sita was ecstatic. her sisters were going to be with her for the rest of her life. Ram was equally happy, not only was he getting married his chote bhais were getting married as well.
'they have grown so much, but they will always be my younger brothers. I am so glad we are entering our married life together. this is one of the best days of my life,' thought, Ram.
a similar thing was going through sita's mind. while sita and the rest of her family were rejoicing over the news mandavi looked so upset, Bharat was uncomfortable. both older siblings saw how uncomfortable the second oldest of their siblings looked. both kept in mind that they wanted to speak with the two of them.
Mandavi stood shocked at what her uncle just said. she didn't want to marry the younger brother of her brother-in-law. she didn't even like him. she saw the way her older sister looked he brother-in-law, and the same way Urmila looked at Rajkumar Laxshman and she knew she had no feelings like her two sisters towards Rajkumar Bharat.
After the event, mandavi runs off crying and sita follows her.
"Madhu will you stop for a minute and tell me why you are so upset," sita says clearly surprised by her sister's outburst of emotion.
Once mandavi stops she tells her sister how she is feeling. sita reassures her that she will go speak to her father and tell him how she is feeling. as this conversation was happening between the two sisters, a similar conversation was happening between Ram and Bharat. Ram tells his Anuj to go speak with the Mithila Rajkumari before he goes to speak with their father. Bharat does as his brother advises.
meanwhile back in the palace, sita goes to her father to speak with him about what her sister has told her. Janak realises why his daughter is so upset. he calls mandavi to the room where the rest of the family is. he asks her if she is alright with getting married to the second oldest Ayodhya Rajkumar. mandavi says she is fine with marrying home. a confused sita asks her sister why she suddenly changed her mind. mandavi replies that she spoke with the prince and after speaking with him she changed her mind.
meanwhile, this was happening ram goes to Bharat to see what has happened after he talked to Rajkumari Mandavi. Bharat tells his brother his decision. Ram assures him that he will stand by his decision not to marry the princess. while they were walking to the tent their father is staying in suratkirti comes running and asks them to stop.
Ram turns and says "what is it Kriti?"
"pranam jijashree. sita didi sent me to tell you that Madhu didi changed her mind about marrying your brother. she also requested that you don't tell your father about it," Kriti says.
The two brothers hug and Ram says "you bought good news Kriti. Bharat is extremely happy. we also didn't go to our father yet."
"so should I tell didi that you are alright with the marriage?" Kriti asks
Bharat nods and Kriti runs off to her sister. once she arrives she tells them the good news and they all are very happy.
"looks like someone is blushing sita didi," Urmila says jokingly about mandavi
"urmi, don't start now. we can't argue like this once we go to Ayodhya, the total family will think we are crazy. plus you can't chat, you love Rajkumar Lakshman more than you think," Mandavi says
Soon she regrets it as Urmila starts to chase her around.
after they stop running around Urmila says to sita "didi I'm going to the gardens for a while can you please tell ma where I am if she asks about me."
sita nods and Urmila goes into the gardens. earlier that day she got a letter from Lakshman asking her to come to the garden.
once she is there she spots her beloved and goes up to him and says "Rajkumar, you asked for me."
Lakshman nods and says "I did Rajkumari. I wanted to talk to you about this marriage alliance. I don't think it will be fair for you."
"what are you saying?" asks a confused Urmila
"my first priority is Ram bhaiya. if you marry me I will be able to look after you as most of my attention and care will be toward my beloved brother. if you marry someone else you have the chance of becoming queen, with me you won't be queen and you won't get the care and love that someone else will be able to give you an abundance off. plus you have all the qualities of a true queen," Lakshman says pouring out what is in his heart.
Smiling Urmila says "I understand how you feel Sumitra Nandan. me, Madhu didi, and Kriti are exactly like that. if sita didi is the soul we are the body, we have not been away form her for a day in our lives. and as for being queen, I'd rather stay with someone who understands me and is like me. and tell me would you be able to stay away from your brother (Lakshman shakes his head)? I get to stay with three of my favourite people for the rest of my life, why would i miss a chance like that. as for you, I don't care if I'm your first priority, as long as I am one of your priorities I will be happy."
smiling Lakshman picks up Urmila and spins her around.
after her, after a while of staying in each other embrace, Lakshman says "I love you Uma."
"I love you mere lal," Urmila says
