The Great Tang Dynasty's Trans-Dimensional Conference: Little Rhinoceros Arrives

"Qingque, if your father saw this, he would definitely love it." Empress Zhangsun patted Li Tai on the shoulder, which was a subtle reminder to him.

But Li Tai wasn't stupid. He immediately understood the implication and then chuckled, "Don't worry, brother bought one for father too, and sister has one as well."

Empress Zhangsun smiled and nodded, but couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Silly child, do you think I don't know your father's temper? Perhaps Chang Le's side can still be protected."

Although she was not knowledgeable about military affairs, Empress Zhangsun immediately recognized the significant advantages this drone could offer in warfare after just one glance.

Given Li Shimin's personality, would he really entrust such a valuable item to Li Tai to play with? Of course not. It would be good enough if he didn't try to trick Li Tai into giving it away.

However, it wasn't long before her guess came true.

Li Tai first controlled the drone to circle around the Lizheng Hall. Feeling that it wasn't enough, he then directed the drone to fly towards the Taiji Hall according to the direction he remembered.

Inside a side hall of the Taiji Hall, Li Shimin was reviewing a latest military report. Just as he was about to approve it, a guard rushed into the hall.

"His Majesty!!!"

Seeing this, Wu She frowned, preparing to reprimand the guard sternly, but Li Shimin waved his hand dismissively and asked in a calm voice:

"What's the matter that you're so panicked?"

The guard wiped the sweat from his brow and bowed, replying, "Your Majesty, a strange bird flew in from the sky outside the palace and circled for quite some time without leaving. I observed it carefully, and that bird... that bird seems to be made of iron!"

"A bird made of iron? What are you talking about..."

Before Li Shimin could utter the words "nonsense," he suddenly remembered the airplanes he had seen in his later life—weren't those things just iron birds?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin put down his imperial brush, stood up, and strode towards the palace gate. Seeing this, Wu She tried to stop him, "Your Majesty, you cannot risk your life, that bird..."

"It's alright, it was probably Lin Fan who did it!"

Hearing this, Wu She felt much relieved.

Upon arriving outside the palace, Li Shimin immediately spotted the iron bird the guards had mentioned, but his hopes were dashed.

In later generations, even the smallest airplanes were about the size of a car, but now, the iron bird in his eyes was really as small as a bird, and it didn't look like an airplane that could carry people at all.

"Hahaha, Father really came out." Upon seeing Li Shimin's figure appear in the Lizheng Hall, Li Tai let out a strange laugh.

Upon hearing this, the three princesses and Empress Zhangsun all gathered around, and Li Tai immediately showed them the remote control screen.

"This...it really is my father! He can see it so clearly!" Chengyang muttered to himself.

"It's a pity we can't hear anything, so we can't directly pass on messages to Father," Chang Le added.

Li Shimin watched as the strange bird hovered in mid-air. On a whim, he raised his hand and waved at the drone. Upon seeing this, Li Tai immediately directed the drone to sway left and right in response.

"Hahaha, looks like it really was that kid's doing!"

Li Shimin's face showed an expression of "I knew it," but he was stunned the next second.

"Wait a minute, that's not right. Even if this thing can fly, how did it know I was waving my hand?"

Thinking of this, Li Shimin could no longer stay. He turned around, went back into the palace, picked up his car keys, and drove straight to the Lizheng Hall.

"Hmm, has Your Majesty discovered a problem?"

Empress Zhangsun had just been wondering how long it would take Li Shimin to notice the key points of the machine, but she didn't expect him to react so quickly.

Since he was driving, even though the palace couldn't go full speed ahead, Li Shimin still arrived at the Lizheng Hall very quickly.

After getting out of the car, Li Shimin walked up to the crowd with a surprised expression before he could even close the car door. At that moment, Li Tai had already controlled the drone to fly around and return to its original position.

"Qingque, were you controlling this thing just now?"

Faced with Li Shimin's question, Li Tai nodded with a proud expression: "That's right, Father, it is I who am controlling it."

"Alright, then fly it again for me to see."

"Alright, just you wait and see."

Li Tai immediately took off again with a smug look on his face, little did he know that he was about to suffer.

Li Shimin stood guard in front of Li Tai and watched the film screen go from black to white until finally all of them appeared on the screen.

"This...this thing can actually display images in real time!" His earlier guess was confirmed in front of him.

"Bluebird, do you know how far and how high this creature can fly?"

"Uh, Father, I don't know." Li Tai looked somewhat guilty at Lin Fan beside him. "Brother, do you know?"

Lin Fan nodded, took two steps forward to Li Shimin's side, and then repeated what the salesman had told him.

Upon receiving Lin Fan's answer, Li Shimin's smile grew even brighter. "Hahaha, this thing is simply a godsend for military campaigns! If you add a walkie-talkie on top of that..."

That scene was absolutely beautiful; Li Shimin probably meant to say that.

Next, in order to test the limits of the drone, Li Shimin had Li Tai fly it further and further away. The scene soon came to a palace, which was a garden where several women in palace attire were sitting together chatting.

Hearing the voice from above, the group looked up simultaneously. Because the weather wasn't cool yet, the women were dressed rather lightly, and the person on the other side of the screen looked down and saw nothing but bright, white.

Lin Fan silently took two steps back, while Li Tai was still staring blankly at the drone's screen. Then Li Shimin realized that the people in the screen were all his concubines!

"You unfilial son! What are you looking at! Make it fly away right now!" Li Shimin raised his hand and slapped Li Tai on the head.

The slap brought the bewildered Li Tai back to his senses instantly. His face turned pale, and he quickly steered the drone to fly in another direction.

"Father... Your son... Your son didn't mean it..." Li Tai explained, his voice trembling.

Li Shimin's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Of course, he knew that Li Tai hadn't done it on purpose. After all, even if Li Tai had a hundred times the courage, he wouldn't dare to do that.

But this was a very shameful thing, and he was Li Shimin, one of the emperors in history who valued his reputation the most.

Thinking of this, he tried his best to suppress his anger and said to Li Tai, "Alright, let it fly back first."