Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 34 Grandfather, this is called a hot air balloon

It's already February.

Spring returns to the earth, the season of red peach blossoms, green willows, fragrant flowers and chirping birds.

However, the climate is still slightly cold.

The father of the cold-faced king was busy looking for people to collect debts all over the capital, and his son Yuan Qingbai was not idle either.

In addition to studying and practicing martial arts seriously as always, Yuan Qingbai is also trying to please his grandfather as always and score points for the cold-faced king in his bid for the throne. In fact, he is also scoring points for his future succession...

Sleepy in spring, tired in summer, tired in autumn, hibernating, the four seasons are like a dream.

That afternoon, Emperor Jing'an, who had taken a nap in the Zhaoren Hall on the east side of the Qianqing Palace, strolled to the Imperial Garden under the bright spring sunshine.

The imperial garden in the palace is actually not that big. It is much worse than the spring garden like Yaotai Langyuan. Fortunately, there are also springs, rocks, trees, pavilions and pavilions. In the spring of February, it is also quite beautiful.

Emperor Jing'an strolled around the imperial garden, then walked to the five Qianxi houses, and came to the second one, which was the residence of his grandson Qingbai.

Emperor Jing'an quietly walked into the inner courtyard and was discovered by the maid Lingxue.

Lingxue was not too surprised. Master Bai's imperial grandfather had been here several times.

Tao Quan, the eunuch at the imperial court, stopped Lingxue from saluting. This situation surprised Lingxue, as it was the first time she encountered it.

When Lingxue saw Emperor Jing'an tiptoeing toward the study with a smile on his face, he was both amused and proud of his Third Master Bai.

Look, how much His Majesty loves Mr. Bai. Not only did he come here to see Mr. Bai several times, but he even came here on tiptoe like this today.

It's not like the Holy One, it's like a common man's grandfather trying to tease his grandson.

Emperor Jing'an quietly came to the study window and heard the sound of two people discussing inside the window. He immediately recognized that it was his two grandsons Yuan Qingliang and Yuan Qingbai, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

For him, the emperor's eldest grandson Yuan Qingliang is still his favorite grandson.

He was slightly less fond of Yuan Qingbai.

The emperor's eldest son and the emperor's eldest grandson have both been excluded from the succession candidates.

The crown prince in his heart was clearly leaning towards the third prince.

If he really passes the throne of emperor to the third prince in the future.

Then, in the future, the person who will succeed the third prince and become the emperor should be his good emperor grandson Qingbai.

He knew that the third prince was a severe and mean person.

He was worried that if the third prince became emperor in the future, the new emperor of Zhou would not treat Yuan Qingliang well and his precious grandson would end badly.

Since Yuan Qingbai was raised by him, the relationship between Yuan Qingbai and Yuan Qingliang has heated up rapidly. In just a few months, the two have become brothers and sisters, and they seem to have a deep brotherly relationship.

Emperor Jing'an was very happy to see this situation.

The closer Yuan Qingliang and Yuan Qingbai are, the more secure Yuan Qingliang will be in the future!

In fact, Yuan Qingbai took the initiative to make friends with Yuan Qingliang.

Not only because he really admired Yuan Qingliang, but also because he did it deliberately.

He knew that his improved relationship with Yuan Qingliang's brother would make Emperor Jing'an like him and make Emperor Jing'an feel more confident about handing over the throne of emperor to the cold-faced king. By doing this, he was also gaining points...

At this moment, Emperor Jing'an quietly stood outside the window and listened to the discussion of the two good emperors and grandsons inside the window for a while, but failed to understand. The topic the two juniors were discussing was quite novel and quite profound.

what's the situation?
What on earth are my two imperial grandsons discussing?
With doubts and curiosity, Emperor Jing'an stepped into the study. This time he did not tiptoe any more, and his footsteps made a clicking sound.

He saw that his two good emperors and grandsons were sitting side by side at the desk, and there was something similar to a Kongming lantern placed on the desk.

Because Yuan Qingbai is one year older and has been diligently practicing martial arts since time traveling, he now has a more heroic temperament than when he time traveling last year. He is taller and in better shape.

Yuan Qingliang and Yuan Qingbai, who were sitting side by side, were alerted by the sound of footsteps and discovered the arrival of Emperor Jing'an together.

The two brothers hurriedly stood up and saluted respectfully to the old man: "Grandson, please give your regards to the imperial grandfather!"

Yuan Qingbai then asked with a smile: "Why is the emperor's grandfather here?" Emperor Jing'an said pleasantly: "I just took a stroll in the Imperial Garden and stopped by to see you."

This is somewhat untrue. In fact, the old man came specifically to see Emperor Qingbai this time and took a stroll in the imperial garden first.

Emperor Jing'an smiled and asked, "Why is Qingliang here? What are you two doing?"

Yuan Qingliang said: "Brother Bai has come up with something novel and asked me to come and have a look."

Emperor Jing'an pointed to the desk, smiled slightly and said, "Could it be this sky lantern?"

Yuan Qingbai stepped forward to help him and said with a smile: "Grandfather, please sit down and wait for your grandson to explain to you in detail."

With the support of Yuan Qingbai, Emperor Jing'an sat by the desk and looked at the Kongming lantern-like thing placed on the desk.

Yuan Qingbai pointed at something similar to a sky lantern and said: "Grandfather, this is what my grandson made. It is similar but different from the sky lantern. My grandson calls it a 'hot air balloon'!"

"Hot air balloon?" Emperor Jing'an muttered.

Yuan Qingbai said "Yes": "Yes, hot air balloon. My grandson will tell you about this hot air balloon in detail..."

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Emperor Jing'an had many hobbies.

He likes reading, practicing martial arts, writing poetry, hunting, and traveling...

He also likes beauties, otherwise why would he have given birth to so many princes?

He also likes Western learning and science.

He studied algebra, geometry, astronomy, geography, medicine, etc. from Western missionaries who came to Zhou Dynasty.

He also used advanced longitude and latitude chart methods, triangulation methods, trapezoidal projection technology, etc. to conduct large-scale field surveys across the country and draw the "Overview Map of Jing'an Imperial Palace".

This "Comprehensive Map of Jing'an Imperial Palace" can be called the best map in the world at this time.

Emperor Jing'an already knew that although his grandson Qingbai was young, he was also interested in Western learning and science. He was quite knowledgeable in this area and had quite a lot in common with him.

This is one of the reasons why he loves this emperor's grandson.

He once asked Qingbai why he was so knowledgeable in Western science.

The main reason Qingbai gave was that he once met a Westerner and consulted the Westerner for Western knowledge for a period of time, but later the Westerner left...

Emperor Jing'an believed this statement.

What else? Is it possible that his grandson Qingbai was so talented that he was born with an understanding of Western learning and science?
And because Yuan Qingbai understood Emperor Jing'an's love for Western learning and science, he wanted to do something in this area to please the emperor's grandpa and continue to score points in this new way.

Please the emperor's grandpa, this is a technical job!

You need to be able to refurbish things.

Yuan Qingbai thought about it and decided to invent the hot air balloon.

Many people who traveled through ancient times invented hot air balloons.

Yuan Qingbai knew a lot about hot air balloons in his previous life.

It's funny to say that.

He was out of curiosity. Could hot air balloons really be developed in ancient times? How do hot air balloons fly and how do they land? Isn't it dangerous for people to ride on this thing...

That’s why I studied it specifically.

At this moment, Yuan Qingbai told his grandfather the emperor about hot air balloons in detail...

(End of this chapter)