Ruqaiya is in her room and ask Hoshiyar whether you asked Jodha to meet me, he nods. Jodha comes in and ask you called me? Ruqaiya says yes, I want to speak with you, Ruqaiya ask do you have feelings for Jalal? Jodha l ask what? Ruqaiya says do you feel bad that you are not going to be the mother of his child?
Ruqaiya says Jalal was teary eyed and I saw you were looking at him continously and was feeling his pain, have you started loving him? as you both were together for many days, are you sad that Jalal didn’t do anything that night?
Jodha says so many questions are in your mind, I am happy that he didn’t break his promise, yes I was sad seeing his teary eyed in Court, as I don’t hate him now, he made sure that I didn’t get insulted in front of all, but you have wrongly taken my soft corner for him as love, he is in fact your best friend.
Ruqaiya says good, as I can’t bear that Jalal love someone else other than me. Jodha says now I will ask you a question whether you love Jalal? Ruqaiya says that’s why I am his Wife. Jodha repeats the question again, Ruqaiya says he is my best friend.
Jodha says I am asking this question to a girl not a friend. Ruqaiya ask her to stop, I don’t have to give explanations of whether I love him or not, just go! Jodha says you called me here and now you are asking me to go, so I will, but I want to say that there is a difference between getting something or loving something.
Ruqaiya says the diference that you and Jalal have in your relationship, Jodha leaves with her last query that she should ask herself whether she loved Jalal as his lover or is she happy to be his Wife, or is she just happy with her position? Ruqaiya looks at her furiously .
The Next morning, Adham Khan lures a young daughter of a Servant into his room with promise of jewellery. Moti bai notices this and informs Jodha, as they are doing the tulasi (Holy Basil) prayer, that Adham Khan had his leer on that young girl. Jodha is thoughtful. They proceed with the prayer.
Elsewhere, Rahim is trying to fly kites but is failing. Jalal comes and does it for him with expertise. Moti bai and Jodha who were feeding birds witness this and admire Jalal… Discussing that the person who could control a kite would control the Sultanate with ease.
Jodha then helps out Rahim as he again looses control of the kite. She is an expert too. Jalal notices this as well.
Jalal comes to Jodha and says nice, you know about air, I know you love birds but why you came to me leaving them? whether you start loving me more than them or you want to talk with me? Jodha says both assumtions are wrong, and I am your Wife, I don’t need a reason to talk with you.
Jalal ask her to talk, Jodha takes Bakshi’s name. Jalal says I don’t want to talk about her, she got her punishment from a King and a brother and this topic is closed so leave it, Jalal is leaving when Rahim says that the Kite is coming down. Jodha holds the thread again, Jalal looks back at her, she looks at him. Thay have an eyelock.
Javeda is praising herself that she is so beautiful, the Servant comes, Javeda ask how am I looking? The Servant priaises her, Javeda says I wish my husband had fair complexion, but he has gone on her ami jaan.
Adham comes and gives a gift to that young Servant, javeda ask her to take it, Javeda says to Adham that she is like your daughter and I l am proud of you.
Hamida says to all the ladies that soon, there will be Jalal’s birthday and I want the celebration to be grand so that he forgets all his worries. Hamida ask Ruqaiya to prepare for his bash like every year. All promise that the Ceremony would be like every year Or even more, it would be different from every other year only by the fact that baxi will not be present Maham Anga agrees that Baxi could not be forgiven.
Javeda comes to Maham Anga and says I am very happy today. She says Adham is very generous and he like kids as he was looking lovingly at that Servant, Maham ask who? Javeda says she is a Servant’s daughter, He gave her my necklace, Maham is worried and ask how does she look? Javeda says she is very pretty just like me and Adham had love for her, Maham Anga ask what?? Javeda says I think he wants a child, Maham ask her to go and thinks why did Adham do that?
Shariffudden is in a tent when a Soldier ask why he did that with Jalal and Jodha, as he wouldn’t get the throne. Shariffudden says you will never get why I did that, he remembers when he first saw Jodha’s portrait and wished to get her, but got to know that she is going to marry Suryaban, so I killed him and captured her brothers in prison. I was dreaming to get her, but Jalal married her and what I got was Jalal’s widowed Siste, so I made this plan after returning from Amer so that Jalal and Jodha would separate and I will get her, my plan was already in the last stage but it backfired, I didn’t get jodha and also lost my Minister-ship. The Soldier ask whether he will not go back?
Jalal comes to address his Soldiers and says that today, there are many soldiers who have gone to war before, but many will experience war for the first time, so I want to ask one question, will you want to shed blood for me or want to win the war? They chant that DIE FOR JALAL!
Jalal says wrong, I don’t want you to shed blood for me without any reason, you all are educated, have latest weapons, you are Mughal soldiers, so it’s your duty to win the war as Mughals doesn’t lose. He says you have to eliminate the enemy, but remember enemy’s children, oldies and ladies are not your enemy, so don’t kill them, he ask them to fight in such a way that the enemy will fear afterward just by hearing the Mughal name. He leaves.
Maham Anga says your speech was very good, Jalal says it was needed as today morning, I saw Rahim flying kite, I noticed that if you have kite’s thread, but your eyes are not on the target, then your kite will be cut by the enemy, then people will see you with pity eyes, same way I keep my eyes on my soldiers so that they don’t lose. Maham says I am proud of you, you have grown a lot.
Jodha comes to Hamida and says I am feeling sad, because of Jalal’s judgement, relationship are broken, Hamida says nothing can happen now as Jalal have passed his judgement, he broke his relationship and he will follow it, he will not like Bakshi’s presence in his birthday also. Jodha thinks that he gave that judgement as a King so people will not think negative about him, but nobody knows what he is going through, he is suffering from pain and I can feel that. Hamida says he took that decision as a King.
Jodha says but he can forgive her as a brother. Hamida says don’t put yourself in this, maybe their relationship is affected because of Bakshi, so let time decide the fate, Jodha thinks everything can’t be put on time, Jalal is human and he needs to see the right path.
Bakshi comes to Jalal who has his back to her, Jalal ask her to go away, she says I came to give you gift, Jalal says you have already given that, you did the biggest sin. Jodha comes from behind, Bakshi puts the gift down and leaves.
Jalal sees it and it’s a sea shell, he takes them and grabs it in his fist, Jodha has tears and says why don’t you forgive her? Jalal says I gave you opportunity to punish her, but you didn’t, so just go.
Jalal is thinking about Bakshi and shedding silent tears all alone on the terrace. Jodha comes there and tries to share his pain by putting her hand on his shoulder, He gets irritated and ask her to go away!! Jodha explains that only the defaulter was to be punished and if others suffered pained, then it only meant that the judgement was not proper. The punishment melted out was not proper and needed to be revised.
Jodha says by breaking relationship with Bakshi, you are angry with her, me, and the whole world, I request you to forgive her, it’s a great thing to forgive someone, she cries and takes her hand back from his shoulder and leaves. Jalal is thoughtful and thinks every year, there is a celebration on my birthday but this year will change my life.
Adkha informs Hamida that all the guests have arrived for the ceremony. In the Kitchen, Maham orders to prepare good food for Jalal and says I will taste the food first.
Hamida comes to Jalal and wishes him happy birthday, she ask him to gift poor people and free people who are in jail.
Moti comes to Jodha and says all are celebrating Jalal’s birthday. Jodha says he gifted me Kanha’s (Hindu god’s) Bansoori/flute and also took my side in front of all, I am thinking of what should I give him, he has everything plus Ruqaiya, Maham Anga and the Ministers will gift him, so what should I give him?
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