An Eight-year-old Princess novel Chapter 1381

Yun Shang looked in the direction Luo Qingyan pointed, "That's... Kongming latern?

Why is there so big Kongming latern?" Yun Shang's eyes were full of surprise, "What's the use of the big basket beside Kongming latern?"

Luo Qingyan smiled, "This is a new product made by the people from Ministry of Works under the instruction from Ling Ziyue's attendants. It's the same as Kongming latern, but it needs more firewood. Besides, we need to set up a special person to control its direction and the fire. People can sit on the basket..."

"Then they can soar into the sky?" Yun Shang blinked.

Luo Qingyan was almost choked. He cleared his throat and then said, "We still need to think about it further. Let's wait for dozens of years and settle the problem. Let's go up there first and enjoy the moon."

Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and asked curiously, "What about Chengye?"

Luo Qingyan touched his chin and said, "This is a new stuff. Although I've sent people to try it several times, it's still not safe enough. I've asked their former majesties to take Chengye away."

"It is not safe?" Yun Shang fixed her eyes on the big Kongming latern and asked, "How high can it fly then?"

Luo Qingyan coughed lightly, "Twenty or thirty meters high, maybe?"

"……" Twenty or thirty meters. Even if something really happened from up there, it would be fine. What kind of danger was this?

Of course, Luo Qingyan knew what Yun Shang meant on her face. He cleared his throat and then said, "Yes, I did not bring him here on purpose. I just want to spend the Mid Autumn Festival with you. Since Chengye was born, especially after I ascended the throne, I haven't had a single festival with you for a long time."

Yun Shang glanced at Luo Qingyan. He should feel guilty to say that.

Obviously, they two had spent more time alone.

Yun Shang didn't want to argue with him anymore. She walked towards the big Kongming latern and researched it carefully for a while, "It's interesting. Does it fly fast?"

"Of course it's not fast. If it's fast..."

Luo Qingyan exchanged a look with Yun Shang. Yun Shang narrowed her eyes and said, "if it's fast, it's a great threat."

"Not really so." Luo Qingyan smiled, "The biggest flaw of this thing is that it has to be driven by fire, and its target is very large. Whether it is day or night, it is so obvious that an arrow can make it useless."

It was indeed so.

Yun Shang nodded, but Luo Qingyan said sadly, "But it's not what I fear."

It was not this what he feared?

"What I'm afraid of is that the State of Youyue and the State of Yihai have already made such an object in a place we can't see, while we State of Xia cannot make this at all. If it weren't for their visits this time, we wouldn't even know they have such a stuff. And what else do the State of Youyue have? Is there any other country that has a better weapon than ours...

We have no idea about all these at all."

Luo Qingyan sighed, "Sometimes ignorance is the most frightening thing."

Luo Qingyan turned to Yun Shang, "So, the Empress is very forward looking and far-sighted. Before you see it, you have already realized that we must do something that we have never done before."