No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Concubine Yu didn't think that Princess Yongping would be defeated by Lady Hong in a scheming match. Even if she couldn't win, Princess Yongping still had her and the emperor behind her. If Princess Yongping couldn't win with Lady Hong, who lacked a father to support her, then Princess Yongping should just stop worrying and get married peacefully.
She also knew that even though Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping had never gotten along since childhood, Zhu Ying had always relied on brute force to win, and never bothered to resort to schemes and intrigues. Therefore, Zhu Ying had no idea that her sudden inspiration was such a great opportunity for Princess Yongping, who was unwilling to be an ordinary housewife.
Zhang Shou did not find it strange that Concubine Yu agreed to this on behalf of Princess Yongping, and even smiled and agreed. Not long after, he saw Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping come in one after the other. Zhu Ying had a smug smile on her face, while Princess Yongping still had a calm expression, but her eyes were clearly filled with a glow of extreme joy.
"Thanks to my emotional and logical appeal, Yongping finally agreed!" Zhu Ying raised her head slightly, looking like she had made great contributions. She walked over to sit down next to Concubine Yu without any hesitation, and then said with a smile, "Concubine Yu, when Yongping becomes the head of the girls' school, you can go and help her! That Madam Hong is quite capable, and Yongping will lose face if she is outshined by her..."
Princess Yongping saw Zhang Shou smiling and saying nothing to Zhu Ying, and she knew that people must have seen her reluctance to accept. However, since Zhang Shou did not expose her, she was of course happy to let Zhu Ying take the credit, and even if Zhu Ying was talking about how capable Hong was, she did not take it too seriously.
Not to mention that she is well-read and elegant, even if she is an illiterate princess, how could she not be able to control a commoner girl
When Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying said goodbye from Yonghe Palace, they did not leave empty-handed. Concubine Yu gave Zhu Ying a pair of pearl hairpins. Zhu Ying often came to the palace, and they had a close relationship like mother and daughter, so naturally there was no reward. Even Zhang Shou received two books from Concubine Yu, but they were not ancient books, but books printed by the Silijian Jingchang... "Ge's New Lectures on Mathematics"!
To be honest, Zhang Shou was a little confused when he received the two thick books. However, Concubine Yu, who personally escorted him and Zhu Ying out, said with a smile, "These are the notes that Lu Sanlang made when you were lecturing to the students at Jiuzhang Hall. The emperor asked someone to get them from Lu Sanlang and then asked the Silijian Jingchang to print them, saying that they are just right for the self-taught students outside."
"If the math you taught to the students at Banshan Hall wasn't too superficial, the emperor originally planned to have the Imperial Household Department print two copies of Ji Jiulang's lecture notes so that the children in the community could read them. But then I thought, those who can afford it are either not interested or disdain such a superficial level, but the children who really need to learn these things can't afford it."
They printed the handouts without my permission... Where are the royalties? Where are the copyright fees? This is blatant piracy!
Zhang Shou had a strong urge to complain. Although the publishing environment these days is better than that of the Tang and Song dynasties, bookstores will state the copyright on the title page before printing books, and even say that pirated books will be prosecuted, but generally speaking, unless they are really popular celebrities, ordinary people will not only not get any royalties for publishing books, but will also have to pay for the printing of the books, and they don't care about pirated books at all.