FL married to the ML and concubine who is loved and trusted by the authority figure over all of them constantly first marries in as a concubine wanted the ML to make the ML love. The ML lets her know he will never love er. Cold, distance ML falls in love with FL first and chases the FL who falls in a slow burn romance. way.

Jiu Xiao Qi wrote both web novels

Smart FL & ML
Stiff and honorable ML
There is much humor
Both drama are Romance

Both FLs are women who are smart and and raised from an early age to be the Commanders/General of large armies to protect China's borders.

Both take place in imperial China. The main couple investigate crimes together and there is a larger criminal arch they are trying to solve. Both dramas have a smart female lead and a smart male lead.

Both of the these dramas share well crafted scripts and well executed plots twists. Well integrated humor permeates thoughout both dramas. No useless episodes that drag or stupid secrets that go on forever. Enjoyable!