"Father, my hair is all tangled up!"
Duoduo tried hard to stretch out her little hands to untangle the hair on top of her head.
The Prince of Pingyang held back and said nothing.
"Father, hurry and save me! My hands are fighting with my hair!"
Duoduo's whimpering voice came from the side room.
Unable to bear it any longer, the Prince of Pingyang stood up and latched the door.
Then, he walked quickly into the side room.
He saw Duoduo's hands raised above her head, looking incredibly comical.
"Pfft!"
The Prince of Pingyang couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Duoduo was also very embarrassed, and she burst into laughter too.
"Father, my hands and hair are fighting!"
"Hurry and save me!"
Duoduo's pitiful look made the Prince of Pingyang unable to hold back his amusement.
He walked over to take a look and found that Duoduo's fingers were tangled up with a hairband.
And her hair was tangled with the hairband.
Because Duoduo's arms were short, they could only just reach the top of her head, so her two hands couldn't help each other.
And so, it all got tangled together.
"Don't move!"
The Prince of Pingyang gently untied the hairband, and then untangled the hair from the hairband and her fingers.
"All done!"
The Prince of Pingyang helped Duoduo let down her hair, then took a comb to smooth it out for her.
"Alright, you continue. I'm going out."
The Prince of Pingyang put down the comb and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, his hand was grabbed by a small hand.
"Father, can you help me wash my hair?"
"I don't know how to wash it!"
The Prince of Pingyang turned around and saw Duoduo looking up with her little head, her face full of pleading.
"Now you know you can't wash it?" The Prince of Pingyang kept a straight face.
"Since you don't know how, why did you send the maids away?"
Duoduo's face was full of disappointment.
"I overestimated myself! I thought I could do it!"
"Father, please help me this time! If I go call the maids back now, wouldn't it be so embarrassing?"
"Besides, don't you dislike having women enter your room?"
The Prince of Pingyang's heart stirred slightly.
It turned out that Duoduo had sent the maids away because he didn't like them being there.
Keeping a stern face, the Prince of Pingyang picked Duoduo up and placed her straight into the bathtub.
Duoduo was startled at first, but then she smiled happily.
"Just this once. If you do this again, I'll throw you out!"
The Prince of Pingyang warned Duoduo as he picked up the water dipper from the bucket to scoop water.
"Okay!"
Duoduo obediently lay back and agreed.
This was the Prince of Pingyang's first time serving someone else.
He poured a scoop of water over Duoduo's head.
He had scooped too much water, drenching Duoduo's entire head and face.
Duoduo shuddered in shock.
She wiped the water drops from her face and giggled.
"It's raining heavily!"
Duoduo happily splashed the water in the tub, splashing it onto the floor and the hem of the Prince of Pingyang's clothes.
The Prince of Pingyang also realized he had scooped too much, so for the next scoop, he only filled it halfway.
As he poured the water, he recalled the steps Ling Feng took when washing his hair.
First, wet the hair, then apply the soap beans, rub to create a lather, and finally rinse with water.
Very simple!
The Prince of Pingyang felt it was a piece of cake.
He picked up the soap beans from the side and applied them to Duoduo's hair.
Huh? Why were there no bubbles?
Could it be that these soap beans were bad?
The Prince of Pingyang thought for a moment, stood up, walked to the nearby shelf, and fetched some new soap beans.
He applied the soap beans to Duoduo's hair again, but there were still no bubbles.
The Prince of Pingyang picked up the soap beans and began to study them.
He rubbed the soap beans with his hands, but there were no bubbles.
Duoduo tilted her head back and saw the Prince of Pingyang's actions.
"Father, these are soap beans. Have you never seen them before?"
The Prince of Pingyang shot Duoduo a sidelong glance.
"The quality of these soap beans is poor."
Duoduo sat up and took the soap beans from the Prince of Pingyang's hand.
"These soap beans are very good! They are so plump, they will definitely make a lot of bubbles."
Duoduo scooped some water from the bathtub into her palm, and then she began to rub the soap beans.
"Wow! So many bubbles!"
Duoduo pouted her lips and happily blew at the bubbles.
The Prince of Pingyang lowered his eyes; he understood now.
It turned out that the soap beans needed water to be rubbed into a lather.
The Prince of Pingyang poured water over Duoduo's hair again until it was thoroughly soaked, and only then did he pick up the soap beans to apply them.
Sure enough, following his movements, a fine lather appeared on Duoduo's hair.
The Prince of Pingyang also became interested.
He kept rubbing and rubbing, and more and more bubbles appeared, piling up all over Duoduo's head.
Looking at a head full of bubbles, the Prince of Pingyang felt a great sense of accomplishment in his heart.
He blew at the bubbles. The bubbles on top of Duoduo's head trembled for a moment, and then returned to their original position.
The Prince of Pingyang couldn't help but blow again. The bubbles scattered once more, and then gathered together again.
Duoduo felt a breeze blow across the top of her head from time to time, and she found it strange.
"Father, why is there wind in this room? It's a bit chilly!"
The Prince of Pingyang, who had been addicted to playing with the bubbles, immediately stopped.
"Where would wind come from? You felt wrong!"
As the Prince of Pingyang spoke, he put his hands into the bubbles and began to massage Duoduo's hair.
"Ouch!"
The Prince of Pingyang used too much force, causing Duoduo to cry out.
The Prince of Pingyang hurriedly lessened his strength and carefully massaged Duoduo.
Duoduo felt very comfortable and happily began to sway her head back and forth.
The Prince of Pingyang watched his hands moving through the black hair and white bubbles, and he also found it quite amusing.
He scooped all the bubbles down, piled them all together, and then scattered them again.
Gradually, Duoduo's eyelids began to droop.
Her daily lessons were already heavy, and today it was long past her bedtime.
Duoduo tried hard to keep her eyes open.
However, her eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and finally, Duoduo fell asleep.
Before falling asleep, she mumbled softly.
"Daddy, bubbles..."
The Prince of Pingyang was having so much fun that he only accidentally noticed Duoduo had already fallen asleep.
The Prince of Pingyang immediately snapped back to his senses.
He scooped up water and rinsed Duoduo's hair clean.
The Prince of Pingyang used a clean towel to dry Duoduo's hair, and then he simply lifted Duoduo right out of the water.
Suddenly taken out of the warm water, the sleeping Duoduo felt cold.
She instinctively leaned toward a warm place.
Before the Prince of Pingyang had time to wrap Duoduo in a towel, he saw Duoduo grabbing his clothes and burrowing tightly into his arms.
The Prince of Pingyang stiffened a bit.
He didn't know what to do.
After a long time, "Cold..." Duoduo murmured in her sleep.
Flustered, the Prince of Pingyang quickly wrapped Duoduo in a towel and carried her out of the room.
The Prince of Pingyang tucked Duoduo into the quilt. Feeling the warmth of the quilt, Duoduo buried her head inside and fell fast asleep.
Only then did the Prince of Pingyang realize that his own clothes were completely soaked.
The Prince of Pingyang shook his head, walked back to the side room, and hastily washed himself off.
He changed into a clean set of inner garments and returned to the room.
In just that short amount of time, Duoduo, who had originally been sleeping on the inner side, was now sleeping sideways right in the middle of the bed.
