part 21jalal and abdul were wandering on their horses in the city,stopping to ask for directions to the hakim's house...
JALAL-BAS AB THODI DER AUR ABDUL,HUM JALD HI BAIRAM KHAN KE GHAR PAR HONGE...
(some more time abdul,we will reach bairam khans place soon)
ABDUL-HUM JANTE HAI JALAL,BAS YEH DARD AB ZAYADA BADH GAYA HAI...
(i know jalal just that this pain has increased now)
JALAL-CHINTA MAT KARO ABDUL...HUM TUMHE KUCH NAHI HONE DENGE...
(don't worry abdul,i won't let anything happen to you)
just then a sermon was being announced in the city of malwa...
GUARD-"NAGAR VASIYON KO TAKEET KI JATI HAI KI SHEHZADI RUQAIYYA KI SAWARI YAHAN SE GUZAR ,SAB APNE APNE GHARON MAIN CHALEIN JAYEIN...KOI BHI APNE GHARON SE JHANKNE KI GUSTAKHI NA KARE...GUSTAKHI KARNE WALE KO SAKHT SE SAKHT SAZA MILEGI..."
(people of the city are informed to go back to their houses,leaving all the work they r doing,bcoz the convoy of princess ruqaiyya is on its way..anyone who dares to take a glimpse of the princess will be punished)
all the people started running back to their homes...those who couldn't,shut down their shops and ran away to hide somewhere...
JALAL-LAGTA HAI YAHAN SE NIKALNA CAHIYE ABDUL...HUM NAHI CAHTE KI ADHAM KHAN KO HAMARE YAHAN HONE KA PATA CHALE...AGAR HUM PAKDE GAYE TOH BAHUT BADI MUSEEBAT HO SAKTI HAI SHEHZADI JODHA KO DHOONDNE MAIN...
(i think we should also go from here abdul,i don't want to get caught by adham khan.it would become very difficult for me to look for princess jodha)
ADBUL-CHALIYE JALAL,HUM BHI KAHIN CHAL KAR CHUP JATE HAIN...
(yes,jalal lets go from here)
but before they could ride their horses to a decent hideout,RUQAIYYA had spotted the,handsome stranger...ruqaiyya was passing by the street when her eyes landed on the handsome physique of a stranger...i've never seen this man in my life...such an awesome physique...what arms...how would it feel to be encaged in them...to have his lips on my body...for him to be inside me...RUQAIYYA had lusted after many a young men but today this stranger was taking her lust to a new high...I HAVE TO HAVE THIS MAN,NO MATTER WHAT...she knew what she had to do...and was ready to do anything...
after ruqaiyya's convoy had passed all the people again came out and went about their daily work...jalal had finally found the way to bairam khans house...he reached B.K's house and knocked on the door...
SALIMA-AB KAUN AA GAYA...KAHIN NAZNEEN KE AMMI ABBA TOH NAHI...AGAR JAMAIMA KI SHIKAYAT LE KAR AAYE HONGE,TOH ACCHA SABAK SIKHAONGI MAIN JAMAIMA KO...
(who is it,if its nazneen's parents come to complain about jamaima,i won't spare jamaima)
salima went to open the door and found 2 young men standing there...one had an injury on his leg and the other was supporting him...
JALAL-JI HUM HAKIM SAHIB,BAIRAM KHAN SE MILNE AAYE HAIN...
(we have come to meet bairam khan please)
SALIMA-AREY ANDAR AAEYE...HUM ABHI UNHE BULA DETE HAIN...
(please come in,ill let him know you are here)
salima went inside to tell B.K about the two men who had come to meet him,and that one of them was injured...B.K quickly came out to see who it was and was shocked to see the prince of the mughal sultanate there...
B.K-SHEHZADE AAP...AADAB...AUR YEH KYA...INKE PAIR PAR TOH BAHUT CHOT AAYI HAI...
(your highness,oh my god, and abdul...what happened to you...you are injured)
JALAL-JI...HUM INKA ILAAJ KARVANE AAYE HAIN...
(i have come here to get him treated)
jalal made abdul lie on the makeshift bed and B.K put all the necessary ointments on the injury after cleaning it...
B.K-INHE AB BAS KUCH DIN AARAM KI ZAROORAT HAI...AUR APNE PAIRON PAR ZOR MAT DALIYEGA...VARNA ZAKHM AUR NASOOR BAN JAYEGA...AB YEH BATAEYE SHEHZADE KI AAP MALWA MAIN KYA KAR RAHE HAIN...
(he just needs rest for a few days,and don't put pressure on your foot,it will worsen the injury,now tell me your highness.how come you are in malwa)
jalal dint want to reveal his intentions to anyone...not that he dint trust bairam khan but he felt it was too early to it...
JALAL-APNE JAB SE HUMEIN ADHAM KHAN KE BAARE MAIN KHABAR DI HAI,HUM KHUD YAHAN AA KAR USS NAMURAAD KO RANGE HAATN PAKADNA CAHTE THEE...ISLIYE HUMNE YEH BHES BADLA HAI...HUM CAHTE HAIN KI HAMARE YAHAN HONE KA PATA KISSI KO NA CHALE...
(from the moment you have told me about adham khan i decided to catch him red handed...and for this reason i haven't come as a prince but as a common person..i don't want anyone to know of my being here)
B.K-HUM SAMAJH GAYE SHEHZADE...AAP FIKAR MAT KEJEYE...AUR HAAN AAP EK KAAM KYUN NAHI KARTE,HAMARE GHAR PAR HI REH JAEYE...
(i understand,don't worry,and why don't you stay at my place)
JALAL-AAP KA BAHUT SHUKRIYA MAGAR HUM YAHAN NAHI REH SAKTE...HUM JO KAAM KARNE AAYE HAIN,USKE LIYE HUM KISSI AUR KO KHATRE MAIN NAHI DAAL SAKTE...AUR PHIR AAPKA PARIVAAR KYUN ISKE BEECH MAIN AAYE...
(thank you so much,but i don't want to put your family in any jeopardy)
salima had been in the kitchen till now,preparing some snacks for the guests...she came out and placed them in front of jalal and abdul...
B.K-BEGUM YEH (he looked at jalal and asked his permission to divulge his identity,but jalal refused) HAMARE DOST KE BETE HAIN...YAHAN SIKAR KARNE AAYE THEE...INKE DOST KE PAIR MAIN CHOT LAG GAYI TOH YAHAM HUMSE DAVA LAGVANE AA GAYE...
(this is my friends son,he has come for hunting and his friend got injured,so he got him here to get treated)
SALIMA-AAP SAB KO KUCH CAHIYE TOH HUMEIN ZAROOR BATA DIJEYEGA...TAB TAK HUM ANDAR JATE HAIN...THODA KAAM HAI....
(if you need anything please let me know,i am inside ,have some work)
as soon as salima went in jalal and abdul also took leave from bairam khan...B.K offered his assistance to look for a suitable shelter for jalal but was refused...jalal was adamant...no one would know of anything unless he had completed his mission...
B.K came and sat next to salima...seeing him a bit worried salima couldn't help but ask "AAP ITNE PARESHAN KYUN HAIN...SAB THEEK TOH HAI"
(why are you so worried,is everything fine?)
B.K "KUCH NAHI BEGUM"(he dint want to lie to her but had no choice) "HUM BAS JAMAIMA KE BAARE MAIN SOCH RAHE THEE"
(nothing dear,just was worried for jamaima)
SALIMA-AAP BAS SOCHTE RAHIYE...JO KARNA HAIN HUM KAR CHUKE HAIN...
(u keep thinking,i have already done what i had to do)
B.K-MATLAB?AAP KEHNA KYA CAHTI HAIN...
(what do u mean)
SALIMA-AAJ SHYAAM TAK AAPKO SAB PATA CHAL JAYEGA...
(u will come to know today evening itself)
...
back in malwa palace...
MAHAM-KAHAN HAI HAMARE DILL KA SUKOON...HAMARI LADLI SHEHZADI...RUQAIYYA SE KAHIYE KI HUM UNSE MILNA CAHTE HAIN....
(where is my darling grand daughter,tell ruqaiyya that i want to meet her)
a maid comes to tell ruqaiyya that her grandmother is called her...ruqaiyya is also very fond of her grandmother...maham has always favored her grand daughter even when adham wanted to punish her for her mischifes,it was maham did not allow adham to do that...now ruqaiyya even though loved her grandmother was totally out of her hand...but maham had a blindfold where ruqaiyya was concerned...
RUKU-DADI JAAN(comes running and huge maham) KAISI HAIN AAP,AAJ SUBAH SE HUMSE MILI NAHI...
(dear grandmother,how are you,why haven't you met me since morning)
MAHAM-THODE MASHROOF THEE HUM BETA...AAP BATAEYE,AAPKE MIZAAJ KAISE HAIN...HUMNE SUNA AAJ AAP MEHEL SE BAHAR GAYI THI...
(i was a little busy dear,but u tell me,i heard u went out of the place today)
RUKU(remembering the handsome stranger) HUM MEHEL KE BAHAR GAYE THEE,AUR BAHUT MAZA AAYA HUMEIN...
(yes i did ,and i enjoyed a lot)
MAHAM-SUBHAN ALLAH...AAP HASTE HUE KITNI PYAARI LAGTI HAIN,KAHIN KISSI KI NAZAR NA LAG JAYE AAPKO...
(u look so nice when u smile...i hope you keep smiling like this always)
RUKU-AGAR LAG BHI GAYI TOH AAP HAIN NA HAMARI NAZAR UTARNE KE LIYE...ACCHA AB HUM CHALTE HAIN DADIJAAN...HUMEIN THODA KAAM HAI(thinks to herself I NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT SOMEONE)
(when you are here i will always smile grandmother...ok now i have to go,have some work.)
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