part 10...abdul was waiting to meet jalal,jalal was going to meet rb when abdul intercepted him and told him he had spotted something that would interest his shehenshah a lot,and asked his permission to show it to him...jalal was very curious to know what abdul was ona bout...he had known abdul since they were kids..in a way abdul was his closest friend,someone who could question him and abdul knew his questions would be taken in the right way...jalal might not say it,but he cared a great deal about abdul...abdul took jalal to a place where all the maharathis and yodhas practiced their art of sowrd fighting..prince ranvijay and ranveer were also there...jalal was observing them with casual indifference,when what abdul said caught his attention
abdul-shehzade ranveer kafi acchi talwarbazi kar lete hain na shehenshah...
jalal-kya tum humein yeh dikhane laye ho abdul...hum yahan apni begum ki behen ki shaadi main shamil hone aaye hain,yeh sab dekhne ka hamare pass waqt nahi hai...
abdul-hum mante hain aapko bahut kaam hai shehenshah,magar yahan par aapka dhyaan khichna bhi zaroori tha...
jalal-yahan yeh rajput talwaarbazi ka prashikshan kar rahein hai,jaise hum bhi roz subah kartein hain...issmein aaisa kya zaroori tha...
abdul-aapko aapke dushman ki kamzori aur shakti ka pata hona cahiye shehenshah...
jalal-yeh sukanya ke sasural wale hain,ranvijay unke hone wale shauhar hain...yahan hamara dushman kaun hai abdul...
abdul-wohi jiski shakti talwarbaazi aur kamzorii...
jalal-kamzoori kya?
abdul-chota mooh badi baat bol rahe hain shehenshah,hamein maaf karna...
jalal had a stern look on his face-hum intezaar kar rahe hain abdul...
abdul-aur jiski kamzoori aapki mughal sultanat ki begum jodha ho...
jalal-ABDUL(jalal shouts),(pause)...tum jante ho tumne abhi abhi kya farmaya hai...hamari begum hain jodha...tum unpar ilzaam laga rahe ho...
abdul-aap mera sar kalam kar dijeyega shehenshah agar maine aaisi gustakhi ki ho toh,magar main begum jodha ki baat nahi kar raha tha...yahan koi aur hai jo shehenshah ki begum ki caah(desire) rakhta hai...unhe pana cahta hai...
jalal is burning with rage now...how dare someone even think of his wife like that...that someone has a death wish and jalal would have the utmost pleasure of fulfilling this wish for him...
jalal-agar itna jante ho toh yeh bhi jante hoge ki woh gustakh hai kaun...hamari shamsheer woh naam sunne ko taras rahi hai...
abdul-woh gustakh aur koi nahi shehenshah magar rb ke hone wali samdhi ka bhanja hai,shehzade ranveer...
jalal with blood red eyes looks towards ranveer...
in the meanwhile jodha was in her room thinking of what had happened a few moments ago...jalal has kept her payal for all those months,and had even declared that he would not have let her gotten married to anyone...he would have done everything in his power to succeed ,and jodha knew he would have succeeded too,for she had seen him in action...as much as she hated him,she couldnt help but think that he was an excellent administrator,he had always been just with everyone,had always tried to give justice to the victims...had been a good king,she would have started to admire him ,had that miscarriage fiasco not happened and had she not seen his impulsive side and irrational behavior...she could sympathise with jalal the mourning father,but she held contempt for the shehenshah of hindustan...if rukaiya was his wife so was jodha...she should have been given a chance to explain everything to him ,to prove her innocense but he had denoed her that,just thought of her as a culprit,and al because of some eveidence that could have been corroupted at any given point in time...the way he had insulted her family,she would not be able to forget in this lifetime...her decision to not go back to agra,to never to return to jalal seemed like a correct one,just that agra has recently started to feel like home...she would miss bakshi bano and her ammijaan...these two were the only people in teh whole harem along with begum salima and the adorable rahim who were close to her...she would miss not having them in her life,and wished that she could meet them once...
rani mainavati was very concerned about her daughter jodha's future...her married life was in shames..and though jalal was the culprit mainavati could see repentance in his eyes...she knew that jalal had realised his mistake,and the biggest proof of it was the way he had been treating her and her husband...calling them his maa and walid was a very big thing,esp for the shehenshah of hindustan,who people believed to be a cruel and cold hearted man,infact on many occasions she had even heard people saying that he did not possess a heart...but the man befre her today was a changed man,a man who learned from his mistakes and wanted to make amends,and mainavati knew her jodha would be happy with jalal,if only she would give him a chance...
Edited by aanchal_c - 12 years ago
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