In 12th century , India
A Powerful kingdom where rich people were living in golden houses and Poors were living in huts . Poors were beaten mercilessly even for a small mistake . Peasants were forced to leave their fields if the Richards wished to have their fields. In short this kingdom was only for the rich not for the poor.
In that kingdom a poor farmer was brutally stabbed by a whip . His wife and son were pleading maniacly to the cruel soldier to show some mercy but they were like unstoppable. At last after getting tired the cruel soldier left him, after giving him a warning that not to mess with him. As soon as the soldier and his mates left his family members came to help him and all the people present there surrounded him and started whispering among themselves.
One of them. What happened? Why was Bhiku beaten like this? Do you know?
Other one . Are you don't know this man refused to give the gold coin to the soldier , that's why the soldier beat him.
Third one. But why did he refused, when he knew that these people are very cruel and about gold coin he could earn later also only if he is alive.
Fourth one. But that was his only earning in last four days. His family was hungry from last three days . So how can he give that.
Everyone gave him a pitiful look .
An old man. Oh god! Show some mercy to us why only we poor are the sufferer. God please send our queen back now she is our only hope.
Everyone slowly dispersed from there as they knew that if anyone will help him then the next day he will be also lying there like the farmer.
Bhiku wife and his eight years old son gave him support . His crying wife held his waist with one hand and wrapped his one arm around her shoulder giving him support to walk. His son also tried to support him as much as he could. After walking some time they reached their small half-broken hut . They made him lie down on the bed of dry straw. His wife ran outside and came back with some neem, turmeric, aloevera as nd water . She hurriedly applied the paste on his wounds .
His wife (crying). What was the need to argue with that monsters ha? One more day we would have slept by filling our stomach with water only.
Seeing her husband in this much pain she cried more and the little boy just looked at his badly injured father. With slow steps he walked near his father.
Boy(with a low voice ) Baba..
Bhiku slowly moved his head towards his son.
Bhiku( smiling a little). What happened ,beta?
Baba(at the verge of crying) Baba , are you okay?
Bhiku(smiling ). Yes beta.
With his smile he tried to cover his pains.
Boy. Baba, maa says if we do something bad then God punishes us. Have we done something bad that God is punishing all of us.
Bhiku(in a painful voice) . Somu.. beta we haven't done anything wrong but we are cursed. Cursed to have such a witch queen who manipulated our kind king that he became heartless.
Somu( a bit confused) . But baba how can the king marry such a witch queen. Didn't he knew that she is a bad women. Just like when I am about to do something wrong maa stops me and explain me ,how wrong it is , king's mother didn't stopped him.
Bhiku smiled at his innocence.
Bhiku.(sadly). Arrogance diminishes wisdom beta. The same happened with Rajmata. She was completely blinded by her ego. Due to which she lost a gem.
Somu. Which gem she lost baba? Was that vey precious?
Bhiku. Yes , beta she lost the most precious gem our real Maharani.... Maharani Aniksha.
This was a new information for somu .
Somu (gasped) . Baba that means this witch queen is fake . Then where is our real Maharani . Was she like an angel.? Was she very beautiful? Baba tell me na I want to know everything.
Bhiku smiled at his excitement.
Bhiku. Hold on .. hold on.. Yes she very beautiful kind and brave. You know she was the best. She was like a mother for the whole kingdom. She was a symbol of love. She used to take care of everyone. And you know in the battleground she was the most fierce one . (Laughing) Sometimes before fighting other kings used to surrender before her.
Hearing this somu was excited at first but then he became sad. Bhiku noticed his sad face.
Bhiku. Hey! What happened? Why you became sad?
Somu. Baba , how nice it would have been if I was also brave like queen . Then this soldier didn't dare to even look at my family.
Bhiku . Beta , everyone is not born brave but they gradually become brave or the situation force them to act brave. Everyone is not perfect from birth but they become in proper guidance and support. You know our Maharani was earlier not like this. She became like this with the help of his love who is none other than our king.
Somu. But baba where is she now. Has she left this rajya?
Bhiku. No beta she has not left this rajya but she has been prisoned . This witch queen and egoistic, arrogant Rajmata both have prisoned her.
Somu gasped loudly hearing this. He showered his father with lot of questions like how, what, when ,why.
Bhiku( patting him). Bas bas .. calm down . You want to everything about Maharani.
Somu nodded excitedly.
Bhiku. Then listen. First tell me one what do you think , was our Maharani a princess?
Somu nodded in a Yes because it is obvious that only princess become queen .
Bhiku. Then you are wrong my dear because our Maharani was an ordinary village girl . She was the daughter of ordinary vaidya. She didn't had any single quality of of a queen.
Somu. Then how she became this much great queen.
You want to know then meet you in the next chapter.