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Both couples are from enemy kingdoms, brought together by circumstances leading to one of them living under a false identity in the other's kingdom, resulting in them having to choose between their love or their loyalties.

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second chance at life
-strong smart FL who has to plan and scheme to survive
-Extended family wars
- ML is initially suspicious of FL
- strong ML equally plans and schemes

Both dramas are adapted from the same author’s book, feature a revenge-driven plot, and have a strong female lead seeking revenge against her family. They also share a very similar vibe and are both excellent dramas with a comparable tone.

Time Travel/Rebirth/Reborn theme
Both leads are strong female characters.
In both series, the leading female characters go back to their younger ages to make up for their past lives.

Rebirth - Revenge drama where FL was cheated on and murdered by previous husband, smart FL dealing with a messy family drama.

Time Travel/Rebirth/Reborn theme
Both leads are strong female characters.
In both series, the leading female characters go back to their younger ages to make up for their past lives.

Time Travel/Rebirth/Reborn theme
Both leads are strong female characters.
In both series, the leading female characters go back to their younger ages to make up for their past lives.

Time Travel/Rebirth/Reborn theme
Both leads are strong female characters.
In both series, the leading female characters go back to their younger ages to make up for their past lives.

Time Travel/Rebirth/Reborn theme
Both leads are strong female characters.
In both series, the leading female characters go back to their younger ages to make up for their past lives.

Jiang Si, reborn after being killed by her lover Yu Jin, is determined to change her fate. She breaks off her engagement, outsmarts her cruel aunt, opens a perfumery, and investigates mysterious crimes. Reuniting with Yu Jin, they work together to save her siblings, clear her father's name, and protect the peace of the Zhou dynasty, rekindling their feelings for each other along the way.

Jiang Si, reborn after being killed by her lover Yu Jin, is determined to change her fate. She breaks off her engagement, outsmarts her cruel aunt, opens a perfumery, and investigates mysterious crimes. Reuniting with Yu Jin, they work together to save her siblings, clear her father's name, and protect the peace of the Zhou dynasty, rekindling their feelings for each other along the way.

After a tragic life filled with betrayal and injustice, noblewoman Dou Zhao unexpectedly wakes up years in the past, armed with the memories and regrets of her previous life—and a mysterious prophetic book. Determined to change her fate and protect her family, she forges a partnership with Song Mo, a general who shares her secret of rebirth. Together, they navigate court intrigue, hidden conspiracies, and personal vendettas, slowly building trust and affection as allies who get a second chance to right the wrongs of their first lifetime.

Ling Bu Yi, the foster son of Emperor Wen and a talented & ruthless general of the Black Armour Army, was on a personal mission to uncover hidden truths about the past, which had led to the massacre of an entire city and of his clan when he met Cheng Shao Shang during a mission to apprehend a fugitive in a rural village.

The young Cheng Shao Shang had been left behind because her parents had gone off to fight in the war. Neglected and uneducated, she had been a thorn in her aunt's and grandmother's side until the unexpected return of her parents after many years on the frontlines.

Having always lacked a loving family, Shao Shang had been looking forward to being reunited with her parents, but the many years of separation inevitably led to some estrangement. Shao Shang, however, is unfazed and determined to live for herself, and her unruly and audacious nature, and her quick wits, begin to catch the attention of quite a few people in the capital, including Ling Bu Yi.

In the year 626 C.E., the Tang Dynasty faces upheaval following the successful Xuanwu Gate Incident, a coup orchestrated by a cunning prince. During the chaos, Li Chang Ge's family is slaughtered, but she manages to escape. Determined to avenge her family, she raises an army to challenge the new Emperor, Tai Zong. However, her plans take an unexpected turn when she's defeated by the Eastern Turkic Khaganate forces. General Ashile Sun, her conqueror, keeps her as his strategist, and as they form a powerful military partnership, romantic feelings begin to bloom between them.