Both MLs are royal generals who position is viewed as a threat by the court, despite him having no interest in the throne, and the court tries to prevent him from marrying or having children. TSPL ends happily, OAO tragically.
Age gap between ML and FL, arranged marriage with a general that gradually turns into a true romance. FL is a concubine’s daughter in a family that uses her and mistreats her.
- Both FL is concubines daughter and was forced to marry as a replace of legitimate daughter.
- Both ML is general.
- Both ML thought FL would be a spy and ignored them at first.
- Both ML is cold but caring.
- Both of them gradually fall in love.
Both MLs are generals who the FL are forced into a marriage with, but the two fall in love. TSPL is purely historical, whereas TLWOTG has transmigration/time travel.
Both FLs are unfavored princesses who enter into an arranged marriage with a general. Both MLs are distrusting and cold toward the FL at first but then fall deeply in love.
Both FLs are the unfavored/not permitted daughter of a family who take the place of their sister in an arranged marriage. Both MLs start out cold and suspicious but quickly fall in love.