The caravan carrying the great treasure started.. Badshah Khan and Ben.a.z.ir were leading the troop. They were dressed in exotic jewels and head gear and started their great journey, they stopped around lunch time and took a break. They lit fires to cook, they were carrying few provisions with them.. the gold they were carrying was molten, poured into 191 bra.s.s pots..once it got solidified, it was covered by a ceramic layer over which Sharbat was poured.. post lunch they reached a big village, there they danced and sang beautiful songs, the villagers were spellbound, especially by Ben.a.z.ir, she had great talent.. the village head gave them some food grains and few gold coins for entertaining them.. they thanked them and moved ahead.. their onward journey Continued without much obstacles in the same manner. .. the soldiers who were traveling with them under disguise were vigilant. .Maya and Khalsa Khan reached Mangol.. soon arrangements for the wedding were made.. it was supposed to be a grand affair.. the women in Khalsa Khan"s harem were jealous of Maya.. though they were beautiful in their own right, they couldn"t even hold a candle to Maya"s beauty.. she looked like a celestial maiden.. soon the women in the harem started de-faming Maya by saying that she didn"t have a good character as she was a dancer.. Maya was agitated by all this, but still she kept quiet.. she knew that this was an act of spite.. everything would be set right once she sat on the throne alongside Khalsa Khan, but there was one problem,. this reached the ears of religious heads of the empire, they met Khalsa Khan and raised objection to the alliance.. the women in harem felt satisfied.. but Khalsa Khan looked at all the religious heads and said, "Maya is my future wife, she would be Mallike-Mangol.. I believe in her purity as I would believe in the purity of my mother.. whoever objects or talks nonsense about her, will face my wrath.. it took lot of persistence from my side before she agreed to the alliance, if she were a lowly character, she would have accepted my advances much before and taken benefits out of it.. " no one could overlook this logic.. then the religious head said, "very well, if you still wish to marry her its up to you. .. but she can"t be the empress, unless she converts to our religion.. " he said, "hahaaha.. I already promised her that there will not be any convertion.. I will stick to my words... I don"t want anyone to speak on this subject further.. Now please leave.. " the religious head lost his face.. he couldn"t respond in any manner.. he just left along with his group..
Maya was relaxing in her chamber, one of her hand maidens came running and said, "Lady Maya.. the emperor loves you with all his heart.. " she looked at the maiden.. and asked, "what happened? " the maiden recounted what all happened at the Royal Court.. Maya had tears rolling down her eyes, she said, "send a message to the emperor that I invite his majesty to my chamber for dinner tonight. . " the hand maiden nodded and smiled..
Love was blossoming in Maya"s heart..
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