning earn his reluctant respect. Forced into Shen’s household, she faces constant danger from his other wives and political spies but uses her palace-honed instincts to hold her ground. As their fates intertwine, the pair form an uneasy alliance against their common enemies. Together, they expose the Crown Prince’s crimes, triggering a power shift within the palace. But with new threats emerging, both must decide if love and peace are within reach — or if they’ll be consumed by the dangerous game of power. (Source: kisskh)