Today's episode was Birbal all the way. His stamp could be seen everywhere. He has quietly, without any fanfare, replaced Atga as the right-hand man and constant companion of Akbar. He has quite rapidly become the man Jalal listens to most often. His cleverness and ingenuity was reflected today in the way he used dummies to make it appear as if the kids were at the jashn. He couldn't have come at a better time. Now that Birbal is here, the TE can retire and allow Birbal to think for him. 😆
Birbal vs Tansen
The scene opens at the jashn. Birbal and Tansen, playing eternal rivals, taunt each other while entering the jashn. Birbal has the last laugh and walks off. It was a good, humorous scene. But one thing that troubles me is that Birbal is being portrayed as someone who is ignorant of music and singing. (Not just in today's episode but generally.) I wish Ekta would correct this mistake asap. It is an insult to an admirable person like Birbal.
I was wonderstruck by the cleverness of the trick employed by Birbal. It had not struck me at all. He simply made Jalal take dummies of the real babies while the real princes were safely in the palace with Hamida and her gang. Of course, this was done. Royals often had many dupes who could take their place anywhere needed.
Zeenat Strikes in Most Surprising Manner
Zeenat tries various ways to take the baby from Ruq. But Ruq refuses. It is then that Zeenat discovers quite serendipitously that Hamida has not come to the jashn. She puts 2 and 2 together and decides that it might be because the real babies are with Hamida.
Zeenat is quite sharp and resourceful. She causes a small fire in Hamida's hojra and in the confusion that follows, she poisons one child. Later, we learn from her convo with her husband that the poison takes 5 days to be effective. The child would appear to take ill the next day and die of illness.
Today it became clear that Zeenat plans to kill both kids.
Accident or Plot Against Princes
Man Singh and Aziz Koka feel the fire was an accident. Again Birbal refuses to buy this notion and says that the fire was deliberately started in the chamber in which the princes were present, while the king was at the jashn. Jalal is convinced by Birbal's logic and orders an inquiry immediately.
Precap
Jodha is standing in the balcony of her hojra, looking at the moon. She is remembering Mahamanga's curse. In another scene, Ruqaiyya is distraught that something has happened to Hussein. He is spitting up something.
My views
I think Zeenat succeeded in poisoning Hussein today. Tomorrow he will fall sick. Jodha will be worried. Esp if the hakima says that Hussein has very little time to live. Jodha may ask Jalal to give her Hussein back to her. But Ruq will refuse to do so.
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