Chapter 13

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 harsh ke saath tai hui hai isliye humme bhi nimantran mila hai.
Dharam didnt react to this..it seemed as if he had accepted the fact that nivi would never be his wife.
But veer was too reluctant to let it go...he had a flare of anger and disgust on his face...
Veer:Maa hum awadhi nahi jaa rahein hain..hum mandir se aakar thak gaye hain..
Swati:Par bachchon.
Dharam:Nahi Veer hum awadhi jaayenge..ye humaara kartavya banta hai..maa aap chaliye hum taiyaar hokar abhi aate hain.
The queen leaves..
Veer(irritated at dharam);Dharam tum paagal ho gaye ho kya?kyun khud hi apne ghaav kuretna chahte ho?
Dharam:Veer hum aryanagar ke honewaale maharaj hain aur hume apni khushiyon se zyada apni zimmedariyon ke baare mein sochna

chahiye..
Veer:ZIMMEDARI!!!ZIMMEDARI!!Kya tumhare liye ye zimmedariyan hi sab kuch hain..dharam kabhi to khud ki khushiyon ka khayal

karo..
Dharam:Ab bahut der ho chuki hai...ab hum kuch nahi kar sakte..isliye tum bhi pareshaan mat ho..
Meanwhile in awadhi..
Nivi's room...both the girls were having an argument on the same topic as the princes..
Nivi:Ab bahut der ho chuki hai...ab hum kuch nahi kar sakte..isliye tum bhi pareshaan mat ho.
Raksha(angry):pareshaan na hoon???kaisi baat kar rahi ho tum.main achchi tarah se jaanti hoon ki tum is shaadi se khush nahi

ho phir bhi kehti ho ki pareshaan na hoon...nivi tum bhi.....
Nivi:Dheere dheere bolo raksha..agar kisi ne sun liya to sab galat ho jaayega...
Raksha:NAHIN...SAB THEEK HO JAAYEGA..
Nivi:RAKSHA..Chup ho jaayo aur humaari baat dhyaan se suno..ek rajkumari ka ye kartavya hota hai ki vo apne rajya ki izzat ko

bachaye aur apne rajya ko museebaton se door rakhe.hum yudh par to nahi jaa sakte par ye shaadi to kar sakte hain na!
RaKhsa(interrupting):Kyun tum yudh pe kyun nahi jaa..
Nivi:Shshhh...rajkumar harsh narwagadh ke rajkumar hain...ye rajya awadhi se bahut adhik shaktishaali hai..agar hum ye shaadi

kar lete hain to phir narwargadh humpar kabhi akraman nahi karega..par agar hum ye shaadi tod denge to awadhi ka vinaash ho

jaayega aur hum aisa kar nahi sakte..
Raksha:Nivi mujhe tumhari baatein samajh nahi aa rahin hain main to bas ye jaanti hoon..
Nivi's mother arrives and says"Nivedita taiyaar ho jao kuch hi der mein aryanagar ke maharaj sapariwaar yahan pahunch

jaayenge
Nivi and raksha were shocked at this..
Nivi:Ji maa...
Most of the guests arrived awadhi by the evening..the whole kingdom was beautifully decorated.
Maharj AV arrived with his wife and DV.They were given a warm welcome at the door by the king and queen of awadhi..
Maharaj MS:Aaiye aaiye..Aap logon ka swagat hai...chaliye maharaj hum aapko aur logon se milwaate hain..
Veer(to dharam):Phir shuru ho gaya inka milna milaana..
Dharam was looking around evrywhere searching for his fair lady love..
Veer:Dharam..abhi bhabhi apne kamre mein sharma rahin hongi..aur vo gussail bhabhi ki harkaton par gussa kar rahi hogi.
Dharam:Veer humme to nivi ki...matlab rajkumari ji ki chinta nahi hai par shayad tum raksha se milna chahte ho?
Veer:Nahi nahi us gussail se to jitna door rahein utna hi achcha hai..
Dharam:Veer tum phir se bichari ko galat...
Veer(interrupting):Bichari!!!!!bhagwan ke liye uski tarafdaari karna band karo.
AV:Aap dono mehmanon se nahi milenge?
Veer(mutters):Agar mana kar diya to humaari baat thodi hi maanenge.
Dharam(smiles):Chaliye pitaji.
They are again involved in the tiring business of meeting the so-called important guests.
Raksha saw nivi in tears...nivi was standing near the balcony
Raksha:Ab kyun ro rahi ho..
Nivi:Hum..vo..dharam..matlab...aryanagar ke rajkumar..
Raksha(interrupting in delight):KYA!!Dharam aur veer aa gaye.Chalo achcha hai..ab sab theek ho jaayega.
Nivi:Kya theek ho jaayega.tum kya keh rahi ho..
Raksha:Kuch nahi tum bas ab so jaayo vaise bhi kal tumhari zindagi ka bahut bada din hai...
Nivi was already having a splliting head-ache thanks to all that was happening in her life..she felt it advisable to get some

sleep.
Raksha(thinking):So gayi!Ab zara veer ko dhoondha jaaye!
She rushes from nivi's room in search of the room of the princes,after a while she succeds in her mission and finds the

princes sitting in their room.
She enters the room..
Raksha:Rajkumar dharam-veer aap dono se phir se milkar bahut khushi mili.
Dharam:Arrey raksha..tum akeli
Veer(completing the sentence):Nivi bhabhi nahi aayi.
Raksha:Nahi vo aaram kar rahin hain..
Veer:To phir tum bhi aaram karo na.Humaari neend churaane...mera matlab hai...humaari neend udaane kyun aayi ho.
Raksha:Kyunki..main aap ke liye karele ki sabzi...mera matlab yahan ki khaas mithaiyaan layin hoon.
Veer:Arrey waah mithaiyan...(he runs to grab the plate of sweets from raksha)
Raksha:Nahi ye pehle rajkumar dharam khayenge..ve bade jo hain...(she goes to D and he reluctantly picks up one and as raksha

was still staring at him ..he takes a bite or two of the laddo)
As soon as that happens
Dharam:Humme neend aa rahi hai...(he goes to the bed feeling dizzy and sleeps instantly)
Veer seeing all this realises that it was raksha behind all this
Veer:Raksha...main jaanta hoon ye sab tumne kiya hai,ab kaho kya kehna hai
Raksha(admiring veer at his inteeligence through her eyes):Ab kuch kehna nahi hai bas kuch karna hai..
Veer:Main nahi jaanta ki aage kya karein...
Raksha:To phir theek hai..shaadi kal dopahar mein hai humaare paas aaj rat aur kal subah tak ka waqt hai is shaadi ko todne

ka
Veer:Ye shaadi zaroor tootegi...main ye shaadi hone nahi doonga..
Raksha:Mujhe tumpar bharosa hai akdoo
she smiles
Veer looks at her and for a while is enchanted by her confidence and beauty...
Raksha:Ab chalti hoon...koi yojna zaroor banana
She leaves..
But again turns back
Raksha:Veer!Main tumhe ye dena to bhool hi gayi..(she rushes back to him and give him a bag)
Veer:Isme kya hai?
Raksha:Tum khud hi dekh lena
and then she runs back to her room.
It was morning,veer and raksha had not slept all through the night it was visible by their looks..
In the main gathering hall..many programs were being held
Dharan and veer arrived the hall.
Dharam:Kitni khubsoorti se sajaaya hai mahal ko.
Veer:Haan(sneeze)
They stop the moment he sneezes and looka t each other
Dharm:Ye to wahi gandh hai
Veer:Sirf gandh nahi yahan is gandh ko failaane wala insaan bhi hai..vo dekho awadhi ke mahamantri
It was easy for the boys to remember the smell of gulaabjal which was very prominent when the mahamantri of awadhi was

around.Veer was allergic to this smell and sneezed the moment he inhailed it.
Both the princes went to the mahamntri(MM)
Veer:(sneeze)Namstey mahamantri ji
MM:Namaste
Dharam:To kahiye aap kaise hain
Veer:Dharam(sneeze)inse ye poocho ki aswahi ke log kaise hain?
MM(A bit uncomfortably):Kya..kya matlab hai aap dono ka?
Dharam:Matlab to aap jaante hi hain..
Veer:To kya aap rakshak tabbez ka bhi matlab jaante hain
MM(Sweating):Kaisi tabeez main..main kch nahi jaanta...shaaayad mujhe maharaj bula rahe hain..main abhi aata hoon..
He runs away and DV smile at his coward act.
Someone annonces:Baarat aa gayi hai
After the huge welcome of the baratis,AV gifts harsh a beautiful golden chain..
AV:Ye aryanagar ki taraf se aapko upahar..
Dharam tried to stay away from the picture ..
Veer spots raksha asking him to come up the stairs along with dharam
Veer:Dharam zara chalo to
Dharam:Kahaan..aur kyun??
Without answering his questions veer pulls dharam up the stairs to nivi's room
Nivi all clad in a beautiful heavily embroidered magenta dress was sitting on her bed...she had asmile on her face but her

eyes showed sadness and grief..
Raksha(whispers to veer):Ab kya yahin basne ka khyal hai?chalo yahan se?
Veer:Yahan basne ka to nahi par tumhare saath basne ka khyal hai
Raksha(though hears himpretends not to):Tum chup karo aur chalo
they leave the love-birds alone
Dharam:Aaj itni sundar lag rahi ho ki
Nivi:KI chaand bhi sharma jaaye...par chaand to nikla nahi hai
Dharam(smiles):Hum keh rahe the ki aaj tumhari khubsoorti aise lag rahi hai jaise chaand o grahan lag gaya ho
Nivi:KYA!!!Tum to aise nahi the dharam...mujhe tumne kabhi itna pareshaan nahi kiya
Dharam:Log badalte bhi to hain
Nivi:(Smiles)Hum aapse maafi maangna chahte hain...us din bina kuch soche hi aap ko gale laga liya
Dharam:Maafi to humme maangni chahiya..chahkar bhi hum kuch nahi kar paaye
Nivi:Ab bahut ho gaya dharam..aur bologe to rona aa jayega..
Dharam:Achcha hum ab chalte hain...waise aap aaj hi nahi balki humesha hi khubsoorat lagti hainn
Nivi blushes and dharam leaves her room with hevy hearts
Meanwhile raksha and veer were discussung in a deserted and quiet corridor of the palace
veer:Dharam ke dil mein nivi bhabhi ka ilava aur koi nahi hai...
Raksha:Ye dono to aatmhatya karne ja rahein hain..
Veer:Ab bhi dharam nivi bhabhi ki khubsoorti ki tareef kar raha hoga
rAKSHA:aur nivi aasoon baha baha kar apne pyar ki kurbani de rahi hogi
Veer:Kisi tarah harsh ko pata chal jaye ki dharam aur nivedita ek doosre se pyaar kartein hain to sab...
"YE AAP KYA KEH RAHEIN HAIN RAJKUMAR VEER"
Both raksha and veer turn and are extremely shocked to find maharaj MS of awadhi standing in front of them