Chapter 264
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The Fifth Prince was so excited talking to him that after soaking in the hot spring for a while, he couldn't wait to ask someone to bring a pair of scissors and asked Cheng Zhao to help cut his hair.
When the palace servants heard that the Queen was going to have her hair cut, they were terrified and dared not take out the scissors. They also advised the Emperor not to punish the Queen by cutting her hair.
The fifth prince didn't expect them to think this way, and quickly explained, "I didn't make any mistakes, I just wanted to cut my hair."
The palace maids came again to persuade the Fifth Prince not to quarrel with the Emperor, not to make things so awkward, and to talk things out nicely if there was anything to say.
Seeing that he couldn't explain it to them clearly, the Fifth Prince simply went to find a pair of scissors himself and took Cheng Zhao back to the room to cut his hair.
"This hair must be cut today, otherwise what if I change my mind tomorrow?" The fifth prince sat down hurriedly. "I saw that in TV dramas, hair is cut while wet. Cut it quickly before my hair dries."
Cheng Zhao took a comb and combed his hair. Seeing such good hair was about to be cut off, he felt a little reluctant. "Looking at your anxious look, I'm afraid you won't change your mind even after another year."
The fifth prince turned his head to look at him, his eyes smiling into two crescents: "I was afraid that you would change your mind."
The Fifth Prince stared at Cheng Zhao's expression and said, "Do you regret it now? You are not allowed to regret it. A king's words are not a joke. You said you would cut my hair, so you have to cut it for me."
"Okay, I'll cut your hair. Turn around first." Cheng Zhao stared at the picture, studied it carefully, and finally cut the long hair short. He kept the cut hair and cut the hairstyle according to the picture.
The hairstyle in the picture has been styled. He has not learned professional hair cutting, so he cannot replicate it exactly. It should have been a handsome hairstyle, but after cutting it for the fifth prince, he looks even more well-behaved and handsome.
The fifth prince wanted to take the mirror, but Cheng Zhao stopped him. Cheng Zhao asked him to turn around and said, "Let me take a look first."
When the Fifth Prince heard him say this, he immediately became nervous, "Did you cut it badly? Are you afraid to show it to me?"
"It's not cut badly," Cheng Zhao looked at the Fifth Prince with short hair. His eyes looked bigger and rounder with short hair. He was well-behaved when quiet and smart when moving. He held the Fifth Prince's face and looked back and forth, "It's not cut badly."
"Really?" The fifth prince became even more curious when he heard him say that, and quickly ran to look in the mirror. The moment he saw himself in the mirror, he was stunned, grabbed his hair and said, "What is this? It's different from the picture I saw."
"Different? Will it grow longer in the future?" Cheng Zhao asked him.
"No." The fifth prince quickly covered his hair. "Although it's not perfect, it's OK. Come, sit there and I'll cut it for you."
The fifth prince held the scissors and gestured at Cheng Zhao's head for a long time. This was the emperor's head. He had never heard of anyone who could cut the emperor's hair before. He was the first person to cut the emperor's hair.
"Why don't you cut it anymore?" Cheng Zhao turned around and asked him.
"No, you have to give me an imperial decree. If I don't cut your hair to your liking, you can't kill me." The Fifth Prince didn't wait for him to respond and quickly fetched a pen and paper. "Write it so I can cut your hair with peace of mind."
Seeing how nervous he was, Cheng Zhao said nothing more and picked up his pen to write the imperial edict.
The fifth prince propped up his head and looked at it. After a while, he silently touched his hair and said, "You know what, my head feels a lot more relaxed after cutting my hair short. From now on, when we sleep together, we won't be afraid of pressing each other's hair."
When the emperor and empress returned to Beijing, many people were surprised. Why did they both have short hair?
The hair could not be cut, but they could not say anything wrong about the emperor and empress. Some people wondered if there would be another reform and hesitated whether they should follow the emperor and empress and cut their hair short. The ministers in the court did give Cheng Zhao their opinions, but Cheng Zhao said that cutting hair was one's freedom, and in the future whoever wanted to cut their hair or keep their hair could do so according to their own wishes.
Cheng Zhao's classmates all followed his example and cut their hair short, and so did his colleagues. After they cut their hair first, more people followed suit, and many people with short hair appeared in the city.
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