Chapter 17: Humiliation

Since Pang Shangshu's Mansion posted the list, the doctors who came to Pang Mansion can be said to be crowded with people, and they have used their housekeeping skills, but they still haven't improved at all, but they have become more and more intense. At the same time, although Pang Fu deliberately concealed it, the news that the huge daughter Ruyan was suffering from strange lesions and became fat and ugly still spread throughout Kyoto.

The streets and alleys are talking about it, since Miss Pang fell into the water after returning from the flower viewing banquet in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she contracted a strange disease and completely changed her appearance, almost in less than half a month, she changed from a slender fair lady to a fat woman with a bloated body, just like a woman, and her original appearance became no appearance because of obesity.

For a while, rumors spread all over the streets and alleys of Kyoto, some people said that Miss Pang was evil, others said that she had done evil in her previous life and was punished in this life, and even children made up tunes to laugh at her. All this is a fatal blow to the huge lady who has always been held in the palm of her hand.

Although Pang Shangshu ordered people to cover it up with all their might, so as not to make his daughter sad when she heard it, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and even the maids and maids in the house will secretly discuss it in private, how can Pang Ruyan not know it. Even Charron, who was married, didn't come to visit, but came to visit her when she just fell into the water, and since she was suffering from a strange illness, Charon never came, but just sent a steward to deliver supplements. No, maybe it's just to see what kind of dignity she has become. Pang Ruyan knew in her heart that maybe she and Xia Lang would no longer be possible.

And since she was replaced with a strange disease, her body is like a demon, uncontrollable, eating frantically, only a small portion of food before, but now it is the food of four or five big men, and eating is no longer chewing slowly, but swallowing a lot, even if the table is already a mess, but the stomach still feels very hungry. You have to eat enough until you have enough burps to stop.

Such a large amount of food made her quickly fat, her original clothes were torn, and her figure was bloated, which became the most disgusting appearance for herself. The imperial doctors opened a lot of houses one after another, and Miss Pang also took countless medicines, but her condition worsened, which made Pang Ruyan's mood fall to the bottom.

On this morning, the sun shone through the window early on a delicate sleeping step, and the maids had been waiting outside for a long time, but the people in the house had not yet got up.

It wasn't until the personal maid Zhu'er came to call that the people on the bed slowly moved their eyelids, revealing their eyes as bright as stars.

In fact, regardless of her figure, judging from her facial features alone, Pang Ruyan can still be regarded as a peugeot, but compared with her slender and delicate face before, her appearance is now extremely ugly in her eyes, just like if you have seen a finely carved teapot, and then turn your eyes to see another shoddy crooked pot, how to look at it, how to obstruct the eyes, even the whole person has become restless and sad.

"Zhu'er, what day is today, you can calculate it for me. ”

"Miss, today is the second day of the fourth month, the spring is just right outside, the flowers in the yard are in full bloom, do you want to go out for a walk?"

Pang Ruyan didn't want to pay attention to the spring outside, what she cared about was time. "The eighth day of the sixth month," Ru Yan repeated the day several times, and then sighed, "The last time we went to the Prime Minister's Mansion was the eighth day of the third month, and it has been three months. ”

Ru Yan glanced at the mirror, but her bright eyes were full of sadness. In the past three months, her life has simply fallen from the sky to the ground, and her fatter and fatter figure and no longer beautiful face have made her heart lose self-confidence and even become inferior.

"Zhu'er, do you look really ugly when you look at me?" she looked at the small face that used to be the size of a palm, but now one hand could only cover half of it, and she couldn't help but be disappointed again.

"What's the matter, Miss, you are still so beautiful, in the eyes of the slave, Miss is always the most beautiful. ”

"Don't comfort me, fool, who likes me when you look at me. "For herself, Ru Yan is still self-aware, in the past, because of her identity, she was the daughter of the second rank of the dynasty, dignified appearance, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and other talents, the sons in the city are naturally eager to flock to her, but now she may have become a joke on the street, even the prince of the prime minister's mansion who has already decided on a family affair has never come to visit, but just sent the housekeeper to come to greet her, the intention is actually obvious. It's just that because of the relationship between the two families, she is also somewhat concerned about the face of the concubine, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid that her dignified daughter of Pang Mansion would have been withdrawn a long time ago.

That's it, let him go, if he is destined to be like this for the rest of his life, it is better to live like the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, and he doesn't have to endure the eyes of others anymore.

"Zhu'er, if I leave one day, you must be strong, and don't let others bully you. ”

As soon as she heard this, Zhu'er was shocked, and a bad thought came to her mind, she instantly grabbed the young lady's hand and hurriedly asked, "Miss, what did you say? ”

"My stupid pearl, you always have to get married, you always have to leave me, is it possible that you will always serve me when I get married?"

"Of course, Zhu'er has followed you since she was a child, and she has long recognized that you are my lifelong miss, and if you marry into the Prime Minister's Mansion, I will naturally follow you. If Zhu'er doesn't get married, she will follow Miss for the rest of her life and never separate. ”

"Prime minister's house, prime minister's house. Pang Ruyan kept repeating these words in her mouth, thoughtfully, and Zhu'er on the side had a sinking eye, frowned, and wanted to slap herself in the face. In the past few days of Miss's illness, the prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion has never come to visit, and Miss must be extremely disappointed in her heart.

Seeing that Pang Ruyan didn't have a happy look on her face, Zhu'er wanted to change the topic, so she tugged at the corner of Pang Ruyan's sleeve and said, "Miss, today's spring is excellent, and I heard that your favorite auspicious opera troupe has come to the city, and the finale performance is the Phoenix Dance for Nine Days, otherwise Zhu'er will accompany you to take a look?"

When she first heard that it was an auspicious opera troupe, Pang Ruyan's face showed a bright light, but in a blink of an eye, it dimmed, all of this, the maid Zhu'er saw it very clearly, although she couldn't fully understand the mood of the young lady, but she also understood the kind of mental gap from the stars holding the moon to the heavy landing, as well as the sorrow and sadness in the young lady's heart. So these days, she has been trying to make Miss happy in various ways, but it has never worked. "Miss, slave maid, you should go and have a look, this troupe is rare to come back. ”

Pang Ruyan naturally understood Zhu'er's thoughts, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then she got up and straightened her sleeves, "It's okay, let's go out for a walk." ”

"Well, the slave and maid will go and prepare the carriage. Zhu'er looked happy, lifted the hem of her skirt and ran to the door, eager to prepare the carriage to take the young lady out, while Pang Ruyan stood in the house and watched Zhu'er's happy back with mixed tastes.

As soon as Zhu'er ran to the courtyard, before she reached the gate outside, she saw a handsome and gorgeous figure walking quickly, followed by a few small servants, walking in the direction of the young lady's courtyard. Today, the lord is not in the house when he has something to do, and the son must have come to visit the young lady. Thinking of this, Zhu'er was very happy, and she didn't care about the carriage at the moment, and she wanted to inform the young lady of the good news as soon as she trotted back. "Miss, Miss, Mr. Xia has come to see you. ”

Sure enough, Pang Ruyan's face was full of joy when she heard the news at the beginning, and she walked a few steps in the house excitedly. But in a blink of an eye, a trace of sadness appeared on his face, Xu was not confident in his figure and appearance, perhaps it was the illness during this time that made Pang Ruyan, who had always been calm and calm, sensitive and sentimental. But no matter what, when her fiancΓ© came to visit, she was naturally overjoyed.

"Zhu'er, let's take a look, whether the makeup on my face is flowery, how is this dress, is it good. Obviously I have seen it a few times, but Pang Ruyan is still a little flustered at the moment, as if it is the first blind date, and she wants to dress herself up the most beautiful and appear in front of her fiancΓ© in the most glamorous appearance.

"Don't worry, miss, you are so beautiful, Xia Gongzi will definitely like it. Zhu'er was relieved on the side, and cut the hair and sleeves of the young lady, and prepared tea, and put it on the table to wait for the arrival of the Prime Minister's Son.

After a while, Xia Lang, the prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion, had already walked to the courtyard where Pang Ruyan was, and Zhu'er stepped forward to greet him, "Young Master Xia, please come in, Miss is in the house." ”

"Hmm. Sharon just responded lightly, with no expression on his face, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. Xia Lang walked into the room and saw Pang Ruyan standing in front of the table, looking at him with a smile. Although the face is still exquisite, it is not at all the same as before, the whole person is fatter, and the appearance is not as good as before. Sure enough, just like what the housekeeper said last time, Xia Lang already knew it at the moment, looked at the appearance, took a step back, raised his eyes and said, "The weather is still good today, so I will come to visit Miss Visitor." If Miss Pang is fine, can you accompany my son to the back garden?"

"It's okay, let Ru Yan take her son for a walk. Pang Ruyan listened, turned around and led him to the back garden, and several maids and maids behind him also followed.

On the way to the back garden, Xia Lang just walked in front blindly and did not speak, and Pang Ruyan walked on the left side and did not speak, but it was difficult to hide a trace of sadness in his expression. Sharon came today, with an expressionless expression and an abnormal expression, not at all the smiling when he saw her before. Thinking that he hadn't seen himself for more than ten days, Pang Ruyan had some guesses in her heart, maybe Xia Lang didn't come to visit, but wanted to ..... But Pang Ruyan still has some hope in her heart, hoping that Xia Lang will really love herself, not just because of her appearance and talent.

Just thinking about it, several people had already walked to the back garden, and at the entrance of the back garden, Xia Lang suddenly stopped, turned to the little maids and maids behind him and said, "This son wants to go alone with Miss, you go down first." ”

"Yes". The little maids and maids retired one after another, and Zhu'er glanced at her own young lady, saw that the corners of her mouth smiled slightly, and stopped outside the courtyard, leaving Pang Ruyan and Xia Lang two space. Before retiring, Zhu'er couldn't help but look at the figures of the two, and hoped that Xia Gongzi could accompany Miss well, so that Miss could open her heart.

After stepping into the back garden a few steps, Xia Lang looked at the beauty of the courtyard step by step, and still couldn't help but speak, "I heard that Miss is suffering from a strange disease, and I have invited famous doctors all over the world, I don't know if I am better now?"

"No, it's still the same, and the doctor can't see what the disease is, so he can only keep it." As soon as she mentioned her condition, Pang Ruyan's footsteps stopped, and her eyebrows could not hide her sorrow, "Last time, I thanked you for sending someone to send medicine to visit, and Ruyan was grateful." ”

"Miss is polite, our Xiangfu is naturally concerned about Miss's illness, and I just hope that Miss can get better soon. When Xia Lang spoke, his tone was light, but his eyes were evasive, and he didn't look at Pang Ruyan, and his eyes lost their former tenderness.

"Thank you, Son, and take the trouble to thank the Prime Minister and Mrs. for me. Pang Ruyan bent her body, and she still had the nobility and temperament of a young lady like everyone, but this body made her no longer able to face herself.

Xia Lang walked to a flower garden in the courtyard, a slight fly blew, and a burst of fragrance came out, Xia Lang stroked a flower with his right hand and said, "The flowers of Shangshu Mansion used to bloom so well, but they were negligent before." ”

"Yes, it's the season of flowers, and the fragrance of flowers is naturally very fragrant. Pang Ruyan only thought that Xia Lang was admiring the flowers, and walked over with her, standing in front of a cluster of flowers to admire.

"The flowers are beautiful, and that's the season. It's fascinating to see these flowers blooming, but once the flowers are broken and fall, no one will like them anymore. It's the same with people, you say yes, Miss Pang?" Xia Lang said about flowers, but suddenly his words changed, and his eyes looked directly at Pang Ruyan, with a bit of banter.

Pang Ruyan was stunned for a moment, could the person in front of her really be the polite and polite Xiangfu Gongzi Xia Lang whom she was married? Pang Ruyan actually felt that he was so strange at this moment, and she spoke to her with more sarcasm, "What does Gongzi mean by this?"