Ye Cheng Fu

Both dramas have settings of a female-centric world where women's and men's roles are switched. It is interesting to see all the women hold power and important office, and the men have to kowtow to them. All the noble titles are passed down to daughters instead of to sons. In marriages, the men married into the women's households. In this drama, men stay home and do chores, do embroidery, and entertain the women in dances and more.

Both have matriarchal societies, strong female leads, male leads with some tricks up their sleeves, and a lot of humor.

One is season one, the other season two.
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- ML loves FL dearly,
- ML is known to have good looks,
- ML and FL are of noble origin,
- FL is a powerful woman, who is strong in politics and performs traditionally male duties,
- shows what hard desicions an emperor must make

- ML fell in love with FL when they were little,
- ML loves FL very much and want her to rule the country,
- male and female traditional roles are reversed,
- ML and FL are royalty and nobles,
- nice historical dramas with comedic moments,
- tricky ML who can is cruel / decisive, but very obedient when facing FL

- Matriarchy setting
- FL is an infamous playgirl warrior princess
- Gender role reversal themes in both
- ML becomes FL's consort
- Forced marriage (one-sided)

Stories and tone are different

- similar vibe as the same actor is ML in both dramas,
- ML is cruel, but very gentle in front of FL,
- flirtatious ML,
- ML is deeply in love with FL,
- FL is an upright and noble young lady,
- Chinese historical romcoms,
- ML chases FL

- power struggle, lots of people want to be an emperor,
- ML fell in love with FL when he was younger,
- ML saves FL and vice versa,
- multiple hidden identities of mains,
- both ML and FL are martial arts masters

- Historical setting
- Strong FLs (YCF's FL is a noblewoman, MLG's FL is a general)
- Pretty boy MLs who are known for their good looks
- Forced marriages
- MLs hiding their identity
- Antihero MLs
- Stern, upright FLs x sweet, charming MLs
- Political intrigue involving the royal family
- Gender Role Reversal
- Devoted MLs who love the FLs a lot

Both show reversed gender roles, though for Ye Cheng, the MCs live in a matriarchal society, while in The Cross-Dressed Union, the MCs are both cross dressing and so take on opposite gender roles. Both feature the man marrying into the woman's household as part of a political scheme.

- Matriarchy setting
- Strong FL
- Strong ML
- Aloof FL / Warm ML
- Both MLs are dancers
- Evil princess
- Slight political intrigue
- Secondary couple

Both are set in matriarchal societies with a strong FL.
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Both are historical dramas with reversed gender roles with a strong FL and the ML who is her servant and has a secret identity/motivations.

Both are historical dramas with reversed gender roles with a strong FL and the ML who is her servant and has a secret identity/motivations.

- Strong warrior FL
- Courtesan ML
- Green-tea ML who pretends to be a weak maiden that needs FL's protecting but is actually a scheming b*tch <3
- ML trying to seduce FL and being coquettish
- ML has a secret identity (the same kind of identity in both)
- Gender Role Reversal

Both also have a bit of a disappointing RR approach where ML is far more RR than FL and FL is kinda weak and mean more than she is protective and cool.