~OS : BENAZIR AND JODHAA'S DANCE DUEL , IN THE COURT~
~ Part 10 ~
Tears of rage and unbearable anger formed inside his eyes , he clenches his teeth , entightened the hold of his fist by forcefully closing his eyes ! Warm tears waddle under his eyelids by sliding upon his cheeks , his eyelashes were all wet making more visible the black of it's colour ! He went through all sorts of betrayal in the past , even of his closed ones but wasn't that heart-broken and shocked as now ! He was adviced by his khan baba for numerous times that a ruler who detains power over his shoulders and responsability over his head must be aware of everything , even the most inimaginable one so that he isn't left shocked and shattered at that precise moment , an emperor should know how to hide his weakness and let appears his daring side infront of world at pinpoint moment but how could he have even expected and imagined that one day his own badiammi , the one who took his mother's place during his childhood , thanks to her , the memories of his childhood can be still cherishable , the one who he considerated as his God and for whom he could blindly trust and gave up easily to his life will stab him from back !!! He breaks down in immense pain discovering the depth of her plot and betrayal , cool breezes of wind blow away wicks of his hair coming over his forhead , blow over whole of his face sorts of wipping his tears , he recalled each instant of moments when he accused her of playing with his dignity , when he insulted her in public and humiliated her even when he noticed her trying to keep her face neutral in spite of his harsh words , she lowered her head to hide her face ! Lowering her infront of a nautch girl , even sensing through her silence , her pain ! What she told to moti about their relationship , the reflection of her teary-eyed and pained face , all pictures of those scenes keep rotating in his mind as a wheel like when a car was driven speedly by an enraged and inconscient driver ! Thus making him open his eyes , he gets up still with this pain and anger in his eyes , the brown iris of his eyes as peanut are clearly noticable for now , he gathers all his strength to get up and roughly wipes off his tears and leads toward the doorstep of Jodhaa's chamber where he deposted her payal , he picks it up by holding it tightly inside his fist , guiltiness is visible on both of his face and eyes , he swiftly wipes off that lonely tear which succeeded in escaping out from his eyes and determinately forwards his chamber ! That was the most painful and darkest night of him until now ! The whole night wasn't enough for Jalal to shed tears !
~ The next morning ~
The sun rises again over Agra's palace to announce the beginning of a new day , a day which is going to mark each minds and memories , the inception of a long waited saga , which will be remembered and cherished by historians , poets and all human beings in following century ! Even the weather and the blessings of sun and each creatures where with this day , the sun by it's brightness and the creatures by their excitement and anxiety , so that this special occasion can be a day with regain of new hopes and envy. Agra's palace is looking more shinning , prestigious and colourful then it used to be usually , preparations of Holi's celebration are going on , which bring sparkling smiles on each faces , that can be on maids , chefs , begums of harem , hindus or mughals ! It's a festival where there is no differences of castes , hierarchical status or people of this palace , everyone has rights to enjoy and join in , to have fun , to make this day even more memorable and colourful ! Mesmerizing rangolis of different design were made on grounds and walls , the whole side of the large garden and giant spaces of corridors nearby harem where grandiously prepared for the celebration , inch part of them were colorfully decorated , people from anyside were entering the palace to join it , musicians , dancers , cooks were called by Jalal especially for the occasion ! Long tables were installed everywhere to put on them thalis of different colors and heaps of different preparative stuffs ! Begums of harem sort out of their respective chamber , excited to the fact of celebrating holi and to know how it really sounds like? They aen't overwrought of their imaginations seeing various of marvelous preparations and decorations made for the occasion anywhere , they're dazzled and drown in this colourful festival that they don't know where they should look first as wherever they look , their eyes get stucked ! They are elegantly dressed and adorned of different ornaments , seeing maids happily applying colours on each other's face , they conclued that those plates of colour were made for it and they on their turn , run toward to apply on each other's face and let themself drown into Holi's colour , whole palace is awaken by noises of drums , all are throwing and happily playing with colours , mildy and brumous clouds of colours begin to form over the whole palace !
~ On Jalal's side ~
Jalal didn't succeed to sleep from whole night , the guiltiness of all his cheap acts were enough to haunt him and keep him awake whole last night! How could he sleep by carrying such a burden height on his conscient ! He gets up , refresh himself and does his morning Namaz , but the difference from other's day it's that , today he only pronounced one wish , only one particular wish : "YA KHUDA ! DO MAKE ENSURE THAT I DON'T REPEAT IT IN FUTUR !" And he finishes his Namaz there for today , dark circles are formed under his eyes pointing at the lack of his rest , his eyes are no more sparkling , they aren't any enthusiasm in his eyes for a new day as usually ! That happiness was snatched from him last night , that anxiety , that envy , that hope , all were snatched and nothing is left inside him for now ! He dresses up in his outfit , which he usually wears for sword practise but today it's really needed for him , not like a daily habbit as practise but to repulse out all anger in him , as he was preparing himself and ready to go , a guard interviens and interrupted to convey a message for him : "HUZUR ! WAZEER E ALIYA MAHAMANGA HAS ASKED TO MEET YOU !" His eyes turn into red , red as blood , the signs of tireness and dark circles below his eyes disappeared within a second , the anger wins over him , unable to control it anymore , he takes hold of his sword and pointed it on the guard's neck yelling (angrily) "NOT NOW !" And rushes hastily out of his chamber ! Many attempts of him by trying each hard and intense steps to repulse his anger but he couldn't get over it , he continues to splash water over his face and to wet his hair because of the sunny weather and does the practise again and again , over and over , on the otherside , Maham who couldn't wait to divulge him this news comes to find him where he's practising , as she forwards to him , all of sudden the horizontal parallel of his sword reaches over her neck , she stares at him shocked and aghast while Jalal stares at her angrily staying in this position ! Maham senses the anger and fire in him unaware of the fact that it's vising her and thought of it as a perfect opportunity to burn Jodhaa's special day , letting herself guide by her evil trick , she fakes a gentle smile and murmurs "CALMLY JALAL , CALMLY" , he puts it down with disgust in his eyes and asks sarcasticaly : "TELL ME , WHY DO YOU ASK TO MEET ME ? MAYBE YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES WITH ME , ISN'T IT BADI AMMI?" Maham wickedly smirks to herself and says still inconscient "NO JALAL , TODAY IT ISN'T TO DISCUSS ON POLITICAL MATTERS AS USUALLY JALAL BUT TO REVEAL SOMETHING , ON SUCH PERSONAL LEVEL THAT INDIRECTLY CONCERNS YOU ! IT LEFT ME SHOCKED WHEN I LEARNT IT , AND I WANT TO KNOW YOUR REACTION ON THIS MATTER ! " Jalal recalls the last night conversation between her and Resham , understanding everything but still he gains forces to stammer "GO AHEAD BADI AMMI !" Maham's excitement and impatience knew no bounds at that moment but still she has to reach by any cost at her goal , so she maintains to hide it and barges out in an upset voice "JALAL , DO YOU REMEMBER THE DANCER DURING THAT JASHN , WHO DAZZLED EVERYONE PRESENT AT THAT NIGHT BY HER GRACE AND BEAUTY , WELL , IT'S NONE OTHER THEN BEGUM JODHAA , JALAL" but Jalal doesn't let her cheering for too long , he nearly shouts out (in anger) : "I ALREADY KNOW IT" and leaves without greeting her as usually , instead of it throwing at her one last glare !
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