Mulberry Song

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One leap from the city tower thus fulfills the Marquis of Chang Ye’s triumph in conquering the world, establishing a new era. Yet she only turns into a lonely wisp, accompanying him day and night.

Note: the title shares the same name as the female lead – Sang Ge 桑歌 meaning mulberry song

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09/03/15 xia0xiao1mei c3-4
09/02/15 xia0xiao1mei c2
09/01/15 xia0xiao1mei c1
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nixxara
nixxara rated it
February 14, 2016
Status: --
I don’t know how the author managed to write this tragic tale with such few words but it actually got me emotional even though I was distractedly chewing on a bagel.

Now I am writing this review with a heavy heart, teary eyes and a stuffed mouth. T_T Bad combination.
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Talyn
Talyn rated it
January 3, 2016
Status: --
I cried. I wondered what possessed me that I thought to pick up a tragedy. Yet I do not regret it. I actually felt refreshed afterwards like the calm after a heavy rain.

Still, I’m glad it’s short; the author is quite talented to be able to build so much emotion in so little words.
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Bookworm_Sueweetie
Bookworm_Sueweetie rated it
May 12, 2023
Status: Completed
This focused on FL (Sang Ge) becoming ghost after demise and seeing the misery of ML (An Zi Wu) after her death when he became Emperor. This novel also shown how ML remained faithful to his wife for years until meeting her again in end of his life.

Some reviewers said that their love lacked depth, but I think it's understandable bc the novel was short and didn't tackled on how they met and fell in love... more on tragic of their story. Either just guilt or true love, his feelings... more>> shown for FL was deep. <<less
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incoming
incoming rated it
December 7, 2022
Status: --
I don't see a real love drama here.

A man has never loved a woman, and only her shocking death caused him a deep trauma. He did not communicate with her when she was alive, but communicated only with her image, as she would have been. It's not love. Love happens between real people, with their own shortcomings and virtues, growth. Here, there are only projections of each on each other.

The woman is also shown to be quite cold-blooded, she didn't believe and didn't love the man, felt like a doll... more>> in his hands. Only later, tied to him after death for lack of other interest, seeing his longing for her, which she did not hope for, she grows self-conceit and refuses to let this man go.

I don't understand. Perhaps people see drama here, true love? But such love is nothing more than an obsession and an inability to let go. And it's not written so beautifully to really empathize with the characters.

I put 1 to equalize too high a rating. As for me, it's nothing more than mainstream. <<less
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KhaliBelle
KhaliBelle
September 18, 2022
Status: --
I like how it was written. It may be about the separation and longing of two lovers separated by death but it also emphasises how great the emperor's love for his empress. A love enough to fearlessly decline marriage proposals because he doesn't want to wrong his empress. I like it when he said "If someone wants to be a member of the back Palace, she should ask permission from the empress first" and the she's already dead. I like the ending as well because he has realized that Sang... more>> ge is waiting for him and so he accepted death just to be back to her side. Overall it's a happy ending and all I wish for them is to be together in the afterlife and their many more reincarnation. <<less
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smlsqshy
smlsqshy rated it
August 4, 2022
Status: Completed
i didn't expect myself to really cried:')

it's a very simple story without to many events but still straight angsty, because I understand their motives and feelings there's no one to blame for this ending. Now I'm really curious about their past, ... more>>
Spoiler

how they met until they got married and thought that the other party didn't love them that much. What made them to love a person this deep? Sang ge devotion for zin wu and her sacrifice needed to be appreciated, and zin wu decision to went through all those battles despite sang ge's suffering clearly define his mind to be a true emperor.

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ashaadni
ashaadni
June 29, 2022
Status: Completed
My rantings :

A beautifully written tragedy. Whats the point of being selfless. You'll end up alone either way..

I wonder.. Does she sacrifice herself for her love for him or for the country or her own glory? If its me i'd just get sick of the man who let me endure all this really. What do I get in return? His regret after I died? Hmm

Read it. Recommended.
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Rida
Rida rated it
June 24, 2022
Status: Completed
Although it's a tragedy, I actually didn't find it that sad. Maybe it's because the way the FL narrated it made it seem a bit detached or maybe because I couldn't sympathise with the FL and ML.

I found both of them to be quite boring. This novel was only 4 chapters but I wanted to stop reading by the second chapter; I found it so dull. I couldn't understand why the FL was so attached to the ML and I also thought the ML didn't truly regret it- I feel... more>> that he would have made the same decisions as long as the old emperor was overthrown. <<less
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lemon shark
lemon shark rated it
June 4, 2022
Status: Completed
This is one of the best angsty yet romantic novel I have ever seen. It short and easy read, so you can always reread it when you want a good cry (because I do that lmao, every month and I still cry) . Honestly amazing, and there's nothing else I can say. Thank you for both the author and translator.
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Lemonbae
Lemonbae
March 11, 2022
Status: --
Okay long story short..... It's a story about a selfish typical aloof and righteous guy who used his wife but later died in guilt because he saw her dying for him with his own eyes...

Idk may be I am cold but I don't feel an ounce of sadness for him but my heart hurts thinking about her love and sacrifice.

It's same as "helping him count the money after he sold you"

It's just a tragic story about a woman who was destroyed by the man she loved:)
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MeowMeowMeow
MeowMeowMeow rated it
December 30, 2021
Status: Completed
4 chapters.

4 freaking chapters, but made me a mess with tears!!

It isn't a rebirth or reincarnation but just a woman waiting for her beloved without knowing herself!! The emperor's, "Im home" literally tear me up. T_T I can't believe these 4 chapters made me cry so much.
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MajorGPuff
MajorGPuff rated it
September 12, 2021
Status: --
Oooh such a great readd. But, must a great love story be achieved only after massive pain suffered by the woman 😭

Still, I cl**ked the wrong stars. It is supposed to be 5, but my hand trembled too much & my eyes were blurry (after effect of the story), so I cl**ked on 2 stars instead.

Great job, translators!
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Blubeagle
Blubeagle
September 1, 2021
Status: c1
For a four chapter story, this packs one hell of an emotional wallop.

This is the very painful story of a woman who dies when her kingdom is conquered, and who keeps her eyes on her husband in death, not knowing his true feelings for her, at first--but that's being simplistic.

This is the gut-wrenching story of a woman who discovers her husband loves her more than she ever thought he had, who can't move on from her, who eschews so many others as concubines and wives for her memory, which never... more>> leaves him, which haunts him often to the point of madness and making himself sick with grief.

She finds ways to show herself to him, as much as she can, but she is his one and only love in his heart.

Only an emotional masochist (such as me) should dare read this beautiful, haunting story of love beyond ranks and social strata.

You'll need an industrial sized box of tissues. <<less
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AmethystCrescent
AmethystCrescent rated it
August 31, 2021
Status: Completed
I had read this story five years ago, yet it's still fresh in my head. Since then, I've become fan of this author.

About the story, I've got little to say. I read many CN after this story, but whenever I see tragedy tag, Sang Ge's name echoes in my head. You could probably imagine how much I loved the story.

I don't remember much now... just these three things.

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  1. The impact Sang Ge left on ML when she died.
  2. The empress selection hosted after ML was crowned which was few years after Sang Ge's death
  3. ML's happiness when he knew Sang Ge has been waiting for him during his last breath.
These are the things that flash in my head whenever I come across "Mulberry Song".

The bittersweet taste it left behind must be the reason why I can't forget Sang Ge and her story. <<less
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Leenleen
Leenleen rated it
June 27, 2021
Status: Completed
This is so good.

From what I can deduce, the male lead is caught in between making the country a better place by rebelling but in the same time the love of his life is in the hands of the heinous emperor, which make him feel helpless.

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Spoiler

The way Zi Wu calls “Sang Ge” during the seventh-seventh festival, and also how Sang Ge casually mention “be it real affection, be it insincere feelings, I am still your wife” - I realise those are the fleeting moments that both of them realise how important each other are in their hearts. By then, it’s all too late. But I really thankful for that old priest for opening both their heart and let them meet again in the afterlife.

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CJB20
CJB20 rated it
June 14, 2021
Status: Completed
I had heard that this novel was really good. But, I couldn't comprehend how a novel that was only 4 chapters long could make so many people cry. Yet I ended up in tears the moment I started reading. It was just so devastating and tragic. I will definitely be reading this again.
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nouhr99
nouhr99 rated it
April 13, 2021
Status: c4
A complete story in 4chapters. It was beautiful and so emotionally packed
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qinwangfei
qinwangfei
January 28, 2021
Status: Completed
im crying a river.
such short heart breaking story

I cannot differentiate wether ML actually loves MC but realized it too late or it is just ML deeply regret that he actually make her becomes a bait for the rebellion and dies for him to finally get the throne. Tagic
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ObnoxiousLizard
ObnoxiousLizard rated it
January 15, 2021
Status: c3-4
A very short, tragic story that's meant to pull on your heartstrings.

The story is unique in the sense that it is written from the perspective of a ghost with absolutely no power to affect anything. It is simply the character's observations and reminiscence. And while extremely short and not at all detailed, hints and implies many things that require read it a 3rd or even 4th time to notice. Many seem to take this as a beautify but tragic romance, but I am inclined to think differently after my 2nd... more>> read onwards. I won't go into details and spoil the story, but do recommend to read some of the deeper and longer comments by others here after re-reading the story through, and perhaps even going back to re-read the story after going through those comments to see if you notice anything different.

Overall, while I do not like-- much less condone-- the actions of the two main characters, I am not angry at either the characters or the writing. They are simply true to human's cruel (the husband, prior to the wife's death) and overly-forgiving (the wife) nature... and the fact that the husband did suffer 10 years of guilt helps to keep me from being angry as I would any other villain. I just think the writing is beautifully done-- concise yet revealing just enough to hint at many unmentioned things. It invokes thinking, reflecting, and discussion about the two main characters' thinking, behaviors, conscience, and their relationship. The translation work done by xia0xiao1mei, though not perfect, was also very well done to convey even the implications of their past. <<less
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potatosince1992
potatosince1992 rated it
November 6, 2020
Status: Completed
I've put reading this on hold for so long because I don't want to cry.

I still cried a lot, buckets!

It's just 4 Chapters but it's packed with emotions, just kicks you every single chapter.

I say it's a happy ending, but even that makes me cry.
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