Show is becoming pathetic everyday. They have ruined the show and all characters from a historical perspective.
But talking about the story, the first thing Malerao should do is remove Gautama from patarani position. She has never used the position for people's good. Always used it to assert her and her son's position. If she is not able to see the bad effect her son's act is having, she doesn't deserve to be Chief Queen. She should have atleast in private questioned him or tried to correct him. But here just for few mins for praise she is ready to let Malwa's social structure go to shables.
She herself has multiple times mentioned she is only a mother and cares only about her Ghar greshathi. Only once did Malerao shout at her saying the queen is absolutely not interested in people's troubles.
And Ahilya, she has the power but she should have brought in atleast Gangoba to prove her point about rules. Now the Mom-son duo will torcher her and she would just cry. Khandarao is proving to unworthy of being the heir, and she should not be the only one to be blamed and harassed. It would be better if this news reaches Malerao through one of his trusted advisors.