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As a virtuous wife, does it include tolerating his cousin, enduring his concubines, bearing his mother?

If you will not let me live freely, why would I let you live in satisfaction?

Did fate let women time-travel so they could learn the three morals and four virtues?

Rather than act like a coward and live, it would be better to live in satisfaction and die.

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He Wei Xian Qi
Thế nào là hiền thê
ชายาผู้มีคุณธรรม
何为贤妻
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Recommendation Lists
  1. Sweet Novel that I wish I were the FL.
  2. Binge worthy Ancient China (BG)
  3. Lighthearted Reads
  4. Imperial theme [BG]
  5. touchy touchy couples

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01/05/16 Dreams of Jianghu c123 (end)
01/04/16 Dreams of Jianghu c122
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12/30/15 Dreams of Jianghu c117
12/29/15 Dreams of Jianghu c116
12/28/15 Dreams of Jianghu c115
12/27/15 Dreams of Jianghu c114
12/26/15 Dreams of Jianghu c113
12/25/15 Dreams of Jianghu c112
12/24/15 Dreams of Jianghu c111
12/23/15 Dreams of Jianghu c110
12/22/15 Dreams of Jianghu c109
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Riona
Riona rated it
February 24, 2020
Status: --
I fckn love how indifferent, slay queen, wise and calm the MC is. She's a passive-agressive, and her character evolve; not two dimensional at all. She's not an airhead, weak or fiery; perfect balance that I yearn and loved.

Not all characters is a total evil or goddess; I would say I love how objective the author view these characters. Most wn picture their MC like a god; flawless physically and mentally. Not in this story though. MC obviously an ordinary men; full of blemishes, but he did try.

The plot is... more>> nice, flow naturally with some spice, not too cliché or too flat or too complex. It has good propotion of spices for taste.

Though the term used in the story could be complicated for beginner, it gives colour and vibes into the story. Personally I adapt with it quite fast.

5/5 for the author. I read it multiple times and not get bored :) <<less
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blazikens
blazikens rated it
February 8, 2020
Status: Completed
This is probably one of the best translated ones of the genre, Romance + Transmigration into Ancient China.

It's basically a more or less realistic version of these stories, but in the end it's still a pretty fluffy tale despite the schemes for the throne. Essentially, the MC, while being intelligent and knowing how to act and deal with people, is not a genius assassin / miracle doctor / business prodigy / etc. She's a talented manager in the entertainment business but that's it. And she knows the limits of her... more>> time and how to act within the boundaries of the new life she's been given - which tbh, is a pretty cushy life in the ancient world, if she plays her cards right of course.

Thus, the story is pretty slow-paced, focused more on romance, and deals more with the MC cleaning up house in her prince husband's manor, luring her husband to her bed and keeping him there, and w/ the responsibilities that come w/ her position of princess consort. As would be probably closer to reality, the MC is pretty much separate from her husband's schemes and plans for getting the throne, and just enjoys her way to the top by relying on him.

So, if you're used to the MCs being more proactive and such, this isn't the novel for that. There's no revenge or super abilities to be shown off here, and while the MC does have the typical "evil" step-mom and annoying siblings, she's able to easily deal w/ them w/ her higher position.

I do have to say, tho, that at the end of the day this is still a pretty shallow novel, great for cozy afternoons but I don't think it's a particularly riveting read - either for the romance or plot. The romance itself is okay, not the worst, but they don't interact that much out of having s*x for my liking. <<less
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Lissie Furen
Lissie Furen rated it
October 18, 2019
Status: Completed
I´m glad I made the effort to understand the many unfamiliar terms you can find in this novel. This one is quite the gem and a refreshing story without all the cultivation and fights in other novels, which is quite fine because real life is already hard enough to deal with. Maybe I also am in the age where I can truly appreciate some of the characters, such as consort Jing who is a lioness where her family is concerned. Maybe, I saw some of my own traits in the... more>> MC, specially that one of living happily and joyfully for our own as women without expecting our happiness to sprout from the way any man can treat us. Anyway, it was very enjoyable to read this one. <<less
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Afm
Afm rated it
October 9, 2019
Status: Completed
Nice to read.

Unlike most of 'typical-transmigtation-story' using 'Repetitive-story-plot' and 'overly-face-slapping' btween the characters.

The structure and plot was ok, BUT..... The only thing is that... To write romantic love story... the author did follow 'the-basic'.. BUT fail to "draw/pull-in our feeling" to get into the story. In other word, we (as the reader) just a passer-by, watching on-the-side.. and then leave.. just like that.. no deep impression.
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Milliane
Milliane rated it
October 5, 2019
Status: Completed
What a chill read. This is nice, sweet, and just gives you a good feeling after. &Lt;3

The story line is very chill but the character development is the best. :D

P.S: I love how pragmatic the lead character was.
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sagastile
sagastile rated it
September 24, 2019
Status: c123
Honestly dont have words to describe how beautiful this read was for me. I always say the same thing to Novel that I Love.

Enough of everything, not to much of others.

A very good read may I say.
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Er xiao jie
Er xiao jie rated it
September 21, 2019
Status: Completed
The author is one of my favorites. This novel gives you many life lessons, especially about how someone should not give her heart wholeheartedly to anyone. You have to give yourself a way out to save yourself because you won't know what will happened in the future. You can see the flesh but not their heart. The future has many probabilities and you can't rely your future on other's heart.

I love how the MC not give her heart easily to the ML. Later on the MC did give her heart... more>> but thats when they were already been a married couple for years. MC knows what she has been doing, also ML knows that he has been falling for her and pursue her through his actions. Truly gentlemen! Actions speak harder than words :) <<less
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theliongirl
theliongirl rated it
September 13, 2019
Status: c123
This is so beautiful.

The characters aren't kind and virtuous, aren't so cruel and vicious, or oblivious and foolish. Nor are they noble or heroic. But they're interesting, and their story is compelling. The romance is slow going but stronger for it. You can see how He Heng slowly falls for Qu Qing Ju, and how she comes to care for him. The use of symbolism, foreshadowing, and the character development, among other things, is really skillful.

The translators made a decision to keep the titles untranslated with explanations of the meanings... more>> rather than have an approximate translation, to be more faithful to the original text, and while I agree with this I've seen people complain about how hard it is to remember. So this might not be the best choice for a first chinese novel. If you've read a few historical ones, have a good memory, or are fine with constantly referencing a character chart or not knowing who's who, then go for it.

But I think it's really worth reading. It gets even better as it goes along, and the last few chapters had me weeping. It really does have a beautiful ending. The author really wrote a masterpiece. <<less
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nyxed
nyxed rated it
August 27, 2019
Status: Completed
Its a satisfying story. The FL isn't OP and the other characters didn't act in such a ridiculous way like in other novels. ML was likeable as well
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famine
famine rated it
August 26, 2019
Status: Completed
Comparing to other novels, the amount of scheming is lesser, but a lot of it was resolved neatly.

If you like fluff, with a bit of flavor, go for it. The characters motive and the background was explained, it wasn't like out of nowhere conflict start as though it happened because the plot strongly needed it. There was also redemption for some villains in the story... Okay, I think that was enough to add.

I personally loved the second epilogue best out of all chapters, hope you enjoy this as I did.
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Honefuusen
Honefuusen rated it
July 15, 2019
Status: Completed
If there's a 10 star, I'll rate this 10 star. Absolute gem.

It's a story about a modern woman with managerial skill transmigration into the ancient era as a newly wedded wangfei, (the legitimate wife of a ranked prince). With her grasp on people skill she turned her fortune from unfavoured wangfei into the only woman in her husband's heart. Regardless of the change in their status.

The story makes you feel that it's slow paced, but there's actually a lot of thing happening and a lot of foreshadowing going on.... more>> It pictures a lot the every day life of a wangfei, the responsibility and benefits of the position. There's no bloody face slapping in the novel but the few that happened were beautifully executed. One of things I love the most of this novel, is the flowery language used, the verbal sparring is no joke. No dimwitted cannon fodder villain with high status but talks with the mouth of a shrew.

You gain an insight to the intrigue of the imperial family. And this novel is honestly the pull that makes me interested in reading novel with imperial family as the main background.

MC is mature, cynical, and behave logically. But she is also sometimes lazy and indulging, which is very charming. ML is ambitious, smart and pragmatic, sometimes he comes off as hypocritical but it was within the context and you can't help but liking him anyway.

I've read this novel a dozen time, probably,
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and sometimes I pity him cause while he truly fell head over heels for Qing Ju, Qing Ju probably didn't show all her cards to him.

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I truly recommend reading this novel, I can't stress that enough. The translation is also one of the best I've read. Clean translation, also provides explanation about various period specific terms. The first few chapters might be a struggle to some cause the translator used most of the pinyin for period specific terms, but as the novel progress, it helps a lot to simplify the context. <<less
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mzgydedangel
mzgydedangel rated it
July 4, 2019
Status: c123
This novel deserves all 5 stars. I'm glad that I didn't read the synopsis before I started because I definitely wouldn't have read this book. Despite not being the type of novel I thought I would like, it was really great.

Translation Quality [4/5]

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I initially stopped reading at the first chapter because of the excessive footnotes and untranslated terms. It felt like I was studying Chinese and was a put off. However, despite being a bit lost (and having to keep a tab open with the glossary so I could understand what I was reading), I pushed on and I'm glad I did. The translator eventually dispenses with the multitude of footnotes. There were minimal typos (thanks to the editors) and the essence of the story and dialogue was well preserved imo which is especially important in a story like this where what is said and how it is said makes the difference between having 9 generations of your family exterminated or just having the commoners gossip about you for a week. So outside of the untranslated terms which represented a difficult wall to climb at first, the translation quality is really great.

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Plot [4/5]

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This is a slice of life. Don't expect lots of action, no outrageous face slapping. It is well paced and is able to keep your interest with the plots of the Imperial harem and the rest of the nobility. There is no heavy emphasis on the transmigration and is just there to give a contrast with life for a modern woman vs life in this historical setting. No pets, cultivation, pills, OP system or space. There is no dramatic love at first sight and to me the romance while slow is quite well written.

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Characters [5/5]

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For a story like this, it is completely dependent on its characters. The female lead was well written. Her views were pretty realistic. Stay true to yourself, live well and everything else will eventually follow. What learn the four virtues and three morals? As long as she could be satisfied with herself, she'd be happy. She's not super smart, not supremely talented, not the most beautiful in all the lands.

The side characters were also well written. No 2D evil antagonists (except maybe her stepmother) here. I enjoyed seeing the side characters grow and develop in their own right. Some of the antagonists even managed to evoke some sympathy. While some characters were just there to serve as foils to our leads to show how much better they are, other characters were well developed in their own right. They all have their own circumstances, goals and motivations.

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All in all, I'm glad that I read this book and it ranks as way up on my list.
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YuuEna
YuuEna rated it
June 24, 2019
Status: Completed
This is one of my most favorite novels. I would re-read it again and again. I like how FL does not blindly try to gain favor from the ML. Though ML loves her overtime, FL still stays in reality as she cannot depend on her husband's favor for a lifetime. She also comes to love ML overtime as well. It is such a good story that is not too complicated and not too many characters. Personally, I like the translated style because the translator did not fully translate every word.... more>> Some words will sound awkward if translated. Overall, it is a really good novel if you like historical Chinese novel. <<less
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nightintale
nightintale rated it
June 20, 2019
Status: Completed
It's a very realistic transmigration ancient chinesse novel and I like it so much. I learned a lot as a woman from the FL. There's lot life lessons that can be learned from this too.

The character development and realistic way thinking of the FL that I never encountered before in any others are the main points that I like. The story sucessfully showed a mature and realistic kind of love.

At first, it's kinda a bit confusing to read because the terms but thanks to the translator to put it that... more>> way because it keeps the vibe of a real ancient chinesse novel and now I understand most of the terms thanks to the explanation at the end of the story that you can access right away back-to-back along the way when you read it. The translator really thoughtful and giving me an enjoyable experience of reading. The author is brilliant and capable to write a story like this one because it has a bit psychology skill and a lot of word play. Thank you to the author for writing this gem story! <<less
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nightstrikr
nightstrikr rated it
June 11, 2019
Status: c123
Originally intended to give it 3 stars but the 3 epilogue really added a different feeling to the whole novel and the ending.

Slowpaced romance plenty of palace politics, ML and MC are not some super brilliant all knowing people, portrayal is pretty realistic.
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silent hobby
silent hobby rated it
May 27, 2019
Status: c123
First of all, don't give any review if you only read 1 or 2 chapters. Every novel or drama deserved a chance at least 5-10 chapters before you determine if you liked it or hated it.

I loved this novel. I had been finished this novel long time ago and then when I want to reread this novel, I realised that I haven't post any review.

I have to give full 5 stars to the translator. The translation quality and the explanation of the story (side notes) were premium quality. The... more>> translator managed to deliver the story as it should be.

Of course the author was great without a doubt. This novel was brilliant.

For me, the novel was light, realistic and the kind of story that I love to read over and over again.

The MC was smart lady and loved herself above anyone and anything else. That's why she lived happily and leisurely. I admired her character.

There weren't any hard to die antagonists. Every character has their own characteristics and even our FML was not perfect, so it was great. I think the author managed to describing each character more objectively as we hoped for.

After I finished read this novel, I was enlightening about how we should loved ourselves first before we wanted to be loved by others. When we accepted and treasured ourselves, we could have a happy and fulfilling live. No need to stressed out about unrelated person because they were not worth it to define our happiness.

That's why I keep rereading to get inspire and remind myself.

I really recommended this novel to any female or anyone who want to find inspiration to heighten their life's values. <<less
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Honeycomb
Honeycomb rated it
May 6, 2019
Status: Completed
This book is similar to Eight Treasure Trousseau but I prefer the ML in this book more and the romance here seems sweeter.
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ACoral
ACoral rated it
April 25, 2019
Status: epilogue 3
Extremely beautiful story. Just finished reading all of it and felt like I had to share my thoughts. This novel is a story about love. However, it’s different in the fact that the characters have a more humane feeling. The characters are not a simple stereotype and the novel shows how the characters grow in different ways and have many realizations while looking at how they live/lived. The truth is that I can relate to these characters even if some of them didn’t act in the most appropriate ways. This... more>> is because the author was able to make them feel real. I confess that I was slightly dissatisfied in the beginning about the premise, but I sincerely recommend others to give it a chance, especially since it’s a relatively short novel. This is my first review but I hope it was useful. I wish everyone a good day/read. <<less
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Kaylee
Kaylee rated it
March 23, 2019
Status: --
My 2nd novel here that has a woman as the MC, reborn in ancient China, struggling to find a peaceful life rather than a fulfilled love life.

I admit, the first chapter was confusing, coz we dont get any explanation of what happens to MC and the original. We do get it later on tho.

I'm satisfied with all the schemes, counter and revenge plot. I did, somehow felt few of them is "too ruthless", but I like how the author managed to circle how to put a merciful sign and guillotine.

This... more>> novel doesnt stop when MC and ML manage to win and stand at the top. Very different with the 1st novel I finished reading too. The author put effort and tried to make another ploy of story again. And it feels satisfying to read.

Aaaaahhh, I do love to read such a good story.

Dunno why, but story of how justice will come down to everyone is always a good read ehehehe <<less
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Q3APo
Q3APo rated it
March 13, 2019
Status: Completed
This is a magnificent novel. I like how the FL can be strong and love herself first. To make other people love you first you have to love yourself. If you did it then love will gradually come. The FL is realist. She adapt in her environment. She life her fullest because she knows that maybe today is her last day. Love in the old era is a fickle thing. Today you are loved tommorow you can be killed. So she did what the best for her. Enjoy it. Love... more>> herself. Be kind but smart. And thats make her husband love her. She make him feel save in his home and can fight outside.

The characters are realist person. The opponets are real. Not just some dumb person. I finish this in 3 days and its worth it. The ML is your typical man in the past. He is not lustfull. It just the norm in the past to have a lot of woman. And then he found the best woman for him. In the end he fall and fall hard in love. She proves that there is a special woman that complete him. He choose her to be his only woman. Because when he see her, its enough. He doesn't need the other. She is perfect for him. This is the best chinese romance novel that I read in novelupdates. I keep reread it. So, read it. WORTH it. <<less
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