A few GL manwhas come to mind, like A Joyful Life, Her Tale of Shim Chong, or (a little more lighthearted) Ring My Bell. I've read quite a few Chinese GL webnovels the past couple years, and immediately I think of Matrilocal Marriage or Clear and Muddy Loss of Love, both of which use the "crossdressing woman as the husband" trope but manages to keep their identities a part of the drama a little better, especially the latter. Notably, most of these stories have the conditions of women front and center.
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Loss of Love is a dark and heavy imperial court drama where the blood never stops flowing, which can weigh upon the soul quite a bit. Matrilocal Marriage I remember as being much less heavy, though it still has some high stakes by the end of it.
In regards to your original post, Matrilocal Marriage is much more open about the femininity of the protagonist, whereas in Loss of Love it is such a tight secret that it isn't even revealed until much later, so it does start to feel that you could swap for a straight couple until you finally reach the point that it becomes relevant.
Loss of Love is probably the slight better of the two, and I remember plot beats a lot better, but Matrilocal Marriage may be closer to what you are looking for. They are both very long winded, and helped me stay somewhat offline for like a month when I was binging them.