part 4THERE WAS PIN DROP SILENCE IN THE HALL.
after some time the heads of all the rajput states stood up and faced bharmal and humayun.
"HUM SAB KO LAGA THA KI AAJ HUM EK UTSAV KA HISSA BANNE JA RAHE HAIN...HUMEIN NAHI PATA THA KI AAPNE HAMARA APMAAN KARNE HUMEIN YAHAN BULAYA HAI RAJA BHARMAL...AAPKI HIMMAT KAISE HUI YEH SOCHNE KI ,KI EK RAJPUT KI BETI EK MUGHAL KE YAHAN JA SAKTI HAI...HUM SAB NE AAPKI ISS MUGHAL KE SAATH DOSTI PAR KUCH NAHI BOLA ,ISKA MATLAB YEH NAHI HAI KI HUM AAPKO MANMANI KARNE DENGE..
AAP RAJPUTON KE NAAN PAR KALANK HAIN,AAJ TAK JINSE HUM DUSHMANI NIBHATE AA RAHE HAIN AAPNE USSE HI HAMARA RISHTEDAAR BANANE KE BAARE MAIN SOCHA BHI KAISE...
ITNI ASHUBH KHABAR SUNNANI THI TOH HUMEIN YAHAN BULAYA HI KYUN...AAPKO KYA LAGA KI YEH SUNKAR HUM SAB BAHUT PRASANN HONGE,AAPKO BADHAIYAN DENGE...NAHI RAJA BHARMAL...HUM SAB ISS RISHTE KA VIRODH KARTE HAIN...KYA RAJPUTON KE LADKE MARR GAYE HAIN JO EK RAJPUT KANYA KO AAP EK MUGHAL KE GHAR BHEJNA CAHTE HAIN...
AUR YEH SHEHENSHAH HUMAYUN,YEH APNE AAPKO SAMAJHTA KYA HAI...ISKA KHANDAN KI AUKAT HUMNE DEKHLI AAJ,RAJPUTON PAR RAJ KARNE KA BAHUT ACCHA BANDOBAST KAR LIYA HAI ISNE...ISSE KYA LAGA HUM YAHAN AAP DONO KE ISS NAYE SAMBANDH KO KHUSHI KHUSHI APNA LENGE...
NAHI RAJA BHARMAL,HUM SAB VIRODH KARTE HAIN,HUM BHI DEKHTE HAIN KI AAP APNI BETI KA HAATH ISS NAMURAD MUGHAL KE HAATH MAIN KAISE DETE HAIN...ISSE PEHLE KI AAP AAAISA KUCH KAREIN HUM IS CHOTE RAJKUMAR KO HI ISS DUNIYA SE VIDA KAR DENGE"
they took out their swords and started advancing towards jalal...
RB-BAS,WAHIN RUK JAEYE VARNA HUMSE BURA AUR KOI NAHI HOGA...HUMNE AAPKO APNI KHUSHI MAIN SHAMIL HONE KE LIYE BULAYA THA,AUR AAP SAB NE HAMARI KHUSHI KO GHAHAN LAGANI KI KOSHISH KARI...
AAP HOTE KAUN HAIN HAMARI BETI KI ZINDAGI KA FAISLA KARNE WALE,ABHI HUM ZINDA HAIN,AUR HAMARI BETI KI SHAADI WAHIN HOGI JAHAN HUM CAHENGE...AUR AAPSAB NE YEH SOCHA BHI KAISE KI AAP SHEHZADE JALAL KO ISS DUNIYA SE VIDA KAR SAKTE HAIN...AGAR AAJ HAMARA DOST CHUP HAI TOH SIRF HAMARE LIYE,KYUNKI WOH HUMEIN CHOT NAHI POHCHANA CAHTA...SHEHZADE JALAL HAMARE HONE WALE DAMAD HAIN AUR YAHA KOI CAHE NA CAHE ,YEH VIVAAH HO KAR RAHEGA...
there was an uproar amongst the rajputs...they could not digest that someone from their own clan was making a blunder of marrying his daughter into their enemies clan...it was the biggest sin for them...how would they face the mughals in the next war if someone from their own side would end up siding with the mughals...
on the other side even humayun's extended family could not belive that shehenshah-e-hind was making such a decision...getting his son married to a hindu that too voluntarily was a sin for them as well...they had never been fond of bharmal and the shehenshah's friendship but taking a hindu bride for the next shehenshah of india was not something they had ever wanted,yet they remained quiet.they thought that jalal can get married 4 times,so what if he gets married to a hindu now,later on they will get him married to a more suited for their religion,and a better girl for their would be shehenshah at any cost...
the rajputs"THEEK HAI RAJA BHARMAL,LAGTA HAI AAP APNA FAISLA NAHI BADLENGE,AB HUMEIN HI KUCH KARNA HOGA...AAPNE ABHI KAHA NA KI JAB TAB AAP ZINDA HAIN ,AAP APNI BETI KE VIVAAH KA FAISLA KHUD KARENGE,TOH THEEK HAI JAB AAP HI NAHI RAHENGE TOH YEH VIVAAH KAISE SAMBHAV HOGA,HUM AAPKO SAVDHAAN KARTE HAIN RAJA BHARMAL,AGAR AAPNE APNA FASLA NAHI BADLA TOH AAP APNI ZINDAGI SE HAATH DHO BAITHENGE"
HUM draws his sword"KHAMOSH GUSSHTAKH,AMER MAIN KHADE HO KAR AMER KE RAJA KO DHAMKI DENE KI HIMAAT KAISE HUI TUM SAB KI...YEH MAT SOCHNA KI RAJA BHARMAL AKELE HAIN,UNKE SAATH DENE KE LIYE HUM HAIN YAHAN,APNE DOST KO HUM KUCH NAHI HONE DENGE...YEH MAT SOCHNA KI AMER KO APNE KABZE MAIN KARNE KE LIYE HUM YEH KAR RAHE HAIN,HAMARI DOSTI HUMARE LIYE SABSE ZAYADA ZAROORI HAI...HUMNE TOH SOCHA THA KI ISS SAMBANDH KE BAAD RAJPUTON SE HUM DOSTI KA HAATH MILAYENGE MAGAR AAP SAB NE HUMEIN YAKEEN DILA DIYA HAI KI AAPKI AUR HAMARI DOSTI KABHI NAHI HO SAKTI,AAPNE HAMARE DOST KI BEZAATI KI,HAMARE BETE KO MARNE KI DHAMKI KI...AAP SAB KO YEH BAHUT BHARI PADEGA"
RB-"HUM CAHTE THEE KI SABHI RAJVANSHIYON KE SAMNE HUM APNI BETI KA ROKA KAREIN ,PARANTU AB AAP SAB KI PARCHAYEEN BHI HUM APNE BACCHON PAR NAHI PADNE DENGE...AAP SAB KE LIYE YEHI ACCHA HOGA KI ISS WAQT AAP SAB CHALE JAYEIN YAHAN SE"
all the heads of the rajvanshi familes left cursing bharmal and humayun and planning to ruin both of them...humayun then turned to his family ...
"AGAR AAP SAB KO BHI ISS NIKAAH SE KOI HARZ HAI TOH ABHI BATA DEJEYE...HUM AAGE CHAL KAR KUCH BHI NAHI SUNNA CAHTE"
humayun's family"HUM SAB SAMAJH SAKTE HAIN KI AAPNE APNI DOSTI KE RISHTE KO NIBHANE KE LIYE YEH FASLA KIYA HAI(they give bharmal a mean look),MAGAR HUMEIN ISSE KOI AAITRAAZ NAHI HAI,VAISE BHI HAMARE YAHAN 4 SHAADIYON KA RIVAAZ HAI,AGAR SHEHZADE JALAL KI EK HINDU BEGUM HO BHI GAYI TOH KYA,HUM UNKI DUSRI BEGUM APNE HI MAZHAB SE LEKAR AAYENGE..."
HUM-"AAISA NAHI HOGA..."
humayun's family-"AAP KEHNA KYA CAHTE HAIN..."
HUM-"HUMNE FAISLA LIYA HAI KI HAMARA BETA SIRF SUR SIRF SHEHZADI JODHA SE HI NIKAH KAREGA...SIRF UNKA PATI BENEGA...USKE ZINDAGI MAIN KOI AUR BEGUM BANKAR NAHI AAYEGI...HUM JANTE HAIN KI HAMARE MAZHAB MAIN EK SE ZAYADA SHAADI KI MANZURI HAI MAGAR HAMARI BAHU SIRF RAJKUMARI JODHA HI BANEGI,YEH HAMARA AAKHRI FAISLA HAI"...
shaguni bai stood at a far corner looking towards the skies,praising her DEVI MAA,laughing to her hearts satisfaction...THE FIRST CHAPTER IN THE MOST PASSIONATE LOVE STORY OF HISTORY WAS BEING WRITTEN,SHE BEING A WITNESS TO IT...
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