My king

Part 22

Nandini is continuously talking to manik like before ....He is listening to her talks without getting irritated ..
She took the horse and started riding along with talking ....Manik is just listening to her and answering her if required .....After. Long journey they reached the outskirts of kingdom...
manik rode the horse from there ...
Nandu covered her face in veil .....
Finally they reached the kingdom by evening ...They moved in and met the family .....manik moved to his wing to rest .....nandini also moved to her wing to rest .......

After dinner ......Mothers of manik instructed the dasi to get nandini ready ......

Even they informed manik to get ready......Than he was informed to move to nandini room......He just moved in to see dhamini teasing nandini and she is blushing ......He smiled looking at them ...On seeing manik there dhamini just bowed her head and did pranam and  ran away .....

They closed the door behind manik.....
He moved forward to see nandini sitting on the middle of the bed with a veil on her face ......He just sat in front of her .....And lifted her veil ....To see her beautiful face ....Adorned with jewellery ....

He just cupped her face and kissed her forehead .....than he took out the a small gift for her ....He just slides rings on her both hands .....

Nandini felt shy .....But she took the glass of milk and forwarded it to him ....He drank half and made her drink the rest ......

Manik : We don't need to become one now itself ....You married me without knowing anything about me ....You can take time ....

Nandini: no yuvraj you are my husband .....And I accept it heart fully
nandini said ......

Manik : so you accept me as yuvraj or manik.....

Nandini :both .....

Manik : how .....??? He asked in confusion.......

Nandini : i respect you bcoz you are my husband ....And I want this marriage to take it's real meaning bcoz you are a  special person in my life .....

Manik : acha how much special .....

Nandini : more than my life .......

Manik felt happy listening to it and hugged her tightly ..... they both consumed there marriage...

Next morning .....nandini is sleeping on manik....He is just holding her tight. .....She looked at his face ....And slowly moved out of bed and got ready ......She came out after getting ready ....She saw manik sitting on the bed .....She wished him....

Nandu :  good morning yuvraj .....But she is blushing .....

Manik smiled looking at her and moved in to have a bath  ......After pecking her cheeks ....

Nandini blushed more .....But she called dasi to arrange everything ......
Manik is getting ready after bath ....
She helped him in getting ready.....

He just walked out to the practise ground ....after he left ....She moved to the puja mandir ....She saw everyone standing in the mandir ....

She took blessing from dadi Queens and king ......She just stood beside daughters....They both smiled looking at her .......

Pandit : nayi bahurani ......aarthi apko hi karni hae .......

Nandini moved to the front she took the aarthi thaal......

Pandit : yuvraj kaha hae .......

Roopa : phir kyu puch rahi ho ap ....Vo nhi ayenge.....

Vaidehi : choti bahu rani aarthi shuru karo ......

Nandini nodes in yes. .....And closes her eyes holding the aarthi thaal.......

She starts singing the aarthi song by closing her eyes ..... Everyone are mesmerised in her song ....They all closed the eyes and folded their hands in front of god .....Her head is covered by dupatta upto her forehead ....She is moving the aarthi plate ....She completed half of the song but found another hand on the aarthi plate .... She smiled in happiness and continued singing .....Finally she opened her eyes and saw manik beside her ......the family is shocked on seeing him doing aarthi.....

He has no tilak on head ....She turned to him but he is so tall....She is cutely blinking her eyes .....With hesitation....
manik bent a little down she looked at him in shock how did he get to know
She did his tilak ....Vaidehi roopa dadi happiness has no bounds..charumathi maheswari are in complete shock.....
Both daughters are happy looking at their father ....

He folded his hands in front of god..
And smiled looking at nandini face..

She gave aarthi to him ....He took it ....Then she moved forward and gave aarthi to everyone ....They all felt happy looking at manik......

Pandit gave the prasad thal to nandini
She is about to move to king first ....
But saw manik hand in front of her....
She is just looking at king and manik...
Roopa vaidehi laughed looking at manik bcoz he used to do like this in childhood ......

Dadi : give him first beti he is your husband. ... He doesn't know anything as he never did puja ......It's great that he is here all by himself without any force. .....

Roopa : in childhood he used to come here only for prasad ......

Nandini smiled listening to this .....
manik is glaring her ....She stopped her smile .......

Manik looked at nandini ....She blinked her eyes.....Than nandini moved to king and gave him prasad followed by dadi and Queens Then she gave manik......Followed by maheswari charumathi and kids .....
Finally she took prasad .....manik than understood king and elders are  to be served first...Than everyone moved out ......

They all moved to dinning hall....King ordered all the ladies to sit with their husbands to have food ......No need to eat after them......Bcoz dasi can serve..

All the ladies sat beside there husband
manik is sitting between maheswari and charumathi.....They both are serving him...nandini is sitting opposite to him .....Between both the daughters ......She is feeding them ...
They are eating happily .....

Finally everyone completed breakfast
.King ordered everyone to get ready..
To be present in the court room to implement new laws .....

All of them left to their rooms to get ready ......nandini got ready with the help of dhamini......Than she moved out after the call of manik by dasi....
She moved out to see manik maheswari and charumathi waiting near the court room....

First king entered the court room with his two wives on either sides ....
Dadi followed them.....Then came manik ......He walked with maheswari beside him ....nandini and charumathi followed him.....Than bhairav came behind them ......

King took his place on the throne..
Right side of him all the ministers and left side officials and poets of the kingdom sat in front of him.......On seeing the ladies of the palace in court meeting they  all are shocked ........

One side of the king there are pictures of his great grand fathers .......And father ......manik sat in the single chair there .....Left side he made a seating arrangement  for all the ladies to sit .....Dadi sat in the front .....Behind her sat charumathi roopa nandini vaidehi maheswari.......

Nandini sat between both her mother's .....

King : i know what everyone are thinking ..... What are all the ladies doing here .....Today I'm announcing new laws I'm our kingdom......

Minister : should they be written king ...

King : yes.....

The minister bowed his head and started writing ......With a feather dipped in ink ....

King : from today ......Girls will be a part of our court meetings ....And desicions ....If required war also ....So every girl will learn fighting skills along with  shastras .......I want this law to reach all the  north kingdoms ...
if anyone has any obligations on this law can say ......

One of the minister stands .....

King :  chaurasiya ji ......boliye....

Chaurasiya: maaf karna raja ji.....par ladki sabha main bethna theek hae par  yudh karna kaise mumkin hae.....Vo bahut kamjor hote hae ......

King : apka kya matlab hae ....

Chaurasiya : matlab ladki har jate hae .....ladke ke samne .....Ek ladka ladki ko utha sakta hae ....par ladki dekthae hi drajate hae ......

King : agar hum kahe ladkiya harate hae toh ......

Chaurasiya :going against you is not my intention maharaj ....But no one will send their  daughters to fight ....
Bcoz daughters are innocent and sensitive ......the people will get scared of this law ......No one will send daughters for training thinking they will  hurt themselves and no one will marry them if they get disabled or something .........

Guruji : he has a point ....We need to prove this to make people agree to our law .....That girls are stronger .....

King and all the members are thinKing what to do......

But no one observed that manik and nandini are having talks in sign language which is observed by vaidehi ......

Manik : can i say something maharaj...

King : yes yuvraj .....

Manik : y don't we conduct a competition....

King : what competition......

Manik : a fight between girl and boys .....In front of all the people of kingdom....On seeing a girl fighting May be girls might get inspired ....And join us .....

King smiles listening ......

King : but who will fight ....

Manik : get ten soldiers ready king who are stronger ....I strongly believe she can easily knock them down ....
And then we will announce this law....

King : okay ....Who will fight ....???

Manik : that everyone will know on the day of competition.....

King : i trust you yuvraj .....So chaurasiya ji....Make announcement to all the people of the kingdom to assemble in the battle ground after two days for the competition ....Don't say which competition ...Just say king asked everyone to come ......and this new law should not go out of the palace till it gets approved ....So if I find any conspirancy....Punishment will be worst .....

All get scared on listening to him....
nandini is just sitting very silently .....

After that they discussed on what all should be taught in this law.......

Than finally they completed the meeting and left to dinning hall to have lunch ......

King : manik.....Who will fight .....

Manik is very silent ....Bcoz he is scared of king anger ......

Vaidehi : it's your nayi bahurani maharaj.....

King : what ????

Vaidehi  : she herself suggested that .....

King : so you both discussed this earlier.....He asked looking at manik and nandini

Vaidehi : no they discussed in court room itself .....manik and nandini looked at each other ....

King : they are sitting opposite to each other rani sa .....nandini beti has a veil covering her face......

Vaidehi : even now also they are sitting opposite .....

King : than how ....???

Vaidehi : in sign language i saw  them signalling with hands. ...That's a good suggestion bahu rani ....I'm proud of your bravery ......

Nandini smiled listening to this ....still
Looking at her plate ....

King : but .....She is newly married .....
What if she get hurt .....

Nandini : can i say something raja ji...
She asks politely .....Before anyone could speak .....

King : say it beti .....

Nandini : first of all sorry to speak in the middle of elders ......being the daughter to two brave kings nandan kumar varma ji and mann singh rathore ji....And also wife of a brave prince manik singh rathore ji... And also the sister of two brave brothers.... If I myself back off thinking I'm married than how will anyone send their daughter to learn fight ....It's true what minister ji asked  in meeting ....
No one will believe us easily ......
Hurting myself is secondary and negative thought which leads me to loose my hope of winning and makes me a looser  .....But thinking i can do it ...And support of family builds my confidence which leads to my winning ..... And makes me a winner...
I just want to choose the second one if you all permit me and support me ......

King has no words to say ....Bcoz she very conveniently said everything .....
She looked very innocent to him....
Like a small kid ......But her words had a great impact on him.....Everyone has a smile looking at her ......Manik felt proud of her bcoz her way of saying is simple and also in respectful manner..

King has lunch silently thinking what to say. ...Even everyone ate very silently....No one spoke after that .....
Bcoz all are eagerly waiting for the king to speak .....

King stood after lunch ...Even everyone completed and stood along with him........King before leaving the room put his hand on nandini head .....

King : may God bless you with success and long life ......nandini smiled brightly and took his blessings ......
Bcoz it's his approval ....

Everyone smiled in happiness looking at her excitement  ......

Precap : fun and  fight ......