The Virtuous Queen of Han (2014)

Both are historical dramas set in the palace harem that include romance and political intrigue. Also both dramas are about a young girl entering the palace and becoming the favorite of the emperor, having to deal with the jealousy and intrigue of the other women as a consequence.

Virtuous Queen of Han is like the next episode of the Han harem after Schemes of Beauty. Schemes of beauty ends with Wei Zifu entering the palace while Virtuous Queen of Han begins with the same.

Main Lead becomes a powerhouse queen
The relationship between the emperor and future queen is always turbulent until the end
The costume design is fantastic and the drama between all the concubines, including all the intrigue and in-fighting is a must for a typical Palace Drama.

Deep love between main leaders
Virtuous and suportive Empress
Power struggles
Diffilculties of poligamy
Side couples
Harem fights

The stories are similar due to its main characters and the historical aspect.

The female character are of low birth but end up falling in love and marrying the king or emperor and even though she encounter a lot of evil women who are also vying for the king or emperors favor she doesn’t let anything bring her down and remains true to herself.

The male characters are a king(Dong Yi) and an emperor( Queen of Han) who fall in love with women they shouldn’t love but do everything they can to keep them by their sides and protect them from other women in the harem.

Both stories are very good and have a few similar aspects but amongst the two Dong Yi is my favorite.

It is about a lowly singer becoming Empress of Han dynasty
it is a good drama for those who like historical dramas