The Wife is First

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The wife is first, the country is second, and the husband is of lesser importance.

All of his life was spent riding a war horse and accomplishing meritorious military services. But what was the result? In the end, he was cast aside once he had served his purpose.

Out of selfishness, he had favored his consort and neglected his wife. Ultimately, the one who stood by his side was the wife that he had neglected for 10 years…

After being reborn, Jing Shao decided to repent and turn over a new leaf…

Standing outside the door while holding a pillow, Jing Shao gazed at the sky. He must first mend his relationship with his wife. Jing Shao formed a fist and knocked on the door, “Jun Qing, I know I was wrong, let me in!”

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Qi Wei Shang
Thê Vi Thượng
Wife Above All
You Own My All (Manhua)
หนึ่งคํามั่น นิรันดร์กาล
妻为上
妻為上
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Sisithatlikestoread
Sisithatlikestoread rated it
January 9, 2021
Status: c72
Gosh it's really really great! Love the MC and ML, love their relationship and especially love the doting and fluffines of the novel!!! 5/5 for sure!

Go read it!
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vanterris
vanterris
November 19, 2020
Status: c69
Jing Chao wants a do-over from his previous life where he neglected the one person that was true to him. His wish is granted, but it's still off to a very rocky start as he wakes up hungover, looking at the roughed-up body of his new wife.

However, after some aftercare and meticulously showing his new wife that he is safe and loved, the pair reconcile and begin to navigate the schemes of his Emperor Father's court together, with help from Jing Chao's second eldest brother.

Both MC and ML are competent... more>> characters, with good communication, (refreshing!), and there are some good action parts and tender papapa moments. <<less
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harukonakahara143
harukonakahara143 rated it
November 9, 2020
Status: Completed
will read this again ❤️

A doting ML (seme) and a smart MC (uke) ❤️

I love how ML was given another chance to protect MC and also how their love develops.

The story is so fluffy and I just discovered that there is a manhwa for this novel.

Spoiler

At a certain point in the story, I love how ML brought MC with him as the military advisor. I guess, he couldn't bear to be away from our MC.

Also, The tiger they raised is so cute.

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Yuli_paws
Yuli_paws rated it
October 27, 2020
Status: --
K love their love story, I can from the manhua and was really intrigued, so I came to the novel and oh my gosh I spent all day reading it+ the next day to finish everything that was uploaded, I’ve never read a novel like this before, I really love the story
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Nilliabria
Nilliabria
June 15, 2020
Status: --
I love this kind of novel you could rarely find any novel that the protagonist is the male and not the female and add to that its a reincarnated story... looking forward to it
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vhiffy
vhiffy rated it
April 17, 2020
Status: c45
So far, this is a delightful story about a prince who's been given a second chance, and his husband. It's funny, touching, there's a bit of drama and political intrigue (though not heavy). It sometimes hits you in the feels, but the angst doesn't overpower the story. Though men can get married to other men in this world, it also shows the struggles of the "male wives" who are sidelined and not favored by their husbands. I have decided to turn a blind eye to the non-existent presence (in any... more>> kind of meaningful way, except as a foil for men) of women in this story. Can't have everything in a danmei.

Translation is great, btw! I can't wait for it to be finished :) <<less
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bluesilhouette
bluesilhouette rated it
February 13, 2020
Status: c44
This novel is lighthearted, but at the same time, it is quite deep. So far, there are no unnecessary plots, and everything falls nicely. The pace is not fast nor slow; it is just nice.

The gong's personality is not something you often see in danmei, and I meant this is a very positive light.
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Lasika
Lasika rated it
November 7, 2019
Status: c29
I really like this novel. It's sweet without all the drama and negative characters that otherwise seem to infuse c novels.

If you love "dogblood" dramas, this is the wrong novel for you. If you want a sweet, hassle-free, light-hearted novel then this one's a good pick. At this moment, we have a gong protagonist willing to go to all lengths to right his wrongs.

What that means is that the protagonist is upfront about wanting to communicate any issues and feelings straight up to his partner to avoid misunderstandings (and so... more>> far has done it- let's see for future chapters) and makes it a point to always consider his partner's feelings. It's nice to read a novel where the seme tries hard not to abuse his authority as a Prince and wanting his partner's consent. Don't get me wrong, there are obvious issues still being glossed over, but I do appreciate the effort and the protagonist backing off.

The plot could be better but again the point of the story seems to be how the main guy will cherish his partner and hear him out to avoid the mistakes of his past. And I'm definitely not being disappointed on that front.

A sweet, somewhat funny and light-hearted novel for when you just want to read it for fluffiness and nothing else. Also kudos to the translator for their work- it's good quality translation. Am definitely going to look forward tomore chapters since it seems that now, the tone for palace intrigue will be set. <<less
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Windemerald
Windemerald rated it
April 13, 2019
Status: c8
Jung qin and cheng wang.

This is a story of rebirth and redemption. I really like this plot. Its like we only live once so we do whatever we want but sometimes. There are things we dont know and miracles we regard as nothing. People we disregards until they are lost that we finally realized how precious they are.

Cheng wang redemption and setting back to find his happiness
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lotusfans
lotusfans rated it
January 8, 2024
Status: Completed
This novel started off great and had a lot of potential, but sadly I can only give it 3 stars. I read some critical reviews on here before reading, and thought “no way i’m sure it’s great”. Well. I was wrong lol.

The whole point of the story is that the MC did not treat his wife, the ml, fairly in his first life and vows to become better for him in his next life. Miraculously, he’s given a second chance after he and the ML are killed in the beginning... more>> of the book. He immediately begins trying to atone for his past life’s failures, which was great to see.

However, once the ML falls in love with him, the MC pretty much stops putting his wife first and just does things selfishly.
Spoiler

He literally omits information from the ML so he can get more s*x... Which was disappointing.

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I found myself constantly annoyed with the MC by the way he treated the ml. And the ML was constantly having to forgive him for his selfish behaviour. Also, MC says a lot of misogynistic things throughout the book and most of the women are treated quite badly and written to be shallow and evil. Ok...

The actual storyline was pretty good and well-thought out, although it felt rushed towards the end and the ML gets sidelined completely.

Some Pros are that there is a lot of good dog food and smutty moments in the novel which were written and translated wonderfully. The MC and ML do love each other greatly so of course they were enjoyable to read about despite the flaws in their relationship. There are also 2-3 side couples that are Extremely adorable. The side couples really made the novel worth it for me lol.

In the end, I personally just found the MC to be greedy and unlikeable, especially after he pretty much
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rapes/sexually assaults the ML in a fit of jealousy

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towards the very end of the novel. It seems he didn’t learn anything about putting the one you love first at all :/ <<less
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Bbsnugs
Bbsnugs rated it
January 3, 2024
Status: Completed
Another good story from this author. After realizing he’s been given a 2nd chance in life, he cherishes and puts the ML 1st in everything he does and doesn’t repeat the same mistakes. Their love is really sweet and the side characters are well written as well.
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omganteng
omganteng rated it
December 22, 2023
Status: Completed
This is one of my favourites.

I’ve read it twice and still enjoyed every aspect of it. What was touching was seeing MC attempting to fix his life and relationships especially with ML.

MC grew up a lot after rebirth. He also realized that he never really did consider effects and actions in his past life which resulted in his ending previously.

Interactions between MC and ML is good and healthy. Translation was well done, and on top of that there’s a manhwa on this novel.

What’s not to love? It’s great!
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luhyung
luhyung rated it
November 25, 2023
Status: Completed
It took me 4 tries to finish this story because the manhua was too draggy. Thankfully the novel has much better pacing.

While the novel is well-written, there’s a lot of dubious plot points that were hastily skipped over because the author had no real way to explain it.
Spoiler

The most obvious being JS returning to the past. How? Why? I don’t know. And even till the end I don’t understand Prince Jing’s consort and her downward spiral. I was expecting some kind of justification like JS had previously harmed Prince Jing but she hated him for being a bastard son? When he’s Prince Jing’s full-blooded brother? I don’t understand.

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Kamp
Kamp rated it
May 16, 2023
Status: c105
I liked this story for the most part. But it really should've ended sooner. And it felt really aggressive to women. Like you could have just not mention it at all. But let's talk about this brother-obsessed husband that's already giving away his wife's fetus before it's born and how she needs to get over almost dying in childbirth because her status depends on whether her husband respects her or not. Then she dies in the end and nobody cares because she was overly formal toward the beloved brother. Maybe... more>> it's supposed to juxtapose the marital lives of the brothers. But it's more like even if a man can be humiliated as a male wife, at least he isn't just property like a woman. <<less
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sbob
sbob rated it
May 6, 2023
Status: Completed
Generally smooth sailing palace intrigue fluff. Reincarnation happens early on with little past life angst (almost wish the angst were stronger so that it’s even more sweet after haha).

MC & ML both strong personalities and having strengths in their own ways gel together so well. Some mild tension points that are quickly resolved make for a lighthearted read with enough happening to keep things interesting and not boring. Almost felt a bit slice of life dating novel set in historical palace drama haha.

Very much enjoyed the fluff and stickiness. The... more>> side couples are also super cute haha. <<less
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XianYiXi
XianYiXi rated it
May 3, 2023
Status: Completed
Rating 4.3/5

MC (Seme) Jing Shao had neglected his male wife (ML). But when betrayed and imprisoned, only his male wife stayed by his side through ten years of hardship. After being reborn, ML decides to live his life better, love and pamper his male wife and support his brother.

the whole story is full of sweetness with almost no drama but bit of political element mix. it's specially sweet when you see all the pampering, all the cuteness and everything MC Jing Shao (Seme) does to redeem himself and his attempts... more>> to woo ML Mu Hanzhang (Uke).

The MC and ML are actually a perfect pair. The MC is a military man who is powerful but clueless about political stratagems while ML is a scholar who is brilliant but had low status, and now cannot enter officialdom. The MC pampers and protects ML, and ML observes and advises the MC against plots. They cover each other's weaknesses well.

Although I really like the story and love the relationship of MC and ML, there were time when I was disappointment.
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  1. It would have been better if both MC and ML had the memories instead of just MC alone. the whole redemption went smooth and easy because of that...... which is nice but I was expecting more of struggle and hard work from MC, especially after what ML went through sh*t in the past life. Maybe I just wanted to see MC suffer more before getting ML heart....... well, looking at ML easily forgiving nature, I guess it wouldn't have made much difference.
  2. I was fine with ML easily forgiving nature towards MC (Biased) but I really hated that at one point. yes, it is when MC forced on him (Rape) out of jealousy to the point where he end up trembling out of fear when MC tried to approach him............. but then he was fine and alright when he found that MC was just eating vinegar....... like WTF!!!! how can you after what he did to you. the f*cker did try to ask him or communicate, instead end up making his own assumptions and then f*cking forced on ML and like how he blamed ML for this after that (though he did apologized later on)........ I really wished ML to slap or punch him instead of confessing I Love You to ease MC heart....... That was really wrong of him.
  3. Again on MC......... Is a 'wife' word an insult to him?? If so why does he use it on ML but get angry when ML call him Wife...... He should be happy with ML calling him wife...... I mean it's better than nothing or anyone other getting called like that. He should learn from Zhao guy (Xiao Yuan male wife) and Empress Gu, how to pamper their partner........ there's nothing wrong with TOPs being called The Wife
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The spoiler in author notes....... well, spoiler or future glimpse can have negative or positive effect depending on person and their views..... in my case it had negative impact which did impact on my love toward the story and rating.
Spoiler

Jian Chen (MC brother) having Male Empress in future.......... I don't hate it but it made me very conflicted as I never though he would marry a man. I assume he was straight and this kind of felt like author just making people around MC all gay (not a fan of that tho) plus he was married and have wife and concubine and his wife, although not good but was also not bad at first. knowing he gonna take male empress made my heart heavy with bit pity for his wife.

when I found that the future empress is my Gu hualing?? guy, I was even more conflicted as I love that guy and knowing him ending up with jian chen who's a good brother but not the best guy as partner with wife and children....... I was not happy.

I really like their relationship at near end. it would have been better with no spoiler sh*t in author note...... then I wouldn't have to go through conflicted sh*t and would have enjoyed their relationship progress smoothly with flow as written

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I was also looking forward for more of left and right protector general story. I ship them so hard. Their relationship kind of remind me of MDZS Lan Zhan and Wei Ying, Similar personality and relationship. Left general is exactly like Lan Zhan. f*ck, I need their story !!!

Overall, I really enjoyed this novel. especially since it got some...... uncensored papapa. The Yaoi tag didn't disappointed me. It been so long reading real Yaoi.

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Thanks to the translator for translating this novel. <<less
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Fisukisuki
Fisukisuki rated it
March 18, 2023
Status: Completed
I didn't remember when I started reading this novel and stopped by On-going Translation. And end up waited till the translation completed because I didn't have the right mood to continue. Lol

Anyway this Novel was Truly Great!

The first chapter was already hooked me. The Characters aka MC and ML are Enjoyable and Likable. Sure MC was far from Perfect, but I can still understand and accept his flaws. Even ML didn't hate him or anything for the obvious flaws in the present life, and still stick to him till death... more>> in the previous life. Thought that also what make ML totally Admirable and Loyal.

Other characters are great too. Love the Brotherhood between MC and JC. Love some fun and likable Side Characters. And even the Emperor himself was Interesting, at least I don't hate him.

The story was very well written, the Drama, War and the Political plot.

Like I said, sure it's not Perfect, but it was Really Really Good and I LOVE IT!!! It has quite Satisfactory ending. I'm Truly Loving it!!! <<less
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glitteryjoon
glitteryjoon rated it
February 6, 2023
Status: c1
Not much to say on this, they get together pretty quickly with minimum effort on the MCs part and the ML is basically the MCs basically MLs brain because he was basically a muscles brain.

It was an interesting novel, but because of how quickly they got together, reading through the constant smut made it feel less like a palace intrigue and more like fanfic. I’m not sure if that makes sense but that’s how it felt for me.

Anyway, the character I ended up liking the most was actually the Hunanian... more>> (sp) King GH. As for MC JS I actually ended up not liking him to much. He seemed too childish for someone that went through a whole mess of life only to basically coast through the second one because of his brother and husband.

Also, TBH, the final chapters were so rushed I wasn’t even aware we were at the end until the emperor died and then everything was fast forwarded.

It wasn’t terrible and it got me through a dry spell of nothing to read. 3.5/4 <<less
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Blubeagle
Blubeagle
January 28, 2023
Status: Completed
This is a precious novel to me.

It is about a man who recognizes the wrongs he committed against his wangfei in his past life and strives to rectify all his wrongdoing.

To me, this was admirable.

... more>> While I had issues with how he behaved on their wedding night, he even rectified that and gained his wangfei's forgiveness.

He learned that his wangfei was his equal, not someone who was worth his contempt. He learned that for all the strengths he had, his wangfei had strengths to match, and was even stronger than he.

He even became childish when he and his wangfei were alone, which I thought was truly adorable. His wangfei was the only one that he truly let down his guard in front of.

When treasonous situations arose, he allowed his wangfei to deal with them and found that his wangfei was incredibly capable of being as devious as himself, which I loved.

He grew to understand that the one he had favored before, while he ignored his wangfei, was a piteous viper in his midst.

He was far less careless about those he let around him, and far more careful in listening to the wisdom of his wangfei, etc.

I loved this novel.

Neither was perfect, but they were a perfect match.

One thing about the manhua: Their chibis are freaking adorable! <<less
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Irissska O_o
Irissska O_o rated it
October 29, 2022
Status: Completed
I really cannot say much at this point of time cz after chapter 100 the translation was going very slowly and in the end more than half a year later I just mtl'ed while being not very interested anymore. I just remember that I did not really like MC, but his "wife" is just the best.
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