Nahargarh Temple

With the  breaking of dawn, as the sun spread hues of orange rays, all over the sky,

Vansh and Riddhima  reached the  temple of Mahakal. It was a huge  temple,made up of a single huge rock. The white flag with the emblem of  rising sun of Suryavanshi was fluttering in the breeze. Vansh hopped down from his horse and Riddhima came out of her palanquin. They both held each others arm and started climbing through the rugged terrains of  the hilly tracts. He firmly but affectionately gripped her arms and guided her towards the inner core of the temple.  Numerous small earthen lights were flickering,  in the narrow low sanctum of the Mandir, where a huge black Shiva Lingam was installed. Riddhima and Vansh inhaled the beautiful smell of  the Agar and Camphor, as they entered the temple.

Riddhima,as per the instruction of Gurudev, took the earthen pot and filled it with water mixed with powder of varuous crushed flowers. She  placed an earthen tool near the last step of the temple and made Vansh sat there. Riddhima smeared mustard  oil, turmeric,sandalwood and  crushed paste of flowers on his abs and back. As her hands moved all over his body gently, with the tingling sound of her bangles. Vansh moaned  in pleasure. It was an honour for the queen to bathe the crown prince who is going to be the ruler of Udaykhetra and this special adulation is called Dughdasnan…which is performed only before a crown prince is coronated.

Riddhima pour  raw milk from a copper pitcher on his body, drenching him completely.. She giggled as the milk swooshed away the sandalwood and turmeric paste from his body.  Then she poured the  water from the earthen pitcher completing the ritual of Dugdha Snan.  Vansh changed into a simple whilte silk dhoti. Riddhima pressed her thumb on his forehead,by dipping her finger in Ghee, Sindur, chandan and kajal respectively. Now Vansh was ready to bath the ShivLing. He knelt down near the Linga and smeared Ghee,Chandan, Haldi on  the tip and the base of the stone. Riddhima kept her right  hand on his shoulder  indicating her equal  participation  in the adulation.

Vansh poured raw milk, honey, curd  along with  holy water of Ganges on the Linga. He then offered  Aparajita pushp, Belpatra  culminating  the final ritual.  Riddhima ignited  the Pancha pradip and Vansh did the Aarti to appease  Mahakal as  he is an incarnation of Lord Shiva.

Finally he blew the Conch shell in high octane,announcing  the beginning of his new rule as the King. He now on will not be addressed as Rajasaye rather will be  addressed as Rajan by his subjects.  

Utterly  satisfied with the Puja, Vansh and Riddhima came down from the temple.

Gurudev Mallyaswami, tied an amulet made of onyx, ruby and garnet on Vansh 'S right arm, while  he tied an amulet  made of onyx and pearl to Riddhima's left arm indicating their changed status as  Rajan and Raniba….till the coronation took place in the next full moon cycle. The couple touched the feet of their Kulguru respectfully.

"Ayushman Bhava " He blessed him and Sada suhagan Raho to her.

He kept his hand on Riddhima 's head lovingly and said 

"You know will be considered as a mother of your subjects. It will be your duty to guide and protect them. And for Rajan, You will be the inspiration . You now will have some poignant responsibilities to follow and I am sure you will do it well.

Vansh,I don't think I need any advice to give you,as the subjects of Udaykhetra loves and respect you a lot. You have proved your mettle as a king. 

"I will do anything and everything that is in my limits Gurudev! Each step taken will be directed  to the  well being of my subject. Vansh assured him.

"I will never let you down you and Gurudev. Riddhima smiled at them.

You should take rest today and start for Uday Kshetra in the morning.  said Guru Mallyaswami, guiding them to their vehicle.

Vansh was laying on the mattress,grabbing the side pillow. The position he loves the most while relaxing. It actually gives him a clear and full view of  his wife's beautiful body. 

How her waist chain tends to sleep from her waist, when she moves. 

How she slides her braid,to one side exposing her smooth silky back to his view  

How her ankles tingle when she walks.

How mesmerized she looks when she bite her lips. 

Desires gush into his veins, when she  bends down to pick something,and her voluptuous melons tend to pop out from her not so tightly tied corset.

She is pouring oil in the earthen lamps and enlightening it . She looks like a gentle white dew drop in such minimal clothing. 

Rajasaye! What are you looking at? she asked her coyly.

"Do I have any option other than looking at you?

Riddima giggled and came near him. She snaked her arms around his neck and whispered.

" Shall I call Mohini to entertain you?"

"You are turning quite naughty and fearless,I can see. So my little wife had the nerve to crack a joke with me. I think you owe a punishment  Ranisaye. 

No..no…no…please no.! Riddhima  was well aware,what was coming her way. He knows very well when and where to tickle and she will be gone. She tried to get down his lap and run away to the other side of the mattress. But he in the meanwhile, pinned her to the pillow, and asserted in a playful buy a husky tone.

"Do you really think you can run away from me?" 
Now you will know the consequences. 

Eeh! ammm! ummm! Rajasaye! mmm no! She burst out in soft giggles, as he was tickling her belly and his hands reached to her armpit, to tease her more.

amm! I…beg…umm apology.! I will never  hmmph! ever tease you in the name of Mohini. I..heee heee. will not…

Riddhima  was tossing and turning in the bed due to his ministrations . But he stopped tickling her suddenly.

What is this  in your body! He asked anxiously.

"What?" she pouted. Riddhima was clueless of what her husband was asking. 

"Nothing happened to me".  

She tried to get up but Vansh kept her pinned on the mattress.

Lay back.! and let me check. 

  At  once his romantic tone  changed into an authoritative one. 

Laying her back on his torso, 

Vansh minutely checked her back and shoulders.   Small,Reddish  blisters were poignantly visible in her body. 

Do you have pain here? He pressed lightly. Itching? He caressed them with his thumb.

'No Rajasaye! "she said softly.

How did you get these blisters Ranisaye?' He asked in an anxious tone.

I don't know. I never felt  any discomfort or itching when I was in  Udaykhetra.

This probably has gotten you the scorching sun and arid weather. 

Ah! My love…It's only been a month,you have come here. Your body still needs time to get accustomed to this parched weather.

He stood up immediately and called the guard to inform Jagruki.

Rajasaye! 

Why are you getting so upset...I'm fine. Neither I am feeling any pain nor any burning sensation. It's just normal rashes….

"You summoned my presence Rajasaye? Jagruki appeared near the corridor.

Yes Jagruki I want a paste of crushed henna leaves now.

"Jee Rajasaye!" Jagruki immediately leaves to bring the medicine.

Riddhima was feeling embarrassed.

Rajasaye! It's a petty issue Why are you bothering….

Vansh at once spun around and pulled her towards his torso.

" No it's not. 

Do you have any idea? about the weather of Udaykhetra? Summers are dangerous here. If not treated, this blisters will eventually turned into boil,and then it will give immense pain,burning and fever to you. 

Do you really think I can see you in that condition? 

Ridfhima stood on his toe and cupped her face. 

Kissing his forehead, she whispered.

"Why do you love me so much?" Am I even capable of this honour and love of yours? I am still hiding a huge part of a secret to you.  Despite my true affection to our relationship, and immense trust in you, I am unable to tell you the truth. I  in a way,  unethically  took the place of your wife and the queen. Am I even deserving?

Vansh lifted her in his arms in bridal style and laid her on the mattress. Sitting  beside her, he gently rolled her back. He unpinned the knot of her corset completely. 

"We all have some scarred past and deep trodden secrets in our life . Our relationship  is still in the process of overcoming the odds. One day there will be no bar or secrets in our life.  Riddhima,I was angry with you when you hid the fact that you are not Ragini but no one else. But that never created any hurdle in our marriage. You never failed to perform your duties as a wife and a queen.  As long as you are stick to your principle and make it sure that your past is not going to harm my family /kingdom / our relationship, I am completely fine with you taking time to told me the truth. But if I ever sense your past is coming in between our relationship,I will not  let it go. I usually  don't trust people. Riddhima! 

But when I do I do it fully. It will not take me a minute to turn you down if I feel you doing otherwise. Riddhima shuddered to hear his menacing tone 

'I will rather sacrifice  my life Rajasaye than break your trust . Her eyes pooled with tears.

Vansh lifted her body gently and hugged her tightly.

I know. and that's exactly  the reason I love you.

Jagruki came inside the room and kept a copper vessel containing  henna paste. 
 He smeared an amorous amount of henna on her back and massaged it gently. Riddhima  put her head on his torso, slackening her body  on his lap gently holding his waist. Vansh carefully smeared  the henna on her shoulders. The coolant effect of the henna was making her almost dozing off in sleep. 
Turning her back,  Vansh removed her corset,like a piece of cloth from her body.  The transparency of her saree was no way hiding her voluptuous breasts . Her  brownish nipples were  peaked and hard, by the mere desirous gaze of her husband.  They were  as if flickering in the dim light of the earthen lamps.

You are beautiful  love! He said. 
He pulled her up in his lap and removed the upper cover of her   saree. He bent a little and flickered her tongue around her  nipples. 
Umm! He groaned in pleasure.
Pressing her right breast occasionally as a sponge ball, He was teasing her  by laving  his tongue over her nipples.  Her erected nub gets wet by his saliva. Vansh caressed them with his slender fingers. He again laved his tongue horizontally  and then vertically     on her nipples making pleasing moans. 

"Ummh! mmh!  She arched her back, as he kept  tasting  her left breast and puncturing the right one.  Occasionally,.he was laving his tongue in between her cleavage. Vansh groped both her breasts by his two rough hands and kept fondling it, looking at her with desires pooled in his eyes. Riddhima smiled at him seductively and removed his hands from her breast. Pulling his head down,  she urges him to suck  her breasts. Closing her eyes, she  invited him to take her  bouncy beauties in his mouth. Jiggling them  toe and froe, Vansh gazed at them shamelessly. He tweak the nipples earning a moaned giggle from her.

Rajasaye! Her voice was hoarse. 

"You want me to suck your breasts?  He asked 

Riddhima 's cheek  formed a hue of pink. She was too embarrassed to answer him.
She just nodded her head in yes.

No!  He declared. Later! He said. 

She frowned in disbelief. Wait what?.Why he will not do that?.Didn't he like them? But his actions  says something else. She contemplate of his refusal. And then in the very next moment, she shieverd,  as his hands engulfed with cool henna, smeared on her boobs. He was fondling and playing with them,  to his heart's content, with his henna filled hands. Riddhima 's throat was dry. She parted her lips, as a  baby bird. He instantly took them in his mouth passionately  sucking them. 

As he kept kissing her, Riddhima realized a gush of thick fluid was   flowing downward her  love hole Her inner thigh was wet .  The petticoat she wore was soaked,as if the dam of a river had broken.

Vansh  kept sucking her lips and fondling her breasts, untill she was almost  out of breadth.

Aaaah! Ummah!! Hey Mahakal!.Raaaja saye! She screamed in pleasure

. Sweating heavily, totally worn out, she hit her first  orgasm. She never felt so fulfilling  earlier. She wondered how expert his hands are that he made her attain the first orgasmic pleasure without touching her private part.

 Exhausted  and sleepy,  Riddhima 's eyes drooped in heavy sleep. Vansh lay down her pretty little body on the mattress. He wondered how ethereal her creamy white breasts looked, smeared by deep green henna. Kissing both her nipples gently,  He lay beside her pulling her in his arms,not before blowing off the earthen lamp

Trilochani Devi's bedchamber-Uday Kshetra

As the guards handed her the sealed parchment paper. Trilolachani devi opened it curiously. Finishing, reading the content,an evil smirk played in her lips.

' The happy days of your life are now numbered Riddhima. You may be enjoying some lovely moments of your life, but soon you will bite the dust and realise  what exactly your place is!  

Nahargarh Temple.

With the twittering of birds and soft sun rays touching her face, Riddhima woke up . Her cheeks blushed to see how intimately her  husband is sleeping, groping breast gently with one hand, and securingly armouring her waist with the other. She bit her lip coyly.

She gently removed her hand, and got down from the bed.  Her breasts still were darkened with henna and his hand impression.

She closed her eyes in embarrassment.  In an hour, they will have to leave for Udaykhetra.

She covered herself with a shawl, and wore a new pair of corset and petticoat as  Jagruki and her maids were waiting for her to help in her bathing, leaving her  husband  who was sleeping like a baby.

Jagruki and her friends  teased their Ranisaye  like anything. Riddhima 's cheeks formed different hues of pink on their remark. Jagruki was genuinely happy that finally her dear Ranisaye got the love and attention she deserves.

Udaykhetra

It was almost evening, when Riddhima and Vansh reached Udaykhetra.  Nanda and her maids welcomed her with all the love and respect.

Manibhadra was standing far along with Bahula (The hawk) with him.

Vansh hopped down from his horse and smiled.

"It's been a long time we are meeting Manibhadra? Tell me what 's the news?

Manibhadra touched his feet and bowed him 

'Rajasaye….  I had been keeping an eye on every nook and corner, but didn't get any concrete news about the Manyabhum Princess. But  I can tell you that the subjects of Manyabhum are not happy with their ruler. But I have other information for you.  Councillor Padmasana in the Village of Hausalpura is extracting money illegally. He has increased the tax teo fold without  informing you of the same. He denands ½ of the yielded production  each month for every farmers. His men tortures  the innocent villagers upon the non payment.  Along with that he endorses children above 6  years in manual labour and even engaged them in working in liquor shops.  He even has violated the modesty of women. 

Vsnsh 's facial muscles clenched in anger and disgust. 

"Well Padmasen will give all the legit answers to the king. 

How long has he been doing this?" he asked. 

Since two months back. When you are busy settling scores of the king of Ajiynakavardhan  and then for your marriage.

"I see'' .He  said in a firm voice. Now he will see what a king does when his subjects are tortured by his own men. I bestowed the duty of Hausalpura to Padmasena, because he was a competent soldier and a good administrator. It will not take me a flicker of a second to trample him like an ant.

Hausalupura was a small village with 1000 -2500 villagers living in it. It was a peaceful  and lovely place that connects the border of Manyabhum,Gandharvipura and Usaykhetra. Vansh had divided the duties earlier to councillors like Padmasena to take care of its well being. The rulers were usually autonomous , but they were duty bound to show a clear balance of debit and credits of the accounts to the finance minstry of Udaykhetra. Child labour and upgradation of taxation was illegal. Hausalpura was a little village,  and in the extreme corner.  Padmasena took the chance of its location and Vansh 's busy schedule. He was in the false notion that the king will never know the atrocities he was putting to the innocent villagers.

Trilochani Devi 's Bedchamber

" The king of Manyabhum had cordially invited  you and your wife  to visit Manyabhum for the King 's birthday celebration and for the Vaishaki Festival. I think you should go and attend the celebration. Vansh and Riddhima both were quite surprised when Trilochani Devi informed them about the invitation.

"When will the celebration take place? He asked.

"At the middle of this month. I think you should set out for  Manyabhum the day after tomorrow. It will take at least four or more days to reach there. Trilochani Devi informed  eagerly.

She at any cost wanted to send them Manyabhum.

Nanda looked at her grandmother suspiciously. Why is she so eager to send them Manyabhum?

"This is your first festival after your marriage, Vansh . You should go there otherwise  the king of Manyabhum will be offended. 

We shall start tomorrow Dadisaye! Vansh declared. I will visit Hausalpura on the way . He instructed Vidyut to start the arrangements. 

Precap - Riddhima expressed her worries and anxiety to Vansh while going to Manyabhum. Vansh suspects foul play. Vansh and Riddhima reached Hausalpura. Vansh met a courageous lad named ArjunVarma in Hausalpur. 

What do you think was written  in the Letter? It will soon be revealed in Chapter -32.

Who do you think Arjun Verma is? 

This chapter will also have no voting deadlines. But I wish you to comment as much as you can. 

Shivlinga - Black stone shaped statue.
Ghee -Molten clarified butter

Haldi - Turmeric

Chandan and Sindoor - Sandlewood and Vermillion

Kajal - Kohl.

Aparajita Pushp - Blue pigeon wings 

Brlpatra - Indian quince leaves or Trident leaves.

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