Novels like The Poor Wife
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Poor Wife, best match first.
- 1 Mistakenly Seeking Immortality: The Original Work Behind Hua Rong 误长生——花戎原著 The original novel adapted into the film and television drama Flower and Flame~ When the commoners of Wei were granted their one and only chance to ascend to the Upper Realm and undergo the Mirror of Judgment’s appraisal, the mirror revealed the legendary, breathtakingly beautiful lone phoenix said to have existed since the creation of heaven and earth. Everyone cheered for the Third Miss of the Wei Minister’s residence. I, plain-looking, stared at my hand in confusion. Unless I was mistaken, in 0Votes82.3kRecs43.7kFans
- 2 The Red Apricot Stirs in the Spring Light 红杏闹春光 Music, chess, calligraphy, and painting: she couldn’t do a single one. Singing and dancing: not a chance. Chemistry and physics: she never learned them properly. History and politics: she was utterly hopeless… A good-for-nothing like her had no choice but to tidy up, change her clothes, and get to work in the kitchen. She would use good food to create an entirely different life. ❤ The title comes from Song Qi’s “Spring in the Jade Tower: Spring Scenery”: Beyond the misty willows, dawn’s chill is 0Votes93.1kRecs458.4kFans
- 3 Spider Cave No. 38 盘丝洞38号 What should you do when you turn into a spider? What should you do when you have worked hard to cultivate, only to face persecution in the name of “justice”? How do you choose between the one who loves you and the one you love? It is a dilemma as old as time. The Peach Blossom Temple, the Cave of the Silken Web, and the bittersweet story of Number Thirty-Eight. 0Votes42.3kRecs166kFans
- 4 Even Immortals Have Their Troubles 神仙也有江湖 So what if I'm a nobody who stumbled out of the modern city and got mixed up in all this trouble? I can still rub shoulders with the immortals and make a name for myself! My master doesn't like me? I don't care! The old man can't get by without me, because I'm the only one who can pull out that deadly sword! Those divine beasts and magical treasures? I'll gladly take them off your hands! Once you're an immortal in the martial world, there's no escaping its demands! 0Votes243.8kRecs210.4kFans
- 5 Glorious Age 盛世芳华 After a chance encounter with a certain young woman, he was completely smitten and single-mindedly set off on the long road to winning her heart. 2Votes541.6kRecs144.3kFans
- 6 A Good End 善终 The Du family had a daughter. Three months after their wedding, her husband received an imperial order, donned his armor, and set off for war. From then on, they spent more time apart than together. Five years after their marriage, her husband died on the battlefield, wrapped in his armor as his burial shroud. She wept away all her tears, adopted a clansman’s son, and devoted herself to the Buddha beneath a solitary lamp, earning a chastity 1Votes285kRecs274.8kFans
- 7 Splendor in the Palm of Her Hand 覆手繁华 She was blind, and had lived in darkness for twenty years. In the end, she was framed for adultery and killed. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a world full of color. With a turn of her hand, she could summon desolation; with another, she could bring forth splendor. Everything depended on a single thought. P.S. He knew that to marry that decisive woman, he would have to snatch her away, make a scene, and shamelessly refuse to take no for an answer. Still not enough? Then he could only pla 7Votes1.1MRecs620kFans
- 8 The Concubine's Daughter's Strategy (Original Novel of The Sword and the Brocade) 庶女攻略（《锦心似玉》原著） The original novel of The Sword and the Brocade, starring Wallace Chung and Seven Tan. Birdsong echoes as the distant mountains unfold; mist fills the woods as she wanders alone. In the clear haze, she hears the willows being cut; climbing the tower, she gazes into the distance, waiting for him to come. Amid embroidered silks and jeweled ornaments, she is merely a low-status concubine-born daughter... In short, it is the story of a concubine-born daughter striving to rise! 9Votes2.6MRecs761.5kFans
- 9 The Cannon Fodder Strategy 炮灰攻略 After dying unexpectedly, Baihe gets a chance to survive. To keep things as they are, she has no choice but to transmigrate into all kinds of plot-driven stories and complete missions. New book: Chang Di The Xie family schemes for a century of good fortune for the Fu family. Marquis Fu schemes for power and a promising future. In her dreams, she is a discarded pawn, sacrificed in a contest of wits. Her mother throws herself into a well and dies, while she is hurriedly married off to the Lu famil 1Votes1.2MRecs357.9kFans
- 10 The Empress’s Livestream Strategy Guide 女帝直播攻略 [The new novel, Step Aside, Let Me Take the Throne, is being serialized] [A different story, just as exciting] Jiang Pengji acquired something called a palace-intrigue livestream System. Jiang Pengji: “All right, System. No problem, System!” Many years later, Jiang Pengji finally achieved her goal: she became the emperor’s woman, the female emperor. Jiang Pengji: “Praise me!” System: “(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ I told you to fight for favor in the palace! Who told you to conquer the world?” #The future’s top g 14Votes3.7MRecs1.5MFans
