Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 335 Birthday
The sighting of an airship above the imperial palace gave rise to many rumors in the capital.

The most talked about thing is that the emperor became an immortal.

This statement is the least reliable, but it has the most believers.

Because Li Qiang was so legendary, the fact that he defeated hundreds of thousands of foreign enemies with his personal soldiers many times was enough to make Li Qiang a legend in the hearts of the people.

Considering the story of flying, it is not surprising to say that the emperor became an immortal.

Of course, many people have guessed that it is a kind of flying tool. There is similar knowledge in "Physics" written by Li Qiang.

And the Kongming lantern also has a similar flying ability, but the fact that it can carry people still shocks everyone.

Li Qiang would never let the rumor spread like this, so he asked the Five Cities Military Department to issue a notice, informing everyone that the object flying above the palace was a flying tool and the principle behind it could be learned from the book "Physics".

Now, those who originally did not buy Li Qiang's set of textbooks wanted to buy one, regardless of whether it was useful or not.

Except for the literati, the rest of the people wanted to find the secret to becoming immortal.

Regardless of the purpose of people buying books, through this incident, Li Qiang promoted his knowledge faster.

On the morning court of February 12, Li Qiang attended with the retired emperor, and they both sat on the dragon throne.

The veteran officials in the court were surprised to find that the retired emperor looked very well, contrary to the rumors that he was seriously ill.

However, the ministers also realized that the retired emperor's participation in the court meeting might just be a whim, and he was brought along by Li Qiang.

During the entire court meeting, the emperor did not express any opinions, and everything was presided over by Li Qiang.

After the court meeting, Li Qiang and the retired emperor boarded the airship together, and they rose into the sky under the watchful eyes of all the ministers.

"Can this thing be given a name?" asked the retired emperor while sitting in the airship.

"I call it an airship. It's just a test item and it doesn't have a name!" Li Qiang replied.

"Although it is a test item, it is the first thing in Daqian that can fly, so let's name it Tianlong airship!" The emperor waved his hand and decided.

"As you wish, call it the Tianlong airship!" Li Qiang replied indifferently.

"You will put the Tianlong airship in Changchun Palace later, and I will have someone add a name on it!" The emperor said casually.

"Grandpa Emperor, although the Tianlong airship is safe, it is not absolutely safe. Besides, this is a gift from me to the Queen, so please don't worry about it!" Li Qiang said helplessly.

"What are you talking about? How could I possibly snatch a gift from the Queen? You really don't know the true nature of a person!" The retired emperor was disappointed, but spoke seriously.

"Grandpa Emperor really doesn't have this idea. I was planning to ask the manufacturing workshop to build another Tianlong airship, but it seems that it is not necessary!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

"Of course I can use it. I still like it very much!" The emperor would not let it go, he said quickly.

At this time, the Tianlong airship had reached above the Changchun Palace, and Li Qiang operated it to slowly descend.

"Grandpa Emperor, you have to wait for a while. If you want to take the Tianlong airship recently, please let someone tell me and I will arrange an expert to operate the Tianlong airship!" Li Qiang said as he helped the emperor down.

"Okay, I'll come find you in two days. I'll make sure the Queen and the others have a great time!" The Emperor was naturally happy.

Li Qiang drove the Tianlong airship back to the Daming Palace. The master he mentioned was naturally a sixteen-turn warrior.

With his superhuman physique and reaction speed, a Sixth-Rank Warrior, without armor, could easily protect a person at a height of sixty meters even if the Tianlong airship encountered an accident in the air.

Anyway, no matter what happens to the Tianlong airship, it is impossible for it to fall straight down from the sky. The reaction speed of the sixth-turn warrior is enough.

He parked the Tianlong airship in the square outside the palace. Once the Tianlong airship entered the palace, it would never be sent out again.

The test has been completed. The next step for the manufacturing workshop is to prepare to manufacture a large airship in addition to building another Tianlong airship for the emperor.

Although Lin Daiyu and the concubines had already flown past, they still surrounded the Tianlong airship and watched with great interest.

Among them, Lin Daiyu was the happiest, and this birthday was particularly memorable for her.

The craftsman who tested the Tianlong airship before might be the first person to fly in Daqian, but history books will only record that Emperor Li Qiang and Queen Lin Daiyu were the first people in Daqian to fly into the sky.

Li Qiang put aside other things today and stayed with Lin Daiyu after the court meeting.

He had lunch with all the concubines at noon. Only an emperor would do so.

According to the rules of the palace, the emperor would only dine with the empress or one concubine at most, and rarely would he gather all the concubines together.

However, Li Qiang did not abide by the rules of the palace. Of course, the main reason was that the queen had a very good relationship with the concubines, which reduced the intrigue in the palace.

"I'll be back soon!" Li Qiang stood up and said when he was halfway through his meal.

The girls didn't care and were still talking happily.

After a while, Li Qiang came in pushing a small cart with a big birthday cake on it.

Birthday cakes had never appeared in Daqian before, and the imperial kitchen in the palace was unable to make them. It was only made after Li Qiang’s personal guidance.

There are small candles on the birthday cake, making it more exquisite.

"It's so beautiful! What kind of food is this? Why have I never seen it before?" Lin Daiyu felt surprised again and asked.

"Sister Lin, this is a birthday cake. Make a wish in your heart facing the candles and then blow out the candles, and your wish will come true!" Li Qiang explained with a smile.

Lin Daiyu believed Li Qiang's words very much. She came to the birthday cake, made a wish in her heart in front of the candles, and then blew out the candles.

"Sister Queen, what wish did you make?" Miaoyu, who was closest to Lin Daiyu, asked curiously.

"It won't work if you say it out loud!" Li Qiang reminded.

Lin Daiyu, who was about to answer, quickly covered her mouth with her hand, for fear that she would accidentally say her wish.

However, her beautiful eyes were all on Li Qiang, and one could imagine that the wish was closely related to Li Qiang.

"Okay, Sister Lin, you can cut the birthday cake and share it with everyone!" Li Qiang said as he handed a knife to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu felt curious. She cut the birthday cake with a knife. Xueyan brought plates and served the birthday cake to everyone.

"It's so delicious. Why didn't the imperial kitchen make such good food before?" Miaoyu couldn't help but say after just taking a bite.

"This birthday cake was invented by His Majesty, and he taught it to the royal chef yesterday!" Feicui explained.

Lin Daiyu couldn't stop smiling. What other man in the world was like Li Qiang? And Li Qiang was the emperor of Daqian.

"Will I be able to eat it in the future?" Miaoyu asked again.

Miaoyu only cares about whether she can eat such delicious food often in the future. Miaoyu is very particular about food, she rarely eats greasy food, she mostly eats light food.

The birthday cake met her requirements for food. It was not greasy, but soft and delicious, and the cream melted in her mouth.

"You can enjoy it on your birthday!" Li Qiang replied with a smile.

"Sister Queen, including my and my sisters' birthdays, we can only eat there ten times a year!" Miaoyu calculated and said with a sigh.

"Are you planning to let Brother Qiang take more concubines?" Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes at Miaoyu.

"No, it's fine now!" Miaoyu no longer cared about the birthday cake and kept shaking her head.

Now the harem is full of sisters, and they get along very well with each other. If an outsider comes, who knows what kind of trouble will arise.

Miaoyu has read many articles, many of which talk about the chaos in the harem.

She didn't want the atmosphere in the harem to be ruined, so she would be willing to do so even if it meant eating less birthday cake.

“If this birthday cake is placed in Qingfeng Tower, it will definitely be a stable business!” Feicui said while eating the birthday cake.

"Our family doesn't lack these things. The materials used for birthday cakes are still too expensive. Let's wait until Daqian becomes strong before we bring it up!" Li Qiang shook her head in objection.

Birthday cakes use milk, sugar, oil, eggs, refined flour, etc. These ingredients alone make it difficult to promote them to ordinary people.

"Under the governance of Brother Qiang, Daqian has become extremely powerful!" Lin Daiyu said.

What she said was her inner feeling. Look at Daqian today. There is no invasion from foreign enemies and the country is thriving.

"Daqian is still far from being prosperous. At least everyone should have a job, food, clothes, a house, and books to read. Only then can it be considered prosperous!" Li Qiang thought of his previous life and said slowly.

When Lin Daiyu and the other concubines heard Li Qiang's words, they could not help but be attracted by the description in his words.

It sounds simple, but if it is truly achieved, Daqian will become a foundation that will last for eternity.

After eating the birthday cake, the concubines had no energy left to eat other food.

Today is Lin Daiyu's birthday, and the concubines wanted Lin Daiyu and Li Qiang to spend more time together, so they all said goodbye.

Li Qiang took Lin Daiyu to the Imperial Garden first, walking while digesting their food.

At the hour of You, Li Qiang took Lin Daiyu on a carriage and left the palace without taking anyone else.

The carriage was heading to Lin's Mansion. In fact, after he made this plan, the Beijing Army blocked the road from the Imperial Palace to Lin's Mansion.

Although Li Qiang knew about this, he did not intervene. This was also his privilege after becoming emperor.

If there really was no need for any privileges, then the importance of imperial power would not be highlighted.

The Lin family had received the news long ago, but since Li Qiang was traveling incognito, Lin Ruhai did not greet her at the door.

The carriage entered the Lin Mansion from the side door and stopped in front of the main house of the Lin Mansion.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were waiting at the door. When they saw the two men get off the carriage, they knelt down to salute.

"We are all family. It would be improper to call me like that in private. Just call me Brother Qiang. You should continue to call me Sister Lin the same way you called me before!" Li Qiang walked forward, supported the two men and said.

Lin Ruhai hesitated slightly. He knew that Li Qiang tended to disregard the rules and could always hear complaints from others in the cabinet.

"Qiang'er, Yu'er, come in quickly. Today is Yu'er's birthday. I have already prepared Yu'er's favorite dishes!" Jia Min was very happy and she greeted them with a smile.

"Lin Daiyu and I have been playing in the Imperial Garden for the whole afternoon and we are hungry now!" Li Qiang likes this home atmosphere, he said with a smile.

"Yes, mother, I miss the food at home!" Lin Daiyu said.

"Brother Qiang, is it okay for you to leave the palace like this?" Lin Ruhai also figured it out, and he asked.

"What's the matter? Being an emperor is so complicated that even leaving the palace is so complicated. What's the fun in that?" Li Qiang shook his head.

Lin Ruhai really wanted to persuade her with some words, but when he saw Lin Daiyu's happy look and thought that today was his daughter's birthday, he did not say anything.

After returning home, Lin Daiyu forgot that she was the queen. She leaned in her mother Jia Min's arms like a little girl and talked about things in the palace.

She described it vividly, especially when she talked about the airship and birthday cake, which aroused Jia Min's interest.

"Brother Qiang, as Yu'er's mother, I didn't even prepare a birthday cake for her when she came back!" Jia Min turned to Li Qiang and complained to herself.

"I'll send someone back to Beijing to ask the imperial kitchen to make a birthday cake and send it over!" Li Qiang knew his mother-in-law's temper, so he said helplessly.

Although I didn't bring anyone with me when I left the palace, they are actually everywhere outside.

Butler Lin simply went out to say something, and someone returned to the palace to handle it.

When dinner at the Lin Mansion was about to end, a birthday cake was delivered from the palace.

"Look, Yu'er is full, so you should go back early too!" Seeing that the birthday cake had arrived, Jia Min didn't mention anything about dividing the birthday cake, but said directly.

"Mom, let's go to the palace tomorrow and take the Tianlong airship!" Lin Daiyu said with a smile. She didn't care about the birthday cake.

With Li Qiang's favor to her, if she really wanted to eat a birthday cake, she could ask the palace to make it for her at any time.

"That flying thing turns out to be called the Tianlong airship. Would it be a bad idea for me to go?" Jia Min was very tempted, but she still asked.

You must know that the Tianlong airship that flew out of the palace today caused a huge impact.

It is still unknown whether this influence is good or bad. Jia Min does not want her daughter Lin Daiyu to get into trouble because of herself.

"I've also heard about the impact of the Tianlong airship. I've asked someone to write a notice and it will be posted tomorrow to explain the matter of the Tianlong airship clearly!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

Li Qiang did not ask Lin Ruhai and Jia Min to see him off. He took Lin Daiyu through the small door back to the old house, and the two of them toured the Grand View Garden again.

He was worried that Lin Daiyu was feeling depressed in the palace, but in fact he was overthinking it.

Most of the girls in Daqian's families never leave their homes, so they don't have many opportunities to go out.

However, Lin Daiyu was still very happy to revisit her old place. She returned to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, sat at the door of it and listened to the sound of flowing water for a while, which made her heart calm down all of a sudden.

Li Qiang also sat beside her and although they did not speak, their hearts were closely connected.

"In the future we can take the Tianlong airship and come here often!" Li Qiang suggested.

"Actually, the Imperial Garden in the palace is very good. It's enough to come back here once a year!" Lin Daiyu didn't want Li Qiang to be too busy. In order to accompany her, Li Qiang didn't take care of government affairs that day, so she said.

(End of this chapter)