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Chapter-7
Unveiling the Mystery
Mayank was very anxious after he found portrait,he directly reached to gunjan's room where samrat had just came with a juice like thing for gunjan...he rushed into room and shut the door quickly..both of them became alert coz of his entry.
"Mayank!"said gunjan confused.
"Shh..!"he shushed her.
Gunjana nd samrat exchanged confusing glances.
"Relax..ok..I have found something mysterious...Samrat!"he turned towards samrat and said,"do you know about ur grandfather??"
Samrat looked stunned and confused on this question,"WHAT!!!No..." he said
"Anything about your past?"he again asked
He looked even more perplexed wondering why is Mayank suddenly interested in his past.."Nothing!" and his head hung up like a kinder-garden kid who could'nt give answer of his teacher's question.
"Let's go!"said Mayank holding his hand.
"Where?"
"To meet ur father.."said Mayank.
"Why??"samrat and gunjan both looked confused.
"If things go according to my logic then you are a prince and would be king!!!"said Mayank promptly.
Both samrat and gunjan were shocked but before they could recover,Mayank dragged them out.
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Three of them were in the state of shock,Samrat,Gunjan and off course samrat's father...the portrait has become the center of attraction,
"Where did u find it?"samrat's father asked after 5 minutes of deadly silence.
"That's not important!You should tell us the whole story..."said Mayank firmly.
The portrait was an old family portrait in which Royalty was showing the best...at the center present Kaasira nd Kaasir were settled(Queen and King,Nupur's grandfather and grandmother) ,the right side of them was occupied by future Kaasir Niramitra Raje and Kaasira Shuchi raje(Nupur's dad and mom)...Nupur's mom as samrat had already
told was very beautiful and in her lap one most beautiful creation of the world,baby Nupur was sleeping.The left side was a surprise or shock,there were samrat's father,and his mother...and to their left it was deewan raje ranawat and his wife,their son(Arjun raje ranawat) about 3-4 years old.Other persons were hardly matter for them.
"How did u come in the royal family portrait?"asked Mayank again
Samrat's father took a deep sigh and started,"so its the time to disclose my real identity to my son..."he looked at samrat with heavy guilt,"Samrat,I am deepraj raje,younger brother of our late kaasir Niramitra raje..."
Everyone was shocked,samrat was looking at his father dumbfounded,he could'nt believe that his father who should rule Maahvira is working as head gardener in the palace but WHY!!! it was the biggest question.
"You all need to know a little about deewan,ranawat...he is younger brother of late kaasira shuchi raje and very clever,wicked and greedy by nature...after my father's death niramitra bhaisaheb was crowned according to convention...but deewan wanted to rule on mahvira...he was very wicked..he conspired to win the trust of bhaisaheb and made me a villen in his eyes...after that bhasaheb made him commander-in-chief and he started building his own army...he took control over the army and thus over Maahvira..later on he also took control over our 'raajsi khajana'...kaasir was too much dependent on him and trusted him most...I had lost any say in cabinet..."
He paused to wipe tears in his eyes,"that was the worst period...after 2-3 years kaasir,kaasira and our prime minister died in plane crash...and deewan took charge on Mahvira..he threw away all loyal ministers including me...and placed his own men...I had to work in my own palace for the sake of my family...you and your mother
samrat.."he lovingly touched samrat's cheeks but samrat pushed him away...
"YOU COWARD MAN!!!YOU DINT FIGHT FOR YOUR OWN RIGHT!!! I HATE YOU!!!" he shouted.
Everyone scared on his reaction,deepraj tried to approach him..."listen my son...that time was not right to rebel for I had no army..."he said timidly.
"OHH WOW!!!SO YOU ARE WAITING FOR RIGHT TIME!!!CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN YOUR RIGHT TIME WILL COME???"samrat screamed again.
"Samrat..cool down.."said Mayank,"At least give ur father a chance to explain himself..."
Samrat controlled his temper...his father again started,"I am building my secret army..."he said which gave everyone one more shock "I would have thrown this deewan..but...I feared of Nupur...my neice..."he said helplessly.
Now Mayank became panic,"Nupur!!!how come she affected by all this?"
"Mayank...she is in deewan's control...he is planning to marry her with his son Arjun raje ranawat..."he said that made Mayank startled
"WHAT!!!"he fumbled "But WHY!!!"
"Because my mother who was living in palace after bhaisaheb's death got to know about his culprit...and she made a will in which deewan is a care taker of 'shahi sampatti' and palace..he will rule on behalf of kaasir and kaasira's child that is nupur untill she turns 23 after that Nupur's husband would be owner of this palace and its 'sampatti' "
"ohh..so now deewan wants to marry his son to nupur...but Mr.deepraje why dint she made u a caretaker or owner???"asked mayank
"Because she dint know that we are alive..deewan told her that we had also died..!"
"OMG!!!"
"And if I am not wrong then Nupur's life is in danger..."said deepraje
"WHY!!!"Mayank panicked
"Because Arjun loves a girl from his college and he is plaaning to kill nupur after marrying her...so that he can easily marry to the girl of his own choice..."
"But deewan won't have any problem with this..I mean he is nupur's maternal uncle.."asked samrat confusedly.
"huh...he do not love anything but money!!!"
"but how can a girl marry with his maternal uncle's son..I mean he is her cousin.."asked gunjan.
"Its okay here in maahvira..I am also eligible to marry her"replied samrat
Gunjan heart burnt knowing this.
"but Mr.raje how do u noe all that?"mayank asked
"because I am keeping an eye on his activities..my informers are there in palace...I care for my neice..she is innocent..and only child of my bhaisaheb."he said with a chocked voice...his eyes were moist.
"Don't worry sir..we are with you..."said Mayank and samrat and gunjan nodded in support.
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"Why can't you live on ground floor?"said Mayank as he climbed two floors to reach Nupur.
"you have to make efforts to meet a princess.."she chuckled.
"and what effort one has to make to propose a princess..."Mayank asked and gazed her deeply.
His intense gaze made her blush...she looked at gorund having a shy smile on her rosy pink lips...Mayank came near to her and held her face through chin...
"Look at me princess.."he said
Nupur slowly raised her eyes and looked into his eyes...she was feeling a shiver inside...his eyes were penetrating her heart and she was blushing hard...Mayank's fingers slowly crawled on her face,caressing her cheeks...
"Beautiful!"he remarked.
Her eyes fell down as she smiled shyly,"Thanks!"said she
"I am deeply in love with you princess...will you be my queen?"he asked
Nupur said nothing,only her cheeks turned redder...Mayank hold her hand and kneelded down...
"I love you princess...and I want to marry you...you will be my queen in this life and in another...I don have
any kingdom...only my heart will be your palace...you will rule my heart and my life...I can'nt give u comfort
like here but I will try my best to remove all your sorrows...and fill your life with happiness..together we will make our lives royal and live like kingsize...will you marry me your highness..."
He then kissed on her knuckles...nupur could'nt hold her tears...she was happy so happy that she could'nt reach instantly...she was smiling while the tears in her eyes twinkled like small droplets of rain...and fall on her rosy cheeks...controlling her high heart beat she nodded,
"Yes..yes..."
Mayank then took a beautiful anklet out of his pocket seeing which nupur's eyes glimmed...it was a thin anklet made of gold,the shiny beads made up of white transparent stones were tinkling...
"May I?"he said
Nupur nodded emotionally and uplifted her foot...he gently hooked it around ankle which was already having two thick and beautiful anklets,he then bend his head and kissed on it...Nupur shivered a bit..while touching ground she was feeling as her foot has become precious...
"Thank you.."she whispered emotionally.
He got up and wiped her tears gently,"I don want to see tears in your eyes..."
"these are tears of happiness Mayank...I don want any palace,any comfort...I just want to be with you..anywhere...anyhow...I love you too..."she said and hugged him emotionally.
He embrace her and both lost celebrating love.
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