Chapter 401 Made by Hand
"Hey, don't cry!"
When Daiyu saw the Tenth Prince suddenly burst into tears, she panicked and forgot all about her own little thoughts, quickly saying...
"It's just a plate of pastries, I'll have someone bring it to you... Don't cry, if all else fails, I'll ask the nanny to make you a big mochi tomorrow, so you can eat your fill."
Daiyu had never seen a man cry in front of her before. Although his crying was quite frightening, she inexplicably felt a softening in her heart, as if she could fulfill any request he made.
The Tenth Prince was sobbing. He was handsome, and standing next to Daiyu, he was not at all overshadowed. However, crying like a dog in front of his family was something he did not want to do, but he could not control himself.
The Tenth Prince felt that his previous aloof demeanor had completely vanished!
To be so humiliated in front of the beauty, and to be mistaken by her for being greedy, the Tenth Prince felt even more embarrassed than when he was carried away by bandits last time.
He swept his sleeve over his face, then turned and ran.
"Xueyan, did I do something to upset him?" Daiyu asked Xueyan only after he had run far away.
Xueyan was also taken aback by the sudden turn of events. She never expected that such a noble and handsome young prince would burst into tears without warning.
She was stunned too.
Upon hearing Daiyu's words, Xueyan subconsciously shook her head.
"Miss, is the Tenth Prince thinking of something sad?"
"But it was so sudden! Other people usually gather their emotions before crying, but he just glanced at me and tears started falling. Did I scare him? Have I become ugly lately?" Daiyu touched her face in confusion.
“Girl, don’t talk nonsense. If you’re ugly, then there’s not a single beautiful woman in the world,” Xueyan said firmly.
"The girl is as beautiful as ever!"
“Let’s go back. Have Zijuan go over to the other boat and tell them to make some of the mochi I often eat at home tomorrow, and also bring a few more kinds of pastries. I’ll send them to the Tenth Prince.”
Although she had heard from her senior sister, the Empress, that the Tenth Prince had recently developed a bad habit of crying a lot.
But she didn't know that she was such a tearful person!
Daiyu was somewhat sullen.
I always feel like I've forgotten something.
“Miss, I think the Tenth Prince is a bit like you in the past. Before Mr. Yuan came to our house, you would sometimes suddenly burst into tears like this. But not as exaggeratedly as the Tenth Prince.” Seeing that Daiyu was in low spirits, Xueyan wanted to say something to cheer her up.
“How could I resemble him? I was so young back then. It’s normal for a child to cry. The Tenth Prince’s behavior is clearly abnormal!” Daiyu blurted out, not feeling embarrassed at all because Xueyan brought up her childhood crying habits.
“I once heard Granny Wang say that when the young lady was little, she would cry along with others when she saw them crying. Just now, were you feeling a little sad and about to cry? I think the Tenth Prince started crying because he saw the young lady like this.”
"How old is he? He's two years older than me!" Daiyu pouted.
"Only children do such things; I stopped doing them a long time ago!"
Xueyan covered her mouth and laughed. Seeing that Daiyu had already put the matter aside, she stopped trying to persuade her.
However, when it was time to sleep, Daiyu still went into the space.
She has a limited number of things on this ship, so she can't just take things out of her spatial storage.
But today she didn't intend to take anything; she simply stayed in the kitchen of her space, quietly making mochi.
"Why are you so free today? Want to do this?"
Yuan Hongqu suddenly walked in from outside the house.
The space has been upgraded several times in recent years, and the outer courtyard is even larger. Just now, she was picking fruit and tending to medicinal herbs a little further away. Daiyu was thinking about things and didn't even notice that Yuan Hongqu was in the space.
"Granny," Daiyu said, feeling somewhat aggrieved upon seeing Yuan Hongqu.
"I think I just offended the Tenth Prince. He ran away crying. I wonder if he'll go and complain to the Emperor?"
"No, the Tenth Prince probably has an emotional disorder, which is why he cries so much. It's not because of you." Yuan Hongqu knew more about this matter.
"Don't worry, it's an old problem of his, your senior sisters all know about it," Yuan Hongqu gently comforted Daiyu, then noticed the ingredients she had laid out on the counter.
"Are you planning to make a snow skin mooncake?"
Daiyu had prepared quite a lot of materials. Yuan Hongqu glanced at them and estimated that they could make about twenty Snow Skin Mooncakes.
Daiyu nodded.
"He cried today because of the mochi, so I'm thinking of making some to send to him tomorrow."
"Yes, Xueyan just came over and said that the kitchen outside has already prepared it, and it will be made tomorrow morning." Yuan Hongqu never restricted Daiyu from taking things produced by her space out to others to eat, but Daiyu was always very vigilant and would not take them out easily.
This time, she actually thought of making the Snow Skin Mooncake herself for the Tenth Prince, which means she was really frightened by the Tenth Prince's crying.
Yuan Hongqu put down the various fruits she had picked, then selected a coconut, took a knife and peeled off the coconut skin. She then cut around the coconut shell about one-third of the way down, revealing the snow-white coconut meat inside. After that, she used a soft horn ruler to separate the coconut shell and the coconut meat. In just a few minutes, she separated the coconut shell and the coconut meat, and a complete coconut egg was presented in front of Daiyu.
Then Yuan Hongqu inserted a straw into the top of the coconut egg.
"Drink some coconut water first."
"Granny, I want to eat some coconut meat." The cool coconut water instantly soothed Daiyu's restless heart. However, it was already too late for her to have a midnight snack. Usually, at this time, Granny would not allow her to eat snacks or fruits.
"Eat a little less," Yuan Hongqu said, handing over a small spoon.
Daiyu took the spoon, her eyes sparkling. She really loved eating coconut meat; it was so creamy and smooth. If it weren't for her nanny keeping an eye on her, she could have eaten a whole coconut in one go.
Yuan Hongqu took over the part that Daiyu had not finished, rolling out the glutinous rice dough piece by piece, and then wrapping it with cream and fruit.
"Grandma, I'd like a few more ice creams, the vanilla kind."
"By the time it's delivered tomorrow, it'll probably have melted."
Despite saying that, Yuan Hongqu still took out an ice cream box from the freezer, which contained the ice cream they had made earlier.
"It's alright, I'll secretly change a few tomorrow," Daiyu said with a smile.
Yuan Hongqu didn't stop her too much, planning to make some ice cream mochi in the kitchen here tomorrow morning.
Thin mochi skin wrapped around cool ice cream—this was a flavor Daiyu had eaten during the hottest time of the day.
These past few days have been dry and humid. Perhaps the Tenth Prince's emotional problems are due to the heat and dryness. Giving him something cooling will help!
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