They all stood on the terrance and Pooja smiled even more when she start to speak,holding a letter in her hand.
"The rani Kashi Vikram Singh had invited us to perform for her son engagement to the princess of Amritsar today!".she said reading the words from the letter.
Alia instantly felt sad upon hearing the word engagement but said to herself"Bajirao said he doesn't love her nor know her".but a small piece of herself told her that a women must never trust a man completely,with men anything is unexpected.she pulled herself back together and replied to Pooja with a smile"now your dream is finally coming true!".she look at Pooja who couldn't control herself from excitement.
"What dream?".Raj asked curiously.
"To always see the royal palace of jhansi in person!".she uttered.
"Come you,guys must get ready!".Raj uttered to the both of them.
They both laughed with who's rushing them to get ready and carried on walking to their rooms and Raj following behind them.Alia arrived at her room and walked to the chest and opened it,taking out a white lehenga with silver jewellery attached to it and felt that it would certainly make Bajirao be turned on by this outfit.
She hop into to her outfit and finished off with her hair tied up in a round ball and face,adding a light red lipstick,black eyeliner giving her a fierce look that would let any man fall at her feet.
Pooja step in and stop as she saw Alia just finishing her look and turning her face to her.
"Sundari(Hindi word for beauty)!".she said staring at Alia.
"Do you think so?".Alia stated not sure if she must still add something.
"Indeed.....with that look,if I were a man I would certainly fall madly in love with you at first sight!".she said Alia.
"Shukriya(thank you).....if you a were a man!".Alia giggle at end and admiring Pooja in her black lehenga.
"You look stunning yourself!".she said tugging her friend hand in hers and walking out of the room.
They both stood at entrance of laal Mahal and with a group of girls, waiting for their carriages to arrive while the day was coming to an end.not long after that two royal carriages came,one after each other and the first carriages Alia and pooja decided they will get in and the girls must get in the second one,the three musicians came running and Alia told them to come to the first carriage since the second one full.once they were all in,the carriages left the brothel and raced to the palace at a certain speed so they not late.
When they passed the city main street,known as jhansi market, everything was quiet and no shop was opened which shocked them and thought it must because of the prince engagement.they arrived at the palace gates which was a double story high,wooden doors which opened and gave them a glimpse of heaven,as one would call it.
The palace completely constructed out of white marble and the green gardens that would take one breath away and the smell of fresheners all around you gave the palaces a certain atmosphere,servants were busy decorating certain trees for the special occasion and Pooja just sticking her head out the window.I laughed with her craziness and couldn't stop admiring the palace and asked myself"is this what royalty is like?".
The carriages then stopped and the coach opened the door,with me first stepping out and catching the many stairs that one would walk up to the palace.Pooja came out and almost fainted when I grab her hand and said"easy now!".
We,the musicians and the girls were all out and the carriages left behind us and a servant came and greeted us"Namaste......everyone follow me please!".the servant said and we all followed him up the long staircase.
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