The Fucha family is not a place where one can easily stay.
From the Empress Dowager's perspective on Emperor Kangxi, the Fucha family had married a princess, and the second princess represented the power of the third prince. If the Fucha family did not want to get involved, they had the right to ignore the second princess, who had insisted on joining them.
You can't bully a princess, but you can always stay away from her.
Sometimes, being treated coldly is more painful than being bullied.
If someone bullies you, you still have a chance to fight back. But if you just ignore them, you can't blame them for ignoring you.
When asked about this, most people would feel ashamed.
If the Fucha family is truly willing to side with the Third Prince, the Second Princess will live in constant fear for the future.
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, Your Majesty need not worry. Whoever marries His Majesty's daughter will have to treat her with utmost respect."
"Yes, whoever marries her will have to treat her well, but treating her willingly is different from treating her with care that she can't be dropped or bumped."
The old woman knew this principle all too well; it's just that some people didn't understand it.
The second princess, caught in the middle, was oblivious; the third prince, wanting to profit, was unwilling to understand; and Consort Rong, for the sake of her son, could not understand.
The next day, the imperial edict from Emperor Kangxi was delivered to the Niohuru and Fucha families, and both were equally shocked.
One was delighted, the other was surprised and a little resentful.
In the imperial court, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Kangxi intended to reform. If he wanted to reform, he wouldn't have allowed a single prince to fight each other, or at least not on a large scale.
In recent years, the families of the married princes, from the eldest prince to the fifth prince, are wealthy, but they have gradually fallen out of favor in the court.
Do they lack real talent and ability?
No, it was Kangxi making a statement. He was using this opportunity to tell everyone in the court that he wouldn't mind punishing those who were close to the princes, especially those who wanted to marry into the family.
While it cannot completely prevent factionalism and corruption in the court, it is certainly much better.
Niu Gulu Xing'an's official position was not high, but his eldest son was quite promising, while his second son was obsessed with calligraphy and painting and had no interest in officialdom. His calligraphy and painting were still somewhat popular in the upper-class circles of the capital.
Originally, Niohuru Xing'an wanted his son to change his temperament. He was only twenty years old and had some degree of academic achievement, although he entered the provincial examination at the very bottom of the list.
He simply didn't want to participate in the imperial examinations again.
My family tried to persuade me, but it was no use.
As time went on, Niohuru Xing'an became somewhat accommodating towards his son, but he still felt uneasy about it.
He felt that a good man should aspire to serve his country and the world, and that engaging with calligraphy and painting to cultivate his character was fine, but if he couldn't break free from that cultivation, it would cause Niu Gulu Xing'an some concern.
Now he's a prince consort.
According to established custom, a son-in-law cannot hold any important position. Now, he no longer has to worry about his son's future. He's tired of constantly nagging his son to be ambitious.
Niu Gulu Xing'an's wife shared the same idea.
When Niohuru Qingge heard the news, he was completely stunned. He was obsessed with calligraphy and painting and didn't know much about love between men and women. However, he was raised with strict discipline and did not have any concubines or maids.
He felt neither sadness nor joy, only shock and bewilderment.
The imperial edict was accepted. That same day, Niohuru Qingge was summoned to the study by Niohuru Xing'an. Upon learning that he could now focus on calligraphy and painting and no longer need to study the Four Books and Five Classics that he disliked, Niohuru Qingge felt refreshed and extremely grateful to the Third Princess he was about to marry.
On his way back to his own courtyard from his father's courtyard that day, Niohuru Qingge thought to himself that once he married the Third Princess, he would definitely treat her with great respect; her arrival was just in time.
Compared to the joyous celebration of the Niohuru family, the Fucha family was rather dejected.
"What does Your Majesty mean by this? Why would you suddenly betroth a princess to our Namuzhu? Even the second or third princess would be better."
We don't know much about the Second Princess, Lady Fucha, but the fact that she is the Third Prince's younger sister is enough to make the Fucha family unhappy.
Maskayenamen: "How would I know what His Majesty is thinking? There's always a sign before the imperial edict is issued."
The Musca couple sighed softly.
Namuzhu felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
He was the eldest son, and his father and uncles were all capable. Namuzhu also wanted to make a name for himself. He had been practicing martial arts since childhood and was very skilled. He originally planned to join the army. He was just about to become a spirited young man when the title of "prince consort" was suddenly placed on his head.
What's it like when a princess falls from the sky?
Namuju felt he was incredibly unlucky.
Because Fucha has been all smiles these past few days. As a relative of the emperor, he has to be smiling.
But once they got home, they all wore serious expressions in private.
The second princess had no idea that the prince consort she had carefully chosen was not looking forward to her arrival at all; she was quite happy right now!
The wedding banquets for the two princesses are scheduled for the second half of the year. It's only the beginning of the year now, so there's more than half a year to prepare. Marrying off two princesses is a piece of cake for the Imperial Household Department's execution capabilities.
With the princess's marriage settled, Kangxi felt it was time to finalize the matter of the "internship" for the scholars he had arranged last year. If it were left unresolved any longer, problems were likely to arise.
Emperor Kangxi attached great importance to this first batch of children, treating them like his own children. The first child is always new and exciting, and a lot of effort was put into them.
He had someone keep an eye on him the whole time, and then one by one, the individual files were placed in front of Kangxi. Good heavens, there were hundreds of them. It took Kangxi two whole days to finish reading them all.
The main reason is that I've been reviewing memorials these past two days, so I only had time to work on the case files.
After reading it, Kangxi sent another group of people to verify it. The verification results were true, and only then did Kangxi make arrangements.
For those who passed the imperial examination last year, March was a month of both light and darkness.
Among these successful candidates, nearly fifty were promoted exceptionally and assigned to important positions. As for their future prospects, as long as they worked hard, they were sure to have a bright future.
There were nearly two hundred people, similar to the arrangements for the Jinshi graduates in previous years. Most of them were assigned to posts outside the capital. However, after nearly a year of study, they were at least better than those who went to take up their posts without any prior knowledge.
In the past, those who passed the imperial examinations studied for more than ten or twenty years. As soon as they passed, they went to govern a region. Some of them didn't even understand the procedures, so naturally they made a mess of things.
There were a few dozen people, not many, and they hardly moved.
There were a few people left who simply didn't have the talent to be officials, so Kangxi set up an academy for them and put them in there to teach.
In short, most of the successful candidates were satisfied with the outcome.
Most people did not suffer any loss, a small number of people gained something, and only a very small number felt that their interests were harmed. However, they could only blame themselves for not being ambitious or lacking ability, and could not blame Kangxi's promotion mechanism.
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