Chapter 402 These Tears Are the Same for Everyone

"Isn't it delicious? It's a pity my nanny won't let me eat too much."

Daiyu ate a creamy mochi in the morning, and could only eat ice cream after the sun had risen higher.

This is her total snack amount for the whole day.

She still needs to eat regular meals; if she eats too much, she won't be able to finish her regular meals.

If she refuses to eat even one of her three meals, the nanny will take away her snacks for the next day.

After all, she's not a child anymore, where she can easily get her way by being spoiled and throwing a tantrum.

Sigh, starting this year, the nanny has been a bit stricter with her.

Daiyu looked at the Tenth Prince with some envy. He had already eaten two mochi and was now eating ice cream.

The ice cream had melted slightly, but the texture was just right. The Tenth Prince took a small bite out of the mochi and sucked out the ice cream inside.

Even with only the skin of the mochi left, he didn't waste it; he put it directly into his mouth and ate it in two bites.

After eating, he took a handkerchief from a maid and wiped his hands before speaking.

"Your nanny is really nosy. Why don't you give me this pastry-making nanny and I'll get you two less meddlesome ones?"

"You're dreaming!" Daiyu snatched the plate away.

"Don't think I don't know what you're up to. When I was a kid, so many people tried to trick me into leaving my place, and I never let them succeed. We can't let our lives regress!"

"Fine, don't take the snacks!" The Tenth Prince tried to snatch the plate from Daiyu's hand.

Daiyu put it down again, somewhat annoyed.

"I've given you some snacks, so let's just let last night's matter go," Daiyu said casually.

“I haven’t had a relapse on this journey. Last night it was all your fault that I had a relapse and was embarrassed. You think you can get away with this plate of snacks? Not so easy!” The Tenth Prince refused without even thinking.

He thought about it for a long time last night. He had considered how this problem came about and under what circumstances it would flare up.

He remembered that the day after he met Lin Daiyu in the Imperial Garden, he realized that he had this problem. Later, he found that many of his episodes seemed to have occurred after Daiyu had appeared.

Or perhaps after being wronged, he simply couldn't control himself and felt that he had to cry to vent his pent-up frustration.

He tried sword dancing, boxing, horseback riding, and hunting, but he couldn't control his tears.

He would do all this while shedding tears, feeling as if he were becoming a spectacle within the palace.

At first, quite a few people watched him do these things, but later... they got used to it.

Depending on the severity of the grievance, one will shed tears for at least fifteen minutes to an hour.

Most of the time, even though he never actually saw Daiyu, he would inexplicably burst into tears.

He's figured out the pattern: the inexplicable tears must be somewhat related to Lin Daiyu!

The Imperial Hospital examined him thoroughly, inside and out, and tried acupuncture, massage, medicine, and even acupressure, but nothing worked!

Yesterday, he didn't feel like crying at first, but when he saw Lin Daiyu frown, it was as if a switch had been flipped, and tears streamed down his face.

When Daiyu saw that he was directly blaming her for what happened yesterday, she couldn't help but get anxious.

"Your problem didn't just appear overnight. Don't think I don't know. You're not going to blame me for this!"

"That won't do. If it weren't for you last night..."

"What did I say? It's just a plate of pastries, and you're making such a big fuss as if I've done something heinous!" Daiyu retorted, she'd never been accused like that before!

"You came all this way to bring me snacks today, isn't it to apologize? If it weren't for your fault, would you have come to apologize to me?" The Tenth Prince glanced at Daiyu sideways.

"Apologize? What's there to apologize for! I didn't do anything wrong!" Daiyu retorted angrily.

"I initially felt a little guilty because I thought you cried so miserably last night, more so than Meng Jiangnu, all because of a plate of pastries. So I brought you some pastries today to comfort you, and you still don't appreciate my kindness! Humph, Xueyan, let's go!"

Daiyu picked up the plate and threw it forcefully. The plate flew far away and landed in the water. Then she snorted at the Tenth Prince and turned to leave.

This time, she was determined not to stay on this ship.

Even though she had promised the Empress to stay by her side from the beginning, she is now going to break her promise!

Daiyu immediately went to find the Empress and recounted everything that had happened from last night to this morning.

The Empress was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this.

While comforting Lin Daiyu, she also sent someone to summon the Tenth Prince, intending to act as a peacemaker and help the two of them reduce their resentment towards each other.

Daiyu felt uneasy. The Tenth Prince was a big star in the palace this year. Not only did the Emperor Emeritus suddenly dote on this youngest son, but the Emperor and Empress also treated him much better than other princes.

"Senior sister, didn't you find a doctor who can treat emotional disorders to take a look at him?" Daiyu felt a little strange. Since the nanny said that the Tenth Prince had an emotional disorder, wouldn't it be enough to find a doctor who can treat emotional disorders to cure him?

"What? Emotional disorder?" This was the first time the Empress had heard this term.

Daiyu nodded.

"That's what Mr. Yuan said."

The Empress was secretly delighted.

"No one in the Imperial Medical Academy knows how to treat this illness. Since Mr. Yuan is knowledgeable about it, why don't we ask him to treat the patient?"

"Ms. Yuan knows what the illness is, but that doesn't mean she can cure it." Daiyu is not as simple as the Empress thinks.

If Mr. Yuan knew how to treat this, he would have done so long ago; there would be no need to wait until now.

“I remember your father telling us when he was chatting with us that you cried a lot when you were little, and you were also in poor health. Some monks and Taoist priests even came to your house and said that if you wanted to save your life, you had to stop crying. After Mr. Yuan came to your house, you really did stop crying. It seems that Mr. Yuan has a way!”

The Empress said that she had never paid attention to this matter before, and she would not have thought of it if Daiyu had not come to resign today!

Daiyu hadn't expected the Empress to know about this, but she couldn't deny that her father had often touted the reason for her improved health.

"But I do find those monks and Taoists quite interesting. Have you inquired about where they came from?" The Empress's focus was rather strange.

Daiyu smiled.

"You can't take what they say seriously, and my family hasn't paid much attention to it either..."

The Empress felt somewhat regretful.

At that time, on the mountain peak by the water, a monk and a Taoist were playing chess.

"With the love triangle in such a mess, who knows how many more unhappy couples will be added to the list?"

"We can't worry about all that, let's just focus on repaying the tears."

"If it wasn't returned by Fairy Crimson Pearl herself, would it even work?"

"Try having her return it herself. Last time, she was just passing by their house and before she could even say anything, someone threw mud at her. Who would dare to go there?"

"You don't even know anything about her teacher's background?"

Only God knows!