Part 9
it was midnight in agra .jodha wakes up feeling hungry.jodha"why iam i feeling hungry in this odd hours,that to iam feeling to eat kheer.she looks beside her jalal is sleeping turning his back to her.she thinks to go to kitchen and cook herself and eat.she slowly slips out of the bed and comes out but jalal sees her going out and thinks"is she trying to run away again,this time i will not spare u jodha and follows her.he sees her going to shahi bawarchikhana(royal kitchen) and thinks why is she going to kitchen at this hour.soldiers doesnt stop her as she is mallika but even they wonder why their queen is going there.jodha goes to kitchen and starts making kheer,jalal hides behind the pillar and watches her ,jodha hums tune and dances around while cooking,jalal laughs at her antics ,suddenly he pushes the basket which falls down and makes noise,jodha gets scared that someone came and they may laugh if they see her like this,so she runs leaving kheer.jalal sees her running and scolds himself for spoiling everything.jodha comes inside the room and without looking at jalal's side lies on the bed.jalal comes after few minutes with a bowl full of kheer,he sees jodha tossing on the bed with closed eyes.he comes to her and caress her hairs,jodha as she was not sleeping opens her eyes and sees jalal with kheer.jalal"u made this with lot of effort ,dont want to eat.jodha looks at him shocked "vo actually...i...i was hungry she says in one go making jalal chuckle.jalal forwards the bowl to her,she takes it but feels difficulty in eating because of her hurt.jalal takes the bowl from her "u cant wake up moti at this hour so let me help u.she doesnt protest as she wants to eat kheer immediately.jalal feeds her,she eats the whole bowl,then she remembers she didnt ask jalal whether he wants it or not,though she is angry at him but still feels that she should ask.jodha"iam sorry i didnot offer u.jalal"i already tasted it ,its very tasty and smiles at her but jodha silently lies down.jalal feels a bit bad but feels happy that she allowed him to feed.next day jalal was having his breakfast,dasi comes with a kheer bowl.jalal"who made this.dasi"the royal cook huzoor.jalal tastes it and smiles as it was made by jodha ,he feels very happy that jodha made for him abd eats full kheer.jodha who was watching himfrom far smiles
jalal in DWK announces everyone abt the jashn which was taking place as his two wives r becoming mother.everyone r getting ready for jashn,ruks thinks"i will get ready in such a way that jalal cant take his eyes away from me and i will only sit on throne as i will become mother first.here hamida comes to jodha wjth a mughal outfit "jodha beta uif u dont mind can u wear this for jashn.jodha"ofcourse ammijaan.jodha gets ready like a muslim begum looking very cute in her red and green outfit.everyone come to jash.rukaiya comes and sits beside jalal on throne .jalal searches for jodha and thinks"will she come.here rukaiya holds his hand while arrival of mallika e hind jodha begum is announced.jalal leaves ruks hand and look at the entrance and get mesmerised by jodha's looks in the mughal outfit.he becomes speechless,all the begums feel jealous of her beauty including ruks and thinks"so this ur new plan to attract jalal and curse her fate.jalal forwards his hand to jodha and signals her to sit beside him on tbe other side.jodha goes and sit beside him.jashn starts with songs and dancing around.maham comes to gift jalal and jodha suddenly sees a person in the crowd aiming an arrow at jalal,she immediately pulls jalal and jalal falls on jodha completely putting his weight on her,and the arrow hits maham's hand.everyone get alert and adka saab runs behind the intruder.here jalal gets up immediately from jodha but sees her holding her stomach and closing her eyes in pain jalal leaves maham who got hurt and lifts jodha in his arms and calls hakima.he makes jodha lie on the bed and jodha holds her stomach and moans feeling a bit pain.hakima checks her ,jalal worriedly ask her"is everything is fine.hakima"need not worry shehenshah begum sahiba and bacche both r fine,she felt pain as suddenly weight was put on her stomach ,she will be fine after taking rest,i have given her medicine she will sleep for sometime and leaves .jalal kisses jodha's hand "if u were concious u would have not even allowed me to touch,even though u r angry with me u saved me ,i know u love me very much jodha but i broke ur trust so now i will wait till u accept me again whole heartedly and smiles.hete with maham adham is there,hakima comes and does her bandage and leaves.adham"u always say my jalal,my jalal upto now he didnt even come leaving his rajvanshi begum.maham slaps him"u fool if anyone know that attack was made u ,they will kill u,right now u go away from here.jalal comes there"badi ammi how r u ,how is ur hand.adham "i dont understand why they tried to hurt you.maham"everyone knows jalal loves me a lot so they thought they will hurt me and punish jalal.adka saab comes"shehenshah the intruder before we catch him he died taking poison.jalal shouts "call everyone to DWK.everyone come to DWK.
Jodha too comes there with ammijaan.adham again says the attack was for maham.jodha laughs making everyone shocked.jalal signals jodha to stay quite.jodha"what should i do shehenshah ,when people get such worst conclusions,possiblity of attack is to hurt three members shehenshah ,me and rukaiya as we may give heir to this saltanat and its impossible without the help of insider.adka saab first u find out the insider who is involved in this attack.adka"ji begum sahiba.jalal feels proud seeing jo. adham fumes as adka is suspecting him while ruks is angry as again jodha begum became good infront of everyone. jalal sees jodha's face and understands she is not well.jalal"we will continue DWK later on and gets up to leave.everyone get surprised as jalal never stop the discussion in middle.everyone starts leaving jalal comes to jodha and holds her"i think u must rest for sometime and takes her with him,jodha doesnt protest as she knows he stopped DWK for her sake so she silently follows him.hamida feels very happy with jalal while ruks again starts planning to insult jodha and adham thinking how to escape from adka.
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