"Why is my hair gone?"

"My beard is gone. Which bastard shaved it off?"

"My hair and body are given by my parents, I dare not damage them. Who is so wicked as to shave my hair?"

In the capital city, screams and curses rang out one after another.

At the same time, the emperor stood up and prepared to go to court. The guards guarding the palace gate came to report: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent matter to report."

Eunuch Yuan, who was helping the emperor wash and change his clothes, asked, "What's the matter?"

The guard said, "All the civil and military officials have asked for leave."

"Leave?" The emperor was puzzled. "Did you tell me why you're taking leave?"

"They all said they were taking sick leave."

"Sick leave?" The emperor frowned and looked at Eunuch Yuan: "Did you tell me what illness you have?"

"No."

Eunuch Yuan speculated: "Could it be that everyone stayed up late waiting for news from the Duke, causing their bodies to be exhausted and thus fall ill?"

"It makes sense if only the civil servants are taking leave, but it doesn't make sense if even the military officers who work late all year round get sick."

The emperor said to Eunuch Yuan, "Go visit them for me."

"yes."

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Bring the imperial physician with you."

"yes."

Half an hour later, Eunuch Yuan left the palace with two imperial doctors.

What surprised him was that there were fewer pedestrians on the road today than usual, and among these people there were more girls and women. The other men covered the upper part of their necks with their sleeves like thieves.

Although Eunuch Yuan was puzzled, he did not stop to ask more questions.

When they arrived at the Zuo Xiang Mansion, they saw the six guards guarding the gate had their heads wrapped in cloth of various colors, and there was no hair on their temples. They looked like bald monks wrapped in cloth scarves, which was very strange.

When the guard saw that it was Eunuch Yuan who came, he quickly reported it.

The left prime minister, who originally did not want to meet guests, learned that Eunuch Yuan was sent by the emperor to visit him, so he had no choice but to come out to receive him.

Eunuch Yuan saw that the left prime minister also had his head wrapped in a cloth. What shocked him even more was that the left prime minister's beard was gone: "Left prime minister, did you shave your beard?"

The left prime minister mentioned this with a concealed anger: "I have not shaved my beard."

"And your beard..."

"It was shaved off by the thief, and..." The left prime minister pulled off his turban in anger: "The thief shaved my hair too."

"This, this, this..." Eunuch Yuan pointed at his head in surprise, and then pointed at the servants who were also wearing headscarves: "Will their hair be shaved too?"

The left prime minister suppressed his anger and said, "For some reason last night, everyone in the left prime minister's mansion became bald overnight. No, I should say that all the hair on their bodies was shaved."

"Has all the hair on his body been shaved?" Eunuch Yuan subconsciously looked down at his crotch.

Zuo Xiang quickly clamped his legs together: "Except here."

Eunuch Yuan quickly withdrew his gaze and asked, "Do you know who did this?"

The left prime minister's neck turned red as he cursed, "If I knew who it was, I would have arrested him long ago and given him a hundred lashes of the cane."

Eunuch Yuan: “…”

The imperial physician who came with him said, "Eunuch Yuan, it is more important to check the pulse of the left prime minister."

"Yes, yes." Eunuch Yuan remembered the purpose of this visit: "Left Prime Minister, what's wrong with you? Please tell the imperial physician."

Zuo Xiang exhaled: "I am not feeling unwell anywhere."

Eunuch Yuan then asked, "Why did you take sick leave and not attend the court today?"

"I'm not taking sick leave because I have no hair or beard and am too embarrassed to see people."

The left prime minister pointed at his bald head and said, "Look at my appearance. How can I go to court and meet people?"

"This..." Eunuch Yuan hesitated and asked, "Are you planning to wait until your hair and beard grow out before going to court?"

It would take at least a year to grow the beard and hair back. You can't stay at home and not attend court for more than a year, right?

The left prime minister also knew that it was impossible to do so. He sat down and said, "Go back and tell the emperor to let me wait for a few days. I will definitely go to court after accepting this matter. Before that, I will work at home."

Eunuch Yuan said, "Since the Left Prime Minister is fine, I will take my leave and go to the Right Prime Minister's residence to see him."

"The Right Prime Minister also took sick leave and did not attend court today."

"The Right Prime Minister didn't come to court either? Is he sick?"

"I don't know. I need to bring the imperial physician over to see what's going on."

The left prime minister was worried about the right prime minister: "Then you should go and see him quickly, don't delay."

"I'll take my leave."

Eunuch Yuan brought two imperial doctors with him and left the Left Prime Minister's Residence and came to the Right Prime Minister's Residence. He was stunned to see that the guards of the Right Prime Minister's Residence also had their heads wrapped with cloth towels.

He asked, "You guys are not going to have your heads shaved too?"

The guards looked at each other and replied, "To answer your question, sir, we were indeed shaved."

Eunuch Yuan asked again, "Will the Right Prime Minister also have his head shaved?"

"Not only did the right prime minister have his head shaved, his beard was also shaved."

"I should say that all the hair on my body has been shaved."

After hearing what he said, Eunuch Yuan probably guessed that the reason why the Right Prime Minister and the Left Prime Minister took sick leave was the same.

However, he still wanted to go in and take a look.

As expected, after meeting the Right Prime Minister, his words were almost the same as those of the Left Prime Minister.

When Eunuch Yuan saw that the Right Prime Minister was not really ill, he finally felt relieved and left.

Then he went to see the six ministers.

The situation of the six ministers is the same as that of the left and right prime ministers.

Afterwards, Eunuch Yuan visited the residences of other officials and only returned to the palace to report after making sure that all the officials were not really ill.

The emperor was stunned when he learned the reason: "You said they asked for leave and didn't come to court because someone shaved their whole body hair?"

Eunuch Yuan added: "There is one spot that has not been shaved."

The emperor coughed lightly and said, "Don't explain this."

Eunuch Yuan: “…”

The emperor asked again: "How come so many officials failed to catch the thief?"

"They all said they didn't catch the thief, and they didn't even see what the thief looked like."

"To shave all the hair of civil and military officials and their servants overnight, it must have been done by more than one thief."

Eunuch Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, not only the officials were in trouble, but even the common people's hair was shaved off, and only the men were targeted."

The emperor frowned and said, "I thought someone was targeting officials, but I didn't expect that they would target the common people as well. This matter must be investigated thoroughly to see who did it."

"yes."

Then, the emperor sighed and said, "Let all officials take a good rest for a few days, and come to court when they are calm again."

"yes."

Eunuch Yuan stepped back.

Then, Eunuch Sun, who was in charge of cleaning the emperor's bedroom, came over and whispered, "Eunuch Yuan, I found many tiny hairs when I was cleaning the emperor's dragon bed."

Since it was a matter concerning the Emperor, they did not dare to speak directly to the Emperor and could only wait for Eunuch Yuan to come back and deal with it.

Eunuch Yuan frowned: "Small hairs? What small hairs?"

Eunuch Sun opened the silk in his hand, and inside was a lot of short, black hair: "It looks like leg hair. I wonder if it's from the emperor or someone else."

If it was someone else's leg hair, it would be fine, but if it was the emperor's leg hair, then too much hair fell off.

They were worried about the emperor's health.

Eunuch Yuan took the silk and returned to the palace.

Not long after, the emperor's furious voice was heard from the palace: "How dare you, you thief, shave my leg hair!?"

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