Chapter 1: Intoductions.
Ajavgadh: Assembly Hall
The messenger entered from the doors behind, he saw each and every thing in the castle and personally, he had liked it and he saw the decision his King and Queen had made was very right.
He opened the scroll and began to read it.
As the messenger finished, he watched the faces of the Assembly, specially the King. In no time, everyone broke in smiles and the King accepted the proposal. The daasis were sent to notify the Queen as the King gave the Messenger another scroll to pass it to the King of Amargadh.
Ajavgadh: Queen's Chamber
The daasis came running all laughing and giggling. The Queen looked at them.
Daasi: Maharani Padmavati, Aapki teeno betiyon ka vivaah Amargadh ke Rajkumaron ke saath tey kar diya gaya hain.
Padmavati: Sach? Par yeh kaise.
Daasi: Aapko yaad hain, kal Rajkumari Ridhima ne Gauri Mandir jaane ki ichah haazir ki aur vahaan Maharani Juhi ne unhe pasand kiya. Jaane ke baat ki Rajkumari ke paas 2 bari behne aur hain, se sandesh aaya hain.
Padmavati: Ridhima? Vo to hain hi sabse sundar aur sushil. Rajkumariyon ko hum bataaenge.
Daasi: Aur aane vaale Ekadashi se pehle hum udhar prasthav karenge.
Padmavati: Theek hain, Rajkumariyon ko bulaya jaye.
Daasi: Ji.
Ajavgadh: Rajkumari Anjali's Quarters.
The lovely princess was busy choosing the dress she'll wear for today. As she turned to see another dress, the Daasi entered.
Rajkumari Anjali was 9 years old and was tall, she was a little dark but yet, she looked magnificent.
Daasi: Rajkumari Anjali ko Maharani Padmavati ne bulaya hain.
Anjali: Kya hum jaan sakte hain kis baare mein?
Daasi: Unki....unki shaadi ke.. baare mein.
Anjali: Shaadi? Theek hain, aap jaiye.
Rajkumari Muskaan's Quarters.
Rajkumari Muskaan had a different persona, she acted well with whom she liked, but when she did not like someone, God had to save that person. She was 8 years old and her father's favourite.
Muskaan was having her hair straitened when the Daasi appeared.
Daasi: Rajkumari Muskaan ko Maharani Padmavati ne bulaya hain, unke Vivaah ke baare mein.
Muskaan: Vivaah? Hum aate hain.
Rajkumari Ridhima's Quarters.
Rajkumari Ridhima was the apple of her mother, she was emotionally and physically close to only her. She was 7 years old and she was busy doing a small painting which consisted of a pair of blue eyes.
Daasi: Rajkumari Ridhima ko Maharani Padmavati ne bulaya hain.
Ridhima: Maa ne? Hum aate hain.
Maharani Padmavati's Chamber.
Padma looked at her three daughters, the first two looked at her with questioning eyes, maybe they knew for what they were, but when she saw her last daughter, she was proud of her. Nor was she questioning neither any other type of look she was giving her, just love.
Padma: Shayad Rajkumari Anjali aur Rajkumari Muskaan jaanti hain ki humne aapko yahaan kyun bulaaya hain par humein lagta hain ki Rajkumari Ridhima ko yeh nahin malum jab yeh sab sirf aur sirf unhi ki wajaah se hua hain.
Anjali: Ridhima ki wajaah se?
Muskaan: Kab?
Padma: Haan, Jab kal aap dono bhagiche mein khel ne gayi thi, tab hi, Ridhima Gauri Mandir gayi thi. Unhe malum tha ki aap dono nahin aengi aur na hi unhe jaane dengi. Iske liye, kal jab aap bahaar the, wo vahaan chali gayi. Vahaan, Kya hum jaan sakte hain ki aapki mulaqat kis se huu, Rajkumari Ridhima?
Ridhima: Amargadh ki Maharani Juhi se.
Anjali: Amargadh?
Muskaan: Woh sabse baraa rajya Hindustan ka?
Padma: Aapne sahi pehchana. Aaj subah hi, Sandesh pahocha ki Maharaj Ranveer chahte hain ki aap teeno us ghar ki bahuen bane aur aage jaakar, Raniyan. Humnein kuch gupt charon se pataa kiyan hain un Rajkumaron ke baare mein. Kya aap jaana chahengi?
Anjali: Ji.
Padma: Rajkumari Anjali ka Vivaah, Amargadh ke sabse bare Rajkumar Atul se hoga. Rajkumar Atul shant aur sanskari hain. Woh 10 saal ke hain.
Muskaan: Aur doosre Rajkumar?
Padma: Rajkumar Rahul 9 saal ke hain, apne bare bhai ki tarah shant hain. Par, kabhi kabhi sabse chote Rajkumar ke saath masti karte hain. Abhi aap dono ja sakte hain.
Anjali: Kyun? Ridhima ka suna baaki hain.
Padma: Hum unse akele mein kahenge ya to nahin kahenge.
Muskaan: Kehlijiye, Hum use sun lenge.
Rajkumari Anjali and Rajkumari Muskaan go out from the Chamber.
Padma: Rajkumari, Hum aap pe garv hain. Aapne jo apne sanskar Maharani Juhi ke saamne dikhae, vo kabile taarif hain. Ab, Hum poochenge, kya aap jaana chahengi?
Ridhima: Ji...nahin.
Padma: Kyun?
Ridhima: Jaise bhi woh hain, humein pasand hain. Shama chahte hain par Rajkumari Anjali aur Rajkumari Muskaan ko jo Var milen hain, hum jaante hain ki unhe shayad pasand na aye unke baare mein jaan ne ke baad, par humari kismat ne unhe chuna hain aur hum use manzoor karte hain.
Padma: Theek hain, Par aap yeh jaankari le jaye aur jab aap ka man ho, bhavishya mein bhi, aap par sakti hain.
Ridhima: Ji, Shukriya.
Padma: Ab aap bhi jaiye, apni nileen ankhen ko banana khatam ki jiye.
Ridhima: Ji, Aur kuch?
Padma: Shayad meine uss kaagaz mein parha tha ki unki aankhen nili hi hain.
Ridhima: Mein chalti hoon.
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