Part 23
recap-jalal calls hakima to his room as jodha said to call.
after sometime hakima comes there .jalal seriously looking at her says"y did u lie to me,u r going to get death sentence for this mistake.hakima gets tensed thinking shehenshah knows everything that she lied abt jodha's health and falls on jalal's feet"shehenshah forgive me rukaiya begum threatened me to say so or she will cut my head.now jalal is shocked because jodha just told him to call hakima and threaten her but after listening hakima's words now he is sure that there is some other matter too.jalal"what did rukaiya begum told to do.hakima understands jalal doesnt know anything she onlu blurted the truth and tries to cover up but jalal places sword on her neck"say truth or ur head will be cut into pieces.hakima understands there is no escape now and tells him everything.jalal gets furious on rukaiya and orders soldiers to cut hakima's tongue so that she will never lie.soldiers drag her but jodha stops them.jodha"jalal in this there is no hakima's mistake she was scared of her life or else she would never do this ,pls leave her.jalal"but jodha...jodha cuts him"hakima sahiba u can leave iam forgiving ur mistake ,never repeat such mistakes,people respect u as u r saving their lives never lie to them.hakima falls on jodha's feet"begum sahiba iam thankful to u as u saved me today ,i swear on allah i will never repeat such things and leaves.jodha looks at jalal who is angry and goes to him and holds his hand.jalal jerks her hand"why did u leave haki...he could not complete his words as jodha placed her lips on his.jalal gets shocked first but responds to her ,jodha getting breathless stops and looks at him heavily panting.jodha"jalal iam not a fool leave hakima without punishment but u just think what will we tell in DWK that shehenshah"s first begum out jealousy threatened hakima to lie abt my health to increase misunderstanding between us,what people think abt mughal's ,our respect will be at stake which i can never accept upon that i saved hakima from punishment so she will be always loyal to me i can assure u that.jalal feels proud of her thinking .jalal"i have to accept u r indeed best for malika e hind post.jodha smiles and says"one more thing jalal u will not question rukaiya begum regarding this as right now her delivery is due and we can't take any risk .jalal smiles and hugs her and kisses her forehead and caress her tummy"i cant wait for their birth .jodha too smiles and places her hand above jalal's"even iam very eager for their birth.
in the evening jalal is in DWK and jodha is taking rest when moti rushes to her.jodha"what happened moti.moti"jodha rukaiya begum's labour pains started.jodha gets up and goes towards rukaiya's room .she sees everyone already present there and even sees jalal coming directly from DWK.she sees him very happy ,even she too feels happy looking at him.seeing jodha jalal goes to her .jodha"jalal iam very excited to take our baby in my hands.jalal gets touched as jodha told our baby and looking at her childish face he becomes more happy forgetting everyone he kisses her forehead"i will be more happy when i will take our twins at a time in my hands.jodha smiles.one of the hakima comes to jodha and jalal and says"shehenshah its better jodha begum go from here as she may get scared listening rukaiya begum's screams as she is also becoming mother.moti laughs and says"jodha and scared it is not possible ,moti immediately shuts her mouth as everyone looking at her.jalal smiles"jodha is my sherni and when iam with her she will not get scared and whispers in jodha's ears"jodha if u want i will stay with u even during ur delivery if u want.jodha gets shy and whacks his arm and goes away from there.jalal smiles at her.jalal to hakima"rukaiya is fine right ,he genuinely gets worried as rukaiya is his childhood friend.hakima"she is fine shehenshah.after an hour they listen a loud scream of rukaiya followed by baby's cry.everyone gets happy.hakima holds the small baby in her hands .maid comes out running and says"congratulations shehenshah its a baby girl.
everyone gets happy.jodha removes her necklace and gives it to the maid.jalal rushes inside and finds rukaiya unconsious.hakima"shehenshah begum sahiba will be concious in few minutes. jalal holds the baby girl and kisses her forehead ,he gets tears of happiness.jodha too feels happy looking at him.jodha"shehenshah give my daughter to me ,even we all want to kiss her.jalal smiles and gives her the baby.rukaiya gets concious at the same time when jalal gives jodha baby.jodha kisses th baby's forehead and says"she will be bundle of happiness in this palace.rukaiya's world shatters hearing the word'she'.rukaiya feela a unknown hatred for that baby as she lost the chance of marium uz zamani while jodha adores the baby girl.jalal could feel jodha's motherly love for the baby and smiles looking at his two angels
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