Blessed by God

I really thought there was more to the chapter! I’m sorry. But yeah, this part talks about “marriage”. Have you guys noticed that I moved all the chapters of this series here on KnoxT? More easier reading now. I also moved the comments, hehe, didn’t want them to be lost. Thank you all for your support! —Bambi

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Chapter 50: Banned; Marriage

Kangxi picked up a booklet where Yinzhen had written about some affairs in the Ministry of Revenue department and after a while of reading, he raised his head and announced, “The daughter of the Left Capital Historian1左都禦史. These historians are from the capital city and are from the third-rank. There’s of the Right and Left. Later, during Yonzheng Emperor reign, these historians became a first-rank officials. Baidu. Maqi is gentle and virtuous, and her moral conduct is good. Today, I will bestow her as the seventh prince’s Ce Fu Jin2側福晉 Ce Fu Jin. Second wife, it’s almost as high as the principal wife.. The date of their wedding will be decided later.”

Maqi3Ma Qi is from the Fuca clan, and from the Yellow Banner. At some point in his career, he was the governor of Shanxi. Later, he was promoted to the Minister of War. At first, Maqi supported the eighth prince and was dismissed from office and imprisoned. Later, he was reinstated and supported Yinzhen, the fourth prince. After Yinzhen ascended the throne, he served as one of the prime ministers. He was also one of the teacher of the future emperor and was a very famous scholar for this. In the fourth year of Qianlong’s reign (Yinzhen’s successor), he passed away at the age of 88. Maqi’s niece was the Fu Jin for the Qianlong emperor and his Empress. Maqi’s younger brother was a general, and he appeared in earlier chapters, he’s called Maska. Here’s Maqi’s Baidu page. belonged to the neutral faction in the court, and had the reputation of being an honest official, loyal only to the emperor4Some officials are part of the faction of the Crown Prince or the eldest prince. Some are loyal to the emperor. In history, Maqi later belonged to the eighth brother’s faction and ultimately, to the fourth brother’s faction where he thrived.. He was listed as a Minister of State Affairs with the position of Left Capital Historian, which showed how much he was favored by the emperor. After this decree came out, the women in the harem who were waiting to see Consort Cheng’s jokes were stunned. Maqi’s daughter was actually asked to be the seventh brother’s Ce Fu Jin?!

Thinking about what happened in the seventh brother’s mansion last year and the seventh Fu Jin who was banned, they gradually realized what was going on.

Afraid the emperor was determined to make up for the seventh brother.

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In Xianfu Palace, after Consort Cheng knew of the emperor’s decree, she did not show joy on her face, but casually took off her fingernail cover, and asked someone to deliver a lot of body-replenishing medicine to the seventh brother’s mansion. It didn’t matter whether the son’s Fu Jin or Ce Fu Jin status was prominent, what mattered to her was that the woman was virtuous.

Now the emperor had pointed Maqi’s daughter to Yinyou to be his Ce Fu Jin. Whether it was for compensation or something else, what did it matter to her? In the end, the other party was just a woman, and her Yinyou had no possibility of taking that position, she just wanted him to live well. That was enough, she didn’t ask for nothing else.

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After Yinyou received the imperial decree, the first thing in Yinyou’s mind was not a charming woman’s face, but Maqi’s serious horse-like face, and he couldn’t help covering his cheeks, he seemed to have a toothache.

Seeing his Master’s silence, Fu Duo thought he was happy, and couldn’t help but congratulate him. This was the Fuca clan, much more prominent than the Nara clan, and he’d heard that this Lord Maqi has a lot of prestige in the court. This time, the Master had received the emperor’s favor!

This is what Yinyou did to the imperial decree.

Yinyou cleaned his hands, carefully made a good offering of the imperial decree, and then rewarded the servants in the mansion. He did this without looking particularly overjoyed. This Maqi was an important member of the court, if he was another prince who was dying to fight for the throne, he’d certainly be happy, but he wasn’t, and right now, he only felt a headache when hearing that his future Ce Fu Jin was an important minister’s daughter.

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For the first time, he regretted that he hadn’t paid much attention when reading Qing history, at least it would let him know his future wives and fate. Relying on the historical TV series he watched in his previous life, he only knew the Crown Prince’s wives, as well as Yinzhen’s Fu Jin and most pampered concubine, Nian Genyao’s5Nian Gengyao (1679 – January 13, 1726), courtesy name Lianggong, was a Chinese military commander of the Qing dynasty. He was born a member of the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner and had extensive military experience on the western frontier of the Qing Empire. Nian became commander-in-chief of the Qing armies in the northwest; and helped to incorporate the region of what is now Qinghai into the Qing Empire. / In March 1709, the Banner company to which the Nian family belonged was assigned to serve the prince Yinzhen, who later became the Yongzheng Emperor. About the same time a sister of Nian Gengyao, Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu, became a concubine of Yinzhen. Wikipedia. younger sister, and of course he also knew of the eighth brother’s valiant wife, but anything else he wasn’t sure of.

The more he thought about it, the more suffocated he became.

Yinyou stood up, “You don’t need to prepare lunch for your Master today, I will go to the fourth brother’s house to ask about some business.”

Looking at Yinyou’s back, Fu Duo shook his head and sighed, “I don’t think is the fourth Master who’s marrying this Fuca family, though? Master, what are you doing at Prince Yong’s Mansion?” Wasn’t it just to grab lunch?

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Who knew what was going on, but in the past few months, his Master had become more and more fond of running to the fourth Master’s house. Fu Duo leisurely wondered how much food expenses had been saved.

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Maqi was considered to b a great man during the Kangxi period. He was a governor, participated in the negotiation and signing of the contract with Tsarist Russia, and investigated corruption cases. When he deposed Mingzhu6Uncle of the eldest prince, and brother to Concubine Hui. He’s the most important official who’s on the side of the eldest prince., he also contributed and gained a good reputation for integrity. Kangxi also liked him because of his good reputation of incorruptibility Later, he became a bachelor of Wuyingdian University, and then a bachelor of Baohedian University. The saddest thing was that when the Crown Prince was abolished, he recommended the eighth brother as the crown prince. Kangxi, who loved face, had told him in private not to get involved in this matter, but it’s a pity that this stubborn man wanted to raise the eighth brother. As a result, his teaching position was lost, and he was imprisoned. That’s it. A few years later, this great man was revived again, and became a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. This was a talent in the Kangxi Dynasty, and he lived until the Qianlong period before dying. He lived four generations of emperors. Good luck, ah.

As for Maqi’s daughter, in history, there was no one who married the seventh brother Yinyou, only the twelfth brother who was married to the twelfth Fu Jin. This is my fabrication, ahem.

1左都禦史. These historians are from the capital city and are from the third-rank. There’s of the Right and Left. Later, during Yonzheng Emperor reign, these historians became a first-rank officials. Baidu.2側福晉 Ce Fu Jin. Second wife, it’s almost as high as the principal wife.3Ma Qi is from the Fuca clan, and from the Yellow Banner. At some point in his career, he was the governor of Shanxi. Later, he was promoted to the Minister of War. At first, Maqi supported the eighth prince and was dismissed from office and imprisoned. Later, he was reinstated and supported Yinzhen, the fourth prince. After Yinzhen ascended the throne, he served as one of the prime ministers. He was also one of the teacher of the future emperor and was a very famous scholar for this. In the fourth year of Qianlong’s reign (Yinzhen’s successor), he passed away at the age of 88. Maqi’s niece was the Fu Jin for the Qianlong emperor and his Empress. Maqi’s younger brother was a general, and he appeared in earlier chapters, he’s called Maska. Here’s Maqi’s Baidu page.4Some officials are part of the faction of the Crown Prince or the eldest prince. Some are loyal to the emperor. In history, Maqi later belonged to the eighth brother’s faction and ultimately, to the fourth brother’s faction where he thrived.5Nian Gengyao (1679 – January 13, 1726), courtesy name Lianggong, was a Chinese military commander of the Qing dynasty. He was born a member of the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner and had extensive military experience on the western frontier of the Qing Empire. Nian became commander-in-chief of the Qing armies in the northwest; and helped to incorporate the region of what is now Qinghai into the Qing Empire. / In March 1709, the Banner company to which the Nian family belonged was assigned to serve the prince Yinzhen, who later became the Yongzheng Emperor. About the same time a sister of Nian Gengyao, Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu, became a concubine of Yinzhen. Wikipedia. 6Uncle of the eldest prince, and brother to Concubine Hui. He’s the most important official who’s on the side of the eldest prince.